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Friendship Inn preparing to dish out around 1,000 meals for Thanksgiving Day
For the 53rd straight year, the Friendship Inn is working to make sure no one goes hungry on Thanksgiving. The annual Thanksgiving Day meal will be dished out Monday, with the dine-in option running f...
Oct 07, 2021 A look at the Friendship Inn on Oct. 14, 2019 during the annual Thanksgiving Feast. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update Oct. 7: 241 missing cases added, daily total at 650
The Saskatchewan government has added 241 previously missing cases of COVID-19 to the province's total. As a result, the Ministry of Health reported 650 new cases Thursday, which would be the highest ...
Oct 07, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon responds to lack of Thanksgiving gathering limits
The City of Saskatoon is disappointed that Thanksgiving gatherings won't be limited this year, despite concern about rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. A request was made to speak with Mayor ...
Oct 07, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Provincial Emergency Operations Centre takes command of COVID response in Sask.
While gathering sizes are being left up to individuals this holiday weekend, the Saskatchewan government is making some changes to how its response to the pandemic is being run. The government is acti...
Oct 07, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (left) and Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency president Marlo Pritchard (right) on Oct. 7, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
RCMP investigating large theft from Milleton Community Hall
The RCMP is looking for suspects after the community hall in Milleton was virtually cleaned out. The village is located 60 kilometres east of Lloydminster. According to the Maidstone RCMP, the missing...
Oct 07, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. workers face abuse with proof of vaccination
Workers are getting an extra hard time for just doing their jobs, to the point where it's being called abuse. Over the weekend, an incident involving what turned out to be a pellet gun raised concerns...
Oct 07, 2021
Saskatchewan schools quickly running out of COVID-19 rapid tests
Elementary schools across Saskatchewan are quickly running out of at-home rapid tests. In Saskatoon, tests are leaving with families about as fast as they're arriving. Last week, the province announce...
Oct 06, 2021
Expensive 'Mr. Big' investigation built on lies, Fertuck defence claims
The first-degree murder trial of Greg Fertuck heard Wednesday the grand total to stage more than 130 "scenarios," and to get a murder confession in a Saskatoon hotel room from Fertuck, was $679,292.19...
Oct 06, 2021 The gravel pit where Sheree Fertuck worked, along with her abandoned semi truck and trailer.
Latest COVID update Oct. 6: ICU, hospitalization records broken again
For the fourth straight day, Saskatchewan has set a record for COVID-19 hospitalizations. In Wednesday's update, the Ministry of Health said there were 356 COVID patients in Saskatchewan health-care f...
Oct 06, 2021 Royal University Hospital.
(Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan government says no to Thanksgiving gathering limits
People in Saskatchewan won't have to limit the number of guests around their tables this Thanksgiving. The Government of Saskatchewan says it won't be ordering gathering limits for the holiday, despit...
Oct 06, 2021
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