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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
Local business shifts focus to supply frontline workers with face masks
Restaurant supplier MCK Equipment didn't like the look of what COVID-19 was doing to economies across the world. Supplying industrial kitchens with everything from pots and pans to salt shakers and an...
Apr 08, 2020 Rob Jackson, a salesman at MCK Equipment in Saskatoon, has helped distribute 5,000 free masks to frontline workers. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
'I can't imagine being any worse': Saskatoon hairstylist describes experience with 'mild' case of COVID-19
A hairstylist teacher in Saskatoon who tested positive for COVID-19 wants to warn everyone just how serious the virus is. Camey Hryhor said she was doing her best to isolate, only travelling from home...
Apr 08, 2020 Camey Hryhor was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 31, 2020, and she said the mild case of the disease has been "awful." (submitted/Camey Hryhor)
Truck vs. semi crash closes Highway 41 near Aberdeen
A serious collision about five miles south of Aberdeen closed Highway 41 in both directions on Wednesday afternoon. RCMP confirmed a truck and semi collided around 3:15 p.m. near Old Trail Road. A pho...
Apr 08, 2020
A 30-year-old Saskatoon man faces several charges in overnight armed robbery
At around 3:15 Wednesday morning, police received a call that a 35-year-old man had been robbed at gunpoint. The man reported giving another man a ride from a business in the 1800 block of 22nd Street...
Apr 08, 2020
Ferrets to be tested for immunity after receiving COVID-19 vaccine says VIDO-InterVac Director
Dozens of ferrets and hamsters at Saskatoon's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization- International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac), will soon show scientists whether they have developed immunity ...
Apr 08, 2020 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Baseball Sask. "strategically planning" upcoming season with multiple models of shortened seasons
There's still a lot up in the air in terms of baseball in Saskatchewan this summer. Baseball Saskatchewan, the governing body for the sport in the province, continues to update its website with the la...
Apr 08, 2020 There's still a lot up in the air for the 2020 baseball season in Saskatchewan. (Twitter/Baseball Sask)
Saskatoon business group calls for provincial aid package
A Saskatoon business group says not enough attention is being paid to how Saskatchewan's economy will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to Premier Scott Moe, North Saskatoon Business Asso...
Apr 08, 2020 (NSBA/Facebook)
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