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Farmers pitch in to help Sorensen family with harvest
Craig Sorensen experienced the power of community on the weekend. The 55-year-old Sorensen farms just north of Ogema, but he wasn’t able to participate in harvest this year after the lower part ...
Sep 21, 2020
Sask. set to put forward case on carbon tax in front of Supreme Court
Saskatchewan is preparing to argue the carbon tax before the Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) on Tuesday. The SCOC is set to hear appeals in three separate cases to determine if the federal carbon-tax i...
Sep 21, 2020 Justice Minister Don Morgan speaks to reporters on the carbon tax on Sept. 21, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Urgent care centres announced for Regina and Saskatoon
Many of the details still have to be worked out, but Health Minister Jim Reiter stood in front of Regina’s Pasqua Hospital on Monday morning to announce $30 million for two urgent care centres t...
Sep 21, 2020
Sask. reports 7 new COVID cases, including 3 more from Brandt outbreak
Saskatchewan reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including three that have been connected to the outbreak at Brandt Industries in Saskatoon. So far, 17 cases have been linked to that workp...
Sep 21, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
NDP leader promises $10 million for student mental health
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili has promised $10 million to support student mental health should he become premier this fall. Half of that money would be used to hire 50 mental health nurses for sc...
Sep 21, 2020
Feds reluctantly approve Ontario and New Brunswick carbon prices for big emitters
OTTAWA - The federal government has reluctantly given green lights to both Ontario and New Brunswick to use their own carbon-pricing systems for big industrial emitters, rather than have a federal pro...
Sep 21, 2020
Sask. reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, 10 in Regina zone
The province announced 20 new COVID-19 cases for Saskatchewan on Sunday. This brings the total amount of active cases to 140 throughout the province. The Regina region saw 10 new cases on Sunday, Sask...
Sep 20, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Motorcyclist dead after Saturday accident near Birsay
RCMP responded to a fatal single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle at the intersections of Highway #45 and Highway #373 near Birsay, Sask. early Saturday. Outlook RCMP received a report on the ...
Sep 20, 2020
Police respond to separate fatal accidents
Saskatchewan RCMP responded to two separate fatal accidents on Saturday. Around 5:45 a.m, police responded to a single-vehicle rollover on Whitesand Drive near the community of Canora. The lone occupa...
Sep 19, 2020 (File photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Sask. reports record amount of testing, 11 new COVID-19 cases
Provincial health officials are reporting 11 new positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday. A record number of COVID-19 tests were performed a day earlier. On Friday, 2,873 COVID-19 tests were performed in ...
Sep 19, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
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