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PHR requests $1.3M for safe consumption site; organization hits fundraising goal
Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR), the site of Saskatchewan's only functional safe injection site, is looking for its slice of the pie in the upcoming budget. According to executive director Jason Mercredi...
Mar 15, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Man arrested following theft of specialized adaptive bike
A Saskatoon family has its adaptive bike back, and Saskatoon police have one man in custody. Last Monday, Tobi-Dawne Smith told 650 CKOM about the theft of the adaptive bike, which allows her child Re...
Mar 15, 2021 (Tobi-Dawne Smith/Facebook)
Saskatchewan airports lose international status
It's possible Saskatchewan airports could lose their ability to host overseas flights. A Jan. 26 policy change from Transport Canada only designates 13 airports across the country as international air...
Mar 15, 2021
Saskatchewan government turns to Saskatoon companies for PPE
Two Saskatoon companies are filling the Saskatchewan government's latest order for personal protective equipment for schools. On Monday, the government said it was buying another four million medical-...
Mar 15, 2021 Olga Bugrova, co-owner of Benchmark PPE, with one of the company's masks. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update March 14: Vaccine bookings expanded, recoveries outweigh new cases, two deaths
The number of people in Saskatchewan who can book a COVID vaccine continues to expand. In a news release Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced that anyone aged 70 or older will be able to sc...
Mar 14, 2021
Latest COVID update March 14: Vaccine bookings expanded, recoveries outweigh new cases, two deaths
The number of people in Saskatchewan who can book a COVID vaccine continues to expand. In a news release Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced that anyone aged 70 or older will be able to schedule ...
Mar 14, 2021
One dead in Saturday night apartment blaze on Broadway
One person is dead following a Saturday night fire in a Saskatoon apartment complex. Fire crews were called to the apartment building on the south end of Broadway Ave. shortly after 7 p.m. Smoke was b...
Mar 14, 2021 Aftermath of the fire at a Broadway Avenue apartment, which killed one, on March 13, 2021. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
One year later: Sask. woman reflects on COVID pandemic experience
One year ago, Tiffany Martinka and her husband were on a hot holiday in Punta Cana when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The couple left Saskatoon on a direct flight for their winter vacation on March 11. "...
Mar 13, 2021 Tiffany Martinka and her husband (pictured with their children) were on vacation when COVID arrived in Saskatchewan in 2020.(submitted/Damara Lynn Photography)
Latest COVID update March 12: Variants spread in Regina, prompting warning from gov't
Regina continues to be the hub for the spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants. In a news release Friday, the Ministry of Health reported there are another 77 presumptive positive variant cases in...
Mar 12, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
City of Saskatoon launches pilot project with four electric vehicles
The City of Saskatoon is putting four electric vehicles on the road, supporting its Low Emissions Community Plan (LEC). The four vehicles also complement Saskatoon Transit's electric bus pilot, which ...
Mar 11, 2021 The City of Saskatoon launched a pilot project with four electric vehicles on March 11, 2021. (City of Saskatoon)
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