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Beef prices will likely increase as Canadian processing plants cope with COVID-19 outbreaks
The rib eye steaks and angus burgers so many of us love to grill will likely not only go up in price in the coming days and weeks - they might not be as readily available either. That's what the CEO o...
Apr 21, 2020 Prairie Meats Retail Outlet in Saskatoon. Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM
Saskatoon Youth Soccer cancels 2020 outdoor season in face of COVID-19
Saskatoon kids won't be sliding on shin guards or tightening their cleats to join organized soccer games this spring, as Saskatoon Youth Soccer announced the cancellation of their 2020 outdoor season ...
Apr 21, 2020 (Saskatoon Youth Soccer Inc./Facebook)
Volunteers, donors, coming together to provide meals for the hungry in Saskatoon
The Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) is coming together with volunteers, individual donors, and 9 other organizations to provide food for the hungry. Starting Thursday, it will be delivering meals to ov...
Apr 21, 2020 Saskatoon Tribal Council logo.
(Saskatoon Tribal Council/Facebook)
Man, woman face charges after break and enter and evade police
A 32-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man face a number of charges following a break and enter and evade police incident. At about 5 p.m. Monday, police were called to a home in the 200 block of Frobi...
Apr 21, 2020
No injuries in Silverwood Heights blaze
Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, fire crews responded to a 911 call saying smoke was filling a house in the 100 block of Girgulis Crescent. A woman and a boy had self-evacuated, but the family pets were s...
Apr 21, 2020 Saskatoon fire crews respond to a home in the 100 block of Girgulis Crescent, April 21, 2020.
(Saskatoon Fire Dept./Submitted photo)
Broken rail suspected in two fiery Saskatchewan train derailments
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Transportation Safety Board suspects a broken rail was the cause of two fiery train derailments on the same stretch of track in rural Saskatchewan. An advisory to Transport Canad...
Apr 21, 2020 Smoke billows up from a derailed Canadian Pacific Railway train near Guernsey, Sask., on Thursday, February 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matt Smith
City makes changes to crosswalks, closes Cranberry Flats
The City of Saskatoon is making some changes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release Monday, the city said it is adjusting its traffic signals so pedestrians won't have to press activati...
Apr 20, 2020
Semi hits Highway 11 overpass
At about 4:30 Monday afternoon the Saskatoon Fire Dept. was called out to Highway 11 and Circle Drive East after a semi-trailer unit struck an overpass. In a release, the fire dept. says no one was in...
Apr 20, 2020 Highway 11 overpass.
(Saskatoon Fire Dept./Submitted photo)
'I think there's reason to be optimistic': VIDO- InterVac's Dr. Scott Napper on COVID-19 treatments
Even with the best-case scenarios, a potential COVID-19 vaccine is several months, to a year or more away, says VIDO-InterVac's Dr. Scott Napper. In the meantime, scientists like those at Saskatoon's ...
Apr 20, 2020 (David Stobbe/StobbePhoto.ca)
Saskatoon branch of CMHA launches phone line dedicated to pandemic concerns
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the cause of additional stress for many people, whether it be from fear of catching the virus, having to self-isolate or financial worries because of a lost job or a lay...
Apr 20, 2020 (CMHA Saskatoon branch/Facebook)
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