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• Saskatoon fastball coach accused of sexually abusing child suspended from softball association - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  12-04-2021 23:41
  
  Saskatoon fastball coach accused of sexually abusing child suspended from softball association  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Saskatchewan takes next step in establishing police watchdog

  12-04-2021 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Legislation was introduced on Monday to create a civilian-led independent serious incident response team in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Condo owners invoiced for $58K in repairs to 20th Street building plagued by violence, drugs

  12-04-2021 23:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The condominium suite owners at a Saskatoon property that is "disproportionately demanding resources" from the fire department and police have been ordered to pay for repairs and upgrades performed in recent months, the fire department says. Read More
  
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• SaskTel will waive domestic data overage charges until June 30

  12-04-2021 23:21
  
  SaskTel announced Monday it will waive overage charges until the end of June to assist those learning or working online as a result of COVID-19.
  
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• Saskatoon Police and Crisis Team responded to 66 per cent more calls last year: report

  12-04-2021 23:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  In 2020, Saskatoon's Police and Crisis Team responded to 1,578 calls — 66 per cent more than in 2019, says a new report to the board of police commissioners. Read More
  
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• PetSmart Canada stops selling fish, cites federal oversight and invasive species

  12-04-2021 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Kelowna store apologizes for the inconvenience and states sales will resume in the coming weeks.
  
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• Government adds Sask. first responders to vaccine plan, including police and firefighters

  12-04-2021 23:04 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government is changing its vaccination plan to prioritize first responders in Saskatchewan who weren't included in phase one.
  
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• Committee recommends closing Meadowgreen recycling depot

  12-04-2021 22:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon city councillors took the first step toward permanently closing a controversial west side recycling depot that people living nearby have long considered a blight on their neighbourhood. Read More
  
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• Three Saskatoon police officers in COVID-19 isolation after responding to overdose - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  12-04-2021 22:56
  
  Three Saskatoon police officers in COVID-19 isolation after responding to overdose  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Three Saskatoon police officers in COVID-19 isolation after responding to overdose

  12-04-2021 22:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Const. Mitch Barber is in isolation for a fourth time after being exposed to COVID-19 while on duty late last week. Read More
  
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• Parents mull returning students for in-person learning after spring break 

  12-04-2021 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Kyle Anderson is keeping his five children at home while Gordon Broderick isn't worried due to safety protocols 
  
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• COVID-19 vaccinations in Saskatchewan to be expanded to first responders

  12-04-2021 22:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police officers, firefighters and public health inspectors in Saskatchewan are to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccinations.
  
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• Saskatoon runner saves eight-year-old boy who fell into South Sask. River

  12-04-2021 22:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A couple's endurance-running staycation likely saved an eight-year-old boy's life over the weekend. Read More
  
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• Government promises new regulator to fight online sexual exploitation

  12-04-2021 22:22 via cbc.ca
  
  The Liberal government will introduce legislation to create a new regulator that will ensure online platforms remove harmful content, including depictions of children and intimate images that are shared without consent.
  
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• 1 new COVID-19 death reported as Saskatchewan’s active cases rise

  12-04-2021 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are 300 new COVID-19 infections in Saskatchewan as of Monday, according to health officials.
  
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• Saskatoon man accused of child sexual assault suspended from minor softball, fastpitch groups - CTV Toronto

  12-04-2021 22:12
  
  Saskatoon man accused of child sexual assault suspended from minor softball, fastpitch groups  CTV Toronto
  
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• Saskatoon man accused of child sexual assault suspended from minor softball, fastpitch groups

  12-04-2021 22:12
  
  A Saskatoon man charged with the sexual assault of child has been suspended from his roles with the Saskatoon Minor Softball Association and Saskatoon Hustlers girls fastpitch zone.
  
