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• 5 sobering details from Saskatchewan's COVID-19 data and modelling

  21-10-2021 23:55
  
  On Wednesday, the Saskatchewan government released its COVID-19 data and modelling which projects what the coming weeks and months could look like in a province that currently has the highest coronavirus-related death rate in Canada.
  
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• NDP voices concern over concert in Saskatoon set to draw thousands

  21-10-2021 23:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili says consideration should be given to cancelling a sold-out concert by country music star Eric Church in Saskatoon. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon mom says COVID-19 vaccine rules need space for people with legitimate medical exemptions

  21-10-2021 23:25
  
  A Saskatoon woman wants the city and the province need to reevaluate how medical exemptions are are handled under current COVID-19 vaccine mandates
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask.: Pandemic death toll hits 800

  21-10-2021 23:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Another grim milestone was set in Saskatchewan Thursday as the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 hit 800.
  
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• Continued Request for Public Assistance - Identify Individuals from Sept. 20 Election Night Event

  21-10-2021 22:53 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Police Service is continuing to request public assistance in identifying a number of people who attended a September 20th election night gathering.Currently eight out of fifteen people have been identified.  To date, the SPS has laid one charge under the Public Health Act and has drawn up another 20 tickets. Members of the public can remain anonymous and leave a tip should they recognize anyone pictured.  Images of the people yet to be identified can be found at
  
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• HOLIDAY MARKET

  21-10-2021 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  Rosewood Community Association presents: HOLIDAY MARKET – Entry is by FOOD BANK DONATION. *** COVID MEASURES IN PLACE ***
  
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• FREE!!! DROP & SHOP

  21-10-2021 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  6 – 12 year olds.  This holiday season entrust your children with certified leaders who will supervise a number of child-friendly activities including arts and crafts, giving you the opportunity to get away and get your shopping done!  MASKS ARE REQUIRED. LAKEWOOD CIVIC CENTRE (1635 McKercher Drive 306-975-2944)  Saturday, November 27th – 1:00pm to 4:00pm (CD4627-01). ...
  
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• 355 new COVID-19 cases in Sask., as province reports 800 total related deaths

  21-10-2021 22:30
  
  Two more Saskatchewan residents have died of COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths related to the virus to 800.
  
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• Man wanted on 2nd-degree murder charge after shooting in North Battleford

  21-10-2021 22:29 via cbc.ca
  
  A 33-year-old man is dead and police are searching for another man accused of second-degree murder after a shooting in North Battleford.
  
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• 19-year-old woman killed in single vehicle rollover near Green Lake, Sask.

  21-10-2021 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  There were three other men in the car who were all taken to hospital with serious injuries.
  
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• COVID-19: Saskatchewan death toll reaches 800, 355 new cases reported

  21-10-2021 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  In Saskatchewan's COVID-19 update Thursday, one death was reported in the north central zone, and the other death was reported in the central west zone.
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for man facing 2nd-degree murder in North Battleford, Sask.

  21-10-2021 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  An arrest warrant has been issued for Javon Moosomin, 21, who is facing a second-degree murder charge in North Battleford, Sask.
  
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• Man and woman missing on canoe trip in northern Sask.

  21-10-2021 22:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  RCMP are searching for a man and a woman who went canoeing on Long Whitefish Lake in northern Saskatchewan on Tuesday and did not return. Read More
  
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• GIRLS IN MOTION

  21-10-2021 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  Get inspired to become a healthier and happier you at Girls in Motion – a FREE day for youth, ages 10 to 14, to enjoy a variety of physical activities under the direction of qualified instructors. **SIGN IN BEGINS AT 8:30a.m.***   ***MASKS ARE REQUIRED*** COST:  FREE, Lunch and snacks provided.  For more information call 306-975-3378.  REGISTER ONLINE at leisureonline.saskatoon.ca...
  
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• Meadow Lake teen killed in vehicle rollover on Sask. highway

  21-10-2021 22:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A 19-year-old woman from Meadow Lake is dead after the vehicle in which she was travelling rolled over on Highway 155 roughly five kilometres north of Green Lake. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: Oct. 21

  21-10-2021 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The seven-day Saskatchewan forecast with Peter Quinlan on Thursday, Oct. 21.
  
