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• Top Saskatchewan doctor breaks down while presenting modelling

  20-10-2021 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Saqib Shahab was in the middle of speaking about how individuals can take action despite public health orders telling them to do so when he started to become audibly upset.
  
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• Saskatoon community association calls for more traffic enforcement in area where 9-year-old girl died - CTV News Saskatoon

  20-10-2021 23:45 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon community association calls for more traffic enforcement in area where 9-year-old girl died  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon community association calls for more traffic enforcement in area where 9-year-old girl died

  20-10-2021 23:45
  
  The president of a local community association is calling for a greater police presence and more traffic enforcement after a young girl was killed in a collision last month.
  
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• STF calls for tighter measures in schools as fourth wave continues in Sask.

  20-10-2021 23:40
  
  The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation [STF] is calling for the province to take more action to address COVID-19 transmission in schools.
  
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• Head of Sask teachers union calls for 'clear, consistent' COVID-19 measures in schools

  20-10-2021 23:39 via cbc.ca
  
  The president of the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation is calling on the provincial government to make schools safer from COVID-19 by ordering close student contacts to isolate, increase contact tracing and other measures.
  
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• COVID-19: Shahab weeps while presenting modelling; says Sask. at turning point

  20-10-2021 23:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan's top public health official wept as he presented projections showing what it will take for the province to flatten unprecedented rates of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death. Read More
  
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• Emotional Sask. chief medical health officer pleads with public amid dire new COVID-19 modelling

  20-10-2021 23:31 via cbc.ca
  
  "To see young lives lost to a vaccine-preventable disease — how can we accept this?" Dr. Saqib Shahab said Wednesday
  
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• Sask. 13-year-old facing 1st-degree murder charge not seeking bail

  20-10-2021 23:11
  
  A youth charged with first-degree murder in connection to a death in Choiceland remains in custody as his lawyer waits for files from RCMP.
  
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• Sask. needs to 'work' to save Christmas from COVID-19, Shahab suggests

  20-10-2021 22:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Christmas holidays are more than two months away, but Saskatchewan residents' behaviour now will determine what the season will look like, the province's chief medical health officer says. Read More
  
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• $55M lottery ticket purchased by unknown customer in Saskatoon - Global News

  20-10-2021 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  $55M lottery ticket purchased by unknown customer in Saskatoon  Global News
  
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• $55M lottery ticket purchased by unknown customer in Saskatoon

  20-10-2021 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The second-largest Lotto Max win in Saskatchewan’s history is waiting to be claimed.
  
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• Ontario Health expects to receive up to 12 Sask. ICU patients by week's end

  20-10-2021 22:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's ministry of health has confirmed it is anticipating up to 12 Saskatchewan ICU patients with COVID-19 to be transferred to hospitals in the province by the end of the week.
  
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• Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 death toll nears 800 as 246 new infections added

  20-10-2021 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are 246 new COVID-19 infections in Saskatchewan as of Wednesday, according to health officials.
  
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• Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 death toll nears 800 as 246 cases added

  20-10-2021 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are 246 new COVID-19 infections in Saskatchewan as of Wednesday, according to health officials.
  
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• Regina woman charged after police allege she kidnapped man she met on dating app

  20-10-2021 22:12
  
  A Regina woman is facing multiple charges after police say she allegedly drugged, kidnapped, assaulted and robbed a man she met on a dating app.
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: Oct. 20

  20-10-2021 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  The seven-day Saskatchewan forecast with Peter Quinlan on Wednesday, Oct. 20.
  
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• Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer cries as he presents COVID-19 modelling

  20-10-2021 22:03
  
  Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer broke down in tears today as he made a presentation during a teleconference on COVID-19 modelling in the province.
  
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• Sask. reports 5 COVID-19-related deaths, 246 new cases

  20-10-2021 21:56
  
  Saskatchewan reported five more residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19 and 246 new cases of the virus.
  
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• Sask. and Ont. officials disagreeing over number of ICU patient transfers

  20-10-2021 21:46
  
  Saskatchewan’s Provincial Emergency Operations Centre said there are no plans to transfer more than six patients to Ontario as of Wednesday morning – contradicting information provided by health officials in Ontario.
  
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• After 2-week wildfire evacuation, Sask. First Nations hope to enhance emergency management

  20-10-2021 21:31
  
  Hundreds of evacuees are returning home to the Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations after a wildfire left an unsafe smoky haze lingering in their homes.
  
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• Sask. modelling predicts 'unsustainable' rise in ICU admissions without further public health orders

  20-10-2021 21:13
  
  The current trend of high numbers of COVID-19 patients in intensive care could continue into 2022 without the addition of any further public health orders, according to modelling provided by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
  
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• Sask. health authority board votes to end contract with Lloydminster ambulance operator

  20-10-2021 20:53
  
  In a special meeting, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) board voted unanimously to end a contract with a company that operates ambulances in Lloydminister.
  
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• Why auto insurance may get cheaper in Sask.

  20-10-2021 20:14
  
  Vehicle owners in Saskatchewan could soon see some relief on their insurance bills.
  
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• Saskatchewan moves to terminate Lloydminster ambulance contract

  20-10-2021 19:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan is moving to terminate its contract with Lloydminster's ambulance provider, citing failure to provide expected emergency care on its side of the border city. Read More
  
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• First Latin American festival in Sask. aims to celebrate culture

  20-10-2021 19:05
  
  The first Latin American festival in Saskatchewan is bringing together music, art, food and people to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, which is observed in October.
  
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• Huskies men’s soccer team hopes to secure playoff spot

  20-10-2021 18:52
  
  For the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s soccer team, job one this weekend is locking up a playoff spot.
  