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• Man accused of child sexual assault suspended from Saskatoon minor softball, fastpitch groups - CTV News Saskatoon

  12-04-2021 22:12
  
  Man accused of child sexual assault suspended from Saskatoon minor softball, fastpitch groups  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Man accused of child sexual assault suspended from Saskatoon minor softball, fastpitch groups

  12-04-2021 22:12
  
  A Saskatoon man charged with the sexual assault of child has been suspended from his roles with the Saskatoon Minor Softball Association and Saskatoon Hustlers girls fastpitch zone.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask.: Public health measures extended to April 26

  12-04-2021 22:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The Government of Saskatchewan will be extending all public health measures until April 26. The announcement comes as the province reports 300 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as well as the death of one person in the 60 to 69 age range in the Regina zone.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask.: 300 new cases, 1 death, 8K additional vaccine doses administered

  12-04-2021 22:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The province reported 300 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as well as the death of one person in the 60 to 69 age range in the Regina zone.
  
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• Sask. to begin vaccinating first responders, remaining healthcare workers

  12-04-2021 21:48
  
  Saskatchewan made some changes to its age-based COVID-19 vaccine strategy Monday, announcing it will begin immunizing some frontline essential workers – but not all.
  
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• Cool conditions linger: April 12 Saskatchewan weather outlook

  12-04-2021 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cooler temperatures and snow linger for a couple of more days. Peter Quinlan explains it all in your SkyTracker weather outlook for Monday, April 12.
  
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• Lumsden, Sask., falls short in Kraft Hockeyville contest, accepting donations

  12-04-2021 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lumsden did not receive enough votes to win Kraft Hockeyville 2021, which would have given the community $250,000 to enhance its female hockey program and upgrade its arena.
  
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• Sawēyihotān project seeks additional $100k from City of Saskatoon - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  12-04-2021 20:43
  
  Sawēyihotān project seeks additional $100k from City of Saskatoon  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Sawēyihotān project seeks additional $100k from City of Saskatoon

  12-04-2021 20:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatoon Tribal Council is asking city council for an additional $100,000 to help cover the cost of extending an Indigenous pilot project aimed at solving addiction and homelessness in the downtown core. Read More
  
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• Prairie Heights condo board issued $58K invoice by SFD for safety repairs

  12-04-2021 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Fire Department says many of the infractions listed in the order to remedy issued to the Prairie Heights condo board on Aug. 13, 2020, have not been remedied.
  
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• Firearm Discharged - Ave W and Bedford Road

  12-04-2021 20:13 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Saskatoon Police are continuing to investigate after receiving a report of gun shots being fired overnight.At approximately 3:40 a.m., April 12, 2021, Police were called to the area of Bedford Road and Avenue W North.  A resident reported hearing gun shots.  Patrol and Canine Unit members attended and located evidence outside a home in the 200 block of Avenue W North.  Due to the potential threat of firearms members of the Tactical Support Unit were called to the scene along
  
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• Saskatoon fastball coach accused of sexually abusing child suspended from softball association

  12-04-2021 20:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A man accused of sexually abusing a child over nearly six years is a long-time competitive girls fastball coach and league official in Saskatoon who was coaching at the time of the allegations. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon softball coach accused of sexually abusing child suspended from softball association

  12-04-2021 20:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A man accused of sexually abusing a child over nearly six years is a long-time competitive girls fastball coach and league official in Saskatoon who was coaching at the time of the allegations. Read More
  
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• Carbon pricing is here to stay in Sask. So how should the province use the money?

  12-04-2021 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  How should Saskatchewan use the money it gets from carbon pricing, known colloquially as the carbon tax? 
  
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• Lumber industry and home building materials seeing a drastic increase in price, shortages

  12-04-2021 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The current price of common western spruce and fir two-by-four is US$1,120 per 1,000 cubic board feet. That is almost triple the price of lumber pre-COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in first year of carbon tax: report

  12-04-2021 19:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Greenhouse gas emissions in Canada ticked up slightly in 2019 — the first year that the national carbon pricing mechanism was in place — according to a new report published today by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
  
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• Saskatoon condo gets $58000 bill for fire code repairs - CTV News Saskatoon

  12-04-2021 19:43
  
  Saskatoon condo gets $58000 bill for fire code repairs  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon condo gets $58,000 bill for fire code repairs

  12-04-2021 19:43
  
  A crime-ridden condominium in Saskatoon’s Pleasant Hill neighbourhood has 30 days to reimburse the Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) after a series of fire code repairs totalling $58,000.
  
