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Bank of Canada cuts rate target to 0.75 per cent in response to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is cutting its overnight rate target by half a percentage point to 0.75 per cent in response to COVID-19. The central bank said Friday the unscheduled rate decision was due...
Mar 13, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Saskatoon stood to gain millions of dollars from Junos: Tourism CEO
The cancellations of the 2020 Juno Awards along with a number of other events have come as a blow to the tourism industry in Saskatchewan, especially in Saskatoon where the annual Junos music awards s...
Mar 13, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Feds restrict global flights to fewer airports following Trump Europe ban
The federal government said Friday it will restrict incoming international flights to a select few airports to control the spread of COVID-19. The move comes two days after President Donald Trump anno...
Mar 13, 2020
Top doctor says Canadians shouldn't travel outside the country
Canada's chief public health officer says Canadians should not travel outside the country unless they have to, out of concern over the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam says any non-essential trip sh...
Mar 13, 2020
Stocks claw back ground on Wall Street; Dow jumps 900 points
Stocks are clawing back some of their recent losses Friday at the end of a brutal week of selling as the spreading coronavirus heightened fears of a global recession. The early rally for U.S. stocks f...
Mar 13, 2020
Chinese allow Michael Kovrig telephone call to sick father amid COVID-19
OTTAWA - Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese embassy in Canada says Michael Kovrig has been allowed to have a telephone conversation with his father, who is very ill. The embassy says in a ...
Mar 13, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo
Two U of R students self-isolating due to flu-like symptoms
Two students at the University of Regina are now self-isolating after experiencing flu-like symptoms. The university confirmed it has made arrangements for the two students to self-isolate after consu...
Mar 12, 2020
Saskatchewan has first presumptive case of coronavirus
Saskatchewan confirmed Thursday the first presumptive case of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Saskatoon. The person was tested on Monday in Saskatchewan and has been well enough to self-isolate in their h...
Mar 12, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon fire station under precautionary quarantine for possible COVID-19 case
A Saskatoon fire station is under a precautionary quarantine for a possible case of COVID-19. Four firefighters responded to a medical call just after 10 a.m. Thursday. The patient is being tested for...
Mar 12, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine a possibility as work continues at U of S
With COVID-19 now in Saskatchewan, the pressure is on for a vaccine to be found. That work is being done by scientists around the world, including the team at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organi...
Mar 12, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be.
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8:30 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...