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Government announces additional support program for small businesses

Saskatchewan small businesses will be receiving additional financial support from the provincial government.The government is implementing a $50 million program through the Saskatchewan Small Business...

Apr 09, 2020 (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)

Province announces supports for post-secondary students

Saskatchewan post-secondary students will soon have up to $1.5 million in emergency financial aid available.The Ministry of Advanced Education announced the support will be for students with limited f...

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La Ronge man taken by COVID-19 remembered as great father, outdoorsman

Ron Mackay's family doesn't want him to be remembered for the way he was taken from this world, but for the way he lived in it and the way he loved it.The 85-year-old former owner of Red's Camps in La...

Apr 08, 2020 Ron Mackay is pictured here at Red's Camps in La Ronge, Sask. (Lisa Saelhof/Submitted)

How to try to avoid cross contamination – advice from RUH’s head of clinical microbiology

What COVID-19 has taught everybody is that the virus is invisible - you can't see it - but it can be present in an individual or on a surface, and your hands can be the vector which transmits it, and ...

Apr 08, 2020 Masks and gloves available to the public. Lara Fominoff/CKOM

89-year-old Riders super fan in isolation ‘floored’ with birthday wishes

After being isolated for more than three weeks, lifelong Saskatchewan Roughriders fan Ethel Mongovius wasn't sure how her 89th birthday would go.But through the power of social media, her birthday on ...

Apr 07, 2020 Ethel Mongovius received quite the surprise on her 89th birthday, with an Upper Deck card tweeted out by the company on April 6, 2020. (Twitter/Upper Deck)

Seven more cases of COVID-19 reported, seven in hospital

On Tuesday, April 7 there are seven new cases of COVID-19 with seven in hospital and seven recoveries.The latest numbers bring the confirmed case total in the province to 260. There are 169 active cas...

Apr 07, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (File photo)

Much of the province expecting below normal runoff: WSA

After several years of above normal runoff potential in much of the province, this year's forecast is much different.Snowmelt runoff is already underway in much of southern and parts of central Saskat...

Apr 03, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Indigenous strategy launched to help communities access credible COVID-19 information

A new strategy developed in Saskatchewan, geared to Indigenous communities, is looking to provide credible, and easy to access information on the COVID-19 global pandemic."Protecting Our Home Fires" w...

Apr 02, 2020 "Protecting Our Home Fires" is a strategy geared to show Indigenous communities credible information amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Provincial gov’t adds to list of flights that carried COVID-19 cases

Seven flights have been added to the provincial government's list of those that carried passengers who since have tested positive for COVID-19.As well, one flight that previously was listed has been u...

Apr 02, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Former Sask. premier speaks out as carbon tax increases

The federal carbon tax increased from $20 to $30 per tonne Wednesday.Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall was a guest on Gormley and said opponents of the tax were not opposed to some sort of price o...

Apr 01, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)