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• Fire department bills Saskatoon condo $58,000 for fire code repairs after months of 'insanity'

  12-04-2021 19:43
  
  From May 2019 to January 2021, Bryan Pisesky has been monitoring the video captured by the security cameras at the Prairie Heights condo in Pleasant Hill.
  
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• Fire department bills Saskatoon condo $58000 for fire code fixes after months of 'insanity' - CTV Toronto

  12-04-2021 19:43
  
  Fire department bills Saskatoon condo $58000 for fire code fixes after months of 'insanity'  CTV Toronto
  
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• Fire department bills Saskatoon condo $58,000 for fire code fixes after months of 'insanity'

  12-04-2021 19:43
  
  From May 2019 to January 2021, Bryan Pisesky has been monitoring the video captured by the security cameras at the Prairie Heights condo in Pleasant Hill.
  
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• ‘AstraZeneca isn’t enough’: Pharmacies plead with provinces for access to other COVID-19 vaccines

  12-04-2021 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Depending on where a pharmacy is in Canada, some may only have access to one type of vaccine versus three.
  
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• Canada's COVID-19 case rate now tops U.S. rate. Here's what the experts say

  12-04-2021 19:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Friday marked the first day since the nascent days of the pandemic in early 2020 that Canada averaged more confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people than the U.S. Experts say it's worrisome, but that additional context is needed to better understand the situation in both countries.
  
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• WATCH: With 'no other option,' Saskatoon runner rescues boy struggling in river

  12-04-2021 19:17
  
  Brad Pilon was running by the river when he saw an eight-year-old boy bobbing in the water, struggling to swim.
  
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• WATCH: Saskatoon runner rescues boy struggling in river

  12-04-2021 19:17
  
  Brad Pilon was running by the river when he saw an eight-year-old boy bobbing in the water, struggling to swim.
  
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• 'There was no other option': Video shows Saskatoon runner rescuing boy from river

  12-04-2021 19:17
  
  Brad Pilon was running by the river when he saw an eight-year-old boy bobbing in the water, struggling to swim.
  
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• Saskatchewan needs to vaccinate much faster to reach its mid-May goal of a needle in every adult's arm

  12-04-2021 18:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan has said it wants to provide a first vaccine dose to everyone who wants one by mid-May. It will need to pick up the pace to meet that target.
  
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• Saskatoon entrepreneurs launch 'pedal pub,' first of its kind in city - CKOM News Talk Sports

  12-04-2021 18:13
  
  Saskatoon entrepreneurs launch 'pedal pub,' first of its kind in city  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Saskatoon doctor’s letter urging closure of schools frustrates Moose Jaw education director - moosejawtoday.com

  12-04-2021 18:00
  
  Saskatoon doctor’s letter urging closure of schools frustrates Moose Jaw education director  moosejawtoday.com
  
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• Coronavirus pandemic 'a long way from over', WHO's Tedros says

  12-04-2021 17:57
  
  Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
  
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• Jogger runs into river 'without thought' to save boy in Saskatoon

  12-04-2021 17:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Brad Pilon said that he heard two kids screaming for help. That’s when he noticed the boy in the river.
  
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• Saskatoon jogger saves eight-year-old boy who slipped and fell into South Sask. River

  12-04-2021 16:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  An eight-year-old boy in Saskatoon is alive because Brad Pilon went out for a Saturday afternoon jog. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan electric vehicle owners hold rally opposing new provincial tax

  12-04-2021 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan electric vehicle owners held a rally on Saturday expressing their disappointment with the provincial government's recent decision to impose an annual tax on owners.
  
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