Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Saskatoon Fire Station #7 COVID-19 Outbreak Confirmed
The City of Saskatoon is confirming a declaration of a COVID-19 outbreak at the Saskatoon Fire Station Number 7 on Wanuskewin Road by the Saskatchewan Health Authority, but the City is also saying the...
Les Lazaruk Jan 15, 2021

Serious Accident On Circle Drive
As of late Friday afternoon, Saskatoon Police had closed down Circle Drive in both directions between College Drive and Attridge Drive following a two-vehicle collision earlier in the day. It happened...
Les Lazaruk Jan 15, 2021

Four COVID-Related Deaths and Greater Than 10% Positive Rate for New Cases in Saskatchewan Friday
The provincial death toll due to COVID-19 is up to 210 while there was more than 10% of positive cases of the novel coronavirus from a large number of processed tests in Friday’s update from the...
Les Lazaruk Jan 15, 2021

Mass Evacuation: Saskatoon Building Had CO Readings Over Eight Times Higher Than Recommended
A boiler room in a Saskatoon apartment building had a carbon monoxide reading of 400 parts per million, and didn’t have carbon monoxide sensors. That from the Saskatoon Fire Department who say t...
Brad Jennings Jan 15, 2021

Provincial Government Financially Props Up Saskatchewan’s W-H-L Teams and the S-J-H-L
The Government of Saskatchewan is coming to the rescue of the province’s five W-H-L teams and the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The SaskParty government is providing a total of four million...
Les Lazaruk Jan 15, 2021

Riders Down to 10 Potential Free Agents With Contract Extension for Left Tackle Vaughn
Strike another name off the list of potential Saskatchewan Roughriders’ free agents as import offensive lineman Terran Vaughn inked a one-year contract extension Friday. Vaughn first joined the ...
Les Lazaruk Jan 15, 2021

Increasing Mine Safety is the Object of a Project at Sask. Polytechnic
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is working on a way to keep miners safer, underground in the province. Terry Peckham, Research Chair for the Digital Centre of Excellence, says their project is trying to crea...
Brad Jennings Jan 15, 2021

Saskatoon-Based Company Expands to Over Five Countries
Despite the pandemic, a young Saskatoon-based company experienced a year of growth in 2020. The CEO of ZYUS Life Sciences says they now have six locations in five countries and have a staff of over 80...
Carol Thomson Jan 15, 2021

Vaccine Delay and New COVID Variants
Federal officials say Pfizer is reducing deliveries of their vaccine at their European facility, due to expansion work there. Procurement Minister Anita Annand says, its to be expected when the global...
Gord Wiebe Jan 15, 2021

Saskatoon’s Synchrotron Again Brought in to Medical Research
There is no cure for hardening of the arteries, but a McGill University research team is trying to understand how it begins and what it is so a treatment can be found. Lead researcher Marta Cerutti sa...
Carol Thomson Jan 15, 2021
















