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COVID boosters coming for those 65+, rapid tests to be distributed next week
A third COVID-19 shot in the arm will soon be available for those 65 and older in Saskatchewan, according to chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. During a news conference Friday, Shahab expl...
Oct 15, 2021
Latest COVID update Oct. 15: 312 new cases, 339 in hospital
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan dropped under 400 for the first time in a month Friday. According to data from the Ministry of Health, that figure now stands at 380. The la...
Oct 15, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
New tourism agreement aims to boost travel between southern Sask. and Montana
Nine rural municipalities in south-central Saskatchewan have taken steps to prepare for a future after the coal industry. Through an economic partnership called South Saskatchewan Ready (SSR), they ha...
Oct 15, 2021 Aug. 2 was the second straight day that Coronach set a new heat record. (Submitted/Town of Coronach/Facebook)
Records set in Saskatchewan provincial parks in 2021
Saskatchewan residents have been enjoying the great outdoors in record numbers in 2021. According to the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport, there have been more than one million visits to Saskatche...
Oct 15, 2021
Three drown after boat capsizes on northern lake
Three people are dead after a boat capsized on Reindeer Lake on the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. According to the RCMP, officers from the Thompson detachment got a call Tuesday that a capsized boat h...
Oct 14, 2021
Sask. vaccination rates 'skewed' by former residents inoculated elsewhere, Merriman says
Health Minister Paul Merriman believes the province's vaccination rates are being underestimated because of Saskatchewan expatriates who have been inoculated against COVID-19 elsewhere. "We have a who...
Oct 14, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman receiving a flu vaccine on Oct. 14, 2021.
Latest COVID update Oct. 14: 315 new cases, 5 more deaths
Five more Saskatchewan residents have died due to COVID-19 as the province continues to lead the country in COVID-related death rate. According to the Government of Canada, Saskatchewan had as of Wedn...
Oct 14, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM)
SHA to take full control of Extendicare homes in Saskatchewan
Two months after temporarily taking over management of Extendicare homes in the province, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is set to take full control of the company's five long-term care facilities....
Oct 14, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
Fire restrictions removed for areas of east-central Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has lifted fire bans that were in place for areas of east-central Saskatchewan. The restrictions -- which covered all provincial Crown lands, including provincial...
Oct 14, 2021 The Bell fire north of Hudson Bay. (Prince Albert Grand Council/Submitted)
Legion commemorates 100th poppy anniversary in 2021
The first-ever poppy was designed 100 years ago, as of this year. "This year is the 100-year anniversary of the poppy and it is a symbol of remembrance to make people think about our veterans and thei...
Oct 13, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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