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'Sask-a-boom 2.0:' New industry investments bringing boost to province, says analyst
A new OSB mill and the restart of a pulp mill in the Prince Albert area are bringing a welcome boost to the Saskatchewan economy. The announcement of the new mill came about as a result of back-door d...
Sep 09, 2021
Advance polls for federal election open Friday
Advance polls for the federal election open Friday across Saskatchewan. Polls will remain open Friday until Monday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to a news release from Elections Canada. Vaccination...
Sep 09, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
SHA changes family visitation rules at Saskatoon hospitals
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is changing family guidelines at Saskatoon's hospitals due to rising COVID-19 numbers in the city. On Thursday, the SHA said it was moving family presence restriction...
Sep 09, 2021 Saskatoon police allege a teenage girl was threatened with a weapon and sexually assaulted in a bathroom at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital on Oct 11, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Sept. 9: 286 new cases, 184 in hospital, 1 death
Nearly 86 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Thursday were unvaccinated people. According to the Ministry of Health, 245 of the 286 new cases weren't vaccinated. There were...
Sep 09, 2021
COVID-19 surge in Saskatchewan 'very troubling': SHA
A Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) manager says the health-care system is in a "fragile position" at the moment with the tide of new COVID-19 cases showing no sign of slowing down. "This most recen...
Sep 09, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Nine-year-old girl dead after vehicle-scooter collision on 33rd Street West
A nine-year-old girl died Thursday morning after she was struck by a truck while riding her scooter. In a news release, Saskatoon police said a collision analyst remains at the scene of the collision ...
Sep 09, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Drug bust in Saskatoon nets more than 6 kg of meth
The Saskatoon Police Service's Drug Unit took more than six kilograms of methamphetamine off the streets during a recent drug bust. After a two-month investigation, the drug unit executed search warra...
Sep 09, 2021
Defence suggests Sheree and Greg Fertuck were in midst of reconciliation before her disappearance
Defence lawyer Morris Bodnar suggested to the court that not only were Sheree Fertuck and ex-husband Greg attempting a reconciliation, but that the two were sleeping together at the family farm near K...
Sep 09, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
'Health care workers are exhausted': P.A. Public Health Officer
By Dawson Thompson Hospitals around the province are at capacity and without any changes, the health-care system will be overwhelmed with patients in the next two weeks, leading to serious challenges ...
Sep 09, 2021 Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert (File photo)
'Test, trace and isolate:' Concerned citizens gather at Merriman's Saskatoon office
Chants about the province's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic - geared at Health Minister Paul Merriman and Premier Scott Moe's golf game - rained down just off Eighth Street in Saskatoon on Wednesday...
Sep 08, 2021 University of Saskatchewan professor, Kyle Anderson, speaks to a crowd of concerned citizens in the parking lot of Health Minister Paul Merriman's office. Pictured on Sept. 8, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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