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Drought causing feed shortages, significant increase in livestock sales
Grant Barnett has seen a lot in his years, but never a summer like this for producers in Saskatchewan. The Heartland Livestock Services manager said he's seeing three to four times as many cattle sell...
Aug 10, 2021
Merriman unworried about slow vaccination rates
From the peak of 22,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered in one day in June to just over 850 doses reported Tuesday, the pace of vaccinations has been going down in Saskatchewan. That isn't a worry fo...
Aug 10, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
U of S wastewater study foreshadows a COVID-19 surge
Saskatoon is leading the province in active COVID-19 cases and that trend may continue. The most recent study from the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan revealed th...
Aug 10, 2021
COVID-19 exposure alert issued for Diva's Nightclub
A Saskatoon bar is once again the centre of a COVID-19 exposure alert. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says at least one person infected with the virus attended Diva's Nightclub between 11 p.m...
Aug 10, 2021 Diva's Nightclub in Saskatoon had a COVID-19 exposure announced for Oct. 3 by Saskatchewan Health. (Facebook/Diva's Nightclub)
Health minister eyeing hospitalizations as COVID cases rise
Active COVID-19 cases are rising in Saskatchewan and have been for weeks. On July 20, there were 242 active cases in the province, and from there, the cases have gone up, reaching 650 as of Monday. Ju...
Aug 10, 2021
Driver from three-vehicle collision near Maymont charged
The Warman RCMP has charged one of the drivers involved in a three-vehicle collision that occurred east of Maymont in July with multiple criminal offences, including impaired driving. The incident, wh...
Aug 09, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon mom and kids raise threatened Monarch butterflies
A Saskatoon mother and her two children have been working on a unique educational project over the summer -- raising and releasing the increasingly rare Monarch butterflies. Monarch populations have d...
Aug 09, 2021 Three-year-old Anna Bobbitt displays a Monarch butterfly she and her family are raising and releasing. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan RCMP, ag organization warn producers of hay-purchasing scam
Several producers in Saskatchewan have fallen victim to fraud while trying to purchase hay. The Saskatchewan RCMP is cautioning producers against a hay-purchasing fraud using ads placed on social medi...
Aug 09, 2021
Most new COVID cases in Sask. in July weren't fully vaccinated, health ministry says
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health continues to urge people to stick it to COVID. On Monday, the ministry released updated vaccination and breakthrough information for the month of July. It showed most...
Aug 09, 2021
Humboldt man killed in rollover near Muenster
A 21-year-old man from Humboldt is dead after a single-vehicle crash near Muenster on Sunday. According to the RCMP, officers from the Humboldt detachment got a call at about 4 p.m., about a rollover ...
Aug 09, 2021
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