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• High school cross country athletes ready to cross the finish line at city championships

  30-09-2021 23:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The high school cross-country season started in early September, and the city championships are already almost under foot. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask: 601 new cases and a record number of ICU patients

  30-09-2021 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 10 more people in Saskatchewan, bringing the death toll since the pandemic began to 695.
  
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• "He's a rock": After much adversity, Huskies' Klassen glad to be back on the gridiron

  30-09-2021 23:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Colton Klassen roller-coaster passed through Calgary this past weekend, and what a sight it was. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan premier speaks with Trudeau about increasing COVID-19 vaccine rates

  30-09-2021 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said on Thursday that he spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday about increasing the province’s COVID-19 vaccination rate and what the province needs to overcome the fourth wave of the pandemic.
  
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• Moe accepts resignation of Saskatchewan MLA for ‘misrepresenting’ COVID-19 vaccination status

  30-09-2021 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said on Thursday that he accepted the resignation of Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson from government caucus. Moe said her resignation was offered “as a result of misrepresenting her vaccination status.” Caucus Chair David Buckingham added that all 47 caucus members are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
  
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• COVID-19: Saskatchewan records 601 new cases, 10 deaths

  30-09-2021 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan health officials reported 601 new cases on Thursday, a new record for the province.
  
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• ‘I was the little Indian foster kid’: Story of intergenerational trauma, addiction and recovery

  30-09-2021 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  "As far as I was concerned, I was the little Indian foster kid. That was my title. That was my identity, the little Indian foster kid," he said.
  
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• Sask. reports more than 600 new COVID-19 cases for the first time

  30-09-2021 22:06
  
  Saskatchewan hit a devastating marker Thursday when the province recorded more than 600 new COVID-19 cases for the first time.
  
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• 'Ready to respond': Ottawa reiterates COVID-19 support for Saskatchewan

  30-09-2021 21:35
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to provide any supports necessary to help Saskatchewan with its COVID-19 crisis.
  
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• 13-year-old charged with first degree murder remains in custody

  30-09-2021 21:28
  
  A 13-year-old boy accused of first degree murder in connection to a homicide appeared by video at provincial court in Melfort, Sask.
  
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• Bacon prices reach all-time high in Canada

  30-09-2021 21:27
  
  As grocery prices continue to rise, the price of bacon in Canada reached an all-time high last month, according to data from Statistics Canada.
  
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• Marches for Truth and Reconciliation in Saskatoon - CJWW

  30-09-2021 21:17 via cjwwradio.com
  
  Marches for Truth and Reconciliation in Saskatoon  CJWW
  
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• 13-year-old boy accused of murder in Choiceland makes latest Sask. provincial court appearance via video

  30-09-2021 20:48 via cbc.ca
  
  High-profile defence lawyer Mark Brayford is representing the boy who is accused of first-degree murder in the death of a 37-year-old woman last week.
  
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• Ottawa ready to help Saskatchewan fight COVID-19, Trudeau reiterates

  30-09-2021 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan has one of the highest rates of active COVID-19 cases in Canada and its hospitals are overburdened with patients fighting the virus.
  
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• Ottawa repeats support offer to Saskatchewan

  30-09-2021 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to provide any supports necessary to help Saskatchewan with its COVID-19 crisis.
  
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• Sask. Premier, Prime Minister have conversation about COVID-19

  30-09-2021 20:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Justin Trudeau and Scott Moe talked Thursday after some weeks of tension over how Saskatchewan is handling the pandemic.
  
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• Premier Moe asks Trudeau for health-care specialists to assist with province's COVID-19 response

  30-09-2021 20:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is asking the federal government for assistance in responding to COVID-19 challenges and made several requests to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a call on Wednesday.
  
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• Indigenous educators say children must learn truth before reconciliation

  30-09-2021 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Indigenous educators say the focus must first be on truth before moving toward reconciliation.
  
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• COVID-19: Saskatchewan MLA resigns for ‘misrepresenting vaccination status’

  30-09-2021 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to a press release from the Saskatchewan Party caucus, the premier said Wilson offered her resignation 'as a result of misrepresenting her vaccination status.'
  
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• Design unveiled for residential school memorial in Regina

  30-09-2021 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The memorial design will be circular, symbolizing the cycles and seasons of life. A smudge bowl will also be installed in the front of a stone for ceremonial purposes.
  
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• Indigenous organization in Sask. applauds Federal Court for upholding compensation order for children

  30-09-2021 19:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The Federal Court has dismissed a judicial review put forward by the federal government contesting the human rights tribunal decision to compensate First Nation children affected by the child welfare system — and the Saskatchewan-based Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is happy about it.
  
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• Sask. residential school survivors recall trauma on first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  30-09-2021 19:18
  
  On the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, some Saskatchewan residential school survivors are remembering the trauma they endured.
  
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• Sask. government launches one-time grant to support truth and reconciliation education

  30-09-2021 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Announced on the first federally recognized National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Education Ministry will provide approximately $100,000 in total grants.
  
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• Sask. Party MLA resigns from government caucus after 'misrepresenting her vaccination status'

  30-09-2021 18:31
  
  Long-time MLA Nadine Wilson has resigned from the Sask. Party caucus after “misrepresenting her vaccination status.”
  
