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• There's no COVID-19 public health order telling them to, but Saskatoon businesses, church decide to scale back anyway - CTV News Saskatoon

  20-11-2020 23:57 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  There's no COVID-19 public health order telling them to, but Saskatoon businesses, church decide to scale back anyway  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• There’s no COVID-19 public health order telling them to, but Saskatoon businesses, church decide to scale back anyway

  20-11-2020 23:57
  
  C3 Church is allowed to hold in-person services, but is choosing to only host virtual services for the next few weeks.
  
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• Survey shows two-thirds of oil and gas company employers cut labour costs due to COVID-19

  20-11-2020 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  A survey by energy labour market organization PetroLMI shows that more than two-thirds of the employers in Canada's oil and gas sector imposed labour cost reduction measures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.
  
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• COVID-19: Saskatoon police hand man $2,800 ticket for failing to self-isolate

  20-11-2020 23:28
  
  Saskatoon police have laid a charge under the province's public health legislation.
  
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• Enchanted Forest lights up for another season in Saskatoon - CTV News Saskatoon

  20-11-2020 23:09 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Enchanted Forest lights up for another season in Saskatoon  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Enchanted Forest lights up for another season in Saskatoon

  20-11-2020 23:09
  
  A holiday tradition is back for another year at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo.
  
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• Sask. Ministry of Justice trying to get masks for inmates: spokesperson

  20-11-2020 23:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice is working to provide masks to all offenders in provincial correctional facilities, a spokesperson told CBC News.
  
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• Sask. Ministry of Corrections trying to get masks for inmates: spokesperson

  20-11-2020 23:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's Ministry of Corrections and Policing is working to provide masks to all offenders in provincial correctional facilities, a spokesperson told CBC News.
  
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• Saskatoon snow clearing crews circling back to missed residential streets - CTV News Saskatoon

  20-11-2020 22:54 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon snow clearing crews circling back to missed residential streets  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon snow clearing crews circling back to missed residential streets

  20-11-2020 22:54
  
  Brenda Sereda has been waiting for almost two weeks to have her street cleared.
  
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• Sask. NDP wants 'immediate' action to improve long term care

  20-11-2020 22:25
  
  On Nov. 9, provincial health officials reported positive cases of COVID-19 at Rehoboth Elder Care Home in Saskatoon.
  
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• Collection of photos decades in the making provides a nostalgic glimpse of Saskatchewan

  20-11-2020 22:24
  
  Alberta-based photographer George Webber's new Saskatchewan Book was decades in the making.
  
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• Tentative contract deal reached for 11,500 health-care workers in Saskatchewan

  20-11-2020 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  SEIU-West and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations have agreed on a tentative contract for over 11,500 health-care workers in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Sask. company fined under OHS regulations, ordered to pay $126K after death of worker

  20-11-2020 21:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Saskatchewan recycling company has been fined $126,000 after pleading guilty to violating Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in a 2018 accident that resulted in the death of a worker. Read More
  
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• Honouring healthcare workers, and loved ones, as Sporting Christmas shifts into gear

  20-11-2020 21:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan's first — and hopefully last — COVID-19 Christmas is a little more than a month away. Read More
  
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• Union calls on Sask. to allow more Crown staff to work from home

  20-11-2020 21:32 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government recommends that people work from home as much as possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but a union says the province is not following its own recommendations.
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders release 2021 CFL schedule

  20-11-2020 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CFL has released the schedule for the 2021 season, hopeful they will be able to play in front of fans.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask: 1 new death, 153 new cases announced Friday

  20-11-2020 21:07 via cbc.ca
  
  A person in their 80s in the Saskatoon zone is Saskatchewan's 33rd COVID-19 death.
  
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• 33rd coronavirus-related death reported in Saskatchewan, 153 new cases

  20-11-2020 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan health authorities say there are 153 new coronavirus cases in the province, with 2,145 active cases and 3,626 total recoveries.
  
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• Weekend warm up: Nov. 20 Saskatchewan weather outlook

  20-11-2020 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Warming up for the weekend under cloudy skies. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan with all the details in your SkyTracker weather outlook for Friday, Nov. 20.
  
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• SEIU-West reaches second tentative deal after years of bargaining

  20-11-2020 20:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  After three and a half years at the bargaining table, a health care union representing 11,500 workers may have finally struck a deal with Saskatchewan's government. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon on pace to break snowfall record in November - CKOM News Talk Sports

  20-11-2020 20:26 via ckom.com
  
  Saskatoon on pace to break snowfall record in November  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• After nearly four years, SEIU-West and SAHO reach new tentative collective agreement

  20-11-2020 20:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Despite reaching a new tentative collective agreement with the province after nearly four years, the Service Employees' International Union West president says much work remains to address a major concern for thousands of health care workers. Read More
  
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• After years-long standoff, SEIU-West finds common ground with province

  20-11-2020 19:50
  
  SEIU-West says that after more than 1,300 days without a new collective agreement, members achieved a tentative agreement on Thursday.
  
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• Coronavirus: Feds announce $120.3 million to support Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan, Alberta

  20-11-2020 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller announced on Friday new federal support of $120.3 million to Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan and Alberta amid an alarming rise COVID-19 cases to support their fight against COVID-19 outbreaks. The money will go to public health measures, food security and other surge capacity needs.
  
