Sask. Hockey Association reacts to teams playing in Manitoba tournament
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) is disappointed to hear five teams from Saskatchewan elected to participate in a Manitoba hockey tournament Four teams from the Wheatland Hockey Association and the Parkland Junior Maulers from Yorkton participated in the North American Hockey Classic. The privately run hockey ...
Jul 29, 2020
Sask. sees 50 new COVID-19 cases, most from one communal living situation
Aggressive testing and contact tracing efforts in communal living situations are being tabbed as the reason Saskatchewan saw a spike of 50 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The provincial government said 44 of the cases came from a single communal living situation in province's north region. Geographically, 44 of the...
Jul 29, 2020
Sask. sees 50 new COVID-19 cases, most from one communal living situation
Aggressive testing and contact tracing efforts in communal living situations are being tabbed as the reason Saskatchewan saw a spike of 50 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The provincial government said 44 of the cases came from a single communal living situation in province's north region. Geographically, 44 of the...
Jul 29, 2020
Air conditioning sales heat up in Saskatoon
If you’re looking to beat the heat with air conditioning, you’re not alone. Brent Badrock is the owner of Gibbon Heating & Air Conditioning. He told 650 CKOM on Tuesday business has gone up by around 30 per cent the last couple of months. "It's been busy out there with this weather coming up ... a ...
Jul 29, 2020
Stigmatizing Hutterites about COVID-19 will harm response: public health officer
OTTAWA - Canada’s chief public health officer says discrimination against Hutterites will not help build trust as some colonies across the Prairies experience outbreaks of COVID-19. “The surrounding communities or the rest of the population should not stigmatize these communities,” Dr. Theresa Tam sai...
Jul 28, 2020
Homeschooling during the pandemic? Here's what you need to know
With the school year fast approaching, some parents are still nervous about sending their kids back into classrooms in the pandemic, so they're looking for other options. Some have floated home-schooling as a possibility. But, what would that look like in Saskatchewan? First, parents would have to contact the school di...
Jul 28, 2020
Saskatoon city council looking at mandatory mask options
Saskatoon won’t be implementing a mandatory mask policy until at least the end of August. City officials told councillors on Monday they are preparing reports on where the City would have authority to enforce a mandatory mask bylaw for private business and other common areas. There’s a number of questions a...
Jul 28, 2020
17th COVID-19 death announced in Saskatchewan, nine new cases
The Saskatchewan government is announcing a 17th person is dead from COVID-19 as the province adds nine new cases on Tuesday. The person who died was in their 70s in the south region of the province. Tuesday's nine new cases include three in the south, two in the Saskatoon region, two in the north, one in the central a...
Jul 28, 2020
17th COVID-19 death announced in Saskatchewan, nine new cases
The Saskatchewan government is announcing a 17th person is dead from COVID-19 as the province added nine new cases on Tuesday. The person who died was in their 70s in the south region of the province. Tuesday’s nine new cases include three in the south, two in the Saskatoon region, two in the north, one in the ce...
Jul 28, 2020
NDP calls on province to push back rental eviction moratorium expiration
The Saskatchewan NDP want the provincial government to extend a pandemic moratorium on rental evictions. The province announced that hearings for non-urgent eviction matters will begin again on Aug.4. The province put a hold on non-urgent evictions back in March as part of measures brought into place due to the COVID-1...
Jul 28, 2020