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Good Friday fire on Avenue P South deemed suspicious
The Saskatoon Fire and Police Services are investigating a fire in the Pleasant Hill deemed suspicious. Firefighters responded to several 911 calls around 11 p.m. Friday about smoke and flames at 317 ...
Apr 11, 2020 Saskatoon firefighters battle a suspicious fire at 317 Avenue P south on April 10, 2020. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
'It's just not worth it,' says Saskatoon man with COVID-19 ahead of long weekend
"I've been in this room for 15 days. Fifteen days in a single room. Many with a fever, wicked cough, stomach issues, headaches and nearly always tired." That's the opening line of a Facebook post writ...
Apr 10, 2020 (Kyle Gunderson/Facebook)
Online game show created by Weyburn brothers takes off
Taking the game show genre where it's never gone before. That's what Weyburn, Saskatchewan brothers Richy and Preston Roy say they want to do with their Facebook online game show "Big Time Live." The ...
Apr 10, 2020 Facebook Photo Courtesy: Richy and Preston Roy
Saskatoon Community Foundation puts $500,000 towards combating COVID-19
The Saskatoon Community Foundation (SCF) is putting over half-a-million dollars towards combating the COVID-19 crisis. Included in the funding is a $160,000 contribution from SCF to the COVID-19 Commu...
Apr 10, 2020 Saskatoon Community Foundation. (SCF/Facebook)
14-year-old charged in Saskatoon robbery
Saskatoon police have charged a 14-year-old boy after a robbery at a Sutherland area business. A lone suspect entered a business on the 700 block of Central Avenue at 6:17 a.m. on Friday with a knife ...
Apr 10, 2020 (650 CKOM)
SHA plans field hospital, COVID-19 hospital units in prep for virus surge in Saskatoon
Saskatoon's newest hockey arena is about to be prepared as a field hospital to be ready in case it's needed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Saskatchewan Health Authority is already working with arch...
Apr 10, 2020
VIDO-Intervac to sterilize used N-95 masks for re-use, establishing emergency supply
As the world faces supply issues for N-95 medical-grade respirator masks in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saskatchewan Health Authority and University of Saskatchewan are striking a deal to...
Apr 09, 2020 (Saskatoon Police Service/Twitter)
Saskatoon's Open Door Society leads initiative to sew 10,000 masks for vulnerable populations
It started out as an idea by members of a local group meant to help female entrepreneurs who are also newcomers to Canada: making 10,000 face masks for those who are vulnerable. The women, members of ...
Apr 09, 2020 Sample of a face mask. (Photo Courtesy: SODS)
City of Saskatoon issues more layoff notices, closes sports fields amid COVID-19 pandemic
More pink slips have gone out to civic employees in Saskatoon amid the COVID-19 pandemic. City Manager Jeff Jorgenson said layoff notices were given to 49 employees this week with more "aggressive ste...
Apr 09, 2020
Two dead after highway crash near Aberdeen
Two men were killed when a semi and a truck collided Wednesday afternoon near Aberdeen. RCMP say a tractor-trailer travelling north on Highway 41 and a Ford F-550 truck travelling south collided, caus...
Apr 09, 2020
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