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Saskatoon / 650 CKOM Jan 15, 2021 3:39 PM Jean Romero (right) and her two children live in the building where 33 people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM) When Jean Romero’s son began complaining of headaches Thursday, she told him to take a Tylenol. Then when her daughter, who’s taking university classes online, also told her mom she wasn’t feeling well, Romero asked her to open a window. She never thought for a second that her children might be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Romero, her husband and their two children live on the second flo...

  SASKATOON -- Residents of an apartment building in the city's Greystone Heights neighbourhood were evacuated Thursday evening after an emergency room doctor's hunch led to the discovery of potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide (CO). Around 6 p.m., an emergency room physician reported the potential issue, asking for a check on the building located on Bateman Crescent after observing symptoms in a patient. After firefighters arrived and took readings, high levels of CO were detected, especially in the building's boiler room. "When you have a reading such as we had in this buildin...

SASKATOON — Officials say dozens of people who received medical attention after deadly levels of carbon monoxide were found inside a Saskatoon apartment building are no longer in hospital.Fire Chief . . .

There are active COVID-19 cases in the correctional centres in Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert, with the virus confirmed in jails for men, women and youth. The Saskatoon jail is the hardest hit. As of Dec. 18, there were 58 inmates and 19 staff with COVID-19, compared to nine inmates and three staff at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre. Hackl said that ensuring safety is paramount. "We've looked at this carefully and determined that our primary care paramedics working at the correctional centre would be at no more risk than if they were working out of fire stations in a normal env...

Article content Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety says no nurses who work at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre are in isolation, and that discussions between it and the Saskatoon fire department to provide support are in the “very early stages.” The City of Saskatoon issued a media release on Friday, mirroring information in a fire department report to city council that it would provide support to the jail while it copes with a “reduction” in registered nurses who need to be in isolation due to COVID-19. The city later issued a clarification. We apol...