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Friendship Inn Thanksgiving meal dine-in will go ahead, with COVID-19 precautions in place
It's a tall order for any organization - prepping and serving meals then cleaning up after more than 1,000 people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it's even more complicated, but the staff at Saskatoon'...
Oct 05, 2020 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
U of R professor discusses parties digging up dirt on social media
A political science professor believes digging up social media posts and past actions on candidates from your opponent's party is the modern version of classic attack ads. Recently, both the NDP and t...
Oct 05, 2020
Elections Saskatchewan preparing to process tens of thousands of mail-in ballots
During the previous provincial election, about 4,000 mail-in ballots were processed and counted by Elections Saskatchewan. This time around, chief electoral officer Michael Boda is getting ready for a...
Oct 05, 2020
Physical Remembrance Day ceremony won't happen for the first time since 'the '20s and '30s': Committee chair
Like many live scheduled events in 2020, Saskatoon's Remembrance Day ceremony will be going digital. Brent Wignes, chair of the Saskatoon Remembrance Day Citizens Committee, said Monday the ceremony -...
Oct 05, 2020
Martensville schools briefly placed in hold and secure
The school doors in Martensville were briefly locked Monday morning. The Prairie Spirit School Division issued a hold and secure before 9:30 a.m. after RCMP received an unconfirmed report of a suspici...
Oct 05, 2020 Prairie Spirit School Division office in Warman (Google)
Saskatoon Minor Football Field location of COVID-19 exposure: SHA
A potential COVID-19 exposure has been identified at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. According to a Sunday press release by the Saskatchewan Health Authority, the individual was likely infectious duri...
Oct 04, 2020 Saskatoon Minor Football Field (Friends of the Bowl/Twitter)
Saskatoon police investigating 12th murder of 2020
Saskatoon police now say an incident on 8th Street East this morning is being investigated as a homicide. At about 7:20 Sunday morning, police received a 911 call about an injured person at a business...
Oct 04, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Saskatoon high school
According to Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS), there is a COVID-19 outbreak at Holy Cross High School in Saskatoon. Someone who tested positive was in the school near the end of September. No...
Oct 04, 2020 (Holy Cross High School/Facebook)
SaskParty names Chris Guérette as new candidate in Saskatoon Eastview
The Saskatchewan Party has a new candidate for Saskatoon Eastview. Chris Gurette, the current CEO of the Saskatoon and Region Home Builders' Association (SRHBA), will take the nomination following for...
Oct 04, 2020 Chris Guerette will become the new candidate for Saskatoon Eastview in the 2020 provincial election. (Saskatoon & Region Home Builders' Association)
Additional COVID-19 case at Holy Cross High School
Holy Cross High School has another COVID-19 case to deal with. In a news release issued Friday evening, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools confirmed the positive COVID-19 case. According to the releas...
Oct 03, 2020 (Facebook/Holy Cross High School)
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