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• Sask. lost 4.5K jobs in July, worst unemployment shift in Canada: StatsCan

  06-08-2021 23:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Statistics Canada released the newest numbers of unemployment in Canada this week. Saskatchewan had the highest increase in unemployment from June to July 2021.
  
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• How a Saskatchewan woman landed 'Canada’s Best Summer Job'

  06-08-2021 23:42
  
  A woman from Lloydminster, Sask. landed a gig billed as the best summer job in Canada.
  
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• Sask. needs to switch gears on COVID-19 vaccination, U of S prof says

  06-08-2021 23:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A University of Saskatchewan professor of epidemiology supports the shift away from a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign, but thinks it's time to consider vaccine passports. Read More
  
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• Sask. mayor says any return of COVID-19 restrictions must be province-wide

  06-08-2021 23:29
  
  If the province were to re-impose COVID-19 restrictions, La Loche’s mayor says it should be all across Saskatchewan.
  
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• 'We're back': Sold-out crowd expected for Riders' first game in over 600 days

  06-08-2021 23:28
  
  Mosaic Stadium has sat empty for 20 months, but the stands will be filled once again on Friday night
  
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• Potential risk of contracting hepatitis A from frozen mango products sold in Sask.

  06-08-2021 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents in Saskatchewan are being warned of a hepatitis A contamination risk with a few different frozen mango products that may have been sold in the province.
  
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• Saskatchewan adds 85 COVID-19 cases, the most in a month, plus one death

  06-08-2021 23:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan recorded the most new daily COVID-19 cases in a month the day before it ends its mass vaccination campaign. Read More
  
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• Pedestrian seriously injured after hit-and-run in Meadow Lake: RCMP

  06-08-2021 23:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  If you see a white mini van with the license plate "CARA," Meadow Lake RCMP are asking that you give them a call. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon airport briefly evacuated due to faulty alarm - CTV Toronto

  06-08-2021 22:49 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon airport briefly evacuated due to faulty alarm  CTV Toronto
  
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• Saskatoon airport briefly evacuated due to faulty alarm

  06-08-2021 22:49
  
  Saskatoon international airport was briefly evacuated Friday afternoon.
  
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• Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan announces interim leadership, Macbeth extended

  06-08-2021 22:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  In the midst of its return to live theatre, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan is charting a course for the future.  Read More
  
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• Health Canada updates Pfizer vaccine label regarding very rare reports of Bell’s Palsy

  06-08-2021 22:43
  
  Health Canada is updating the product information for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to acknowledge very rare reports of Bell’s Palsy following vaccination.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask.: 85 new cases, another death reported Friday

  06-08-2021 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan has recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in almost a month, with most of them in people under 30.
  
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• RCMP looking for information about homophobic mischief in Assiniboia

  06-08-2021 22:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Assiniboia RCMP are seeking the public's help in their investigation of two instances where homophobic messages were written on the town's sidewalks. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: August 6

  06-08-2021 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The seven-day Saskatchewan forecast with Emily Olsen on Friday, Aug. 6.
  
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• Saskatchewan adds 85 COVID-19 cases, the most in a month, one death

  06-08-2021 22:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan recorded the most new daily COVID-19 cases in a month the day before it ends its mass vaccination campaign. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Saskatchewan’s death toll grows by 1, new infections highest in weeks

  06-08-2021 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are 85 new COVID-19 infections in Saskatchewan as of Friday, according to health officials.
  
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• 85 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death reported in Sask.

  06-08-2021 21:58
  
  Saskatchewan reported 85 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Friday.
  
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• 15 Saskatchewan food secrets that could spark a road trip

  06-08-2021 21:31
  
  Summer in Saskatchewan is the perfect time to hit the road in the hunt for some of the most delicious food the province has to offer.
  
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• Banff Constructors fined $500k in 2016 worker death at childrens' hospital

  06-08-2021 21:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Banff Constructors must pay a half-million dollars for its role in the death of a worker on the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital worksite in Saskatoon.
  
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• Banff Constructors Ltd. fined $500,000 for Children's Hospital site death

  06-08-2021 21:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  After two years of legal proceedings, Eric Ndayishimiye's employer has been fined half a million dollars for its role in his death at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital site in Saskatoon. Read More
  
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• Police release Saskatchewan Roughriders game day traffic plan

  06-08-2021 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  With the first Saskatchewan Roughriders game in nearly two years happening Friday night, the Regina police are advising fans and the public of traffic restrictions.
  
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• SHA warns about COVID-19 exposure at July Prince Albert wedding events

  06-08-2021 21:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning about an increased risk of COVID-19 in connection with two July wedding events in Prince Albert. Read More
  
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• SHA asks people at Prince Albert wedding on July 23 to seek testing due to infectious attendee

  06-08-2021 21:02 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority said the wedding was at Sacred Heart Cathedral and the reception was at the Art Hauser Center.
  
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• Inquest will examine death of Sask. man whose remains were found in burnt-out car

  06-08-2021 20:38
  
  An inquest has been scheduled to examine the death of a man whose remains were found in a burnt-out car in 2018.
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders return to action for first time in nearly 2 years

  06-08-2021 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders are back in action for the first time in 628 days. They take on the B.C. Lions in their first game of the 2021 CFL season.
  
