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Sask. reports record amount of testing, 11 new COVID-19 cases
Provincial health officials are reporting 11 new positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday. A record number of COVID-19 tests were performed a day earlier. On Friday, 2,873 COVID-19 tests were performed in ...
Sep 19, 2020
Sask. reports 19 new COVID cases, including 12 in Saskatoon
The Saskatoon region has recorded another cluster of COVID-19 cases. The Saskatchewan government reported Friday that the area -- which already has seen multiple cases from a private gathering -- now ...
Sep 18, 2020
Helicopter helps rescue injured Saskatoon man in northern Sask.
A Saskatoon man and his dog are safe after an ordeal in northern Saskatchewan. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, the Black Lake detachment got a call Wednesday at about 4 p.m., reporting a GPS devic...
Sep 18, 2020
COVID Alert app now operational in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan residents now can use the Canadian government's COVID Alert app. On Sept. 2, Premier Scott Moe said the provincial government was moving ahead with its plan to use the app. That plan came...
Sep 18, 2020 This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced in the summer. (980 CJME files)
Six months later: Lockdown in Saskatchewan
For some, it almost seems like a dream when Saskatchewan was turned upside down six months ago. On March 18, the provincial government issued orders to lock down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stores c...
Sep 18, 2020 Owner Michelle Strawford is excited to reopen her retail clothing store, Bella Chic Fashion Decor in White City, on May 19, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Organizer of Saskatoon event linked to COVID outbreak fined $2,000
The Saskatchewan government has levied a $2,000 fine against the organizer of a social gathering in Saskatoon that so far has been associated with 21 cases of COVID-19. In its daily update Thursday, t...
Sep 17, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Métis group wants hunting and fishing rights extended
A Saskatchewan legal group is calling for change in how the province regulates hunting and fishing rights for Mtis people. Currently, those living outside of parts of northern Saskatchewan are not rec...
Sep 17, 2020 Lawyer Clem Chartier (left) and Charles Belhumeur (right) speak in front of the legislative building on Sept. 17, 2020. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Gov't upgrading roads into some provincial parks
Campers are going to find it easier to get to some of Saskatchewan's provincial parks in 2021. The Saskatchewan government announced Thursday it's planning to pave more than 100 kilometres of roads th...
Sep 17, 2020
Meili, NDP commit to increasing geothermal energy presence in Sask.
Ryan Meili and the Saskatchewan NDP want to make geothermal energy a focal point in the province's future. In an emailed new release, Meili and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon said an NDP government ...
Sep 17, 2020 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Frost advisory issued for areas of central, eastern Saskatchewan
A frost advisory is in effect for areas of central and eastern Saskatchewan. Environment Canada put out the advisory Wednesday just before 3:30 p.m., for areas around Carlyle, Oxbow, Carnduff, Bienfai...
Sep 16, 2020
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