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Incentives, 'last mile program' needed to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake: Sask. NDP
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili thinks Premier Scott Moe and Health Minister Paul Merriman have "packed it in" on the COVID front. "They've decided not just to put the toolbox away, but to throw it...
Jul 28, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Driver going wrong direction in highway construction zone causes 3-car crash
A man is recovering in hospital after mounties say he drove in the wrong direction through a highway construction zone, hitting two cars and rolling over in the ditch near Maymont. Warman RCMP receive...
Jul 27, 2021 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
VIDO vaccine hopefuls hold out for hometown COVID-19 study
It's been just over a month since Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac issued a call out for volunteers to participate in its local COVAC-2 COVID-19 clinical trials. On June 23, the organization announced positi...
Jul 27, 2021 Research team at the University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-InterVac. (University of Saskatchewan/submitted)
Saskatoon ranked fourth in big-city crime severity index in 2020 despite decreases
Saskatoon's crime severity index fell to the lowest its been since 2014, according to new data available from Statistics Canada. The figure fell 10 per cent lower than 2019 to a value of 105.7, when S...
Jul 27, 2021
Saskatchewan drought means consumers will soon pay more for pantry basics
The flour you need to bake your bread, the canola oil restaurants use to fry the food you eat and a variety of other products used both domestically and internationally will be going up in price again...
Jul 27, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Feds pledge $7.6M to build 36 affordable homes in Saskatoon
Saskatoon is expanding its affordable homes within the city, thanks to funding from the federal government. Thirty-six new affordable homes will be available for both individuals and families. The hou...
Jul 27, 2021 Minister Ahmed Hussen's press secretary, Adam Vaughn, speaking at a press conference on July 27, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon West NDP candidate steps down citing 'family health matter'
Jaris Swidrovich is stepping away from the impending federal election. The NDP candidate for Saskatoon West announced his decision to pull out of the race to take care of a family health matter. "I wa...
Jul 27, 2021 (Jaris Swidrovich/Facebook)
Canadian weightlifter Charron wins Canada's second gold in Tokyo
TOKYO - Weightlifter Maude Charron has won Canada's second gold medal at the Tokyo Games. Charron, from Rimouski, Que., finished first in the women's 64-kilogram competition after a successful lift of...
Jul 27, 2021 (The Canadian Press)
Suspicious fires set along riverbank from Broadway to University bridges
If it weren't for security staff at the Royal University Hospital (RUH), this story could have had a different ending. Around 7:20 p.m. Monday, Saskatoon Police and Saskatoon Fire responded to several...
Jul 27, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
FSIN urging province to 'step up' efforts to slow Buffalo River outbreak
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indigenous Nations is calling on the province to increase its efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 at Buffalo River Dene Nation. The community located west of Buffalo ...
Jul 26, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
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