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Regina, Saskatoon transit take big hit from pandemic
Nearly every industry has taken a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic in one way or another, and public services are no exception. With universities closed to in-class learning and far fewer people physica...
Apr 15, 2021
Saskatoon school boards sticking to in-person learning for now
Schools in Saskatoon aren't planning on moving students out of the classroom anytime soon as COVID-19 variants of concern continue to spread across the province. The province reintroduced restrictions...
Apr 14, 2021 (Saskatoon Public Schools/submitted)
Walk a mile in his shoes: 95-year-old set for trek from Saskatoon to Regina
Saskatoon's Frank Atchison is lacing up his shoes and will walk the 250 kilometres from Saskatoon to Regina in support of sick children. The soon-to-be 95-year-old plans to walk five kilometres a day ...
Apr 14, 2021 Frank Atchison. (Photo courtesy of pattisonchildrens.ca)
Don't ditch the facemasks or social distancing after first vaccine dose, says Shahab
So you've had your first COVID-19 vaccine dose and that means you can ease up on the public health rules, right? Wrong, says Saskatchewan chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. That's because ...
Apr 14, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update April 14: 193 new cases, 222 recoveries, 1 death
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health is reporting there were 193 new COVID-19 cases, 222 recoveries and one more death, this time in the southeast. A person in their 70s in the southeast zone is the late...
Apr 14, 2021
Artistic director 'cautiously optimistic' some form of Jazz Festival able to run this summer
Like many large-scale events in 2020, Saskatoon's Jazz Festival was cancelled. With worries of the emerging coronavirus, the show was cancelled on April 17. Fast forward one year, with a years worth o...
Apr 14, 2021
COVID variant infects 10 people at Saskatoon sports bar
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says that so far, 10 people have been infected with a COVID-19 variant at Sports on Tap, a Saskatoon bar near Prairieland Park. Those who have tested positive for the...
Apr 14, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sask. welcomes Alberta into SMR MOU, feasibility study positive on possibilities
On Wednesday morning, Saskatchewan's premier helped welcome another province into the group looking at widening the use of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Canada. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney signed ...
Apr 14, 2021 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (l) and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon drive-through vaccination clinic moving to 52-54 age group
Changes are coming to drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Saskatchewan. In Saskatoon, the drive-through clinic at Prairieland Park is to open to people aged 52 to 54 on Wednesday. It previou...
Apr 13, 2021
'It was pure adrenalin:' Local hero recounts Saturday river rescue
Brad Pilon believes everything came down to timing during a Saturday river rescue on the South Saskatchewan River. He was on mile six of eight, running along Saskatoon's Meewasin Trail with his wife a...
Apr 13, 2021 Two boys on the shoreline of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon were fortunate Brad Pilon was nearby when one of them slipped into the water. Pilon went into the water to retrieve the child, swimming them both back to safety. The video was recorded by Pilon's wife, Ashley and released by Medavie Health Services West.
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