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• Friesen savours narrow win in NDP stronghold of Saskatoon Riversdale - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  19-11-2020 23:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Friesen savours narrow win in NDP stronghold of Saskatoon Riversdale  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Friesen savours narrow win in NDP stronghold of Saskatoon Riversdale

  19-11-2020 23:55
  
  Years of work paid off for Marv Friesen as he won the closest race of the October provincial election, claiming Saskatoon Riversdale for the Saskatchewan Party for the first time. Read More
  
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• 5th person charged in death of Dylan Chretien

  19-11-2020 23:51
  
  Prince Albert Police say they have charged a fifth person in connection with the death of Dylan Chretien.
  
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• Two Saskatoon jail staff test positive for COVID-19; province working to supply masks to all inmates

  19-11-2020 23:45
  
  The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety confirmed two staff members at the Saskatoon jail have tested positive for COVID-19. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan SPCA launches Emergency Food Bank to help feed starving pets

  19-11-2020 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  With more people struggling the pay the bills amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new program from the Saskatchewan SPCA aims to help pet owners feed their animals.
  
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• 'I’m totally against it': Why many oppose a proposed peat moss harvesting operation in northern Sask.

  19-11-2020 23:30
  
  Some who live near La Ronge are mobilizing in opposition to a peat moss harvesting project proposed at four locations south of the town and Lac La Ronge Provincial Park.
  
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• 'Calls just kept coming in': Saskatoon contractors keeping busy during pandemic - CTV News Saskatoon

  19-11-2020 23:24 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  'Calls just kept coming in': Saskatoon contractors keeping busy during pandemic  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 'Calls just kept coming in': Saskatoon contractors keeping busy during pandemic

  19-11-2020 23:24
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic looks to have served as a catalyst for home renovations and upgrades in Saskatoon.
  
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• COVID-19: Province to receive first vaccine doses in early 2021

  19-11-2020 23:23
  
  Saskatchewan is set to receive doses of an effective COVID-19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021. Read More
  
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• More snow making for slick roads in Saskatoon and area - CKOM News Talk Sports

  19-11-2020 23:22 via ckom.com
  
  More snow making for slick roads in Saskatoon and area  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• 5 Evraz Regina employees test positive for COVID-19, multiple others isolating

  19-11-2020 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  At least five employees have tested positive for COVID-19 and a couple of dozen others are isolating due to potential exposure.
  
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• 'He would be alive today': Sask. pediatric ambulance team was available to help toddler but wasn't called, logs show

  19-11-2020 22:44
  
  A Saskatchewan mom says she was told that the specialized ambulance team that cared for her son in the past was not available. Documents obtained by CTV News appear to show otherwise.
  
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• Sask. expects to receive 180K COVID-19 vaccine doses in 1st batch

  19-11-2020 22:33
  
  The Government of Saskatchewan said it expects to receive approximately 180,000 doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Jury trials in Saskatchewan postponed due to worsening COVID-19 situation

  19-11-2020 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chief Justice Martel Popescul said the decision to postpone jury trials in Saskatchewan is due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in the province.
  
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• Coronavirus: Saskatchewan contact tracing becoming increasingly challenging with higher close contacts per infected person, health minister says

  19-11-2020 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  On average, a person infected with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan has an average of 11 close contacts, said Health Minister Paul Merriman during the province’s coronavirus update on Thursday. “With a higher number of cases being reported each day, contact tracing is becoming challenging,” said Merriman.
  
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• Saskatoon jail unit in quarantine after 2 staff test positive for COVID-19

  19-11-2020 22:20 via cbc.ca
  
  One unit at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre is under quarantine after two staff tested positive for COVID-19. 
  
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• Coronavirus: Saskatchewan aiming to receive 180k COVID-19 vaccines in first quarter 2021

  19-11-2020 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Once the Canadian federal government distributes its initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines, expected to be released in the first quarter of 2021, Saskatchewan will be receiving 180,000 of the nations 6 million vaccine doses, said the province’s health minister, Paul Merriman, on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Death of 36-year-old from Mistawasis First Nation being investigated as homicide

  19-11-2020 22:12 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP are investigating the death of a man from a First Nation north of Saskatoon, after paramedics found him dead outside of a home on the reserve.
  
