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All vaccine apps may not be available by Friday
As of Friday, people in Saskatchewan will need to prove they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to do all kinds of things in public including eating in a restaurant, going to a bar and seeing a mov...
Sep 29, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Sept. 29: 3 deaths and 394 new cases reported
The province announced 394 new cases of COVID-19 in the province Wednesday and three new deaths. About one in four of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39. One in six of the new cases eligibl...
Sep 29, 2021
Rapid antigen self-tests on way to Sask. to speed up detection of COVID-19
The province is announcing that plans are in development for the expansion of public distribution of self-tests for personal use. An increase in distributing rapid antigen self-tests would help speed ...
Sep 29, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Temporary emergency department closures anticipated, doctors and nurses demand more from government
Saskatchewan physicians and nurses are banding together to call on the provincial government for greater action to combat rising COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan. In a joint release Wednesday, the Sas...
Sep 29, 2021
Alumni makes largest donation in University of Regina's history
It's being called the biggest donation in the University of Regina's history. Regina-born scientist and university alumni Dr. Nevan Krogan is the man behind the $2.08 million donation intended to help...
Sep 29, 2021 Dr. Nevan Krogan, the man behind the largest donation in the University of Regina's history. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Council to consider requiring residents to shovel adjacent sidewalks next winter
In an attempt to improve accessibility in the winter, council is expected to make changes to a bylaw that would require property owners to clear adjacent sidewalks after snowfall. Currently, owners of...
Sep 29, 2021
Two new apps now available for proof of vaccination requirements coming Friday
Two apps have been launched to help with the implementation of proof of vaccination requirements for Saskatchewan businesses and events. Beginning Friday, Oct. 1, various businesses and venues in the ...
Sep 29, 2021
Sask. businessman calls B.C. vaccine requirements ‘seamless’
Shawn Moen was a little nervous to travel to B.C. last week for a sailing trip with his father. “It just happened that we came out when the vaccine requirements in B.C. were in full force,”...
Sep 29, 2021
19 heat records broken in Sask. Tuesday
It might be fall, but the weather is giving no indication of that. According to Environment Canada, 19 communities had heat records shattered across the province on Tuesday. Yellow Grass - 89 km south...
Sep 29, 2021
Close contacts in Sask. schools need to self-isolate, NDP says
The NDP's education critic says there's still time for the government to correct its approach to COVID-19 in schools and order close contacts to self-isolate. Currently, when there are positive cases ...
Sep 28, 2021 Sask. NDP Education Critic Carla Beck (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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