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• Health policy analyst predicts dire future based on Sask.'s COVID-19 modelling

  21-10-2021 21:54 via cbc.ca
  
  The latest COVID-19 modelling paints a dire situation for Saskatchewan, and a health policy analyst says what the province is doing now is not sustainable.
  
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• Regina Pats at home to Saskatoon Blades on Friday - Regina Leader-Post

  21-10-2021 21:39 via leaderpost.com
  
  Regina Pats at home to Saskatoon Blades on Friday  Regina Leader-Post
  
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• Regina Pats at home to Saskatoon Blades on Friday - Calgary Herald

  21-10-2021 21:35 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Regina Pats at home to Saskatoon Blades on Friday  Calgary Herald
  
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• COVID-19: Pre-screening for Eric Church concert at SaskTel Centre begins

  21-10-2021 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  SaskTel Centre has partnered with Prairie Industrial Health Services to offer COVID-19 testing for Eric Church concert ticket-holders in Saskatoon.
  
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• 'Full-blown crisis': Sask. doctors' association calls for gathering limits to fight COVID-19

  21-10-2021 20:54
  
  Indoor gathering limits for private and public events must be implemented immediately as a public health order, according to the Saskatchewan Medical Association.
  
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• Saskatchewan police report 494 impaired driving offences in September: SGI

  21-10-2021 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  There were also 6,307 total tickets issued in September for speeding and aggressive driving offences.
  
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• 'Time to stop asking nicely,' Canadian Medical Association says of more COVID measures in Sask.

  21-10-2021 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Katharine Smart, who works in the province's north, issued a statement on Thursday, one day after Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, broke down while presenting dire new modelling on the province's COVID-19 situation.
  
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• Doctors, Official Opposition call for gathering limits as Sask. ICUs remain swamped

  21-10-2021 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  New COVID-19 modelling in Saskatchewan suggests more public health restrictions are needed to bend the curve.
  
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• Canadian Medical Association calls for stricter COVID-19 measures in Saskatchewan

  21-10-2021 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canadian Medical Association's Dr. Katharine Smart, who works in Saskatchewan's north, issued a statement on Thursday, one day after the province's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, broke down while presenting dire new modelling on the COVID-19 situation.
  
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• Sask. government says social media posts about ICU patient transfers should be 'disregarded'

  21-10-2021 20:22
  
  The Saskatchewan government released a statement Thursday morning saying social media posts about ICU patient transfers should be “disregarded” following immense confusion among doctors and officials over planned ICU patient transfers to Ontario.
  
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• Saskatchewan inspector on illegal waterfowl dumping

  21-10-2021 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Inspector Braden Cherney, with the Conservation Officer Service, says illegal waterfowl dumping is not a rare occurrence in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Grieving Saskatoon mother demands better road safety conditions after daughter's death - CBC.ca

  21-10-2021 19:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Grieving Saskatoon mother demands better road safety conditions after daughter's death  CBC.ca
  
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• Grieving Saskatoon mother demands better road safety conditions after daughter's death

  21-10-2021 19:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Rochelle Dubois says she won't rest until road safety improves on the street where her daughter was killed last month.
  
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• 9-year-old killed in Mayfair area collision 'had a right to be walking safe here,' grieving mother says

  21-10-2021 19:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Teddy bears and messages reading "justice for Baeleigh" hang from a fence in Saskatoon's Mayfair neighbourhood. Rochelle Dubois keeps visiting the spot on 33rd Street in a sort of vigil. It's where her nine-year-old daughter, Baeleigh Maurice, was hit and killed while riding her scooter to school on Sept. 9.
  
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• A Place of Sanctuary: The Wanuskewin Heritage Park story (Part 1)

  21-10-2021 19:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  It’s “a place of rare beauty.” Read More
  
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• 5 Sask. Conservative MPs confirm they're fully vaccinated against COVID-19

  21-10-2021 17:22
  
  CTV News reached out to each of the province’s 14 representatives in Ottawa – who all belong to the Conservative party – and received a response from five ahead of the stated deadline.
  
