Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Sask. pilot allows some pharmacists to test for ear infections, strep throat
Some pharmacists' scope of practice is growing to include testing and prescribing medication for ear infections and strep throat. Chad Miskiman, a pharmacy manager at a drugstore in Moose Jaw, looks a...
Jan 23, 2025 A pharmacist demonstrates how an ear infection exam would work at Argyle Park Peoples Pharmacy. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
NDP slams Sask. government over health care recruitment
The Sask. NDP says the provincial government's health care recruitment and retention plan isn't working. Citing figures from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), health critic Vicki M...
Jan 23, 2025 The NDP's Vicki Mowat is calling on the Sask. Party to do more when it comes to recruiting health-care workers. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Sask RCMP locates NYE escaped prisoner, charges laid
An inmate who went missing from the Prince Albert Penitentiary on New Year's Eve is once again behind bars. According to Correctional Service Canada, 29-year-old Glen Halkett was found to be missing d...
Jan 22, 2025 During Halkett's arrest, officers found and seized 197 grams of cocaine, 95 grams of methamphetamine, six grams of cannabis and $1,620 in cash from the vehicle he was in with a handful of other people. (Saskatchewan RCMP/submitted)
Moe outlines what he won't support in tariff talks
Premier Scott Moe said on Wednesday that some of the language around Canada's response to the Trump tariff threat has changed, and there were things he's not on board with. Goal number one, for Moe, i...
Jan 22, 2025 Premier Scott Moe says there will be disagreements at the table with other premiers and the federal government. Jan. 22, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatoon Police respond to injured person, bear spray, evade in four days
The Saskatoon Police have been busy with calls for the last four days. It responded to multiple bear spray incidents. Two out of three of the incidents involve teenagers and youth. The first call happ...
Jan 22, 2025 Saskatoon Police respond to an injured person on the 1300 Block 8th Street East. The man is expected to be okay. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Two tent fires in two days near Carmichael Outreach: Regina Fire
The smell of smoke lingered in the air near Carmichael Outreach on Wednesday morning. Regina Fire confirmed it responded to two similar tent fires, two days in a row on the property beside the non-pro...
Jan 22, 2025 Nothing but burnt tent poles and ash remain from a tent fire in the lot beside Carmichael Outreach on Jan. 22, 2025. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
UPDATE: Riders announce Trevon Tate extension, Ajou released for NFL chance
The Saskatchewan Roughriders made a few roster moves on Wednesday -- an extension and a release. Trevon Tate will be back in green and white for another CFL season while Ajou Ajou has been released to...
Jan 22, 2025 Trevon Tate will be back with the Riders in 2025. Tate joined the Riders in August after suiting up for four games with the Calgary Stampeders. He had asked for his release from Calgary, which was granted. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Doctor says influenza, walking pneumonia cases rising in Sask.
A Saskatoon physician is saying the province is seeing more cases of walking pneumonia, which is abnormal compared to other years. Family physician Dr. Carla Holinaty said on the Jan. 22, Greg Morgan ...
Jan 22, 2025 Family physician Dr. Carla Holinaty said the cold temperatures, more people cramming into small spaces to get out of the cold, and the humidity are all reasons why more people get sick in the winter. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Regina Hawk Principle seek $1M to transform Trinity Church into Hub
A group of community organizations is looking to transform the former Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church into a community hub. The plan is to purchase the building and make it a centre to address foo...
Jan 22, 2025 Morgan Orthner is a volunteer with Hawk Principle, Heritage Homies YQR and is a student social worker. She said the goal is to secure the funding by March. 1, 2025. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
CFIA: inspectors might go to Italy to investigate salmonella outbreak
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it's possible that investigators will be sent to Italy to determine the source of a salmonella outbreak that's sickened at least 61 people in Canada. On Saturd...
Jan 22, 2025 Among the 61 cases reported, the majority were female and 17 people were hospitalized. The age range of those who became ill is between three and 88 years old. Salmonella can result in severe and potentially deadly infections, particularly for children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. (HO/The Canadian Press)
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