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Indigenous strategy launched to help communities access credible COVID-19 information
A new strategy developed in Saskatchewan, geared to Indigenous communities, is looking to provide credible, and easy to access information on the COVID-19 global pandemic. "Protecting Our Home Fires" ...
Apr 02, 2020 "Protecting Our Home Fires" is a strategy geared to show Indigenous communities credible information amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Pride won't hold June festival amid COVID-19 pandemic
One of the biggest parades of the year in Saskatoon won't happen in its usual June slot, as Saskatoon Pride announced Thursday they wouldn't be holding their annual festival in 2020. In a Facebook pos...
Apr 02, 2020 (Saskatoon Pride)
Stabbing at Mayfair area motel sends man to hospital
A 30-year-old man is being treated in hospital following a morning stabbing. Police were called to a motel in the 2000 block of Avenue B North at about 11:30 Thursday morning. The man was at the scene...
Apr 02, 2020
Pet adoptions on the rise after urgent call from Saskatoon SPCA
Roxie the Great Pyrenees-Border Collie cross is having a ball these days running outside, and playing in the snow on her new family farm outside of Saskatoon. The one-year-old puppy was one of 116 ani...
Apr 02, 2020 Roxie was adopted by a family just outside of Saskatoon last week.
(Submitted/Jennilee Friesen)
Sask. Construction Association president calls for projects to continue
The Saskatchewan Construction Association (SCA) is asking for public support from all levels of government to allow construction projects across the province to continue uninterrupted. In a media rele...
Apr 02, 2020
Saskatchewan food banks launch province-wide crisis response fund
Saskatchewan's 32 food banks say they are expecting to see unprecedented demand for their services due to the COVID-19 crisis. They say because of that, they are in desperate need of financial support...
Apr 02, 2020
'COVID-like symptoms' displayed in Saskatoon vulnerable population, provincial help needed: Mayor
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark is calling on the provincial government to help the vulnerable sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a news conference Wednesday, Clark requested the set up of a testing ...
Apr 01, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Cosmopolitan Industries closes its doors
Cosmopolitan Industries closed its doors across Saskatoon on Wednesday. The special needs organization that provides workplace training and opportunities for adults with intellectual challenges made t...
Apr 01, 2020 Cosmopolitan Industries, seen here celebrating the opening of its Market Mall location, temporarily closed its door on April 1, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Free pizza: Truckers getting a hot meal on the go
When a simple thank you won't do, there's always a free box of pizza to show your appreciation. While it may not be commonplace, it was the thinking behind Family Pizza and Bell International Trucks c...
Apr 01, 2020
Waiting for weeks: A Saskatoon substitute teacher hopes Employment Benefits are on their way
March 16 was Anika Burmeister's last day on the job. As a substitute teacher who graduated from university not long ago, she took the jobs that came her way. Unfortunately, her school board had to lay...
Apr 01, 2020 Burmeister hopes she sees some EI payments soon. She hasn't been able to get through to anyone lately on Service Canda.
(Photo Submitted/Anika Burmeister)
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