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COVID-19 outbreak declared at ACT Arena figure skating side
In a release Wednesday afternoon, the City of Saskatoon says a COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the ACT Arena on the figure skating side. The city says it was informed of the outbreak by the Sas...
Nov 04, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
SUN applauds province for reducing group gathering sizes and mandatory mask order
Registered nurses are becoming more and more worried about the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the province. Saskatchewan Union of Nurses President Tracy Zambory says the bright spo...
Nov 04, 2020
Lighthouse nears second location, opens up on details of October outbreak
Things have been busy at Saskatoon's Lighthouse. A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at its facility downtown on Oct. 23. According to executive director Don Windels, more than two dozen cases have been ...
Nov 04, 2020 Don Windels, Lighthouse executive director. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update Nov. 4
Saskatchewan recorded its lowest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in nearly two weeks Wednesday, but it appears technology played a factor. In a media release that said there were 37 new ...
Nov 04, 2020 Saskatoon's COVID-19 drive-through testing site. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Weather forecaster predicts 'really nasty storm' to hit Sask.
Saskatchewan is about to go from fall to winter this weekend according to one of Canada's top forecasters. "It could be one of the biggest (storms) of winter," David Phillips, senior climatologist wit...
Nov 04, 2020 (650/CKOM)
PiNK may reopen to regular business hours Friday following Oct. 30 inspection: general manager
What defines a nightclub? The very answer could open up at least one establishment to its regular business hours this upcoming weekend. The province's ruling in October on Saskatoon's nightclub restri...
Nov 04, 2020 (Pink/Facebook)
Zubair Sheikh taking roller coaster ride on mayoral campaign trail
Zubair Sheikh has a vision for Saskatoon. The engineer and businessman with contracts from B.C. to Manitoba arrived in Saskatoon in 2009. Upon arriving, he had a tough time understanding why Saskatoon...
Nov 04, 2020
Saskatoon Remembrance Day ceremony replaced with drive-by tribute
Remembrance Day can be celebrated from the seat of your car in Saskatoon this year. With SaskTel Centre unable to host the annual ceremony - known as the largest indoor Remembrance Day ceremony in Can...
Nov 03, 2020 Canada Remembers Our Heroes drive-by tribute.
(Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Multiple Saskatoon agencies call on province for help in COVID-19 battle within vulnerable sector
Saskatoon's vulnerable and homeless population is feeling the pressures of COVID-19, as cases within the sector rise. That's according to members of the Maintenance Committee for the Saskatoon Inter-A...
Nov 03, 2020
Close to 10,000 votes cast at advanced polls in Saskatoon
Just like the provincial election, early voting is a popular choice in the Saskatoon municipal election. The city says nearly 10,000 voters cast their ballot for mayor, city councillors and school boa...
Nov 03, 2020
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