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• $55 million Lotto Max jackpot goes to person on the Prairies

  20-10-2021 18:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Tuesday's $55-million Lotto Max jackpot has been won by a single ticket holder in the Prairies. Read More
  
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• Masking, isolation order extended until end of November in Saskatchewan

  20-10-2021 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's mask and isolation mandate was extended on Tuesday by the government until Nov. 30.
  
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• Sask. residents should keep small, consistent circles of contact: Dr. Shahab

  20-10-2021 17:49
  
  Saskatchewan’s premier reinforced recommendations from the province’s top doctor - saying residents should keep their circle of contact small.
  
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• Live: Mr. Big crime boss cross-examined at Greg Fertuck murder trial

  20-10-2021 17:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  During his third day on the stand at Greg Mitchell Fertuck's first-degree murder trial, an undercover RCMP officer who played the role of a crime boss in a fake criminal underworld will be questioned by the defence. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon police seize cocaine, more than $150,000 in jewelry during investigation - CBC.ca

  20-10-2021 17:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon police seize cocaine, more than $150,000 in jewelry during investigation  CBC.ca
  
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• Saskatoon police seize cocaine, more than $150,000 in jewelry during investigation

  20-10-2021 17:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Police in Saskatoon have laid numerous drug charges against three people in a cocaine trafficking investigation.
  
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• 'I shot her': Video shows Greg Fertuck act out wife’s killing, using cane as rifle

  20-10-2021 16:53
  
  In a secretly recorded video, Greg Fertuck told an undercover officer he shot his wife twice, rolled her in a tarp and dumped her body in a rural area.
  
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• 'I shot her': Video played in trial shows Greg Fertuck acting out wife’s killing using cane as rifle

  20-10-2021 16:53
  
  In a secretly recorded video, Greg Fertuck told an undercover officer he shot his wife twice, rolled her in a tarp and dumped her body in a rural area.
  
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• Winning Lotto Max ticket worth $55M purchased in Saskatoon | CTV News - CTV News Saskatoon

  20-10-2021 16:29 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Winning Lotto Max ticket worth $55M purchased in Saskatoon | CTV News  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Winning lottery ticket worth $55M purchased in Saskatoon

  20-10-2021 16:29
  
  Someone in Saskatoon, or at least someone who purchased a lottery ticket in the city, woke up as a millionaire on Wednesday.
  
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• Tips for recycling your old electronics

  20-10-2021 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  EPRA Saskatchewan Program Director Gayleen Creelman joins Global News Morning on Waste Reduction Week to talk about recycling your old electronics, while protecting your data.
  
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• Winning Lotto Max ticket of $55-million sold in Saskatoon - 620 CKRM.com

  20-10-2021 14:57 via 620ckrm.com
  
  Winning Lotto Max ticket of $55-million sold in Saskatoon  620 CKRM.com
  
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• Pandemic pushes health and will planning for all ages to the forefront in Sask.

  20-10-2021 14:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Experts say prior to the pandemic, people often had not made any legal plans in case of a health crisis or death. 
  
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• Young Innovators: U of S research examines Canada's shift to later parenthood

  20-10-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  University of Saskatchewan graduate student Jessica Jack is investigating why Canadian adults are choosing to have children later in life — or not at all — and the impacts of these decisions on the economy and political systems across the nation. Read More
  
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• 'Time's up': Rose's Furniture and Auction to close after 85 years

  20-10-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Barrie Rose is surrounded by "stuff" all day, but he says it's the people he will miss the most when the doors to his store in Saskatoon close for the final time on Nov. 30. Read More
  
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• Sask. paramedics say fourth wave shows holes in emergency services

  20-10-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan paramedics say COVID-19 tore dangerous holes in what many call the safety net of the health-care system — gaps some believe were already forming. Read More
  
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• Sask. government extends mask, isolation mandate until the end of November

  20-10-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer has signed an extension to a public health order that makes wearing masks in all indoor public spaces and isolating when positive with COVID-19 mandatory in the province until Nov. 30.
  
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• No 'clear end in sight' for Saskatchewan's COVID-19 curve, doctor says

  20-10-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  While new COVID-19 case numbers are trending downward in Saskatchewan, a Regina doctor says there is no "clear end in sight" for the province.
  
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• Extendicare Sask. workers without new contract, pay raises for 4 years now: union

  20-10-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  "This needs to be the priority," SEIU-West's president says as the Saskatchewan Health Authority moves to take over five privately-owned homes.
  
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• 'Oh my God': Greg Fertuck recounted wife's last words while acting out shooting for 'crime boss,' court hears

  20-10-2021 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In a secretly recorded video, a Saskatoon court heard Tuesday that Greg Fertuck showed undercover police how he claimed he killed his wife, Sheree, using a walking stick as a prop rifle in the demonstration and with one of the officers standing in as Sheree.
  
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• With Mounties due for a pay bump, cash-strapped municipalities seek reprieve from Ottawa

  20-10-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Mounties are due to receive a chunk of retroactive pay after negotiating their first-ever collective agreement. Some municipalities say the looming salary bump will stress their finances — and they want Ottawa to step up.
  
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• Saskatoon police investigating after alleged drink tampering - Globalnews.ca

  20-10-2021 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon police investigating after alleged drink tampering  Globalnews.ca
  
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• $55M lottery ticket purchased by unknown customer in Saskatoon - Globalnews.ca

  20-10-2021 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  $55M lottery ticket purchased by unknown customer in Saskatoon  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Wearing a mask won’t affect children’s performance on the ice: USask study

  20-10-2021 04:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The study looked at the affect mask wearing had on youth between nine and fourteen playing hockey, and found it had no affect on their performance.
  
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