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'Sask-a-boom 2.0:' New industry investments bringing boost to province, says analyst
A new OSB mill and the restart of a pulp mill in the Prince Albert area are bringing a welcome boost to the Saskatchewan economy. The announcement of the new mill came about as a result of back-door d...
Sep 09, 2021
Advance polls for federal election open Friday
Advance polls for the federal election open Friday across Saskatchewan. Polls will remain open Friday until Monday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to a news release from Elections Canada. Vaccination...
Sep 09, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Sept. 9: 286 new cases, 184 in hospital, 1 death
Nearly 86 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Thursday were unvaccinated people. According to the Ministry of Health, 245 of the 286 new cases weren't vaccinated. There were...
Sep 09, 2021
COVID-19 surge in Saskatchewan 'very troubling': SHA
A Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) manager says the health-care system is in a "fragile position" at the moment with the tide of new COVID-19 cases showing no sign of slowing down. "This most recen...
Sep 09, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
SHA mandates masks in common areas of long-term care homes
Masks will be mandatory in common areas of Saskatchewan long-term care homes starting Friday. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced it would require family members of residents and ...
Sep 09, 2021
Harvest ahead of average, but many crops badly damaged
While harvest in Saskatchewan progresses at an above-average rate, some crops in the province are beyond help due to weather issues this summer. According to the weekly crop report from the Ministry o...
Sep 09, 2021
'Test, trace and isolate:' Concerned citizens gather at Merriman's Saskatoon office
Chants about the province's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic - geared at Health Minister Paul Merriman and Premier Scott Moe's golf game - rained down just off Eighth Street in Saskatoon on Wednesday...
Sep 08, 2021 University of Saskatchewan professor, Kyle Anderson, speaks to a crowd of concerned citizens in the parking lot of Health Minister Paul Merriman's office. Pictured on Sept. 8, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update Sept. 8: 405 new cases, 181 hospitalizations, 2 deaths
There were 405 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Saskatchewan on Wednesday, the fifth-highest single-day total of new cases in the province since the pandemic started. The highest daily total ever rep...
Sep 08, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Health authority to continue administration of Extendicare homes
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is going to keep overseeing operations at the Extendicare homes in the province for another month. Originally, the SHA was to take over administration of the fi...
Sep 08, 2021
U of S athlete finishes seventh at international track competition
Avery Pearson competed on behalf of the University of Saskatchewan across the ocean before she even sat down in a Saskatoon lecture hall. The 18-year-old Meadow Lake track athlete just returned from c...
Sep 07, 2021 Avery Pearson competes in Nairobi at the World Athletics U20 Championships in the women’s 800 metres, winning first in her heat on Aug. 19, 2021. (Submitted)
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