Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Federal inmates to receive COVID vaccine Friday under pilot program, union says
By Nigel Maxwell The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to federal inmates. The 600 doses were distributed Friday among inmates at Saskatoon's Regional Psychiatric Centre, the ...
Jan 12, 2021 Located about one kilometre west of the city of Prince Albert, the Saskatchewan Penitentiary has been in operation since 1911. (paNOW staff)
Sask. pharmacists looking for more details on vaccine plan
Many pharmacists in the province are ready and able to start giving out COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan. Now they're just waiting to find out where they fit in...
Jan 11, 2021
Email mistake leads to privacy investigation into Sask. hunting licence system
An investigation has been opened into thousands of emails sent to the wrong people through the province's Hunting, Angling and Trapping Licence (HAL) system. Last last week, the third-party company th...
Jan 11, 2021
Saskatchewan more than doubled overdose death record in 2020: Coroners service report
2020 was the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses in Saskatchewan. According to the latest report from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, a total of 379 drug toxicity deaths were recorded over ...
Jan 11, 2021 A kit containing two doses of naloxone and supplies for performing CPR. (650 CKOM file photo)
Former Saskatchewan RCMP officer pleads guilty to breach of trust
A former Saskatchewan RCMP officer pleaded guilty to breach of trust by a public officer in Court of Queen's Bench in Battleford on Monday. Wade Chitrena accessed at least one sensitive image of an ad...
Jan 11, 2021 (battlefordsNOW file photo)
Crackers closes for cleaning; SHA says karaoke not a risk factor in investigation
Crackers Restaurant is closing its doors temporarily, as the facility gets a deep clean following a late-Sunday warning of a COVID-19 exposure from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). The Saskato...
Jan 11, 2021 (Crackers Restaurant/Facebook)
Two men injured in Saturday plane crash near Archerwill
Two men suffered serious injuries after a plane crash Saturday near Archerwill. According to the RCMP, the Greenwater detachment received a report just before 10 a.m., that a plane had crashed about n...
Jan 11, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. home builder predicts drop in lumber prices this spring
A Saskatchewan home builder is predicting some relief from high lumber prices in time for the spring building season. "(By) late March, early April we expect a drop as much of 30 per cent in the marke...
Jan 11, 2021
Saskatoon police lay weapons, drug charges after vehicle flees traffic stop
Three people were arrested after fleeing from a traffic stop in Saskatoon early Monday and now they're facing weapon- and drug-related charges. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers trie...
Jan 11, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Government confirms purchase order with Saskatoon PPE company
The Saskatchewan government has released the details of its deal with Saskatoon's Benchmark PPE. In a media release Monday, the provincial government said it bought 18,000 face shields and 4 million d...
Jan 11, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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