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Provincial school guidelines don't go far enough, says Saskatoon pediatrician
A University of Saskatchewan assistant professor of pediatrics says the updated provincial school division guidelines don't go far enough. The province has released updated information for school divi...
Aug 20, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Aug 20 -- 244 cases reported, highest daily case count since May 8
The Saskatchewan government reported 244 new cases of COVID-19 in the province Friday. It's the largest single-day increase of cases Saskatchewan has seen since 271 cases on May 8, 2021. Of the newly ...
Aug 20, 2021
Elections Canada looking to hire 250,000 poll workers
Elections Canada has announced they're hiring for the upcoming election. The non-partisan agency is looking for more than 250,000 workers to hire to run advance polls and election day polls. Applicant...
Aug 20, 2021 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
RCMP warn against leaving vehicles unlocked, valuables in car after thefts
Residents in west central Saskatchewan are being asked to keep their vehicle doors locked and valuables removed after an increase in vehicle thefts in the region. Onion Lake, Turtleford and Mainstone ...
Aug 20, 2021 (650 CKOM files)
NDP leader touts pandemic victories, promises to tax the super-rich
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is adamant he’s the one to take on Canada’s most wealthy. Speaking to Gormley on Friday, Singh sought to distance himself from Liberal leader Justin Trudea...
Aug 20, 2021
Saskatoon man dead after highway collision
A man is dead after a highway collision between a semi and a car. The crash occurred about two miles west of Carmel, Sask. on Highway 5. Humboldt RCMP, Humboldt EMS and fire services from Humboldt and...
Aug 20, 2021
BHP Jansen Mine job search already underway in Saskatchewan
BHP Potash will be hiring thousands of workers in the coming years to help build the Jansen Mine east of Saskatoon, and the search for some workers is already underway. Giles Hellyer is BHP's Presiden...
Aug 20, 2021 BHP Camp and Housing at Jansen Mine
Pooches looking to support anxious vaxxers at Prairieland Park
"This was way better than the first." Those were the words of Kove Staniowski, moments after he was inoculated with two furry friends there for his support. The two pups - Womble and Laddie - were the...
Aug 19, 2021 Kove Staniowski was the lucky first recipient of a vaccine at Prairieland Park at its therapy dog walk-in. Pictured on Aug. 19, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Sask. health care workers account for 5 per cent of provincial cases: CIHI
Health care workers in Saskatchewan were sick from COVID-19 at a rate lower than the national average consistently through the pandemic. New statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Informati...
Aug 19, 2021 Nurse Leah Sawatsky receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020. (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Health Authority)
FSIN, SIEC sign innovated education agreement for Indigenous youth
So many of our young people are playing video games, why aren't they creating them? That was a question posed by the master of ceremonies, Indigenous educator Dale Worme, during the signing of a memor...
Aug 19, 2021 FSIN Third Vice Chief, Edward "Dutch" Lerat shaking the hand of SIEC's Brent Hills following the signing of the MOU Thursday, August 19, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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