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• Saskatoon woman's kidney transplant put in limbo amid COVID-19 surge - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  30-09-2021 17:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon woman's kidney transplant put in limbo amid COVID-19 surge  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Saskatoon woman's kidney transplant put in limbo amid COVID-19 surge

  30-09-2021 17:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Jessica Bailey expected a phone call last week that would have changed her life. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Saskatchewan’s case numbers skyrocket through September 2021

  30-09-2021 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Covid case counts in Saskatchewan have reached alarmingly high numbers in the month of September. There have over 12,000 new cases this month.
  
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• Canadian First Nations face financial, emotional strain of ground search efforts

  30-09-2021 17:00
  
  For three months a committee on the George Gordon First Nation in southern Saskatchewan has been working to find any spots where unmarked graves could be from Gordon’s Indian Residential School.
  
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• Live: Greg Fertuck murder trial continues Thursday

  30-09-2021 16:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Justice Richard Danyliuk will decide Thursday whether a cellular security consultant called by the Crown will be qualified as an expert in the interpretation of cellular records, including cell phone towers. Read More
  
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• Orange Shirt Day allowing opportunity to reflect in schools

  30-09-2021 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan School Boards Association President Shawn Davidson joins Global News Morning to talk about Orange Shirt Day, a day for students to reflect and learn about Indigenous history.
  
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• Canada marks first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  30-09-2021 14:50
  
  Thursday marks Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as communities across the country honour Indigenous survivors and children who disappeared from the residential school system.
  
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• 'The river is hungry:' When North America's largest inland delta withers

  30-09-2021 14:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  On a wet day in August, Gary Carriere sets out on the waters that Cumberland House Cree speakers call Kitaskīnaw. Read More
  
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• Sask. health minister says he takes responsibility, but stops short of direct apology

  30-09-2021 14:17 via cbc.ca
  
  After disappearing from the media radar for more than a month, Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman was grilled by journalists on Wednesday about his whereabouts since Aug. 25 and his responsibility during the province's fourth wave of COVID-19.
  
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• Wild, whirlwind day for newest Saskatoon Blade, Trevor Wong - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  30-09-2021 14:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Wild, whirlwind day for newest Saskatoon Blade, Trevor Wong  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Tank: Saskatoon police face new questions about COVID-19 enforcement - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  30-09-2021 14:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Tank: Saskatoon police face new questions about COVID-19 enforcement  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Wow them with Kohlman's Jammy Upside-Down Onion Tart

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Wild, whirlwind day for newest Saskatoon Blade, Trevor Wong

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  In less than 24 hours, Trevor Wong showed up at two different rinks for two different practices with two different teams. Read More
  
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• What to do in Saskatoon on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - CKOM News Talk Sports

  30-09-2021 14:00 via ckom.com
  
  What to do in Saskatoon on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Fall snowstorm

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see heavy snow blanketing a yard after a fall snowstorm, from Sept. 30, 1982. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-A19128-6, photo by Peter Blashill) Read More
  
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• Tank: Saskatoon police face new questions about COVID-19 enforcement

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police say charges are expected in connection with a People's Party of Canada event on the night of the federal election where most of the hundreds in attendance went unmasked. Read More
  
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• Ppl r Ppl Productions gets meta with Title of Show

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Producing a musical about writing a musical is meta enough. But Kelsey Stone couldn't help but notice how the parallels between Title of Show's plot and Ppl R Ppl Productions' creative process added another layer. Read More
  
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• New Faces, New Places: Aerial students soaring high at new studio location

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  New businesses and non-profit organizations regularly open and move in Saskatoon. Today, the StarPhoenix talks to Kaity Weichel and Romina Oquendo, two of the co-owners of Fly Studios YXE. Read More
  
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• Letters: Health-care staff work tirelessly and deserve gratitude

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Thank you is not enough Read More
  
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• Kohlman's second cookbook an homage to vegetables

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon-based professional cook and baker, freelance recipe developer, food writer, and cookbook author Renee Kohlman has taken a unique approach to cookbook writing. Read More
  
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• Gardening: Harvesting onions and potatoes for long-term storage

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Although you may have been reaping the benefits of garden onions and potatoes since summer, fall is the time to harvest these two crops for long-term storage. Read More
  
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• Flex space popular feature of Arbutus' new Jake Laneway home

  30-09-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Arbutus Properties continues to expand its family of popular Laneway homes in its master-planned community of The Meadows in Rosewood. Read More
  
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• Events around Sask. to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  30-09-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Walks, memorials and other events will be held to honour the survivors of residential schools.
  
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• Events around Sask. commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  30-09-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Walks, memorials and other events will be held to honour the survivors of residential schools.
  
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• Cree language teachers reflect on generations of learning

  30-09-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Darian Agecoutay never expected to find himself standing in front of a classroom teaching Cree.
  
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• After nearly a decade of work, 38 feathers now mark Regina Indian Industrial School cemetery graves

  30-09-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Orange feathers made of metal now mark where nearly 40 children were buried at the Regina Indian Industrial School's cemetery.
  
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