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SaskPower keeps carbon tax rate steady for 2022
SaskPower is giving its customers a break on the federal carbon tax. In a media release Wednesday, the Crown corporation announced its customers will pay the same carbon tax rate as they did in 2021 &...
Dec 15, 2021
Saskatchewan mother-daughter travel 8 hours to inspect shoeboxes
Kathy Fast is as close to a professional shoebox packer as they come. Having spent much of her life packing shoeboxes and the past 20 years or so travelling to Calgary to help Samaritan's Purse by ins...
Dec 15, 2021 Kathy Fast has made the trip to volunteer for Operation Christmas Child in Calgary, Alta. almost every year for the past two decades. This year, she and her daughter packed more than 60 boxes themselves and made their first post-covid trek to volunteer. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Arctic air mass system bringing frigid conditions to Saskatchewan
An arctic air mass is sweeping into the province, bringing snow and frigid conditions throughout Saskatchewan. Environment Canada meteorologist Chris Stammers says the cold could be sticking around fo...
Dec 15, 2021
U of S wastewater study yet to find Omicron variant in Sask.
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan now have the ability to detect the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Saskatoon's wastewater, but they have yet to find any traces. As of Tuesday, the province h...
Dec 15, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Scams continue to target Saskatchewan seniors
Saskatchewan residents likely have had this happen to them. The phone rings and the recording on the other end claims to be Canadian Border Services, saying they've found a package in the person's nam...
Dec 14, 2021
November data shows majority of Sask. COVID hospitalizations were unvaccinated
New information released by the Government of Saskatchewan on Tuesday continues to prove the favourable health outcomes after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Throughout November, the hospitalization rate ...
Dec 14, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Last of Saskatchewan patients being treated in Ontario returns home
Saskatchewan has repatriated the last of its residents who were receiving health care in Ontario. Starting in October, Saskatchewan sent 27 patients east to help ease the burden on the province's heal...
Dec 14, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 14: 47 new cases, 4 deaths
Four more Saskatchewan residents have died due to COVID-19. The Ministry of Health reported the deaths Tuesday. It's the most deaths in a day since Nov. 28, when there also were four fatalities. The p...
Dec 14, 2021
Hindley, Meili weigh in on new long-term care inspections program
The Saskatchewan government is going to be keeping a closer eye on long-term care homes in the province with the launch of its new inspections. Minister for Seniors Everett Hindley said the inspection...
Dec 14, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 13: Saskatchewan reports fifth case of Omicron
Saskatchewan has detected another case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. On Monday, the Ministry of Health's COVID dashboard showed a fifth case of Omicron had been found through whole genome sequencin...
Dec 13, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
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