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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
Existing public health measures in Sask. extended for two more weeks
Saskatchewan has extended its public health measures for two additional weeks. In a media release Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said the current measures will remain in place until May 10 as a resul...
Apr 20, 2021
Woman attacked in Saskatoon parking lot too traumatized to speak publicly: Lawyer
SASKATOON - A lawyer for a woman who was seen on video being kneeled on by a security guard outside a grocery store says the young mother is too traumatized to talk publicly about what happened. Annet...
Apr 20, 2021 (Jade Acikahte/Facebook)
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