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• New Faces New Places: High school student gathers and gives groceries to food banks

  20-11-2020 19:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  New local businesses and non-profit organizations open regularly in Saskatoon. Today, the StarPhoenix talks to Jordan Reekie, a Centennial Collegiate senior student who started 4G Saskatoon: a non-profit that makes sure the pandemic doesn't put a damper on food bank donations. Read More
  
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• Indigenous communities in Sask., Alberta to receive $120M for coronavirus fight

  20-11-2020 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Last week, Ottawa committed to $61 million to help Indigenous communities in Manitoba fight COVID-19.
  
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• Toronto Raptors will not start next season at home due to COVID-19 restrictions

  20-11-2020 19:09
  
  The Toronto Raptors will not be starting their new season at home due to COVID-19 protocols.
  
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• 2 staff members at Saskatoon Correctional Centre test positive for COVID-19 - CTV News Saskatoon

  20-11-2020 18:54 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  2 staff members at Saskatoon Correctional Centre test positive for COVID-19  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 2 staff members at Saskatoon Correctional Centre test positive for COVID-19

  20-11-2020 18:54
  
  Two staff members at Saskatoon Correctional Centre have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Father, daughter recognized for South Saskatchewan River rescue

  20-11-2020 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alexandra and Glen Green were presented with awards of merit by the Saskatoon Fire Department for rescuing a woman from the South Saskatchewan River.
  
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• 'Time is not on our side,' Sask. chief medical health officer says about COVID-19

  20-11-2020 18:24 via cbc.ca
  
  "We have a week or two at most to make specific decisions that are quite significant," says Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab.
  
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• Sask. company fined $126,000 in worker's electrocution death

  20-11-2020 17:59
  
  Inland Steel Products Inc. has been fined $126,000 after a worker died on the job, according to a Labour Relations and Workplace Safety news release.
  
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• CFL releases 'comeback' 2021 schedule, including fans in stadiums

  20-11-2020 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The CFL announced its 2021 schedule on Friday with the first game of the season featuring a 2019 Grey Cup rematch between the Hamilton Tiger Cats and champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday, June 10.
  
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• Province's wage supplement a good start, but more help needed for Sask. care workers: union

  20-11-2020 17:55
  
  The union representing many frontline workers says a temporary wage supplement for care staff provided by the provincial government is a "welcome first step" — but doesn't go far enough.
  
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• Saskatoon Buy & Sell posting connects people in need with those who can provide — for free - CKOM News Talk Sports

  20-11-2020 17:41 via ckom.com
  
  Saskatoon Buy & Sell posting connects people in need with those who can provide — for free  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Inland Steel Products fined in Saskatchewan workplace death

  20-11-2020 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Saskatchewan company was fined in the 2018 death of a worker in the RM of Corman Park.
  
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• Sask. to receive 180,000 vaccine doses in early 2021: province

  20-11-2020 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government says 180,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine purchased by the federal government have been allocated to Saskatchewan. 
  
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• Sask. to receive 180,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in early 2021: health minister

  20-11-2020 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government says 180,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine purchased by the federal government have been allocated to Saskatchewan. 
  
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• Pre-trial in Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench for mom accused of killing baby adjourned - Yahoo News Canada

  20-11-2020 16:59 via ca.news.yahoo.com
  
  Pre-trial in Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench for mom accused of killing baby adjourned  Yahoo News Canada
  
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• Missing smoke alarms caused delay in evacuating residents during 4-plex blaze: Saskatoon Fire Department

  20-11-2020 16:12
  
  A house in the city's Meadowgreen neighbourhood was heavily damaged in a fire late Thursday night.
  
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• Getting creative with Advent calendars

  20-11-2020 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Planning on getting an Advent calendar and looking to avoid the chocolate? Local lifestyle content creator Erika Anne has some ideas to spruce up the days leading up to Christmas Day, for the kids and for the adults.
  
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• Sask. reports 33rd COVID-19 death, 153 new cases

  20-11-2020 15:57
  
  Saskatchewan reported its 33rd COVID-19 related death on Friday, in addition to 153 new cases.
  
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• Local holiday shopping event this weekend

  20-11-2020 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  SaskMade Market is holding their annual Kickoff to Christmas campaign this weekend, hosting a virtual event to share some local shopping ideas ahead of the holidays.
  
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• Saskatoon firefighters respond to overnight Meadowgreen house fire

  20-11-2020 15:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  One person was transported to hospital Thursday night after house fire at fourplex unit in Meadowgreen. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewanderer on exploring the province in 2020

  20-11-2020 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewanderer Leah Mertz was scheduled to spend 2020 travelling the province, but the pandemic forced her to change plans. Mertz joins Global News Morning to talk about her experience, and things to do this winter.
  
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• 1 person burned while escaping a house fire in Saskatoon - CKOM News Talk Sports

  20-11-2020 15:26 via ckom.com
  
  1 person burned while escaping a house fire in Saskatoon  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Trudeau urges vigilance on public health measures to contain deadly spike in COVID-19 cases

  20-11-2020 14:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today urged Canadians to hunker down and follow public health rules to contain an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Trudeau to address Canadians on COVID-19 as Tam releases sobering new projections

  20-11-2020 14:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to address Canadians today as COVID-19 cases climb across the country and provinces impose new restrictions to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
  
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• Regina woman with lingering COVID-19 symptoms speaks out as cases rise

  20-11-2020 14:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Taryn Bridges first felt sick in August. Then she tested positive for COVID-19. Now, nearly three months later, she's still feeling the effects of the disease.
  
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