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Clark talks budget; says backfilling Prairie Harm funding would set 'dangerous precedent'
Nearly 24 hours after the release of the provincial budget, Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark responded to what was funded - and what didn't make the cut. Clark said his biggest want was more investments ...
Apr 07, 2021 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Medical association calls for Sask. essential workers to be immediately vaccinated
Change the provincial COVID-19 plan and get essential workers vaccinated against COVID-19 now: That's the plea from the president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association. Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz says...
Apr 07, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan's public health measures extended until April 26
Saskatchewan's current COVID-19 public health measures will be in place for two additional weeks. The provincial government announced Wednesday that chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab had o...
Apr 07, 2021
SaskTel Centre manager optimistic about Eric Church concert this fall
It has been almost 14 months since SaskTel Centre last hosted a concert with fans. The first glimmer that the return to normal is around the corner for the Saskatoon arena came Wednesday morning. Coun...
Apr 07, 2021 Eric Church (Facebook)
UPDATE: Woman killed in Highway 21 rollover near Kindersley
A 36-year-old woman from Eatonia is dead after a single-vehicle crash Tuesday evening. According to the Kindersley RCMP, officers responded at about 6 p.m., to a rollover on Highway 21 approximately t...
Apr 07, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Provincial budget slaps tax on vaping products
In just a few months, all vaping liquids, devices and products will be subject to a 20 per cent retail tax. The new tax will replace the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) but will be on top of the Goods and ...
Apr 06, 2021
'It stings:' PHR's safe consumption site denied funding for second straight budget cycle
For the second straight year, it was a no from the Saskatchewan government. That’s the reality that now faces Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR), the lone safe consumption site in Saskatchewan. The or...
Apr 06, 2021
Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac fundraising to become Canada's Centre for Pandemic Research
Saskatoon's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) wants Saskatchewan to become the home of Canada's future pandemic response and it's asking residents to help make that a reality. A fundr...
Apr 06, 2021 Research team at the University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-InterVac. (University of Saskatchewan/submitted)
Latest COVID update April 6: 217 new cases, 221 recoveries, 3 deaths
Regina's intensive care unit has a record number of patients with COVID-19 as more than 200 people in the province are now hospitalized fighting the virus. There are 202 people in Saskatchewan hospita...
Apr 06, 2021
COVID helps push Saskatchewan forecast deficit to $2.6 billion
COVID-19 has left Saskatchewan in a bigger hole than originally expected. Before delivering the 2021-22 budget at the Saskatchewan legislature on Tuesday, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer said it was d...
Apr 06, 2021
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