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SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival postponed
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected another huge festival in the province. The 34th annual SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival has been postponed. It had been scheduled for July 3-12 in Saskatoon. In a ...
Apr 17, 2020 (Tourism Saskatoon)
Pike Lake residents hoping summer weather doesn't bring summer crowds
People flocking to Pike Lake Provincial Park as the spring weather warms is usually a welcome sight, but that's not the case this year. Residents in the area have begun noticing plenty of traffic duri...
Apr 16, 2020 Residents at Pike Lake Provincial Park are starting to see more people at the park as the snow melts. (Submitted)
Woman charged with arson in early morning fire in Pleasant Hill
Saskatoon police have charged a 32-year-old woman with arson with disregard for human life in connection to a blaze early Thursday morning in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. Firefighters responded to...
Apr 16, 2020
Saskatoon Fire deals with multiple suspicious fires in core neighbourhoods
In just over three weeks, 10 homes in Saskatoon's core neighbourhoods have been destroyed by suspicious fires. Eight of those 10 homes were vacant, according to the Saskatoon Fire Department's assista...
Apr 16, 2020 (Submitted/Saskatoon Fire Dept.)
Charges pending after driver damages school playground in North Battleford
One person has been arrested after a vehicle rammed into the playground at St. Mary's School on Thursday. In a release, Battleford RCMP said officers were called to the elementary school at approximat...
Apr 16, 2020 (Submitted)
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan suspending 2020 season indefinitely
To be, or not to be? It's looking to be more the latter for Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan in 2020 after it announced Thursday it was putting its summer series on hold indefinitely. The group is hopi...
Apr 16, 2020 Will Brooks, the artistic producer of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, kicks off homecoming celebrations for the local theatre company on Aug. 10, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Now not the time to re-open economy or relax physical distancing measures: Saskatchewan Union of Nurses
The analogy Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) President Tracy Zambory describes is simple: you wouldn't go skating on a pond that has just started to freeze over, or you'll fall through. You need to ...
Apr 16, 2020 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (File photo/650 CKOM)
Northern leaders angry, say a nurse brought COVID-19 to Stony Rapids
For the second time during this pandemic in Saskatchewan, COVID-19 was unknowingly spread to a remote and vulnerable community by one of the province's health care workers. On Friday, the northern Sas...
Apr 16, 2020 Stony Rapids (Wikipedia)
'I'll never forgive him for doing any of that': La Loche shooting victim
A sense of relief for many accompanied Thursday's news that the Supreme Court of Canada would not hear an appeal from a young offender who was sentenced as an adult in a mass shooting in La Loche. Ran...
Apr 16, 2020 Police outside the Dene High School building in La Loche, Sask. following a shooting in January 2016. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Meili concerned premier sending 'mixed message' with talk of re-opening economy
The leader of the opposition is warning Premier Scott Moe against talking about plans to re-open Saskatchewan's economy, citing concerns it could lead to people taking the COVID-19 pandemic less serio...
Apr 15, 2020 (Ryan Meili/YouTube)
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