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Latest COVID update Nov. 9: Two more transferred patients die in Ontario
Two more ICU patients Saskatchewan had sent to Ontario for treatment have died. During a COVID-19 technical briefing Tuesday, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency president Marlo Pritchard said five peop...
Nov 09, 2021
Sask. hopes to soon resume some cancelled health services, including organ donation
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has released a plan that will include the resumption of a variety of health services that were paused across the province as health-care workers were redeployed to he...
Nov 09, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Concerns raised about the future of Saskatoon perimeter freeway
Premier Scott Moe could soon be receiving a letter from the City of Saskatoon asking the province to reconsider a decision to pause work on the Saskatoon perimeter freeway. In October, the city was in...
Nov 09, 2021
Legion expects more poppies to be given out this year
The poppy had a good season during its centennial year. Diane Robson, chair of the Saskatoon poppy campaign, says the campaign is just starting to wrap up, and seems to have gone a bit better than las...
Nov 09, 2021
Saskatoon city council gives extreme snowstorm response plan green light
Saskatoon city councillors have given the OK for a new extreme snowstorm response plan in the hopes of avoiding the chaos that unfolded when the city was hit by up to 40 centimetres of snow one year a...
Nov 09, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan snowbirds looking forward to warmer winter climate
Herman Hulshof and his wife can't wait to get to Mesa, Ariz., where the former Regina residents have a place for their recreational vehicle at a resort with 3,000 other snowbirds. This will be the Hul...
Nov 08, 2021 Patty and Herman Holshof. (Submitted)
Pedestrian killed in collision on highway near Loon Lake
A 27-year-old man is dead after he was hit by a vehicle Sunday on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, near Loon Lake. The RCMP said officers got a call at about 6:40 p.m., that a pedestrian had been h...
Nov 08, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Canada-U.S. land border finally reopens
Canadians who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are now allowed to make the trip south of the border to go visit loved ones again. Whether it's a quick trip to do some shopping ahead of the holida...
Nov 08, 2021 The border crossing at Regway. (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Nov. 8: Sask. doctor who was transferred to Ontario dies
A Saskatchewan doctor has died of COVID-19 in Ontario. Dr. Youssef Al-Begamy's death was confirmed by a friend and fellow doctor. Al-Begamy had worked in Regina and Fort Qu'Appelle during his career. ...
Nov 08, 2021 (SHA/Submitted)
Increased ambulance service coming to communities north of Saskatoon
Several communities north of Saskatoon are getting more ambulance service starting in November. The Government of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Health Authority announced Monday enhanced ambulance ser...
Nov 08, 2021
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