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Hidden Crisis: Saskatchewan government defends its work
As the drug overdose crisis has gotten worse in Saskatchewan, the voices calling for help have gotten louder. Many in the industry believe, as a health issue, the responsibility lies with the provinci...
Jul 09, 2021 Everett Hindley is Saskatchewan's Minister for Mental Health and Addictions as well as Rural and Remote Health, and Seniors (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Historic church building burns down near Redberry Lake
A historical Polish Roman Catholic Church building near Redberry Lake burned down Thursday afternoon. The site is just under an hour east of the Battlefords. The fire follows a string of church-burnin...
Jul 08, 2021 A historic former Roman Catholic church burned down east of the Battlefords on Thursday. (Lenore Swystun/Submitted)
Nightclub manager nervously approaching weekend with COVID measures lifting
Joe Jackson is uneasy as the weekend approaches. The general manager of Pink Nightclub has been navigating a series of COVID-19 restrictions and rules for the past year and a half to keep the business...
Jul 08, 2021 Scenes like this will once again return to bars and nightclubs across the province once public health restrictions are lifted on Sunday. (Pink Lounge and Nightclub/Facebook)
Keeping up your mental health following reopening
Changes. We've experienced a lot of them within the past 482 days. However, we're days away from reopening and saying goodbye to the COVID pandemic to which we've become accustomed. But how do we move...
Jul 08, 2021 (Tourism Saskatoon/Twitter)
Saskatchewan Habs fan reflects on magical season
It was a Cinderella run without the fairy-tale ending for the Montreal Canadiens. The team came up short in its bid to win the Stanley Cup, losing 1-0 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 on Wednesday...
Jul 08, 2021 Jim Taman (right) and family outside the Bell Centre in Montreal on July 6th, 2021. (Jim Taman/Submitted)
Tornado warnings, watches lifted for southern Saskatchewan
Environment Canada has lifted tornado warnings and watches for areas of southern Saskatchewan. However, heat warnings remain across the northern half of the province. Just before 2:30 p.m., the weathe...
Jul 08, 2021
Hidden Crisis: The front lines of the fight
A needle, a vial of naloxone and someone who knows how to use them -- for drug users who take too much, these may be the only things that stand between them and joining the list of those who've died b...
Jul 08, 2021 Prairie Harm Reduction executive director Jason Mercredi stands in front of the safe consumption site. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. candidate Bellerose leads AFN election heading to third ballot
Saskatchewan may continue to be the home of the Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), following the departure of Perry Bellegarde. Wednesday and Thursday mark the election dates for the title,...
Jul 07, 2021 The FSIN is backing Muskowekwan Chief Reginald Bellerose in his bid for AFN National Chief. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Step by step: Saskatchewan prepares for final phase of reopening
Saskatchewan is set to take its next step. The final phase of the provincial government's Re-Opening Roadmap comes into effect Sunday with the removal of all public health orders. That includes mandat...
Jul 07, 2021
Latest COVID update July 7: 53 new cases, 1 death reported
Saskatchewan reported its highest daily total of COVID-19 cases in the past 10 days Wednesday. The Ministry of Health said there were 53 new infections, the most since 61 were announced June 26. There...
Jul 07, 2021
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