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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FSIN calls for government action on opioid crisis
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling on both the provincial and federal governments for immediate action against the ongoing opioid crisis in Saskatchewan's First Nations c...
Jan 16, 2019 Chief Calvin Straightnose (right) speaks to reporters at the FSIN offices in Saskatoon on Jan. 15, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Flu shot uptake an issue in poor areas: clinic manager
Despite the shocking news of three toddler deaths due to influenza in Saskatchewan this flu season, walk-in clinics in Saskatoon aren't seeing a spike in patients looking for a vaccination. Clinics ac...
Jan 11, 2019 The H1N1 flu virus. (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention)
Medical ketogenic formula shortage frustrates Saskatoon mom
A mother in Saskatoon is doing everything she can to ensure her daughter Jennica has the special ketogenic formula she needs. Michelle Linklater's 22-year-old daughter has autism and epilepsy. Accordi...
Jan 08, 2019 Michelle Linklater is trying to get answers on the shortage of KetoCal 4:1 formula that her daughter relies on. (KetoCal/Facebook)
Kamsack family looks forward to cancer-free Christmas
A Kamsack family is getting the best Christmas present of all this year: a clean bill of health for their daughter. Brittney Durell said her daughter Zarah Googe, 3, has been undergoing monthly chemot...
Dec 23, 2018 Zarah Googe, 3, will have her last treatment for leukemia in February 2019 after first being diagnosed in 2016. (Brittney Durell/Submitted)
Saskatoon boys honoured for saving grandmother
Saskatoon paramedics honoured two little boys Tuesday for their bravery in the face of a tough situation. Kian and Grayson Wu, 10 and 7, were getting set to watch a movie at their grandmother's house ...
Dec 04, 2018 Kian and Grayson Wu (centre left and right) and Patti Chatterson (centre) pose with paramedics and dispatchers during an awards ceremony on Dec. 4, 2018. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Group meets with premier over ovarian cancer doctors leaving
A group of people in Saskatchewan are taking it upon themselves to keep the care of ovarian cancer patients near the top of the premier's priorities. By the end of next summer, three of the four gynec...
Nov 21, 2018
Health officials warn of romaine lettuce E.coli outbreak
Health officials in Canada are warning people about a new E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. So far the outbreak has made 15 people sick in Quebec and three in Ontario - with six requiring ho...
Nov 21, 2018
Early cases of flu appear in Saskatoon
Saskatchewan health officials are are encouraging people not to wait to get their flu shots with the peak season over a month away. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says a "small" number cases of inf...
Nov 03, 2018
Sask. has Canada's highest rate of teen smoking: report
Saskatchewan teens are lighting up at nearly three times the average rate of their peers across the country. New data from Health Canada shows 22 per cent of Saskatchewan teenagers aged 15 to 19 smoke...
Nov 01, 2018 As of 2017, about 16 per cent of all Canadians aged 12 and older smoked either daily or occasionally, according to Statistics Canada. (Tomasz Sienicki/Wikimedia Commons)
Flu shots available this week
The Saskatchewan Health Authority will begin distributing free flu shots this week. The vaccinations will be available provincewide starting Oct. 22 at public health clinics, local pharmacies and some...
Oct 22, 2018
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Sarah Mills: Let's hope lessons are learned this construction season
Major projects in Saskatoon and Regina must get done, but Sarah Mills says changes are needed to lessen the impact on tr...
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