Saskatoon news

• Organ donations restarted but surgeries stalled by COVID-19

  30-11-2021 23:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan's health minister says officials are finalizing a plan to climb a mountain of delayed surgeries built up over months of pandemic pressure. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 means Saskatchewan organizations face another challenging holiday fundraising season

  30-11-2021 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Financial pressures resulting from COVID-19 and increased demand for services continue to weight on charities and non-profits in Saskatchewan.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask.: No new deaths, 42 new cases

  30-11-2021 23:14 via cbc.ca
  
  The known active case count is the lowest it has been since Aug. 12, sitting at 715.
  
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• Saskatoon fire chief says it's time for 911 dispatch system that can accept emergency texts, photos

  30-11-2021 23:08
  
  The Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) wants to make a major upgrade to its 911 call centre.
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Purifoy detained after Regina restaurant ‘disturbance’

  30-11-2021 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Roughriders player Loucheiz Purifoy says he was with teammates at a Regina restaurant where a disturbance occurred on Nov. 28.
  
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• Disturbance at Regina restaurant

  30-11-2021 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Video obtained by 980 CJME shows some tense moments surrounding a disturbance at a Regina restaurant on the night of Nov. 28, 2021.
  
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• Woman charged with assault, Riders' defensive back detained but not charged after incident at Regina Earls

  30-11-2021 23:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders say no charges have been laid against defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy following an incident at a Regina restaurant after Sunday's West Division semifinal that led to a woman being charged with assault.
  
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• Drug dealer faces new charges while on statutory release

  30-11-2021 22:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Saskatoon man serving a six-year sentence for drug trafficking and weapons offences has accumulated new charges while on statutory release. Read More
  
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• Weyburn gym fined $14,000 for violating Sask. COVID-19 restrictions

  30-11-2021 22:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A fitness facility in Weyburn has become the latest Saskatchewan business to be ticketed for allegedly violating COVID-19 measures. Read More
  
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• Many Sask. grain farmers couldn't fulfil their contracts: APAS

  30-11-2021 22:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  An overwhelming number of respondents to a survey of Saskatchewan farmers say they fell short of this year's grain contracts. Read More
  
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• Friendship Inn's Fill the Plate fundraiser kicks off

  30-11-2021 22:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Sandra Kary hopes that when people gather to eat this holiday season, they'll think of those not seated at the table. Read More
  
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• 'We know what's at stake': Huskies in preparation mode as Vanier draws closer

  30-11-2021 21:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Homework is piled up, final exams are coming on, and University of Saskatchewan Huskies players have a football team — and a national championship — to prepare for besides. Read More
  
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• Hundreds of services resume as majority of Sask. healthcare workers return to home units

  30-11-2021 21:51
  
  After redeploying hundreds of healthcare workers to deal with the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly all eligible staff are back working in their home departments, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).
  
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• COVID-19: Saskatchewan's key metrics dip to levels last seen in August

  30-11-2021 21:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The temperature and snow clearly indicate it's November in Saskatchewan, but the key metrics used to measure the COVID-19 pandemic resemble levels from August. Read More
  
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• Recent racist message a 'tipping point' for Indigenous Sask. MLA

  30-11-2021 21:42
  
  Indigenous NDP MLA Betty Nippi-Albright hopes bringing attention to the racist comments she receives creates change in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Omicron variant not yet detected in Saskatchewan; 40 people told to test, isolate

  30-11-2021 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Forty individuals in Saskatchewan who recently traveled from southern African regions are to quarantine for 14 days in an effort to curb the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
  
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• Sask. Mounties suit up in ceremonial uniforms to mourn 'unlikely, beloved' friend

  30-11-2021 20:34
  
  Richard Montgrand called them "the Queen's cowboys" and many RCMP officers who worked in La Loche considered Montgrand a friend.
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: Nov. 30

  30-11-2021 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  The seven-day Saskatchewan forecast with Peter Quinlan on Tuesday, Nov. 30.
  
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• Organ donation program resumes, but only partially: Saskatchewan Health Authority

  30-11-2021 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The organ donation program was halted as the COVID-19 response taxed health care resources. Now, staffing vacancies in Saskatoon are preventing full program resumption.
  
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• Saskatchewan restarts organ donation program as staff return to original positions

  30-11-2021 19:28 via cbc.ca
  
  The SHA says more than 90 per cent of eligible workers will return to their original positions by the end of November. 
  
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• Wood processing companies sign co-location agreement in Prince Albert

  30-11-2021 19:21
  
  An oriented strand board company has signed a deal with Paper Excellence to build a new processing plant on the site of the Prince Albert pulp mill.
  
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• Online booking now available for COVID-19 tests

  30-11-2021 19:09
  
  Saskatchewan residents can now book a COVID-19 test online.
  
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• Saskatoon's Friendship Inn begins Fill the Plate campaign on Giving Tuesday - CTV News Saskatoon

  30-11-2021 18:40 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon's Friendship Inn begins Fill the Plate campaign on Giving Tuesday  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon's Friendship Inn begins Fill the Plate campaign on Giving Tuesday

  30-11-2021 18:40
  
  Giving Tuesday marked the kickoff to the Friendship Inn’s Fill the Plate campaign, with Nutrien as their partner for the ninth year.
  
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• Sask. education minister says public health order would trump his directive on extracurricular activities

  30-11-2021 18:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Education Minister Dustin Duncan says an order from a provincial medical health officer would take precedence over his letter stating that unvaccinated children shouldn't be excluded from after-school activities.
  
