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Latest COVID update Jan. 12: 5 deaths, 248 new cases
The death toll in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19 now stands at 204. In its daily COVID update Tuesday, the provincial government said five more residents who had tested positive for the virus had died. ...
Jan 12, 2021 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. independent schools get more funding due to COVID
Independent schools in Saskatchewan received another $2.5 million in COVID-related funding from the provincial government Tuesday. "This funding will provide additional support for independent schools...
Jan 12, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Water Security Agency warns of thin ice after recent stretch of warm weather
Even if the temperature dips below 0 C overnight, it could still be dangerous on a frozen lake or river across the province. That's the message coming from the provincial Water Security Agency. Spokes...
Jan 11, 2021 Lumsden's TRK Towing pulled four vehicles out of the ice on Last Mountain Lake during one stretch in 2018. (File photo from Tyler Temple TRK Towing/Facebook)
Email mistake leads to privacy investigation into Sask. hunting licence system
An investigation has been opened into thousands of emails sent to the wrong people through the province's Hunting, Angling and Trapping Licence (HAL) system. Last last week, the third-party company th...
Jan 11, 2021
Saskatchewan more than doubled overdose death record in 2020: Coroners service report
2020 was the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses in Saskatchewan. According to the latest report from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, a total of 379 drug toxicity deaths were recorded over ...
Jan 11, 2021
Two men injured in Saturday plane crash near Archerwill
Two men suffered serious injuries after a plane crash Saturday near Archerwill. According to the RCMP, the Greenwater detachment received a report just before 10 a.m., that a plane had crashed about n...
Jan 11, 2021
Latest COVID update Jan. 11: 8 deaths, 412 new cases, 197 in hospital
After being unable to fully report its usual COVID-19 update on Sunday, the provincial government reported eight deaths Monday. In its daily update, the province reported new COVID-related fatalities,...
Jan 11, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Sask. home builder predicts drop in lumber prices this spring
A Saskatchewan home builder is predicting some relief from high lumber prices in time for the spring building season. “(By) late March, early April we expect a drop as much of 30 per cent in the...
Jan 11, 2021
Vaccine plan needs faster rollout, better communication, says Sask. nurses' union
The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) thinks the province's program to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines needs to be sped up in a significant way. "The quicker we go, the quicker we get...
Jan 11, 2021 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 9: 7 deaths, 332 new cases, 189 recoveries
Another seven people in Saskatchewan who contracted COVID-19 have died. In its daily update, the province said four of the deaths were in the north-central region - one person aged 70 to 79 and three ...
Jan 09, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
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