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• Saskatoon churches rally for Ukrainian refugees | CTV News - CTV News Saskatoon

  23-03-2022 23:55 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
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• Saskatoon churches rally for Ukrainian refugees

  23-03-2022 23:55
  
  Father Andre Lalach says that since Russia invaded Ukraine, he has received cards, notes, emails and phone calls from random people reaching out to his Ukrainian church.
  
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• Sask. mental health and addictions budget increased, nothing tagged for safe injection site

  23-03-2022 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government says it wants to reduce harms associated with substance use and take proactive prevention measures for youth, but PHR says they aren't doing enough.
  
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• 'It’s just unreal': Sask. resident captures fireball meteor on security camera

  23-03-2022 22:48
  
  A Saskatchewan woman's security camera caught a dramatic sight in the night sky.
  
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• Budget: Sask. looks to slash surgery backlog in record health budget

  23-03-2022 22:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan will spend $21.6 million to cut its surgery wait-list in the first of a years-long campaign to clear tens of thousands of delayed procedures amassed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon police officer accused of assaulting woman in Warman back in court in April - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  23-03-2022 21:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police officer accused of assaulting woman in Warman back in court in April  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Saskatoon police officer accused of assaulting woman in Warman back in court in April

  23-03-2022 21:52 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Saskatoon police patrol constable charged with assault is expected to return to provincial court in early April. Read More
  
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• 5 things you need to know about Saskatchewan's 2022 budget

  23-03-2022 21:46
  
  The 2022-23 Saskatchewan provincial budget has been released. Here are five things you need to know.
  
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• Sask. government provides $10 million for film and TV production grant in budget 2022

  23-03-2022 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The large increase in funding comes 10 years after former premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party government cut a film employment credit in its budget.
  
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• Sask. increases film and television production grant by $8M

  23-03-2022 21:33
  
  The Government of Saskatchewan is increasing its film and television production grant by $8 million in the 2022-23 budget.
  
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• Sask. will spend millions to cut surgery backlog

  23-03-2022 21:24
  
  The Saskatchewan government is hoping an injection of cash will bolster a provincial health care system battered by COVID-19 and help cut down a surgical waitlist that ballooned during the pandemic.
  
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• Sask. aims to cut surgical backlog, hire health care staff with record spending

  23-03-2022 21:24
  
  The Saskatchewan government is hoping an injection of cash will bolster a provincial health care system battered by COVID-19 and help cut down a surgical waitlist that ballooned during the pandemic.
  
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• Saskatchewan government spends big on health care in Budget 2022

  23-03-2022 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  With an increase of $277.1 million, or seven per cent, to $4.242 billion, the 2022-23 budget is the largest in history for the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).
  
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• Roughrider games, concerts, games, gyms to get more expensive with Sask. gov’t adding sales tax

  23-03-2022 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Expect to pay more for admission and entertainment charges for concerts and large sporting events as the Sask. Party introduces PST in the 2022-23 budget.
  
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• Potash, oil drive revenue growth in Saskatchewan

  23-03-2022 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer is expecting the non-renewable resource sector to contribute $2.9 billion in revenue to the province’s coffers.
  
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• Saskatchewan forecasts $463M deficit in 2022-23 budget

  23-03-2022 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer is projecting a $463-million deficit in the upcoming year as she tabled a budget with record spending and revenue.
  
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• Sask. gov't adding PST to most art, culture and sport events

  23-03-2022 21:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's government is expanding its provincial sales tax, upping the cost for people attending many art, tourism and sporting events. Movie theatre and gym-goers, as well as curlers and golfers, will also face the tax.
  
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• Sask. boosts grant program for film and television by $8M

  23-03-2022 21:22 via cbc.ca
  
  The influx of an additional $8 million comes a decade after the Saskatchewan government slashed its film tax credit.
  
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• Record-high $6.8B for health care in Sask. 2022-23 budget

  23-03-2022 21:22 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government’s 2022-23 budget includes a record-high $6.8 billion for health care to cut down the surgical wait-list, hire and retain health-care workers, and fund additional ICU beds.
  
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• Sask. residents to pay PST on event tickets this fall

  23-03-2022 21:21
  
  Saskatchewan residents can expect to pay more for event tickets and tobacco products beginning this fall, due to the expansion of some taxes in the 2022-23 provincial budget.
  
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• Sask. projects $463M deficit, finance minister says government surprised by quick economic rebound

  23-03-2022 21:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says the province is "back on track," forecasting a $463 million deficit for 2022-23.
  
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• Rising revenue helps cut deficit as Sask. sets sights on pandemic recovery in 2022 budget

  23-03-2022 21:21
  
  A significant revenue jump has given Saskatchewan a lowered deficit and encouraged another year of record spending on health in the province’s 2022-23 budget.
  
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• 200 new assistant positions created as part of record $2.88B education budget

  23-03-2022 21:21
  
  The Saskatchewan Government is committing to 200 new educational assistant positions as part of its record-setting $2.88 billion education budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year.
  
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• Sask. VLT operators get bigger slice of sales

  23-03-2022 21:17
  
  The Saskatchewan government is increasing the commission paid to video lottery terminal operators in its 2022-23 budget.
  
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• Saskatoon woman tells her story of fleeing Afghanistan to find home in the city - CBC.ca

  23-03-2022 19:53 via cbc.ca
  
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• Saskatoon woman tells her story of fleeing Afghanistan to find home in the city

  23-03-2022 19:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Maryam Masoomi was the leader of a music group of young women who sang songs about girl power, education, peace and women empowerment.
  
