Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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'Busiest time in our history': SARCAN sees record numbers in July
July was a record-breaking month for SARCAN, obliterating its previous record of containers being taken in by more than 10 million. "It's been the busiest time in our history," said Sean Homenick, SAR...
Aug 11, 2020
Saskatoon COVID-19 researcher responds to Russia’s vaccine announcement
Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine. It hasn't taken long for that decision to be met with a fair amount of skepticism from experts around the world and here at ho...
Aug 11, 2020 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Sask. gov't updates school masking recommendations, won't implement province-wide policy
Saskatchewan's provincial government provided new guidance Tuesday for school divisions that plan to implement mandatory mask use when classes resume in the fall. But education minister Gord Wyant and...
Aug 11, 2020
Sask. reports 29 new COVID-19 cases, including 17 in the Saskatoon region
There were 29 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Saskatchewan on Tuesday, with 17 of them in the Saskatoon zone. In a media release, the provincial government said 11 of those 17 cases were from a comm...
Aug 11, 2020
Tossed needles and garbage leads to confrontation between neighbours
A Saskatoon man says what started as a request to remove trash from a neighbouring house led to him being assaulted and insulted with racial slurs. Fayaz Kadir, an electrical engineer, was laid off a ...
Aug 11, 2020 Fayaz Kadir pictured outside his home on Avenue M. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Province reveals plan for students, staff with COVID-19 symptoms at school
When Saskatchewan schools open this fall, they'll have isolation areas for students and staff members who display COVID-19 symptoms while in the building. As part of the Safe Schools Plan, the provinc...
Aug 10, 2020
Uko family, NDP calling for public inquiry into Saskatchewan suicides
The Saskatchewan NDP and the family of Samwel Uko have joined forces to call for a public inquiry into suicides in Saskatchewan, as well as into Uko's death. "We cannot continue in this way in Saskatc...
Aug 10, 2020
Saskatchewan reports five new COVID-19 cases, eight more recoveries
The Government of Saskatchewan reported five new COVID-19 cases Monday, the lowest single-day total in three weeks. The last time the case numbers were that low was July 19, when there also were five ...
Aug 10, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
15 new COVID-19 cases, 12 more recoveries reported in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan reported 15 new COVID-19 cases, and 12 newly recovered cases on Sunday. There are five new cases in the Regina region, one in the northwest, one in the Saskatoon region, one in the centra...
Aug 09, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
German Cultural Centre closing in Saskatoon after more than 60 years
After more than six decades in the city, the Saskatoon German Cultural Centre will be closing its doors. It announced on Facebook that it will be permanently closing on August 30. The German Canadian ...
Aug 09, 2020 Courtesy of German Cultural Centre Facebook
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