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Saskatoon businesses enacting their own pandemic policies
At least two Saskatoon businesses aren't waiting for the province to increase safety measures. The Broadway Theatre and 9 Mile Legacy Brewing Co. are enacting protocols of their own, citing a "dramati...
Nov 18, 2020 The Broadway Theatre at 715 Broadway Ave in Saskatoon. (The Canadian Register of Historic Places)
Elk Ridge resort back in action 8 months after closure
The new owners of Elk Ridge Resort say they are ready to crack open the doors next month after the COVID-19 lockdown in the spring put the hotel and golf course temporarily out of business. Saskatchew...
Nov 18, 2020 (Elk Ridge Resort/Facebook)
Coronavirus cases surge in Fond du Lac as water treatment plant malfunctions
The Fond du Lac Denesuline Nation Emergency Team is calling for more public health interventions to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in their community. According to a media release, positive ca...
Nov 17, 2020 There are approximately 1,000 people living in the community of Fond du Lac.
(Derek Cornet/larongeNOW staff)
Martensville Minor Hockey 'pressing pause' on operations following COVID rise in community
Martensville Minor Hockey is pausing its program until at least Dec. 1 following concerns of COVID-19 within the community. That's according to the president of the association, Trevor Hanley. "Late l...
Nov 17, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
‘This could have been stopped’: mother of Allan Garrioch pleads for answers
Nearly nine months after the death of her son, Shannon Glasier says she still has many unanswered questions and needs more time to thoroughly process what happened. Allan Douglas Garrioch (who also we...
Nov 17, 2020 Allan Douglas Garrioch.
(Submitted photo)
Saskatoon records lowest voter turnout in 20 years
A relentless snowstorm and a global pandemic are two possible reasons Saskatoon recorded its lowest voter turnout for a civic election in 20 years. Official results from the City of Saskatoon on Tuesd...
Nov 17, 2020 People wait in line to vote at a Saskatoon advance polling station on Nov. 4, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Blizzard silver linings: Optimist Hill will be opening soon
While there isn't a lot for most of us to celebrate after a blizzard dumped 30 to 40 centimetres of snow on Saskatoon, there is at least one group thankful for it. Rob Letts is a co-chair of Optimist ...
Nov 17, 2020
New downtown library design to be led by Indigenous architect
The design team for Saskatoon's new central library has been unveiled. According to a press release Tuesday from Saskatoon Public Library's (SPL), Formline Architecture, Chevalier Morales Architectes ...
Nov 17, 2020 An example of the work of Formline Architecture, which was awarded the design lead on the new downtown library in Saskatoon on Nov. 17, 2020. (formline.ca)
Two city bus drivers test positive for COVID-19
The City of Saskatoon says two of its transit operators have tested positive for COVID-19. In a release, the city says the first person received a positive diagnosis on Friday and the second person re...
Nov 17, 2020
Burning incense sparks apartment fire in Saskatoon
The unattended burning of incense is responsible for an apartment fire in Saskatoon on Monday. The Saskatoon Fire Department received a 911 call over the lunch hour of smoke coming from a building on ...
Nov 17, 2020 Saskatoon fire crews responded to a fire on Matheson Drive on November 16, 2020 (Saskatoon Fire/Submitted)
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