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Latest COVID update June 15: 47 new cases, 4 deaths, 722 active cases
For the second straight day, Saskatchewan reported its lowest daily total of new COVID-19 cases for 2021. One day after announcing 55 new cases, the Ministry of Health reported 47 new infections Tuesd...
Jun 15, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Moe pushing federal government for rules on international travel
For many people, the thought of travelling again has been all that has got them through the pandemic. Saskatchewan's premier is pushing the federal government on how that might happen again. Premier S...
Jun 15, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Provincial update on COVID-19, 3:30 p.m.
Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, are to provide an update Tuesday on the province's response to COVID-19. Listen live here starting at 3:30 p.m.
Jun 15, 2021
95-year-old finishes fundraising walk with a flourish
A parade of Shriners playing music and driving tiny cars preceded him and several people in matching yellow shirts walked with him as Frank Atchison finished his more than 260-kilometre walk from Sask...
Jun 15, 2021 Frank Atchison, 95, crosses the finish line for his fundraising walk from Saskatoon to Regina. Jun. 15, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New attractions coming to some provincial parks in Sask.
Saskatchewan's provincial parks will have some added perks this summer. In a media release Monday, the provincial government outlined some of the new things that will be offered by businesses that ope...
Jun 14, 2021 Saskatchewan Aquatics Adventure Park at Blackstrap Provincial Park in 2020. (Photo courtesy of saskaquaticsadventures.com)
Latest COVID update June 14: 55 new cases mark lowest daily total of 2021
Saskatchewan reported Monday the lowest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in 2021. There were 55 new cases announced, the fewest since the province reported 37 cases on Nov. 4. The previous low f...
Jun 14, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Microbiologist discusses mixing and matching second doses
There are still a lot of questions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccination process and second doses. Dr. Joseph Blondeau, a clinical microbiologist and head of clinical microbiology at Royal University H...
Jun 14, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
A community in mourning: Indian Head residents honour Const. Shelby Patton
Active in the community, always smiling, quiet, courteous and a good friend. Those are just some of the many ways people in Indian Head described RCMP Const. Shelby Patton. According to police, Patton...
Jun 14, 2021 A vigil of flowers, cards and teddies decorated the outside of the RCMP detachment in Indian Head, Sask. in honour of Constable Shelby Patton. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Extreme Heat Warning issued for west, central areas of Saskatchewan
Fifteen jurisdictions in Saskatchewan are currently under an Extreme Heat Warning. The warning was issued around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, affecting nearly every jurisdiction on the Alberta border, along with...
Jun 13, 2021
Latest COVID update June 13: Saskatchewan inches closer to final reopening threshold
Saskatchewan continues to gain ground in the battle against COVID. In its daily update Sunday, the Ministry of Health reported that just one per cent more of adults in Saskatchewan need to get their f...
Jun 13, 2021 (The Canadian Press file photo)
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