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Saint Nick returns to northern Sask. for 21st annual Santa in the North event
By Ian Gustafson Santa Claus traded in his reindeer for an airplane yesterday as Rise Air held their 21st annual Santa in the North event. On Tuesday Santa and his elves visited schools in Fond-du-Lac...
Dec 16, 2021 Sisters tell Santa Claus what they want for Christmas in the annual Santa in the North event. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff
Saskatoon elementary school takes holiday concert online
During a non-pandemic year, the gym at cole Victoria would normally be filled to capacity for a holiday concert. Parents would be jockeying for the best seats and angles to get the perfect picture of ...
Dec 16, 2021 Justin La, the band director at École Victoria School is busy editing the Christmas concert on his computer instead of watching parents and families fill the gym once again this year. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Tribal Council Wellness Centre open for business
The Saskatoon Tribal Council's (STC) vision for a new refuge for Saskatoon homeless has come to fruition. After some delays to complete an inspection of the building's ventilation system at 145 First ...
Dec 15, 2021 Inside a new temporary wellness shelter in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Christmas tree shortage taking hold in Sask.
Scoping out an authentic Christmas tree is becoming a taller task by the day during the holiday season. Most stores have already sold out, or are approaching that point with a massive shortage taking ...
Dec 15, 2021 (Ministry of Environment/Submitted)
Latest COVID update Dec. 15: 62 new cases, 538 active cases
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have fallen to their lowest level since late August. The Ministry of Health said Wednesday there were 105 people with COVID in health-care facilities i...
Dec 15, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
U of S providing mentorship to Indigenous high school students
There's a new program that helps provide Indigenous high school students with mentors at the University of Saskatchewan. The Building Intercultural Resilience Mentorship program (BIRM) connects volunt...
Dec 15, 2021 Bedford Road’s BIRM group out on a trip to Forestry Farm. (BIRM Usask/Facebook)
Saskatoon police arrest suspect in historical sexual assault
A 47-year-old man wanted in connection with sexual assaults that occurred nearly 15 years ago is now in police custody. Kenneth Dauphinais turned himself into police Tuesday and was charged with sexua...
Dec 15, 2021 (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Saskatchewan mother-daughter travel 8 hours to inspect shoeboxes
Kathy Fast is as close to a professional shoebox packer as they come. Having spent much of her life packing shoeboxes and the past 20 years or so travelling to Calgary to help Samaritan's Purse by ins...
Dec 15, 2021 Kathy Fast has made the trip to volunteer for Operation Christmas Child in Calgary, Alta. almost every year for the past two decades. This year, she and her daughter packed more than 60 boxes themselves and made their first post-covid trek to volunteer. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
U of S wastewater study yet to find Omicron variant in Sask.
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan now have the ability to detect the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Saskatoon's wastewater, but they have yet to find any traces. As of Tuesday, the province h...
Dec 15, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Scams continue to target Saskatchewan seniors
Saskatchewan residents likely have had this happen to them. The phone rings and the recording on the other end claims to be Canadian Border Services, saying they've found a package in the person's nam...
Dec 14, 2021
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