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Flow of consumer goods should remain stable through fall and winter, says University of Saskatchewan expert
An associate professor of marketing at the University of Saskatchewan doesn't believe this fall and winter, the province will experience the widespread shortage of some basic items like we did last sp...
Sep 23, 2020 Costco shopping in March 2020.
(Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Métis Nation-Saskatchewan president facing calls for his resignation
The leader of Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) who tested positive for COVID-19 is facing calls to step down after a Waskesiu hotel was forced to close. Past president of the MN-S, Jim Durocher called ...
Sep 23, 2020 The Hawood Inn closed its doors for a week of cleaning after the president of Metis Nation-Saskatchewan was told he was COVID-19 positive while staying at the hotel. (Hawood Inn/Facebook)
NDP promises to take corporate, out-of-province money out of Sask. politics
NDP Leader Ryan Meili says Saskatchewan has the worst campaign finance laws in the country, and he's pledging to fix them if his party forms government this fall. "We need to level the playing field a...
Sep 23, 2020
Saskatoon Fall Street Sweep fines to be decided by city council on Monday
Saskatoon's Fall Street Sweeping Program is expected to begin in just a couple of weeks and will run for about 10 days, from Oct. 13 -23. And this time, those who don't move their vehicles when the sw...
Sep 23, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Suspicious packages on U of S campus deemed not hazardous
Saskatoon police and the Saskatoon Fire Department had a busy day dealing with two suspicious packages on the U of S campus. Tuesday afternoon the hazmat team and bomb disposal unit attended to the VI...
Sep 23, 2020 A blocked off road-way leading to the 100 block of Veterinary road. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Possible COVID-19 exposure at business in Market Mall
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says a person who tested positive for COVID-19 visited a business in Market Mall. In a release the SHA says there is potential exposure at the Planet Fitness on...
Sep 22, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Suspicious package delivered to VIDO-InterVac being investigated
Saskatoon police and the Saskatoon Fire Department are at VIDO-InterVac on the University of Saskatchewan campus after a suspicious package was delivered to the research centre Tuesday afternoon. At a...
Sep 22, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Anxiety, excitement outline return to school at 2-week mark: STF
Tuesday marks two weeks since the return to school in Saskatchewan. So, how have things gone? Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) President Patrick Maze told 650 CKOM that it has come with anxiety...
Sep 22, 2020 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation President Patrick Maze.
(Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
First Nations entrepreneurs partner with Saskatchewan government
The Saskatchewan government has established an agreement with SAGE Roadway Signs, a division of Saskatoon-based JNE Welding, to supply thousands of highway traffic signs in a six-month pilot program p...
Sep 22, 2020 Representatives for different organizations gather to celebrate the partnership of the six month pilot program. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Police looking for suspect after man found stabbed inside restaurant
A 33-year-old man was taken to hospital after a stabbing Monday night in Saskatoon. In a release, police say at about 9:15 p.m., patrol officers responded to a report that a man suffering from stab wo...
Sep 22, 2020
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