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• Ontario coroner reviews unidentified remains cases for links to residential schools

  19-10-2021 23:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The office of Ontario's chief coroner is embarking on a review of unidentified human remains found in the last four decades to determine if any are linked to former residential schools. Read More
  
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• Sask. woman plunges into 51 lakes to celebrate her 51st birthday

  19-10-2021 23:38
  
  Lara Guerrero recently racked up 9000 kilometres of travel throughout Saskatchewan so she could mark her birthday in a unique way.
  
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• Arrests - Drug Investigation - 100 Block Saskatchewan Crescent East

  19-10-2021 23:31 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Three people are facing drug-related charges following an investigation by the SPS Drug Unit. At approximately 10:15 p.m., October 15, 2021, a 24-year-old man was arrested by members of the Tactical Support Unit as he was leaving a house in the 100 block of Saskatchewan Crescent East. He was found to be in possession of cocaine and cash at the time of his arrest. As a result, a search warrant was executed at the address, and a 31-year-old man was arrested from inside, while a 31-year-o
  
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• COVID-19: 8 new deaths, 271 new infections in Saskatchewan

  19-10-2021 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority says one ICU patient has been successfully transferred to Ontario and two more are in the process of being transferred on Tuesday.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask.: 2 more ICU patients en route to Ontario Tuesday

  19-10-2021 23:06 via cbc.ca
  
  The province announced Tuesday that two intensive care patients are being moved to Ontario, bringing the current number of people with COVID-19 in the province's ICUs down to 83.
  
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• Sask. reports 8 COVID-19-related deaths, 271 new cases

  19-10-2021 22:52
  
  Saskatchewan reported eight more residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19 and 271 new cases of the virus.
  
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• Saskatchewan expands eligibility for COVID-19 booster dose

  19-10-2021 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  More Saskatchewan residents will be eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot starting this coming Monday.
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: Oct. 19

  19-10-2021 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The seven-day Saskatchewan forecast with Peter Quinlan on Tuesday, Oct. 19.
  
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• Sask. COVID-19 response draws criticism after province asks U.S. states for help before federal government

  19-10-2021 22:10
  
  A Saskatchewan physician and public policy advisor, as well as the NDP Opposition, are criticizing the province’s decision to ask U.S. states for COVID-19 assistance before asking the Canadian government.
  
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• Sask.'s top doctor target of threatening email

  19-10-2021 21:57
  
  The Saskatchewan government has confirmed Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province’s chief medical health officer, was the target of a threatening email sent earlier this month.
  
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• Saskatchewan’s top doctor named in alleged email threat

  19-10-2021 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saqib Shahab confirmed he is one of the officials identified in an emailed threat reported to the Regina police.
  
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• Sask.'s top doctor, Saqib Shahab, was 2nd alleged victim in threatening case

  19-10-2021 21:49 via cbc.ca
  
  The premier's office has confirmed that the second person who received online threats earlier this month is Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province's chief medical health officer.
  
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• Saskatoon mayor 'surprised' to hear premier's comments on 'broken down' communication

  19-10-2021 21:44
  
  Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says he was surprised to hear Premier Scott Moe say communication lines have “broken down” with the city.
  
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• Saskatchewan haunted house providing top-level scares for Halloween fanatics

  19-10-2021 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Nightmare Avenue Haunted house has a new home this year in a barn. Located in the hamlet of Neuanlage, the scare house is causing all guests to face their Halloween fears.
  
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• Lack of communication over COVID-19 between City of Saskatoon, province 'troubling': premier - CBC.ca

  19-10-2021 20:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Lack of communication over COVID-19 between City of Saskatoon, province 'troubling': premier  CBC.ca
  
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• Lack of communication over COVID-19 between City of Saskatoon, province 'troubling': premier

  19-10-2021 20:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Scott Moe has weighed in on a City of Saskatoon motion that will look at creating its own gathering limits within the city.
  
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• Sask. Opposition calls on province to plan vaccine rollout for kids before Health Canada approval

  19-10-2021 20:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's opposition is calling for a provincial COVID-19 vaccine plan for kids ahead of the vaccine’s approval.
  
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• Saskatchewan's ICU rate higher than Ontario's during COVID-19 peak, doctor says

  19-10-2021 20:35
  
  An Ontario-based intensive care physician says Saskatchewan's current COVID-19 ICU admission rate is worse than when cases peaked in his own province.
  
