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VIDO-InterVac names firms to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine for human trial
VIDO-InterVac at the University of Saskatchewan is partnering with two Canadian pharmaceutical companies to produce the vaccine candidate Saskatoon researchers are planning to bring to the human trial...
Jul 31, 2020 Research team at the University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-InterVac. (University of Saskatchewan/submitted)
Police negotiate peaceful end to situation at Parkridge home
Charges are pending against a 34-year-old man after police defused a tense situation Thursday afternoon. Police received a call for assistance around 12:50 p.m. about a man believed to be traveling to...
Jul 31, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Heatwave "magnifying" issues in Saskatoon's vulnerable community: EGADZ
The heatwave across Saskatchewan is taking its toll on some of Saskatoon's most vulnerable. According to EGADZ Executive Director Don Meikle, the non-profit has faced challenges with the hot temperatu...
Jul 30, 2020 EGADZ received an anonymous donation on March 25, 2020, to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. (EGADZ Youth Centre/Facebook)
Blue-green algae warning issued by Sask. government
As the summer heat builds, dangerous blooms of blue-green algae could be popping up in Saskatchewan lakes, prompting a warning from the Water Security Agency and Ministry of Health. The provincial gov...
Jul 30, 2020 A blue-green algae bloom at Crooked Lake Provincial Park. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Police charge 2nd person in Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase murder
A second person is now facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of a Saskatoon woman earlier in July. Saskatoon police said in a release that officers formally arrested a 21-year-old man at t...
Jul 30, 2020 Saskatoon police are still looking for information in the homicide of 19-year-old Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase. (submitted/Tamara Weeseekase)
Early Alzheimer's detection through blood test could delay disease: U of S prof
A new blood test may be able to predict who should be preparing for Alzheimer's disease in the future, leading them to treatment that could delay symptoms. Two similar studies were released by the Jou...
Jul 30, 2020
Police add 3rd sex assault charge against man as another victim comes forward
A 37-year-old Saskatoon man is facing a third charge of sexual assault after another alleged victim came forward to police. Saskatoon police said in a release Thursday that a now 20-year-old man came ...
Jul 30, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
MADD unveils mobile signs showing where drunk drivers were caught
Bonny Stevenson is hoping a new initiative from MADD Saskatoon will prevent the sleepless and miserable nights she experienced after the death of her son at the hands of a drunk driver. Her son Quinn ...
Jul 30, 2020 Bonny and Craig Stevenson unveil new mobile signs that will be placed around Saskatoon displaying where an impaired driver was apprehended on July 29, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Charges laid in Avenue U murder
Three people are facing charges of second degree murder after a man was found injured early Wednesday morning on Avenue U. Saskatoon police said in a release Thursday officers responded to reports of ...
Jul 30, 2020
Heat accelerating crop development, start of harvest weeks away
A Saskatchewan heat wave is leading to the province's crops "progressing rapidly," according to the latest crop report. The provincial government said in its release Thursday that winter cereals are a...
Jul 30, 2020 Saskatchewan producers harvest at sunset. (Darren Sproat/Instagram)
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