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• Saskatoon Fire Department respond to fire on deck and roof of apartment building

  10-04-2021 23:21
  
  The Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) responded to a call at 11:20 a.m. from a person who noticed a fire on the outside of a building on the deck and roof.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask.: 236 new cases, no new deaths, new record for single-day vaccinations

  10-04-2021 23:06 via cbc.ca
  
  The province said Saturda 12,615 more vaccine doses have been administered, bringing the total number in the province to 268,895. 
  
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• No injuries after deck fire at College Park apartment building

  10-04-2021 22:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  No one was injured after a deck and portion of the roof at a College Park apartment building caught fire. Read More
  
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• Sask. pharmacists could start administering COVID-19 vaccines as early as April 19: health minister

  10-04-2021 22:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Minister Paul Merriman said pharmacists will be administering the Moderna vaccine. However, the supply of that vaccine isn't stable right now.
  
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• Electric vehicle groups hold demonstrations against $150 yearly tax

  10-04-2021 22:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Joel Murray says the money is also meant to maintain highways, which most EV drivers don't use 
  
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• Sask. pharmacies to administer vaccines by mid-April: health minister

  10-04-2021 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Paul Merriman said pharmacists are currently undergoing training to administer the vaccines and enter data into the system.
  
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• Cameco to restart Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Sask.

  10-04-2021 22:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Cameco says it's enhancing COVID-19 protocols and reopening its Cigar Lake mine.
  
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• Regina resident who thought she'd be given Pfizer vaccine shocked after being told she'd get AstraZeneca

  10-04-2021 22:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Maxine Koskie says she was caught off guard
  
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• Sask. reports 236 new COVID-19 cases; 126 variants of concern identified

  10-04-2021 21:53
  
  Saskatchewan confirmed 236 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, along with 126 newly detected variants of concern.
  
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• 2021 Saskatchewanderer says he will 'push creativity to the next level' during COVID-19

  10-04-2021 19:49
  
  Felipe Gomez, a musician and former school teacher, has been named the 2021 Saskatchewanderer — a role that will look different than years past due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Increasing COVID-19 variant cases raising concern for STF as students return to class

  10-04-2021 19:25
  
  The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) is urging increased vigilance to protect against COVID-19 and its variants as students to return to class on Monday
  
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• Sask. legislative assembly disagreement over mask use continues as NDP MLA reveals he's immunocompromised

  10-04-2021 17:22 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government and Opposition MLAs are on opposite ends of a mask debate when it comes to the legislative chamber, even following the news that one NDP MLA is immunocompromised. 
  
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• Sask. trappers concerned over accessing online logging consultation

  10-04-2021 17:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  If one of Theresa Laliberte's family traplines is slated for logging, she may not know until it's too late. Read More
  
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• Letters: Something needs to change in Sask.'s pandemic response

  10-04-2021 14:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Moe and Shahab should resign Read More
  
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• Sask. government knows safe consumption sites save lives — but won't fund them

  10-04-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Cory Cardinal almost became one of the numbers. Read More
  
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• Cuthand: Harm reduction sites needed in Saskatchewan

  10-04-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The failure of the provincial government to provide any funding at all to a safe drug consumption site speaks volumes about a government that is more concerned with its base than doing the right thing to attack the drug pandemic ravaging parts of Saskatchewan. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon's Lighthouse vaccinates hundreds of front-line workers using leftover doses - CBC.ca

  10-04-2021 13:00
  
  Saskatoon's Lighthouse vaccinates hundreds of front-line workers using leftover doses  CBC.ca
  
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• Saskatoon's Lighthouse vaccinates hundreds of front-line workers using leftover doses

  10-04-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Hundreds of front-line workers in Saskatoon have a new layer of protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.
  
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• Sask. paralympic champion raises money for adaptive bike club

  10-04-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Record-breaking paralympic wheelchair racer Lisa Franks was an outdoorsy kid. After becoming paralyzed 25 years ago, she thought she would have to give up those experiences.
  
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• Saskatoon Fire Department respond to fire on deck and roof of apartment building - CTV News Saskatoon

  10-04-2021 09:00
  
  Saskatoon Fire Department respond to fire on deck and roof of apartment building  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• ‘They’re taking over’: Saskatchewan doctors flag threat of COVID-19 variants

  10-04-2021 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Physicians are warning politicians and the public about the rise of COVID-19 variants of concern in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatchewan reminisces over connections to Prince Philip

  10-04-2021 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Prairie connections to Prince Philip are wide. He visited the province eight times and left a number of Saskatchewanians with fond memories of seeing or meeting him.
  
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• Global News at 6 Saskatoon — April 9, 2021 | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  10-04-2021 02:12
  
  Global News at 6 Saskatoon — April 9, 2021 | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Global News at 6 Saskatoon — April 9, 2021

  10-04-2021 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Friday, April 9, 2021, edition of Global News at 6 with Lisa Dutton on Global Saskatoon.
  