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• 'Really frustrating': Sask. residents still waiting for COVID-19 self-test kits to become available

  19-10-2021 20:35
  
  While province is expecting a shipment of 2.6 million rapid antigen tests this week, many residents are still waiting to get their hands on the at-home kits.
  
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• ICU doc says 'clearly dire' Sask. 4th wave more severe than Ontario's COVID-19 peak

  19-10-2021 20:35
  
  An Ontario-based intensive care physician says Saskatchewan's current COVID-19 situation is worse than when cases peaked in his own province.
  
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• Premier Scott Moe admits Sask. could have responded faster to 4th wave of COVID-19

  19-10-2021 20:34 via cbc.ca
  
  The rate of daily new COVID-19 cases in Sask has begun to trend downward, but the province still has the highest rates of cases and deaths over the past two weeks.
  
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• Regina, Saskatoon chambers of commerce prepare for rapid testing kits amid uncertainty - News Talk 980 CJME

  19-10-2021 20:13 via cjme.com
  
  Regina, Saskatoon chambers of commerce prepare for rapid testing kits amid uncertainty  News Talk 980 CJME
  
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• Regina, Saskatoon chambers of commerce prepare for rapid testing kits amid uncertainty - CKOM News Talk Sports

  19-10-2021 20:13 via ckom.com
  
  Regina, Saskatoon chambers of commerce prepare for rapid testing kits amid uncertainty  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Trudeau says Catholic officials must 'step up' morally, financially for residential school survivors

  19-10-2021 20:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is chastising Roman Catholic Church officials for failing to honour their commitment to residential school survivors.
  
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• Saskatoon Municipal Golf Courses to Close Down a Few Days Earlier Than Planned - CJWW

  19-10-2021 20:00 via cjwwradio.com
  
  Saskatoon Municipal Golf Courses to Close Down a Few Days Earlier Than Planned  CJWW
  
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• Sask. sought help from several U.S. states before Ottawa asking for ICU specialists

  19-10-2021 19:57 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government reached out to several U.S. states for COVID-19 assistance before it made a formal request to the Canadian federal government on Monday.
  
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• Sask. sought help from several U.S. states before asking Ottawa for ICU specialists

  19-10-2021 19:57 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government reached out to several U.S. states for COVID-19 assistance before it made a formal request to the Canadian federal government on Monday.
  
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• Live: Video of crime boss confession to continue playing at Greg Fertuck murder trial

  19-10-2021 19:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Greg Mitchell Fertuck told an undercover officer posing as a crime boss that he shot his estranged wife Sheree Fertuck twice at a Kenaston-area gravel pit because she was trying to "take him to the cleaners." Read More
  
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• Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Developing COVID-19 Vaccine Policy For Staff - CJWW

  19-10-2021 19:08 via cjwwradio.com
  
  Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Developing COVID-19 Vaccine Policy For Staff  CJWW
  
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• Saskatoon sees Thanksgiving spike in COVID-19 infections, wastewater samples show - CTV News Saskatoon

  19-10-2021 18:56 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon sees Thanksgiving spike in COVID-19 infections, wastewater samples show  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon sees Thanksgiving spike in COVID-19 infections, wastewater samples show

  19-10-2021 18:56
  
  The amount of coronavirus RNA in Saskatoon’s wastewater increased by 109 percent over a span of time that includes the Thanksgiving long weekend.
  
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• Saskatchewan premier says province could have acted sooner on renewed COVID-19 rules

  19-10-2021 18:47
  
  On the day Saskatchewan asked the federal government for help to deal with surging COVID-19 hospitalizations, Premier Scott Moe granted the province could have acted sooner on a renewed mask mandate or proof-of-vaccination policy.
  
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• One dead after rollover near Saskatchewan-Manitoba border

  19-10-2021 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP say a collision in a rural area near Kamsack, Sask., claimed the life of a 21-year-old man over the weekend.
  
