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SHA alerts public about elevated risk of Monkeypox: expands vaccine eligibility

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has alerted the public to the elevated risk of acquiring Monkeypox through anonymous sexual contact.

Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, speaking to reporters on Aug. 17, 2022. The SHA issued an alert due to an "elevated risk" of Monkeypox in the province. (Donovan Maess/CTV News)

Saskatoon music camp teaches new instruments, gender empowerment

A group of young musicians, creators and performers capped off a week-long camp with performances at the Broadway theatre on Saturday.

Members of The Tiny Devils perform their song at the end of Girls Rock Saskatoon.(John Flatters/CTV News)

Committee set to discuss changing city's first Michif-named street

City administration is looking to rename a new Saskatoon street after the word was revealed to have different meanings.

Here’s how to create an app in Saskatchewan

You don’t need to know how to code to create your own app in Saskatchewan.

How to become part of Canada’s community weather network

A volunteer network of weather enthusiasts are furthering scientific research by tracking precipitation in their area, and they need help.

'Spanking will leave marks': Manual used at Saskatoon school encouraged paddling

A training workbook allegedly used at a Saskatoon school targeted in a proposed class action lawsuit outlines a guiding philosophy which encouraged physical discipline.

Vitamin D supplements could treat depression symptoms, analysis finds

Vitamin D supplements could alleviate depression symptoms in adults who have been diagnosed with depression, a recent meta-analysis has found.

Canada to test wastewater for polio

Canada plans to start testing wastewater for poliovirus in a number of cities “as soon as possible” following new reports of cases abroad, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed on Friday.

Sask. expanding COVID-19 fourth vaccine dose eligibility to residents 18+

Saskatchewan is expanding COVID-19 vaccine fourth dose eligibility to residents 18 years and older.

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Agent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack

'The Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.

This still image from video shows a man, at left, being escorted from the stage as people tend to author Salman Rushdie, centre right, at the Chautauqua Institution, in Chautauqua, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo)

Arizona parents arrested trying to get in locked-down school

Police arrested three Arizona parents, shocking two of them with stun guns, as they tried to force their way into a school that police locked down Friday after an armed man was seen trying to get on campus, authorities said.

Parent of child with rare form of epilepsy distressed over N.S. ER closures

Kristen Hayes lives close to the hospital in Yarmouth, N.S., but she says that twice in the past month, her son, who has a rare form of epilepsy, has been taken by ambulance to the emergency room there, only to be left waiting.

Feds quietly change rules to allow one-time ArriveCAN exemption at land border crossings

The Canada Border Services Agency is temporarily allowing fully vaccinated travellers a one-time exemption to not be penalized if they were unaware of the health documents required through ArriveCAN.

Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, hurts 14: officials

A fire ripped through a church in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday sending huge amounts of thick black smoke into the air as congregants worshipped, killing at least 41 and injuring 14, the Coptic Church said.