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• Live: Final undercover police witness testifies at Greg Fertuck murder trial

  21-10-2021 17:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The final undercover police witness involved in an undercover Mr. Big sting that led to Greg Mitchell Fertuck being arrested in connection with his estranged wife's disappearance and death is testifying Thursday. Read More
  
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• CRB expiring Saturday, to be replaced with COVID-19 lockdown benefit

  21-10-2021 17:20
  
  The Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) will expire as of Oct. 23, and will be replaced by a targeted benefit that helps individuals whose work is impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns.
  
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• Canada to receive 2.9M doses of Pfizer's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine

  21-10-2021 17:20
  
  The federal government announced Thursday that Canada will receive 2.9 million doses of Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine shortly after its approval by Health Canada for the five to 11 age group.
  
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• As some pandemic benefits expire, feds to spend $7.4B on new programs

  21-10-2021 17:20
  
  The federal government has announced a suite of changes to the popular income and business support programs put in place during the pandemic and set to expire on Saturday.
  
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• Outbreak declared at another elementary school in Saskatoon - CBC.ca

  21-10-2021 17:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Outbreak declared at another elementary school in Saskatoon  CBC.ca
  
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• Outbreak declared at another elementary school in Saskatoon

  21-10-2021 17:08 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at another school in Saskatoon.
  
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• Looking in ahead of FSIN election next week

  21-10-2021 16:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The FSIN election is one week away. The University of Saskatchewan’s Ken Coates joins Global News Morning to break down how the vote works, and some of the big issues in the campaign.
  
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• Land border reopening welcome news for travel industry

  21-10-2021 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  On this week’s Travel Tips, Ixtapa Travel’s Barb Crowe tells Global News Morning the U.S.-Canada land border reopening next month has led to a lot of inquiries – with cruise ships leading the way.
  
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• Confusion reigns over Saskatchewan's plans to move ICU patients out of province

  21-10-2021 16:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan has not clarified why Ontario thought it would receive a total of 12 ICU patients from the province by the end of the week or why that now appears to have changed.
  
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• $55M Lotto Max jackpot ticket sold in Saskatoon - CBC.ca

  21-10-2021 14:45 via cbc.ca
  
  $55M Lotto Max jackpot ticket sold in Saskatoon  CBC.ca
  
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• $55M Lotto Max jackpot ticket sold in Saskatoon

  21-10-2021 14:45 via cbc.ca
  
  This week’s $55 million Lotto Max jackpot ticket was sold somewhere in Saskatoon, according to Saskatchewan Lotteries.
  
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• More students enrolled in Saskatoon, Regina school divisions than last year - CBC.ca

  21-10-2021 14:42 via cbc.ca
  
  More students enrolled in Saskatoon, Regina school divisions than last year  CBC.ca
  
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• More students enrolled in Saskatoon, Regina school divisions than last year

  21-10-2021 14:42 via cbc.ca
  
  According to recent enrolment data made available to the Ministry of Education, the number of students enrolled in Regina and Saskatoon's public and Catholic school divisions has increased this school year.
  
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• Precision Drilling Q3 revenue up more than 50% from year ago as drilling ramps up

  21-10-2021 14:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Precision, which is the nation's largest drilling rig contractor, says on average it had 51 active drilling rigs in Canada in the quarter, up from 18 in the same quarter last year.
  
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• Sask. RCMP seeking public's help finding missing young girl

  21-10-2021 14:20
  
  RCMP are looking for help from the public to locate a missing young girl.
  
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• Police seeking public's help finding missing young girl

  21-10-2021 14:20
  
  RCMP are looking for help from the public to locate a missing young girl.
  
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• Tank: Desperate Saskatoon city council tries to fly solo on COVID-19 - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  21-10-2021 14:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Tank: Desperate Saskatoon city council tries to fly solo on COVID-19  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Old nuisance grounds

  21-10-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see a sign announcing the closing of the old Saskatoon Nuisance Ground, at Warman Road and 42nd Street, from Oct. 21, 1955. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B3808-1) Read More
  
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