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• Saskatchewan bingo halls close due to COVID-19

  30-11-2020 23:58
  
  Five charity bingo halls  are temporarily closing as COVID-19 surges in Saskatchewan. Read More
  
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• Record number of Sask. smokers turning to helpline to quit amid coronavirus pandemic

  30-11-2020 23:12
  
  With the potential COVID-19 has to damage the lungs, smokers are taking notice and trying to kick the habit according to the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS).
  
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• Record number of Sask. smokers turning to helpline to quit

  30-11-2020 23:12
  
  With the potential COVID-19 has to damage the lungs, smokers are taking notice and trying to kick the habit according to the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS).
  
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• Sask. health authority has issued $45K in COVID-19 fines since start of pandemic

  30-11-2020 23:02 via cbc.ca
  
  The number of people fined is unclear, but a Saskatoon party host and a Prince Albert pastor are among them.
  
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• 'Need more reasons to smile right now': Saskatoon woman's giant snow dragon lifts spirits - CTV News Saskatoon

  30-11-2020 22:57
  
  'Need more reasons to smile right now': Saskatoon woman's giant snow dragon lifts spirits  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 'Need more reasons to smile right now': Saskatoon woman's giant snow dragon lifts spirits

  30-11-2020 22:57
  
  When Mel Thompson looked out her window three years ago, she had no idea what she saw would spark an annual tradition.
  
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• Highlights of the Trudeau government's 2020 fall economic update

  30-11-2020 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled her long-awaited fall economic statement today, updating the federal government's fiscal strategy for coping with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and shaping the recovery.
  
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• Council backs phasing in compartments to protect bus drivers

  30-11-2020 22:29
  
  Saskatoon city bus drivers are set to receive the protection from violent passengers their union has long been calling for. Read More
  
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• Ottawa signals plans to create Canada-wide child care system, collect digital sales taxes

  30-11-2020 22:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland today announced the first steps in a multi-year strategy to build a Canada-wide child care system to cut costs for families and encourage more women with kids to join the workforce. She also unveiled a plan to levy a digital sales tax to raise revenue for the cash-strapped federal government.
  
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• Nutrien calls on fertilizer industry to support its agriculture climate change drive

  30-11-2020 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nutrien is to pilot its new carbon program in certain regions across North America in 2021 and plans to later take it to South America and Australia.
  
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• 'This is serious and real;' Sask. bishop spends 12 days in hospital with COVID-19

  30-11-2020 22:17
  
  When Bishop Michael Hawkins was in the intensive care unit, he thought about the people around him. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon company rallies volunteers to help seniors with snow removal

  30-11-2020 21:53
  
  After seeing the impact friends and family had on his grandmother while she was living alone up to the age of 99, Omnee founder Dave Johnston decided to find a way to help other seniors with snow removal.
  
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• As COVID-19 outbreak at Saskatoon jail grows, inmates want ombudsman, public health to tour jail; one inmate's fiancée to launch protest

  30-11-2020 21:48
  
  Chantelle Reimer plans to demonstrate outside the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on Tuesday to call attention to conditions inside the jail, the site of a COVID-19 outbreak that has affected about a fifth of the inmates. Read More
  
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• Sask. has 3rd highest COVID-19 case rate in country; 2 more deaths Monday

  30-11-2020 21:21 via cbc.ca
  
  There are 325 new cases Monday, and the province has now had a total of 47 deaths.
  
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• Rangers in Hatchet Lake while cases are 'on the doorstep'

  30-11-2020 21:14
  
  Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation Chief Bart Tsannie welcomed 20 Canadian Rangers to his remote northeast community on the weekend. Read More
  
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• H&M to open 1st store in Saskatoon - Global News

  30-11-2020 21:14
  
  H&M to open 1st store in Saskatoon  Global News
  
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• H&M to open 1st store in Saskatoon

  30-11-2020 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon’s first H&M store is expected to open its doors this week at Midtown mall.
  
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• Saskatchewan reports 2 deaths as coronavirus hospitalizations reach record high

  30-11-2020 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan health authorities say there are 325 new coronavirus cases in the province, with 3,879 active cases and 4,638 total recoveries.
  
