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Feds boost efforts to secure medical gear supplies as COVID-19 cases multiply
OTTAWA - The federal government is unveiling a plan to have companies quickly produce supplies of needed medical equipment to cope with the rapidly multiplying cases of COVID-19 across Canada.Prime Mi...
Mar 20, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Canadian Press)
Sask. doctors dealing first-hand with COVID-19
The COVID-19 virus is starting to turn up in members of Saskatchewan's medical community.The president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, Dr. Allan Woo, issued a statement Thursday in which he c...
Mar 19, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Sask. doctors call on businesses to close their doors
Nearly 200 Saskatchewan physicians have written an open letter to the business community in the province.They are asking all businesses to close their doors to prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreadin...
Mar 19, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Saskatchewan reports four new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 20
Saskatchewan has recorded four new presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the province's total so far to 20. One of those was in Southend in the north and related to the first case reported there on ...
Mar 19, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
CUPE calls for release of non-violent inmates from Sask. jails
As concern grows over COVID-19, a Saskatchewan union is raising concern about the virus spreading into provincial jails and detention centres."Overcrowded facilities housing vulnerable populations are...
Mar 19, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
811 Sask. health line revamped to reduce wait times, dropped calls
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has made several improvements to the province's main health line phone service after complaints about dropped calls, inability to connect and long wait times.He...
Mar 19, 2020 (CJME News Staff)
FSIN declares state of emergency
A state of emergency has been declared by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) executive as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic. "Many of our First Nations are not prepared for ...
Mar 18, 2020 FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said some First Nations don't have the supplies to deal with COVID-19. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Government of Saskatchewan declares State of Emergency
The Government of Saskatchewan has declared a State of Emergency as concerns over the spread of COVID-19 pandemic grow and the number of cases in the province doubled from eight to 16 overnight."There...
Mar 18, 2020 Premier Scott Moe announcing the State of Emergency on March 18, 2020. (submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
Province releases budget estimates
A future deficit may be possible for Saskatchewan given the global economic uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Today's 2020-21 budget includes some elements associated with major projects in our r...
Mar 18, 2020 Saskatchewan Minister of Finance Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
Cree names given to star and exoplanet
The Cree language has been linked to astrology for thousands of years, using the sun, the stars and the moon as navigational guides. But now, Cree names for a star and its exoplanet will be used in ev...
Mar 18, 2020 A star and its exoplanet have been renamed in Cree as part of a naming contest. (ID 125461858 © Vitalij Kopa | Dreamstime.com)