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Vancouver Whitecaps unveil nine new Twitter language feeds, with more planned
Looking to embrace their multicultural home and welcome potential fans father afield, the Vancouver Whitecaps unveiled official club Twitter feeds in nine new languages Monday. The new feeds come in A...
Mar 30, 2020
The effects of COVID-19 on funeral services
The global COVID-19 pandemic has far-reaching effects on everything from daily work schedules, to sports and entertainment and other events throughout the province, as it has around the world. Another...
Mar 30, 2020 Many in the community are holding small graveside services, while postponing larger-scale gatherings with extended family and friends until the COVID-19 pandemic is over. (submitted photo/Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium)
Saskatchewan records its first COVID-19 related deaths
Two Saskatchewan residents have died from COVID-19 related complications. The deaths were both recorded on Sunday in separate parts of the province and mark a grim milestone as the first fatalities fr...
Mar 30, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
Donated organs not being used as hospitals scale back transplants for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Transplant centres across the country have massively scaled back organ transplants as hospitals try to make sure they are able to accommodate COVID-19 cases. Hospitals are reserving ventilato...
Mar 30, 2020
RCMP asking for public's help following three business break and enters in Glaslyn
RCMP are asking for the public's help following three alleged break and enters to businesses in Glaslyn on the weekend.Police reported Turtleford RCMP were notified Monday morning of three break and e...
Mar 30, 2020 Turtleford RCMP are investigating following three break and enters to businesses in Glaslyn on the weekend. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Soccer may be on hold but Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio still making his mark
TORONTO - While unable to perform on the field, Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio is still managing to leave his mark during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 27-year-old from nearby Bramp...
Mar 30, 2020
Canada's spy service moves quietly ahead with data-crunching plans: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Canada's spy agency is moving ahead with plans to collect and use databases containing personal information about Canadians. The Canadian Security Intelligence S...
Mar 30, 2020
N.S. woman describes struggles of a beloved father on a ventilator with COVID-19
The daughter of a Nova Scotia man relying on a ventilator to breathe wants Canadians to know that COVID-19 can deny loved ones the ability to hold one another in their ti...
Mar 30, 2020
Concerns raised about how to help the most vulnerable in Sask. during pandemic
Organizations in Saskatchewan are concerned over what some of the province's most vulnerable residents will do during the COVID-19 outbreak.Jason Mercredi, the executive director of AIDS Saskatoon, sa...
Mar 30, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Sens' Tkachuk says teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are 'doing well'
Ottawa Senators winger Brady Tkachuk says two teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are "doing well." Speaking on one of the NHL's video conference calls Monday, the 20-year-old adds the gro...
Mar 30, 2020