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• COVID-19: Two deaths reported as med students call for action

  30-11-2020 21:08
  
  Two more Saskatchewan residents have died of COVID-19. Read More
  
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• 125 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Saskatoon area, active case count rises to 1318 - CTV News Saskatoon

  30-11-2020 21:08
  
  125 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Saskatoon area, active case count rises to 1318  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 125 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Saskatoon area, active case count rises to 1,318

  30-11-2020 21:08
  
  The Saskatoon area had a total 1,318 active cases as of Monday afternoon, according to the Saskatchewan government.
  
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• Reducing spread of COVID-19 'top priority' of Sask. government's fall sitting

  30-11-2020 21:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Amidst the province's worst spike in COVID-19 cases, the Saskatchewan government began the fall sitting of the legislature with a throne speech unlike any other in its history.
  
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• Coronavirus pandemic, election promises highlight Saskatchewan’s throne speech

  30-11-2020 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  The throne speech laid out the focus for the Saskatchewan government in the coming weeks — responding to the coronavirus pandemic and fulfilling election promises.
  
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• Saskatchewan lieutenant-governor delivers the throne speech

  30-11-2020 21:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty delivers a speech from the throne that will be debated and voted on in the coming days.
  
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• COVID-19: Drive-thru testing in Prince Albert starts Wednesday

  30-11-2020 20:50
  
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says drive-thru COVID-19 testing will be available in Prince Albert starting on Wednesday.
  
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• Windy with flurries: Nov. 30 Saskatchewan weather outlook

  30-11-2020 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chance of flurries as the winds pick up. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan with all the details in your SkyTracker weather outlook for Monday, Nov. 30.
  
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• Saskatoon snow won’t be removed until January: city report - Global News

  30-11-2020 20:35
  
  Saskatoon snow won’t be removed until January: city report  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon snow won’t be removed until January: city report

  30-11-2020 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new report, presented to Saskatoon city council, predicts snow from November's blizzard won't be completely removed until the end of January 2021.
  
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• An overabundance of space: How Saskatoon's big venues are functioning in a pandemic - CBC.ca

  30-11-2020 20:29
  
  An overabundance of space: How Saskatoon's big venues are functioning in a pandemic  CBC.ca
  
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• An overabundance of space: How Saskatoon's big venues are functioning in a pandemic

  30-11-2020 20:29 via cbc.ca
  
  The event-planning business carries on, even during a pandemic. But the head of events at Saskatoon's Sheraton and CEO TCU Place say the cancellations are stacking up.
  
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• More than 100 Sask. medical students call on the province to step-up its COVID-19 response

  30-11-2020 20:18
  
  The Student Medical Society of Saskatchewan, along with more than 100 student doctors, have signed a letter to the province calling for a better response to the deepening pandemic.
  
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• 5 Sask. bingo halls voluntarily close as new COVID-19 restrictions gut capacity

  30-11-2020 19:55 via cbc.ca
  
  The latest capacity restrictions, which came into effect on Nov. 27, have made some bingo halls unsustainable, and with the safety of patrons and staff also in mind, Amalgamated Charities President Patsy Warren said they will be closed until Dec. 17.
  
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• Canadian Forces ranger patrol activated in northern Sask. First Nation to help guard against COVID

  30-11-2020 19:32 via cbc.ca
  
  A special group of northern Canadian Armed Forces reservists are helping a northern Saskatchewan community guard against the threat of COVID-19.
  
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• More than 100 med students call for more action on COVID-19 in open letter to Sask. government

  30-11-2020 18:46 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 100 University of Saskatchewan medical students have signed an open letter to the provincial government calling for more action to control the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• COVID-19 cases rise to 142 at Saskatoon jail, daily temperature checks added for staff: union

  30-11-2020 18:42
  
  The union representing workers at Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre (SPCC) says staff are now undergoing daily temperature checks as the number of cases at the jail has risen to 131.
  