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• A break from breaks: Regina, Saskatoon dealing with fewer water main breaks - CKOM News Talk Sports

  23-03-2022 18:46 via ckom.com
  
  A break from breaks: Regina, Saskatoon dealing with fewer water main breaks  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Saskatoon car dealership defrauded of $250000, police say - CTV News Saskatoon

  23-03-2022 18:22 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon car dealership defrauded of $250000, police say  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon car dealership defrauded of $250,000, police say

  23-03-2022 18:22
  
  Saskatoon police have arrested a man for allegedly defrauding a car dealership of $250,000 worth of inventory.
  
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• Arrests - Robbery/Evade Police - ASU & K9 Assist

  23-03-2022 18:09 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Police Service Air Support Unit, Canine Unit and Patrol officers combined to arrest three people connected to the robbery of a cab.On March 23rd, 2022, at approximately 4:30 a.m., police received a report from a cab driver indicating a robbery had occurred near Avenue M North and 22nd Street West. The driver stated that six people had been picked up, had robbed him, and stole his vehicle.ASU was able to locate and track the vehicle, which eventually stopped in the 3100 block of Lau
  
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• Police charge former dealership employee with defrauding $250,000 of inventory

  23-03-2022 17:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police have arrested a 47-year-old man after a lengthy investigation found he had defrauded a car dealership he worked for. Read More
  
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• Arrest - Fraud & Theft Over $5000 - SPS Fraud Unit

  23-03-2022 16:37 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Police Service Fraud Unit has arrested a man after a lengthy investigation.On March 2nd, 2022, a 47-year-old man was arrested after investigators found he had defrauded a car dealership of $250,000 worth of inventory, while employed there between 2015 and 2018.The 47-year-old man faces charges of Fraud Over $5,000 and Theft Over $5,000. He has been released on an undertaking and is scheduled to attend court on April 20th, 2022.The Saskatoon Police Service Economic Crime Section wou
  
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• Unifor alleges former president Jerry Dias took $50K from COVID-19 test kit supplier

  23-03-2022 16:33 via cbc.ca
  
  An investigation into former Unifor president Jerry Dias found that he accepted $50,000 from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits, the union's secretary-treasurer Lana Payne said Wednesday.
  
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• Saskatchewan to table 2022-23 budget Wednesday

  23-03-2022 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Scott Moe has said the budget will include increased spending to address the province's growing backlog of surgeries and to create more intensive care beds.
  
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• 'Holy cow!:' Dozens of people spot meteor across Saskatchewan Tuesday night

  23-03-2022 15:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Many people across the prairies spotted a large meteor Tuesday night.
  
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• 'Holy cow!': Dozens of people spot meteor across Saskatchewan

  23-03-2022 15:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Many people across the prairies spotted a large meteor Tuesday night.
  
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• Saskatoon performers return home for show with SSO - Global News

  23-03-2022 14:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon performers return home for show with SSO  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon police officer charged with assault

  23-03-2022 14:20 via cbc.ca
  
  A police constable in Saskatoon has been charged with assault after an investigation by the RCMP.
  
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• Taking the Pulse: Survey shows mental health, personal relationships suffered in pandemic

  23-03-2022 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The high percentage of Taking the Pulse survey respondents who reported adverse mental health effects during the pandemic does not surprise Faith Bodnar, executive director of the Saskatoon branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Read More
  
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• Provincial strategy for overdoses needed, say front line orgs

  23-03-2022 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatoon Tribal Council's health centre handed out a staggering 1.5 million needles in 2021. Read More
  
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• Canadian men's soccer team looks for historic breakthrough

  23-03-2022 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Canadian men’s national soccer team is on the verge of qualifying for its first World Cup since 1986. Read More
  
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• Sask. finance minister to reveal 2022-23 budget Wednesday afternoon

  23-03-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After the timing of the last two budgets was altered by the pandemic, the provincial government is back on schedule with its release of Wednesday's 2022-23 budget.
  
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• Doctors say Omicron subvariant a sign 'pandemic is not over yet'

  23-03-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A more transmissible subvariant of the Omicron variant has emerged in Saskatchewan and doctors say it shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has not ended.
  
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• Trudeau, NATO leaders gather as experts warn Ukraine war is entering a new and bloodier phase

  23-03-2022 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other NATO leaders are set to gather for an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on Thursday as experts warn that the war in Ukraine is likely to get more bloody as it enters a new and decisive phase.
  
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• In opening its borders to refugees from Ukraine, is Canada practising performative activism?

  23-03-2022 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  I am not saying Canada should ignore Ukraine or Syria or any other European or Asian countries who need help, but we should extend our compassion to others too, even if they do not look enough like us, writes Babatunde Omotoye.
  
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• COVID-19 restrictions are lifting, but unvaccinated Canadians still can't board planes or trains

  23-03-2022 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Now that COVID-19 restrictions are fast disappearing, some unvaccinated Canadians question why the federal government still maintains its vaccine mandate for travellers. The mandate prevents unvaccinated people from boarding a commercial plane or train in Canada.
  
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• As employees return to the office, the much-hyped hybrid model faces acid test: does it work?

  23-03-2022 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As former office dwellers make a return to their workplaces, employers and workers are having to navigate exactly what the new normal of work is going to look like.
  
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• COVID-19 still spreading among children, Saskatchewan government data shows

  23-03-2022 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A family physician in Saskatoon says he is seeing a lot more COVID-19 in young children and a lot more long COVID illnesses in children.
  
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• Sask. company wants improvements to 'outdated' wastewater operator certification

  23-03-2022 01:18
  
  A Saskatchewan training company is calling for changes to the province’s wastewater operator certification program.
  
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• Xavier Justice Jimmy gets nine years for death of Gabriel Wapass in Saskatoon

  23-03-2022 01:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  After pleading guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter at the outset of a preliminary hearing for second-degree murder, Xavier Justice Jimmy, 24, received a nine-year prison sentence on Tuesday for the 2019 death of Gabriel Wapass. Read More
  
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