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• Shellbrook RCMP investigate death on Sask. First Nation

  19-11-2020 22:03
  
  Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating the death of a man on the Mistawasis First Nation as a homicide. Read More
  
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• 'First Nations people, we have these beautiful ideas': Prince Albert teen tells cultural stories in community mural

  19-11-2020 21:48
  
  A high school student in Prince Albert is exploring her First Nations culture through a community mural.
  
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• Weather, logistical impediments delay coronavirus test results in Saskatchewan

  19-11-2020 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are 98 new coronavirus cases in Saskatchewan, with 2,066 active cases and 3,553 total recoveries, according to health authorities.
  
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• Sask.'s top doctor, health minister to give COVID-19 update at 3 p.m. CST

  19-11-2020 21:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's health minister and its chief medical health officer are expected to release updated COVID-19 modelling during a news conference Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Sask.'s top doctor, health minister give COVID-19 update

  19-11-2020 21:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's health minister and its chief medical health officer are expected to release updated COVID-19 modelling during a news conference Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Best case scenario would see Sask. nearly double COVID-19 cases in next 6 months, new modelling suggests

  19-11-2020 21:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Public health officials estimate that, at best, Saskatchewan will nearly double its total number of COVID-19 cases over the next six months, according to models released Thursday afternoon.
  
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• COVID-19: Province reports 98 new cases, but lab issues reported

  19-11-2020 21:36
  
  Saskatchewan is reporting 98 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, marking a return to double digits after nearly a week of case numbers in the hundreds. Read More
  
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• VIDO-InterVac seeking funding to establish national centre for pandemic research in Saskatchewan

  19-11-2020 21:31 via cbc.ca
  
  The VIDO-InterVac research facility in Saskatoon is seeking funding for a proposal to upgrade its facility and become a national centre for pandemic research.
  
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• University of Saskatchewan professor offers interactive COVID-19 course to health professionals

  19-11-2020 21:31 via cbc.ca
  
  A University of Saskatchewan professor is offering a unique course on COVID-19.
  
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• Saskatchewan jury trials postponed due to current COVID-19 situation

  19-11-2020 21:31
  
  Saskatchewan's Court of Queen's Bench is postponing all jury trials scheduled until the end of December because of the "worsening COVID-19 situation in the province," according to the court's latest directive, issued Thursday. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Province reports 83 new cases, but lab issues reported

  19-11-2020 21:27
  
  Saskatchewan is reporting 98 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, marking a return to double digits after nearly a week of case numbers in the hundreds. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask: 98 new cases announced Thursday

  19-11-2020 21:16 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan public health officials announced 98 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, pushing the total of known active cases in the province to 2,066.
  
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• Saskatchewan woman says use of cannabis to help her addiction not accepted

  19-11-2020 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Shelby Curtis said she was surprised when she inquired about returning to Raising Hope and, she says, was told she would no longer be allowed to use THC.
  
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• Weather, logistical impediments delay coronavirus test results at Saskatchewan laboratory

  19-11-2020 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are 98 new coronavirus cases in Saskatchewan, with 2,066 active cases and 3,553 total recoveries, according to health authorities.
  
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• Proposed changes to Broadcasting Act have Indigenous producers cautiously optimistic

  19-11-2020 20:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Proposed changes to Canada's Broadcasting Act would require broadcasters to fund Indigenous productions and also provide content in Indigenous languages. 
  
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• Sask. Court of Queen's Bench cancels jury trials now through to end of year

  19-11-2020 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Chief Justice Martel Popescul cites worsening COVID-19 situation across the province in decision to temporarily halt jury trials.
  
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• Cooling off: Nov. 19 Saskatchewan weather outlook

  19-11-2020 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The sunshine returns along with colder temperatures. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan with all the details in your SkyTracker weather outlook for Thursday, Nov. 19.
  
