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• $450,000 damage estimated after fire starts on home's rear deck

  19-04-2022 23:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A blaze that destroyed a home in Saskatoon caused an estimated $450,000 in damages, and the cause has yet to be determined. Read More
  
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• Provinces see rise in COVID hospitalizations, driven by unvaccinated

  19-04-2022 23:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Hospitals across Canada are facing a resurgence of patients with COVID-19 that some health officials say will likely continue for another month. Read More
  
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• Inside Canada's 'Starlight Tours' And The Saskatoon Freezing Deaths - All That's Interesting

  19-04-2022 23:11 via allthatsinteresting.com
  
  Inside Canada's 'Starlight Tours' And The Saskatoon Freezing Deaths  All That's Interesting
  
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• Roughriders training camp makes return to Saskatoon

  19-04-2022 22:47
  
  For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saskatchewan Roughriders' training camp will take place in Saskatoon.
  
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• Roughriders Return To Saskatoon For Coors Light Training Camp - riderville.com

  19-04-2022 22:32 via riderville.com
  
  Roughriders Return To Saskatoon For Coors Light Training Camp  riderville.com
  
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• Man accused of killing Richard Fernuk admits selling his cellphone

  19-04-2022 22:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Leo Roy Daniels sold Richard Fernuk's cellphone to a man at the Hotel Senator in downtown Saskatoon on Aug. 2, 2019 — the last day Fernuk was seen alive. Read More
  
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• Man facing numerous charges after chase in stolen vehicle

  19-04-2022 21:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A man is facing numerous charges after fleeing from police in a stolen vehicle. At about 3 a.m. on Saturday, a member of the of Saskatoon police Canine Unit observed a blue Dodge Ram truck travelling in the area of 33rd Street West and Edmonton Avenue, police said in a release. Read More
  
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• FlexNetworks establishes 100G fiber network connectivity between Regina and Saskatoon - LightWave Online

  19-04-2022 21:38 via lightwaveonline.com
  FlexNetworks establishes 100G fiber network connectivity between Regina and Saskatoon  LightWave Online
  
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• Sask. govt. followed rules when asking for CERB recipients to return income assistance money: ombudsman

  19-04-2022 21:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's ombudsman says the provincial government followed the correct process when asking those on provincial social income assistance to return their benefits after they also collected federal income support through the CERB program.
  
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• Relocating Fire Station No. 5: Improving Community Response - Saskatoon.ca |

  19-04-2022 20:54 via saskatoon.ca
  
  Relocating Fire Station No. 5: Improving Community Response  Saskatoon.ca |
  
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• Arrest - Evade Police - 33rd Street and Edmonton Avenue

  19-04-2022 20:48 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  A 28-year-old man is facing numerous charges after fleeing from police in a stolen vehicle on Saturday morning.At approximately 3:00 a.m., April 16, 2022, a member of the Canine Unit observed a blue Dodge Ram truck travelling in the area of 33rd Street West and Edmonton Avenue. The license plate was found to be reported stolen and a traffic stop was attempted. When the vehicle refused to stop, the SPS Air Support Unit was able to locate the vehicle and observe it travel at high rates of speed th
  
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• Sask. resident wins record $70 million Lotto Max jackpot

  19-04-2022 20:31
  
  A Regina resident is $70 million richer after winning a Lotto Max jackpot – the largest ever to be won in the western Canada lottery region.
  
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• Prosecution in Saskatoon murder trial down to final witness - CBC.ca

  19-04-2022 20:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Prosecution in Saskatoon murder trial down to final witness  CBC.ca
  
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• Prosecution in Saskatoon murder trial down to final witness

  19-04-2022 20:15 via cbc.ca
  
  The Crown is expected to call its final witness Wednesday in the Leo Daniels murder trial in Saskatoon.
  
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• 'Woke up crying in pain': Sask. NDP leader shares son's struggle with COVID-19

  19-04-2022 20:10
  
  The leader of Saskatchewan's opposition says his four-year-old son's bout of COVID-19 resulted in a trip to the emergency room.
  
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• Saskatoon firefighters battle blaze in Edgemont Estates

  19-04-2022 19:38
  
  A home in Edgemont Estates was badly damaged by fire over the weekend.
  
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• Saskatchewan government calls for nominations for mental health and addictions award

  19-04-2022 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government is calling for nominations for a new $5,000 one-time mental health and addictions award. Each province and territory will present its own award.
  
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• 'Possible burials' discovered on site of former Sask. residential school

  19-04-2022 19:30
  
  A Saskatchewan First Nation will reveal the results of a geophysical investigation where "possible burials" were found on the site of a former residential school.
  
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• Regina man wins $70M, making him Sask.'s largest ever lotto winner

  19-04-2022 19:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Dale McEwen from Regina won a $70-million jackpot in the April 1 Lotto Max draw. 
  
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• Fire rips through Saskatoon home, causes $450000 in damage - CTV News Saskatoon

  19-04-2022 18:47 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Fire rips through Saskatoon home, causes $450000 in damage  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Fire rips through Saskatoon home, causes $450,000 in damage

  19-04-2022 18:47
  
  A blaze that tore through a Saskatoon home resulted in $450,000 in damage, according to the Saskatoon Fire Department.
  
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• Saskatchewan employer fined $175,000 for workplace death

  19-04-2022 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Blair's Crop Solutions Inc. pleaded guilty to one violation of occupational health and safety regulation and has been fined $175,000.
  
