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Scenarios for Indigenous COVID-19 response include calling in the army: Miller
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government is ready to call in the army to help First Nations, Inuit or Metis communities contend with COVID-19. Indigenous leaders f...
Apr 01, 2020
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)
Community Powwow postponed amid COVID-19 concerns
One of the organizers of the annual Heart of The Youth Community Powwow in Prince Albert says it "hurts my heart" the colourful gathering planned for the spring can't proceed.It was set for May 22 at ...
Apr 01, 2020 The third annual Heart of The Youth Community Powwow in Prince Albert was expected to draw around 4,000 people this year. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
COVID-19 pandemic leads to unknowns for Riders in 2020
There's a lot of uncertainty for the Saskatchewan Roughriders about the 2020 CFL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The league has cancelled scouting combines and training camps have been postponed i...
Apr 01, 2020 Jamie Nye/980 CJME
P.A. woman says withdrawal of home care puts elderly father at risk
There are growing concerns about the risk of COVID-19 transmission inside private seniors' facilities, as the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) prepares to redeploy home care staff in response to th...
Apr 01, 2020 Wendy Fyrk says SHA has told her daily home care services for her father will be discontinued. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan NDP)
Twenty-four COVID-19 cases related to snowmobile rally, third person dies of virus in Sask.
A third person has died from complications related to COVID-19 in the province. The deceased was a Saskatchewan resident in the 80 to 89 age range.As of today, there are nine new confirmed cases of CO...
Apr 01, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
Ujiri would love to season salvaged, but global health should be focus right now
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri would love to see the remainder of the NBA season salvaged somehow. But the Toronto Raptors president said, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic that has brought the sports world to...
Apr 01, 2020
Wolfpack stuck between a rock and a hard place as rugby league ponders future
TORONTO - As English rugby league faces an uncertain future due to COVID-19, the Toronto Wolfpack find themselves once again between a rock and a hard place. The team's next payday comes the...
Apr 01, 2020
Unemployed during COVID-19? Here's how to navigate federal programs
A quick look at some of the federal COVID-19 benefit programs and who qualifies for assistance: Canada Emergency Response Benefit The CERB pays a monthly $2,000 payment to workers who wouldn't ot...
Apr 01, 2020
UEFA postpones more soccer amid uncertainty over resumption
UEFA postponed more matches and deadlines on Wednesday without giving any firm indication on when European soccer might be able to resume, as it continues to grapple with the challenge of completing c...
Apr 01, 2020
