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Saskatchewan more than doubled overdose death record in 2020: Coroners service report
2020 was the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses in Saskatchewan. According to the latest report from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, a total of 379 drug toxicity deaths were recorded over ...
Jan 11, 2021 A kit containing two doses of naloxone and supplies for performing CPR. (650 CKOM file photo)
Two men injured in Saturday plane crash near Archerwill
Two men suffered serious injuries after a plane crash Saturday near Archerwill. According to the RCMP, the Greenwater detachment received a report just before 10 a.m., that a plane had crashed about n...
Jan 11, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 11: 8 deaths, 412 new cases, 197 in hospital
After being unable to fully report its usual COVID-19 update on Sunday, the provincial government reported eight deaths Monday. In its daily update, the province reported new COVID-related fata...
Jan 11, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Sask. home builder predicts drop in lumber prices this spring
A Saskatchewan home builder is predicting some relief from high lumber prices in time for the spring building season. "(By) late March, early April we expect a drop as much of 30 per cent in the marke...
Jan 11, 2021
Vaccine plan needs faster rollout, better communication, says Sask. nurses’ union
The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) thinks the province's program to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines needs to be sped up in a significant way. "The quicker we go, the quicker we get...
Jan 11, 2021
Latest COVID update Jan. 9: 7 deaths, 332 new cases, 189 recoveries
Another seven people in Saskatchewan who contracted COVID-19 have died. In its daily update, the province said four of the deaths were in the north-central region - one person aged 70 to 79 and three ...
Jan 09, 2021
Latest COVID update Jan. 9: 7 deaths, 332 new cases, 189 recoveries
Another seven people in Saskatchewan who contracted COVID-19 have died. In its daily update, the province said four of the deaths were in the north-central region - one person aged 70 to 79 and three ...
Jan 09, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan farmers brace for financial blows in 2021
Saskatchewan farmers are bracing for a more expensive year, as the increased carbon tax brings more financial challenges for provincial producers. The tax started at $20 per tonne in 2019, before incr...
Jan 09, 2021
Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate dies of COVID-19 complications
An inmate from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary died outside the hospital after "an apparent result of complications related to COVID-19," the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced Saturday. Thi...
Jan 09, 2021
Vaccine holdback not required by Health Canada despite health minister’s claims
Saskatchewan maintains the federal government asked the province to hold back half of the first COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to the province, despite comments from Health Canada to the contrary. S...
Jan 08, 2021
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