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• COVID-19 cases rise to 131 at Saskatoon jail, daily temperature checks added for staff: union

  30-11-2020 18:42
  
  The union representing workers at Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre (SPCC) says staff are now undergoing daily temperature checks as the number of cases at the jail has risen to 131.
  
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• Blake Schreiner trial adjourned due to COVID-19 outbreak in jail, where Schreiner is being held

  30-11-2020 18:39
  A first-degree murder trial scheduled to continue on Monday in Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench — after being adjourned due to possible missing notes from his psychiatric interviews — will not proceed because of the COVID-19 outbreak in the provincial jail. Read More
  
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• 1 resident dead, 46 others infected amid COVID-19 outbreak at Regina's Parkside Extendicare home

  30-11-2020 18:07 via cbc.ca
  
  25 staff members have also tested positive and had to self-isolate at the largest known outbreak site at an extended health care facility in the province.
  
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• Jail COVID numbers continue to rise with inmates living in confined quarters

  30-11-2020 17:55 via cbc.ca
  
  COVID cases at the Saskatoon jail continue to rise as a prisoner advocate warns the setting is ideal for transmission.
  
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• Clothing, fashion outlet H&M to open in Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza Dec. 3

  30-11-2020 17:46
  
  Fashion retailer H&M is opening its first store in Saskatoon this week, with a grand opening planned for Dec. 3 at its new 23,000-square-foot location in Midtown Plaza. Read More
  
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• Robbery with a Firearm - 800 Block 22nd Street West

  30-11-2020 17:36 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Saskatoon Police are investigating after two men entered a gas station convenience store with a firearm last night. At approximately 10:20 p.m., November 29, 2020, Patrol officers responded to a report of a robbery in progress at a business in the 800 block of 22nd Street West. The suspects fled prior to officers arriving at the scene. Further investigation showed that two men had entered the store with a firearm and stole cash and cigarettes.The three people inside the store at the time we
  
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• Brother charged in death of man gone missing 23 years ago: Regina police

  30-11-2020 17:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Patrick Cyril Thauberger, who was 53 years old at the time of his disappearance, was reported missing on Sept. 16, 1997.
  
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• Fall sitting with new Sask. Legislative Assembly begins Monday

  30-11-2020 17:16
  
  The first session with the newly elected Legislative Assembly will begin on Monday, Nov. 30.
  
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• Arrests - Traffic Stop - Avenue S South and 22nd Street

  30-11-2020 17:13 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Four people are facing a total of 33 charges after they were found in possession of a firearm during a traffic stop on Saturday night.Shortly before 10:00 p.m., November 28, 2020, Patrol officers conducted a traffic stop on Avenue S just south of 22nd Street West. Upon approaching the vehicle, officers observed a part of a firearm inside. The four occupants were instructed to exit the vehicle and did so without incident. Further search of the vehicle yielded additional pieces of a disa
  
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• 1st degree murder charge laid for 1997 disappearance of Regina man

  30-11-2020 16:24
  
  A 78-year old Regina man has been charged with first-degree murder for the 1997 disappearance of another Regina man.
  
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• 1st degree murder charge laid against brother of Regina man missing since 1997

  30-11-2020 16:24
  
  A 78-year old Regina man has been charged with first-degree murder for the 1997 disappearance of his brother.
  
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• Crews to start removing Saskatoon snow piles starting this week

  30-11-2020 16:22 via cbc.ca
  
  City crews and contractors are expected to start removing large piles of graded snow off the streets of Saskatoon starting this week.
  
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• COVID-19 cases reported in 3 Saskatoon schools

  30-11-2020 16:15
  
  New cases of COVID-19 have been reported at three Saskatoon schools.
  
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• Increased COVID-19 exposure risk at Regina bonspiel, 2 curling clubs

  30-11-2020 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Anyone who was at the Highland Curling Club bonspiel or at two curling clubs after the event has a heightened risk of being exposed to the coronavirus.
  
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• Holiday season beginning at Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

  30-11-2020 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  While the holidays may look a bit different this year due to the pandemic, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra is still providing the classic holiday tunes. Guest conductor William Rowson shares the details on a couple of upcoming December shows.
  
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