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How to try to avoid cross contamination - advice from RUH's head of clinical microbiology
What COVID-19 has taught everybody is that the virus is invisible - you can't see it - but it can be present in an individual or on a surface, and your hands can be the vector which transmits it, and ...
Apr 07, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
U of S Greystone Singers get creative in year-end performance
The COVID-19 global pandemic didn't stop the University of Saskatchewan's (U of S) Greystone Singers from marking the end of their academic year. Traditionally, the Greystone Singers hold a year-end c...
Apr 07, 2020 The 2020 U of S Greystone Singers got creative in their final performance of the year, moving digital in the process. (Youtube/UofS Music)
Man faces charges after refusing to stop for police
A Saskatoon man is facing several charges after refusing to stop for police Monday night. At around 7:30 p.m., police received a report of a hit-and-run. The complainant said their vehicle had been si...
Apr 07, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Students begin supplemental learning as school districts roll out assignments
It's an exercise that's never been attempted before on a scale like this: a supplemental, but optional learning program for K-12 students in both the Saskatoon Public and Catholic School divisions. Sa...
Apr 07, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Three teens face charges after refusing to stop for police
Three teens aged 16, 14 and 13 face a number of charges after an incident Monday morning involving a stolen vehicle and an attempt to evade police. At around 11:20 a.m., police observed a black Dodge ...
Apr 07, 2020
Easter church services to be live streamed due to COVID-19
Despite being one of the biggest holidays on the christian calendar, this year's Easter weekend services will have a bit of a different feel to them. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all Holy Week celebra...
Apr 07, 2020 St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
89-year-old Riders super fan in isolation "floored" by birthday wishes
After being isolated for over three weeks, life-long Saskatchewan Roughriders fan Ethel Mongovius wasn't sure how her 89th birthday would go. But through the power of social media, her birthday on Mon...
Apr 07, 2020 Ethel Mongovius received quite the surprise on her 89th birthday, with an Upper Deck card tweeted out by the company on April 6, 2020. (Twitter/Upper Deck)
Spring-like weather taking longer than usual to arrive
It's been an unusually cold spring so far in Saskatoon, but that won't last forever. David Phillips, a climatologist with Environment Canada, joined the Brent Loucks Show on 650 CKOM to chat about the...
Apr 07, 2020
Location chosen for new Saskatoon library
A location has been chosen for the planned new library in downtown Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Public Library has purchased a plot of land on the west side of Second Avenue North, between 24th Street and...
Apr 07, 2020 The downtown Frances Morrison Library, and the Dr. Freda Ahenakew Library on Avenue K South will remain closed to the public until April 13. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Cougar dies of heart disease at Forestry Farm Park and Zoo
There is only one cougar left at Saskatoon's Forestry Farm Park and Zoo after zookeepers discovered one of the pair dead on Sunday. Jethro, 11, was found laying in his heated shelter area unresponsive...
Apr 07, 2020 (Submitted/City of Saskatoon)
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