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• From COVID-19 shots back to slapshots, Merlis Belsher Place transforms

  06-08-2021 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The home of Saskatchewan Huskies hockey is in transition after being a potential field hospital and COVID-19 immunization clinic.
  
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• Company fined $500,000 for employee death as Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital was under construction

  06-08-2021 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Judge Brent Klause ordered the company to pay two $250,000 fines for a pair of infractions under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
  
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• Inquest into death of man found in burnt vehicle on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation scheduled for late August

  06-08-2021 20:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the death of a man found in a burnt vehicle back in 2018. RCMP do not suspect foul play, but the family suspects the young man was murdered.
  
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• Some frozen mango products sold in Sask. may pose Hepatitis A risk

  06-08-2021 19:41
  
  Potentially tainted frozen mango products may have made their way to Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs plan to donate $150000 over 10 years with focus on Indigenous charities - CTV Toronto

  06-08-2021 19:17 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs plan to donate $150000 over 10 years with focus on Indigenous charities  CTV Toronto
  
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• Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs plan to donate $150,000 over 10 years with focus on Indigenous charities

  06-08-2021 19:17
  
  Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs have made a commitment to support Indigenous and local charities.
  
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• Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs announce plan to donate $150,000 over 10 years with focus on Indigenous charities

  06-08-2021 19:17
  
  Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs have made a commitment to support Indigenous and local charities.
  
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• How watching old Disney movies can remind us to find the quiet magic in our everyday lives

  06-08-2021 19:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Comparing 2021's Cruella to 1961's One Hundred and One Dalmatians may hold a lesson about how we want to live.
  
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• Final preparations for this year's Saskatoon Ex | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  06-08-2021 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Final preparations for this year's Saskatoon Ex | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Final preparations for this year’s Saskatoon Ex

  06-08-2021 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Ex is back. Montana Getty talks to Scooter Korek with North American Midway Entertainment ahead of today’s opening day to talk about what you can expect this year.
  
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• Saskatoon cougar Malcolm euthanized after 12 years at zoo - CBC.ca

  06-08-2021 18:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon cougar Malcolm euthanized after 12 years at zoo  CBC.ca
  
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• Saskatoon cougar Malcolm euthanized after 12 years at zoo

  06-08-2021 18:49 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo chose to euthanize one of it’s cougars, Malcolm, because of his arthritis.
  
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• No charges against Alberta man who fatally shot home intruder: RCMP

  06-08-2021 18:26
  
  No charges will be laid against an Alberta man who shot and killed an intruder after being beaten with a baseball bat, RCMP announced Friday.
  
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• Firearm Seized - 700 Block 5th Avenue North

  06-08-2021 18:14 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Police responded to a weapons complaint yesterday afternoon and located a loaded firearm.Shortly before 4:00 p.m., August 5, 2021, Police responded to a report of a man with a firearm outside of an apartment building in the 700 block of 5th Avenue North. Upon arrival, they found several individuals who were initially detained for a weapons investigation but were subsequently released after they were found to not be in possession of any weapons. Further investigation located a load
  
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• Federal minister signs new child care services funding agreement with Saskatoon Tribal Council - CBC.ca

  06-08-2021 18:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal minister signs new child care services funding agreement with Saskatoon Tribal Council  CBC.ca
  
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• Federal minister signs new child care services funding agreement with Saskatoon Tribal Council

  06-08-2021 18:12 via cbc.ca
  
  The funding model will provide money to expand the capacity to administer a full range of child and family service programs.
  
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• Sask. health authority warns of increased COVID-19 exposure risk at Prince Albert wedding and reception

  06-08-2021 17:59
  
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning that people who attended a wedding ceremony and reception were potentially exposed to COVID-19.
  
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• Inquest date set for man found dead in burnt car on Ahtahkakoop First Nation

  06-08-2021 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  A public inquest into the death of Brennan Ahenakew-Johnstone will be held Aug. 23-27, 2021 at the Coronet Hotel, 3551 – Second Avenue West in Prince Albert.
  
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• Sask. gov't to rethink its pact with Extendicare after 'very troubling' nursing home outbreak report

  06-08-2021 17:40 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government says it will rethink its relationship with private nursing home operator Extendicare after an independent investigation found the company was clearly unprepared to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 39 residents at its Parkside home in Regina.
  
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• Sask. government to rethink pact with Extendicare after 'very troubling' nursing home outbreak report

  06-08-2021 17:40 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government says it will rethink its relationship with private nursing home operator Extendicare after an independent investigation found the company was clearly unprepared to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 39 residents at its Parkside home in Regina.
  
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• Canada wins women's soccer gold at Tokyo Olympics

  06-08-2021 16:48
  
  The Canadian women's soccer team is celebrating an Olympic title at the Tokyo Games after defeating Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks Friday.
  
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• By The Numbers: Sweet sounds of Jazz Festival back in Saskatoon - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  06-08-2021 14:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  By The Numbers: Sweet sounds of Jazz Festival back in Saskatoon  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Fun in lots of ways: Five things to do this weekend in Saskatoon

  06-08-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatoon Ex and Saskatchewan Jazz Festival are back in action this weekend in Saskatoon. Read More
  
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• By The Numbers: Sweet sounds of Jazz Festival back in Saskatoon

  06-08-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  After going silent for one year, the strains of jazz — with a healthy mix of rock, country, reggae and more — will once again echo along the South Saskatchewan riverbank. Read More
  
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