Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Crews battling brush fire northeast of city
Firefighters were kept busy Wednesday afternoon battling a brush fire northeast of Saskatoon. It's in the vicinity of the northeast swale. Fire crews were called to the area around 5 p.m. A caller int...
Apr 21, 2021 A fire burning near the northeast swale in Saskatoon on April 21, 2021. (Joe Lockhart/Submitted)
Saskatoon police vaccinated against COVID-19 at Saskatoon Tribal Council clinic
Hundreds of Saskatoon police officers are rolling up their sleeves at SaskTel Centre this week to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday, hundreds went to the arena to be vaccinated. By Thursday, mo...
Apr 21, 2021 More than 300 frontline officers were getting vaccinated on April 21-22 at the STC clinic at SaskTel Centre thanks to the Saskatoon Police Service partnership with Saskatoon Tribal Council. Photo taken in Saskatoon on Wednesday April 21, 2021. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix / Michelle Berg)
Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac receives $59.2M in federal funding
Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac is another step closer to becoming Canada's Centre for Pandemic Research with the $59.2 million announced for the facility in the federal budget. After months of wondering wh...
Apr 21, 2021 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Latest COVID update April 21: 4 deaths, 231 new cases, 365,001 total vaccinations
Four people from the Regina region are the latest Saskatchewan residents to die due to COVID-19. In its daily update Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported one person in each of the 30-to-39, 40-t...
Apr 21, 2021 (Lisa Schick/650 CKOM file photo)
Federal budget to offer funds to farmers for carbon pricing, energy-efficient grain dryers
A section of the new federal budget announced earlier this week aims to help farmers. Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan president Todd Lewis remembers plenty of budgets where farmers ...
Apr 21, 2021
21,000+ COVID vaccination appointments cancelled due to 'erratic' Moderna shipments
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says more than 21,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments -- mainly in rural Saskatchewan -- have been cancelled over the past couple of months, primarily because of delays...
Apr 21, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Long-term care to get federal boost; CUPE looking for more details on funding
Changes are coming to long-term care in Canada. As part of Tuesday's federal budget rollout, $3 billion over five years has been earmarked for the long-term care home (LTCH) sector. The funds will all...
Apr 21, 2021
Four charged following investigation into Damian Moosomin's death
Nearly one year after 20-year-old Damian Moosomin died, charges have been laid against four individuals in relation to the North Battleford man's death. RCMP Major Crime Unit South conducted 11 months...
Apr 20, 2021
Eligibility set to change in Saskatchewan's COVID vaccine rollout
More people will soon be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in Saskatchewan. In addition to making the AstraZeneca vaccine available to everyone 40 and over, the provincial government is planning to l...
Apr 20, 2021
Sask. lowers age restriction on AstraZeneca vaccine to 40
Saskatchewan is making AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine available to more people. The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday it was lowering the age restriction on the vaccine to 40 years old from 5...
Apr 20, 2021
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