Another business is being highlighted as a possible COVID-19 exposure spot in Saskatchewan, this time Benesh, Bitz and Company in Saskatoon. A person who has tested positive for COVID-19 visited the business from July 15th to the 26th while likely infectious. Anyone else who attended that business is being asked to self-monitor for symptoms for […]
Phase one of the relocation of residents from the City Centre Inn and Suites that began Thursday afternoon, has finished. As of Thursday evening, 120 of the 150 residents have been provided the opportunity for temporary housing and relocation to local shelters and hotels. Several were provided with longer-term housing options, according to the city. […]
Calling it bed bug and cockroach infested, Saskatoon’s Fire Chief says the state of the City Centre Inn and Suites is deplorable. Chief Morgan Hackl says in his career he has never shut down a facility in this manner nor descended with fire inspectors on a property, to the degree they have here, in order […]
A Saskatoon-based company has reached a milestone in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine with pre-clinical trials to begin early this fall. The CEO of Zyus Life Sciences says researchers have formulated a plant-based protein or antigen that mimics the virus, and the hope is that it will be successful in preventing illness from COVID-19. […]
Sixteen years after the Dakota Dunes Golf Links opening and 13 years after the casino opening, there are 2 more projects on the way for the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. Chief Darcy Bear says construction of a 155-room hotel is nearing completion. The work continued through the closing down of the economy earlier in the […]
An employee at the Rona Home and Garden on Preston Avenue North in Saskatoon has tested positive for COVID-19. This would be one of the cases included in the 56 new cases announced by the provincial government Monday. On their website the company says the associate with COVID-19 last worked in the store on July […]
The University of Saskatchewan is currently researching a new way to test for COVID-19, that would utilize a less invasive method, by testing saliva. That according to Dr. Walter Siqueria of the USask College of Dentistry, who is attempting to make the tests more accurate and quicker to getting results. His research team hopes to […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is issuing a public health alert for people who visited a Saskatoon restaurant between July 1 and 4. The employee, who tested positive was working at the Canadian Brewhouse in the Stonebridge location last week. If you were at the business during the following times, you are being asked to self-monitor for […]
A special meeting of the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners will be held Thursday to talk about a controversial video showing officers punching a 27-year-old while taking him into custody. The family of Evan Penner had been concerned about his whereabouts as he had not been seen since being released, but the Federation of Sovereign […]
A Saskatoon police officer has been placed on leave after a video surfaced of a man being repeatedly punched during an arrest. The footage shows part of the arrest that unfolded in the city Saturday, when an officer responded to a call for service. In the 6 1/2-minute clip posted on YouTube, an officer is […]