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• Arrest - CEW Deployment - Olmstead Road and Forrester Road

  19-10-2021 18:35 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  A conducted energy weapon (CEW) was deployed yesterday afternoon after a 40-year-old man wanted on warrants, fled from police. At approximately 1:00 p.m., October 18, 2021, a patrol officer recognized a man as having a warrant for his arrest, walking near the intersection of Olmstead Road and Forrester Road. The patrol officer exited his vehicle and attempted to stop the man, who refused to cooperate and then fled on foot. A CEW was deployed but was unsuccessful. The man was
  
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• COVID-19 stress impacts menstrual cycles, U.S. survey reveals

  19-10-2021 18:05
  
  Stress from COVID-19 affects menstrual cycles and symptoms such as back pain and heavier bleeding, according to a large survey released at the 2021 Congress for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
  
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• City cleans up cement spill on Saskatoon street - CKOM News Talk Sports

  19-10-2021 17:38 via ckom.com
  
  City cleans up cement spill on Saskatoon street  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Dealing with pain on Healthy Living

  19-10-2021 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  On this week’s Healthy Living, pharmacist Kelly Kizlyk joins Global News Morning to talk about a virtual series to support people living with physical pain.
  
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• Saskatoon epidemiologist on Halloween precautions | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  19-10-2021 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon epidemiologist on Halloween precautions | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Saskatoon epidemiologist on Halloween precautions

  19-10-2021 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Epidemiologist Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine joins Global News Morning to discuss the province’s rising hospitalization concerns, and offers his advice for any trick-or-treaters this Halloween.
  
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• 'I feel a great responsibility': Meet Liberal Rechie Valdez, Canada's first Filipina MP

  19-10-2021 16:38
  
  Rechie Valdez has turned self-described 'side hustles' into full-time focuses as an entrepreneur, and is now taking on a new challenge: Liberal MP for Mississauga-Streetsville. In taking her seat in the House of Commons next month as one of 50 rookies elected, she'll also be making history as Canada's first federally-elected Filipina MP.
  
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• ‘Night Raiders’ director talks ImagiNative Film Festival

  19-10-2021 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Director of dystopian sci-fi film ‘Night Raiders’, Danis Goulet talks about her upcoming movie, Indigenous representation and the ImagiNative Film Festival.
  
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• 'My heart broke': Metro Vancouver woman whose dog arrived dead after flight wants answers, action from airline

  19-10-2021 16:24
  
  A Metro Vancouver woman is looking for answers following the untimely death of her dog aboard a flight last summer.
  
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• Tips for an enjoyable Halloween for those with autism

  19-10-2021 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News Morning talks to Autism Services of Saskatoon about their Sponsor a Child campaign, along with their advice for providing a great Halloween experience for those on the autism spectrum
  
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• Latest Sask. wastewater studies show COVID-19 spike across province over Thanksgiving weekend

  19-10-2021 14:41 via cbc.ca
  
  The latest COVID-19 study from the University of Saskatchewan shows a dramatic jump in COVID-19 particles taken from sewage samples taken from three cities in the province.
  
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• New social assistance program is fuelling homelessness in Saskatoon, say advocates and landlords - CBC.ca

  19-10-2021 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  New social assistance program is fuelling homelessness in Saskatoon, say advocates and landlords  CBC.ca
  
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• New social assistance program is fuelling homelessness in Saskatoon, say advocates and landlords

  19-10-2021 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon landlords and advocates say changes to Saskatchewan's social assistance program are fuelling a worsening homelessness crisis in the city.
  
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• Greg Fertuck details fatal confrontation with wife Sheree in secretly-recorded meeting with fake crime boss

  19-10-2021 14:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Greg Fertuck tells an undercover police officer on hidden camera that he shot his wife Sheree twice with a .22 calibre rifle, once in the shoulder and then in the back of the head, during a confrontation at a gravel pit near Kenaston, Sask. six years ago.
  
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• Peiris: Costs of peat harvesting in Sask outweigh any benefits

  19-10-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  As a leading carbon emitter in Canada, the last thing Saskatchewan needs is to expand peat mining, an industry whose relatively minor economic benefits are far outweighed by its ecological costs and social impacts on northern Indigenous communities. Read More
  
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• Letters: Our province is not handling the pandemic

  19-10-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Sask. gov't, Dr. Shahab not answering what COVID recommendations he has made

  19-10-2021 12:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman says the province's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, has made "lots of recommendations" regarding COVID-19 "over the last little while," but neither Merriman nor Shahab has specificied exactly what those recommendations are.
  
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