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• Sask. courts postpone jury trials following rise in COVID-19 cases

  19-11-2020 20:20
  
  Saskatchewan’s Court of Queen’s Bench has announced it’s postponing all jury trials given the worsening COVID-19 situation in the province.
  
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• Saskatoon wastewater researchers warn of impending dramatic COVID-19 surge

  19-11-2020 20:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers are warning that the city of Saskatoon is likely to see a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, after the amount of virus in the most recent wastewater sampling period increased 2.5 times over the week prior.
  
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• 4 people face 75 drug, weapons charges after Saskatoon traffic stop - CTV News Saskatoon

  19-11-2020 19:50 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  4 people face 75 drug, weapons charges after Saskatoon traffic stop  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 4 people face 75 drug, weapons charges after Saskatoon traffic stop

  19-11-2020 19:50
  
  Four people are facing more than 75 drug and weapons charges following a traffic stop early Thursday morning, Saskatoon police say.
  
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• ‘Drastic increase’ in COVID-19 cases likely for Saskatoon: researchers - Global News

  19-11-2020 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  ‘Drastic increase’ in COVID-19 cases likely for Saskatoon: researchers  Global News'Drastic increase' in Saskatoon COVID-19 cases predicted by research team monitoring city's sewage  CTV TorontoSaskatoon wastewater researchers warn of impending dramatic COVID-19 surge  CBC.caExponential increase of COVID-19 expected in Saskatoon  620 CKRM.comImminent surge in new COVID-19 cases in Saskatoon: USask wastewater data  Yorkton This WeekVie
  
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• ‘Drastic increase’ in COVID-19 cases likely for Saskatoon: researchers

  19-11-2020 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  A University of Saskatchewan research team is warning of the likelihood of a 'drastic increase' in COVID-19 cases in Saskatoon.
  
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• 'Drastic increase' in Saskatoon COVID-19 cases predicted by research team monitoring city's sewage

  19-11-2020 18:50
  
  Saskatoon’s COVID-19 case numbers are likely to increase exponentially in the next seven days, according to data collected by the University of Saskatchewan wastewater surveillance team.
  
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• 'Drastic increas' in Saskatoon COVID-19 cases predicted by research team monitoring city's sewage

  19-11-2020 18:50
  
  Saskatoon’s COVID-19 case numbers are likely to increase exponentially in the next seven days, according to data collected by the University of Saskatchewan wastewater surveillance team.
  
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• New study ranks Sask. lowest in Canada for energy efficiency

  19-11-2020 18:17
  
  A new study released by Efficiency Canada puts Saskatchewan in last place across Canada when it comes to energy efficiency.
  
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• Saskatoon man uses city's frigid weather to show how masks help stop COVID-19 spread - CTV News Saskatoon

  19-11-2020 17:54 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon man uses city's frigid weather to show how masks help stop COVID-19 spread  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon man uses city's frigid weather to show how masks help stop COVID-19 spread

  19-11-2020 17:54
  
  A Saskatoon man's simple video, which helps illustrate how face masks prevent the spread of COVID-19, has garnered more than 1.5 million views on Twitter alone.
  
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• Saskatoon man finds fans online after using city's frigid weather to show how masks help stop COVID-19 spread

  19-11-2020 17:54
  
  A Saskatoon man's simple video which helps illustrate how face masks prevent the spread of COVID-19 has garnered over 1.5 million views on one social media platform alone.
  
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• 36-year-old man found dead on Mistawasis First Nation

  19-11-2020 17:47
  
  RCMP are investigating the death of 36-year-old Troy Watson from Mistawasis First Nation as a homicide.
  
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• No recount for Ward 1 after close race in Saskatoon’s municipal election - Global News

  19-11-2020 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  No recount for Ward 1 after close race in Saskatoon’s municipal election  Global News
  
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• No recount for Ward 1 after close race in Saskatoon’s municipal election

  19-11-2020 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon’s returning officer Scott Bastian said the difference between the votes in Ward 1 does not meet the threshold for a recount.
  
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