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Latest COVID update Jan. 13: 2 deaths, 247 new cases, 205 in hospital
After being declared the province with the highest rate of active COVID-19 cases in Canada, Saskatchewan's number of new infections has dropped slightly. On Tuesday, Saskatchewan had the highes...
Jan 13, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Health minister dismisses eHealth board, orders full review
Big changes are coming to eHealth, just days after a privacy commissioner's report heavily criticized the agency's handling of one of Saskatchewan's largest privacy breaches ever. Health Minister Paul...
Jan 12, 2021
Province increases funding for MMIWG programming
There will be more funding available for efforts to address and acknowledge violence against Indigenous women in Saskatchewan. In the summer the province announced $300,000 in funding for projects tha...
Dec 15, 2020
Law changes allow sexual violence victims to break leases
The provincial government hopes new legislation will help victims of sexual violence escape a bad situation. On Wednesday the Saskatchewan government introduced amendments to the Residential Tenancies...
Dec 09, 2020
Parent reaction to Saskatchewan Safe Schools Plan runs the gamut of emotions
Some parents are worried and upset, while others have no choice but to send their children back to school. Others aren't at all concerned about the province's plans to get kids back into the classroom...
Aug 05, 2020 Holliston School in Saskatoon, where children will return come Sept. 1. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sask. and now Alberta calling on other provinces to stop sex offenders from changing their names
On Wednesday, Alberta joined Saskatchewan with legislation changes to stop sex offenders from changing their names, and now both want the rest of Canada to do the same. Saskatchewan made its legislati...
Jun 24, 2020 Don Morgan, the minister responsible for SGI. (650 CKOM file photo)
First-of-its-kind hydrogen project to launch in Saskatchewan
A first-of-its-kind hydrogen project is set to start up in Saskatchewan under the Saskatchewan Petroleum Innovation Incentive (SPII). In a release, Saskatchewan Energy and Resources says the process d...
Jun 24, 2020
Taking it day by day: Parents say they're doing their best to teach their children
Charmaine Pyakutch wasn't surprised at all when the provincial government announced Thursday, May 7 that school would not resume for Saskatchewan students until at least September. The Saskatoon mothe...
May 08, 2020 Sign outside of Hugh Cairns advising people to stay home and safe. Lara Fominoff /CKOM
Province introduces Pillars of Life suicide prevention plan
The Saskatchewan government has created a five-point plan for suicide prevention. It's called Pillars for Life. "Ultimately what this plan is putting forward is a plan and a process to reduce the numb...
May 08, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan)
Province 'disappointed' in STF's decision to impose sanctions
Saskatchewan's education minister said Monday he was "a little disappointed" the province's teachers are to begin withholding services Thursday. "Last week we met with the president of the union and i...
Mar 09, 2020 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
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