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• Access to take home drug checking strips expands to over 30 Saskatchewan locations

  30-11-2021 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Drug checking strips will be made available in more than 30 locations across the province.
  
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• Sask. government increases access to tests that can detect fentanyl in street drugs

  30-11-2021 17:57
  
  Fentanyl and benzodiazepine drug checking strips are now available at more than 30 locations across Saskatchewan for the purpose of at home drug checking.
  
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• Police called to Regina restaurant for incident involving Riders' player

  30-11-2021 17:46
  
  A Saskatchewan Roughriders player was involved in an incident at a Regina restaurant where the police were called, according to the team.
  
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• Sask. researchers continue to see downward trends in COVID-19 wastewater testing

  30-11-2021 17:36 via cbc.ca
  
  The most recent COVID-19 wastewater study from the University of Saskatchewan shows a decrease in the amount of COVID-19 virus in sewage samples taken from Saskatoon, North Battleford and Prince Albert.
  
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• Sask. producers owing thousands of dollars in unfulfilled contracts is 'unprecedented territory'

  30-11-2021 16:52
  
  Despite having a much smaller yield after harvest than usual, Saskatoon area farmer Blair Cummins was still able to fulfill his canola contract—with a little help.
  
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• 75 per cent of Sask. farmers who responded to survey couldn't fulfill grain contracts due to drought

  30-11-2021 16:52
  
  A new survey shows the impact Saskatchewan's summer drought had on many grain farmers.
  
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• Saskatoon police's more than $119M budget gets unanimous support during city budget talks

  30-11-2021 16:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatoon Police Service's 2022 budget request and 2023 plan received unanimous approval from members of city council during the first day of city budget deliberations on Monday. Read More
  
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• Regina, Saskatoon airports brace for COVID-19 changes - CKOM News Talk Sports

  30-11-2021 16:44 via ckom.com
  
  Regina, Saskatoon airports brace for COVID-19 changes  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Saskatoon poet and author named USask Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence - USask News

  30-11-2021 16:11 via news.usask.ca
  Saskatoon poet and author named USask Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence  USask News
  
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• Regina, Saskatoon airports resume international travel | CTV News - CTV News Regina

  30-11-2021 15:45 via regina.ctvnews.ca
  
  Regina, Saskatoon airports resume international travel | CTV News  CTV News Regina
  
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• Regina, Saskatoon airports resume international travel

  30-11-2021 15:45
  
  Airports in both Regina and Saskatoon are once again receiving flights from outside of the country.
  
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• Saskatoon city councillors debate property tax hikes - Globalnews.ca

  30-11-2021 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon city councillors debate property tax hikes  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Saskatoon city councillors debate property tax hikes

  30-11-2021 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon city councillors are deciding how to spend taxpayer money for the next two years as they debate proposed property tax hikes. Nathaniel Dove
  
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• First case of Omicron COVID-19 variant reported in Alberta

  30-11-2021 15:33
  
  The province's first Omicron case was confirmed in a returning traveller from Nigeria and the Netherlands, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• 'Get prepared:' B.C. communities brace for heavy rain, flooding as third atmospheric river set to hit

  30-11-2021 14:57
  
  A provincial state of emergency has been extended in B.C. as communities brace for another atmospheric river forecast to hit the province's southwest region.
  
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• Sask. woman frustrated life-changing surgery cancelled because of COVID-19

  30-11-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Stephanie Brad needs her bladder removed, but her surgery has been cancelled twice, once just days before she was set to get the operation. 
  
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• Peiris: Sask. Party behaviour recalls former NDP government's hubris

  30-11-2021 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The arrogance and condescension of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Christine Tell in responding to questions over plans to change security procedures at the Legislative Building starkly underline the rot that marks the beginning of the end for long-in-the-tooth governments. Read More
  
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• Letters: Unvaccinated shouldn't control surgery wait times

  30-11-2021 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Unvaccinated travellers barred from planes and trains as of today

  30-11-2021 10:42
  
  Unvaccinated travellers over the age of 12 won't be able to board a plane or train in Canada beginning today, and a negative COVID-19 test will no longer serve as a substitute for most people.
  
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• Hundreds have tried to enter Canada with fake COVID-19 test results, proof-of-vaccine documents: CBSA

  30-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canada Border Services Agency says it has intercepted hundreds of suspected fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination records from people trying to enter the country.
  
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• As omicron piles on economic fears, Canadian outlook offers glimmer of bland optimism

  30-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With the new omicron variant, market instability, inflation and supply chain fears, Canada expects a pleasantly bland economic outlook on jobs and GDP.
  
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• Saskatoon city council kicks off budget deliberations

  30-11-2021 03:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon city council began three days of budget deliberations Monday. The session began with council discussing a number of general reports prepared by administration as background to the discussions ahead, along with presentations from a number of parties who wanted to provide comments meant to help shape the debate. At time of writing, the proposed property tax increases for 2022 and 2023 were 3.5 and 3.14 per cent, respectively. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon budget: Council approves $119 million operating budget for city police next year

  30-11-2021 03:19
  
  City council has approved the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) budget for the next two years.
  
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• 'This is a problem': Saskatoon SPCA says it will be forced to shut down without city funding - CTV News Saskatoon

  30-11-2021 03:12 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  'This is a problem': Saskatoon SPCA says it will be forced to shut down without city funding  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• ‘This is a problem’: Saskatoon SPCA says it will be forced to shut down without city funding

  30-11-2021 03:12
  
  The Saskatoon SPCA says it may be forced to shutdown unless it gets a boost in funding from the city.
  
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