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18 COVID-19 cases at snowmobile rally part of Saskatchewan's new total of 134
A snowmobile rally in mid-March is at the heart of Saskatchewan's largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases. The Government of Saskatchewan announced Saturday that there were 30 new cases in the p...
Mar 28, 2020
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation declares state of emergency
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation band council declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. An emergency plan is now in place. That includes closing roads in the community excep...
Mar 28, 2020 Muskeg Lake Cree Nation declared a state of emergency on March 28, 2020. (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation/Facebook)
Sask. provincial parks closed to limit potential spread of COVID-19
Residents wanting to head into the great outdoors this weekend won’t be able to do so in any of Saskatchewan’s provincial parks. In a media release Friday, Saskatchewan Parks said provinci...
Mar 27, 2020
‘Take it seriously’: Regina-born woman in Italy sends warnings back home
With Italy in lockdown and suffering big numbers of infected and fatalities from COVID-19, a Regina woman living there is sending warnings and advice back home. Tasha Wahl was born in Regina and grew ...
Mar 27, 2020 Tasha Wahl was born and raised in Regina but now lives in Bologna, Italy with her husband. (Tasha Wahl/Submitted)
‘Haphazard’: Health-care workers union critical of government response to COVID-19
The head of a union that represents thousands of health-care workers in Saskatchewan has some particular criticisms of how the provincial government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. “That is o...
Mar 26, 2020
Province suspends evictions related to missed or late rent during pandemic
The Saskatchewan government is taking steps to ensure that tenants affected by COVID-19 will continue to have roofs over their heads. In a media release Thursday, the government announced that, effect...
Mar 26, 2020
'There’s nobody. The streets are empty:' city archivist gives a look at Saskatoon during the Spanish flu
As we continue to tread into uncharted territory with the COVID-19 global pandemic, Saskatoon's city archivist gave 650 CKOM a glimpse into the past with how the city, and province, dealt with the Spa...
Mar 26, 2020 A group of nurses stand outside of Saskatoon City Hospital during the Spanish flu around 1918. (Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room – PH-88-980-10)
Sask. woman with COVID-19 concerned over out-of-date info
Jennifer White received the news no one wants to hear right now: She tested positive for COVID-19. "(I'm) devastated because of what comes along with this now," White said. "(I'm) feeling isolated bec...
Mar 26, 2020
Daycares struggling with uncertain answers from province
For once, the people who run daycares have more questions than the youngest kids in their care, but they don’t seem to be getting answers from the government. For Cara Steiner at Prairie Lily Ea...
Mar 26, 2020
Sask. Catholic schools win funding appeal fight
It's a significant legal victory for Catholic education in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the appeal of the Theodore case in a unanimous decision. It overturns t...
Mar 25, 2020
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