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Saskatoon family fighting for son with rare genetic condition
The countdown is on for Leslie Duval's family, who hope to be in Calgary by the end of next month for their 15-month-old son to receive a potentially life-changing transplant. When Duval got pregnant,...
Jan 24, 2022 Melissa Sedgewick, Leslie Duval and Alanna Franey (from left to right) became friends while working as pediatric nurses at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
'We're pleading with them to hear us:' Sask. unions want Shahab recommendations made into PHOs
Six of Saskatchewan's unions came together Thursday to send a message to the province: Listen to Dr. Saqib Shahab's advice. The joint press conference included the heads of the Saskatchewan Teachers' ...
Jan 20, 2022 A message written on the sidewalk outside Ellis Hall, next to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
Saskatchewan to expand COVID treatments to include Paxlovid
The Government of Saskatchewan is ready and willing to use the recently approved antiviral COVID-19 pill once a supply lands in the province. A news release from the province Tuesday said a shipment o...
Jan 18, 2022 A photo provided by Pfizer shows the company's antiviral pill used to treat COVID-19. (Pfizer Canada/Twitter)
SHA closely watching COVID outbreaks in long-term care
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is paying attention and watching closely what COVID-19 is doing in long-term and personal care homes in the province, according to the authority's interim COO, Derek ...
Jan 16, 2022
'It's just been a mess': Sask. Trucking Association on feds' vaccine mandate for truckers
The executive director of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association is calling the recent flip-flopping by the federal government “confusing” after the government went back and forth about a v...
Jan 14, 2022
'It's a detriment to our character': Business owner reacts after being wrongly listed among COVID fines
A business owner in Swift Current is speaking out after Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health mistakenly listed her business as one that broke COVID-19 guidelines. The owner of Central Ave Hair Studio, La...
Jan 12, 2022
Woman quarantining after COVID test invalid due to cold
Rhonda Pachal was returning from the states when she tried to provide a negative test to avoid the 14-day quarantine. But she says the tests she was given were invalid and now, as a result, she is stu...
Jan 12, 2022
USask prof says extreme cold can be ideal for exercise
Dr. Phil Chilibeck practises what he teaches - in this case, enjoying a late afternoon of snowshoeing for exercise in a wind chill of -24 C. Chilibeck is a professor of kinesiology at the University o...
Jan 07, 2022 Dr. Phil Chilibeck, a kinesiology professor at the University of Saskatchewan, practices what he teaches by snowshoeing at Kinsmen Park in the extreme cold on Jan. 7, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Moe gov't says it hasn't ruled out more public health measures
The Saskatchewan government has reiterated it hasn’t dismissed the idea of new public health measures as case numbers of the COVID-19 Omicron variant rise in the province. In a statement Friday,...
Jan 07, 2022
New visitor restrictions at long-term care homes in Saskatoon
People visiting loved ones at Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) long-term care homes in Saskatoon will have new restrictions to consider on Thursday. Starting at 4 p.m., care homes and affiliates in...
Jan 05, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
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