Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Nursing home residents hoping to keep music therapy program alive
Samaritan Place is alive with the sound of music. Elderly Saskatoon residents living at the nursing home get a bouquet of rainbows and sunshine every day, hearing classics like "Somewhere Over the Rai...
May 09, 2023 (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Twelve new post-treatment beds opening at Estevan recovery centre
More beds will soon be available for those recovering from addictions in Saskatchewan. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced a dozen more post-treatment beds will be opening at the St. Joseph...
May 03, 2023 (Discover Estevan file photo)
Saskatoon's new urgent care centre to be built near St. Paul's Hospital
The Government of Saskatchewan has teamed up with Ahtahkakoop Cree Developments (ACD) on a new urgent care centre in Saskatoon, and the location was made official Friday. The current site of Pleasant ...
Apr 28, 2023 (Dulce Abela/650 CKOM)
COVID deaths continue to decline: Sask. health ministry
Recent weeks have seen a downward trend when it comes to COVID-related deaths in Saskatchewan. The latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program (CRISP) report from Saskatchewan's Ministry...
Apr 27, 2023
Take steps to reduce hantavirus risk during spring cleaning: Health ministry
Spring cleaning is underway around Saskatchewan, but the provincial health ministry is warning cleaners to be aware of the risk of hantavirus while working in enclosed spaces. According to the Ministr...
Apr 25, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police chief Troy Cooper recovering after 'medical emergency'
Saskatoon's police chief is recovering at home after suffering a medical emergency this week. According to police, Troy Cooper was taken to hospital Monday for an unspecified issue, but has since been...
Apr 20, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Emergency medical services to see more funding, staff thanks to budget increase
Emergency medical services (EMS) are set to improve in a number of Saskatchewan communities. An $8.8-million increase to annual funding - announced in the 2023-24 provincial budget - will bring EMS im...
Apr 19, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Group advocating for universal coverage of contraceptives in Sask.
Inflation affecting the basic costs of every-day items has left people re-evaluating what products are "necessities" to purchase. A new advocacy group in Saskatchewan doesn't want to see people in the...
Apr 19, 2023 Adrian Teare (back row, centre) alongside the other four co-founders of Universal Access to Contraceptives Saskatchewan. (Adrian Teare/Submitted)
Memo shows government muzzling health-care workers: NDP
The opposition NDP claims the Saskatchewan Party is trying to muzzle health-care workers from speaking out after getting ahold of a Saskatchewan Health Authority memo. The memo was sent to SHA staff i...
Apr 19, 2023
Saskatchewan reports 10 COVID deaths, one flu death in past two weeks
Saskatchewan announced 10 deaths due to COVID-19 and one due to influenza in its latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program report. In the biweekly report issued Thursday, the Ministry ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Sarah Mills: Let's hope lessons are learned this construction season
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8:30 - Saskatchewan Ministers have been given a warning from the House Speaker about increased heckling, interruptions a...