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• Single mother's difficulty securing housing points to broader issues: advocate

  10-04-2021 02:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  After so much upheaval in recent weeks, Tara Marchand is excited to be going home. Read More
  
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• Loving mother of six identified as victim of fatal Sask. rollover

  10-04-2021 02:07
  
  Sheena Hearn’s six children are grieving the sudden loss of their mother, some too young to understand that she is gone.
  
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• Loving mother of six identified as victim of fatal rollover near Kindersley

  10-04-2021 02:07
  
  Sheena Hearn’s six children are grieving the sudden loss of their mother, some too young to understand that she is gone.
  
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• Cameco starting production at Cigar Lake mine in April after temporary COVID-19 closure

  10-04-2021 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  When exactly the mine will restart production is dependent on how quickly Cameco can remobilize workers.
  
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• Baba slides toward retirement after more than two decades at Baseball Canada

  10-04-2021 01:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Jim Baba's dad, Farris, loved baseball and was deeply immersed in the sport — so much, that in order to get his son into Little League baseball one year, he switched the kid's birth date from Aug. 6 to July 31. Read More
  
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• Family of Regina cancer patient pleads for easing of hospital visitation restrictions

  10-04-2021 01:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Amid continuing COVID-19 protocols, the SHA says family presence restrictions are currently at level three at Regina facilities, allow visitors primarily for end-of-life patients.
  
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• About 50K rapid COVID-19 PCR, antigen tests used in Saskatchewan: officials

  10-04-2021 01:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  A total of 50,836 COVID-19 rapid tests have been used in Saskatchewan, resulting in 552 presumptive positives.
  
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• Bidding wars and moving to the suburbs: Saskatchewan’s real estate market booming

  10-04-2021 01:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  More people are buying houses and moving to the suburbs, according to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association, with sales up 108 per cent in Saskatoon in March compared to 2020.
  
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• Union for Sask. jail staff slams health minister's vaccine priority stance

  10-04-2021 01:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The union representing the province's correctional workers says the government is failing to protect workers in Saskatchewan's adult and youth correctional facilities by not providing rapid test kits or prioritizing staff for COVID-19 vaccines. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon's Roxy Theatre closes to prevent spread of COVID-19 variants - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  10-04-2021 01:09
  
  Saskatoon's Roxy Theatre closes to prevent spread of COVID-19 variants  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Surplus doses used to vaccinate Saskatoon police against COVID-19 - CKOM News Talk Sports

  10-04-2021 01:03
  
  Surplus doses used to vaccinate Saskatoon police against COVID-19  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Saskatoon's Roxy Theatre closes to prevent spread of COVID-19 variants

  10-04-2021 01:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Shuttering Saskatoon's historic Roxy Theatre to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 ranked as an easy decision for Jordan Delorme. Read More
  
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• Sask. businesses step in with donations after Prairie Harm Reduction denied provincial funding

  10-04-2021 00:54
  
  Local businesses are stepping up to try and fill a funding gap for Saskatoon’s safe consumption site.
  
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• Search warrants executed as part of ongoing investigation

  10-04-2021 00:41 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  At approximately 7:00 p.m., April 8, 2021, members of the Saskatoon Police Service, with the assistance of the Tactical Support Unit, executed search warrants at five locations in Saskatoon in relation to a drug trafficking investigation. Search warrants were executed at residences in the 100 block of Fast Crescent, the 200 block of Willis Crescent, the 1100 block of College Drive, the 300 block 5th Avenue North, and a hotel room in the 400 block of 2nd Avenue South. The investigation
  
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• Sask. stats show 1,300 fewer jobs in March than same time last year

  10-04-2021 00:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's latest job numbers are out and they are a bit of a mixed bag for the province. 
  
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• Saskatoon support worker says urgent search to find mother of 5 a home highlights social housing concerns - CBC.ca

  10-04-2021 00:08
  
  Saskatoon support worker says urgent search to find mother of 5 a home highlights social housing concerns  CBC.ca
  
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• Saskatoon support worker says urgent search to find mother of 5 a home highlights social housing concerns

  10-04-2021 00:08 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatoon support worker is relieved her client has secured a stable place to go for her and her children after grappling with homelessness, but says the experience was indicative of barriers in the system.
  
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• Cameco restarting Cigar Lake uranium mine this month

  10-04-2021 00:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Cameco Corp. plans to resume uranium production at its flagship mine in northern Saskatchewan, which was shut down due to COVID-19 late last year. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon royal watcher says Prince Philip's death marks 'beginning of the end' of Royal Family's current era - CTV News Saskatoon

  10-04-2021 00:00
  
  Saskatoon royal watcher says Prince Philip's death marks 'beginning of the end' of Royal Family's current era  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon royal watcher says Prince Philip's death marks 'beginning of the end' of Royal Family's current era

  10-04-2021 00:00
  
  “Hardly a surprise with his age and health, we knew it was coming. One could say it’s the beginning of the end of the Royal Family as most of us know it,” MacDonald said.
  
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