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• Ottawa to maintain mask requirement for travellers after U.S. drops rule: transport minister

  19-04-2022 18:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is giving no indication his government plans to dump the masking requirement for air and train passengers in Canada in the near future, despite the fact that a federal judge in Florida struck down the requirement in the U.S.
  
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• University of Saskatchewan extends mandatory mask use until June 30

  19-04-2022 17:07 via cbc.ca
  
  The University of Saskatchewan is extending its mandatory mask use mandate on campus after a growing number of reported COVID-19 cases on campus.
  
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• U of S, U of R extend mandatory mask use on campus

  19-04-2022 17:07 via cbc.ca
  
  The University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina are extending mandatory mask use mandate on campus after persistent cases of COVID-19.
  
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• This Stunning Exhibition in Saskatoon Will Take You on an Immersive Journey Through the Canadian Arctic - To Do Canada

  19-04-2022 17:07 via todocanada.ca
  This Stunning Exhibition in Saskatoon Will Take You on an Immersive Journey Through the Canadian Arctic  To Do Canada
  
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• COVID-19: Latest data points to 403 hospitalizations in Saskatchewan

  19-04-2022 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Latest data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose about 18 per cent across Canada to 6,020 people needing beds from 5,109.
  
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• Avian flu returns to Sask. after more than 10 years

  19-04-2022 14:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The avian flu has been detected in Saskatchewan poultry farms for the first time since 2007.
  
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• Young Innovators: U of S research helps sustain Indigenous farming

  19-04-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Understanding how agricultural practices affect soil health and quality on Indigenous agricultural lands is crucial to the sustainability and resiliency of the land in the face of climate change. Read More
  
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• Three decades after Milgaard freed, he intends to end his advocacy work

  19-04-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  David Milgaard remembers returning to life in the community following his release from prison after spending almost 23 years incarcerated for a murder he did not commit. Read More
  
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• Letters: Some in Sask. still want to protect themselves from COVID

  19-04-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Flin Flon artists, community members raise nearly $20,000 for Ukraine

  19-04-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Through a series of art classes, raffles, fundraisers and donations, residents of Flin Flon and neighbouring communities have raised nearly $20,000 to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine this month.  Read More
  
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• 60 years after he ran away from residential school, survivor searches for woman who helped him

  19-04-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Sixty years after he ran away from a Kenora residential school, a survivor is hoping to reunite with the woman who helped him decades ago.
  
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• Why prepared rotisserie chickens are cheaper than ones you cook yourself

  19-04-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A professor of poultry, a food economist and a grocery store insider explain why a pre-cooked, rotisserie chicken from the supermarket deli is typically cheaper than buying a raw, whole bird from the meat cooler in the butcher's department.
  
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• Even as war in Ukraine rages, we must continue to cover climate and our changing planet

  19-04-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The world's focus is on the war in Ukraine, but the story of climate and our changing planet is also urgent. Canada has witnessed severe and historic weather events attributed to a changing climate.
  
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• Zelensky calls Russian army 'inhuman' as Moscow increases attacks on eastern Donbas

  19-04-2022 09:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Russian military is throwing everything it has at Ukraine, with most of its combat-ready forces now concentrated in the country and just across its border in Russia.
  
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• Russian forces step up attacks in battle for control of Eastern Ukraine

  19-04-2022 09:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of kilometres long in what officials on both sides described as a new phase of the war.
  
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• Russia launches assaults on eastern cities and towns as it vies for control of Donbas

  19-04-2022 09:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Russia assaulted cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of kilometres long and poured more troops into the country Tuesday in a potentially pivotal battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories.
  
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• Saskatoon grassfire threatens homes | CTV News - CTV News Saskatoon

  19-04-2022 09:00 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon grassfire threatens homes | CTV News  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon Fire Department fights controlled burn that got out of control in Corman Park - Global News

  19-04-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon Fire Department fights controlled burn that got out of control in Corman Park  Global News
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders to hold training camp in Saskatoon for next three years | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  19-04-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Roughriders to hold training camp in Saskatoon for next three years | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders to hold training camp in Saskatoon for next three years - Global News

  19-04-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Roughriders to hold training camp in Saskatoon for next three years  Global News
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders returning to Saskatoon for training camp - 3downnation.com

  19-04-2022 09:00 via 3downnation.com
  
  Saskatchewan Roughriders returning to Saskatoon for training camp  3downnation.com
  
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• Woman charged with arson in Prince Albert event centre fire

  19-04-2022 04:28
  
  A 24-year-old woman has been charged with arson in connection to the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre fire.
  
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• Tippers getting more generous in Saskatchewan, according to data

  19-04-2022 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to Square, in-person tipping actually started to climb during the pandemic with people trying to support the local businesses in their community.
  
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• Controlled burn grows out of control near Beaver Creek

  19-04-2022 03:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A controlled burn that got out of control grew to the size of a football field and threatened nearby structures near Beaver Creek on Monday. Read More
  
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• Controlled burn near Saskatoon escapes, threatens campground structures

  19-04-2022 02:24
  
  Saskatoon Fire Department on Monday responded to a controlled burn that went out of control and ignited a large area of grass.
  
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• Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners to discuss drug decriminalization

  19-04-2022 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners is set to receive a report during its next meeting that looks at how removing penalties for drug possession could affect addiction.
  
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• Corman Park house fire started in basement, burned through main floor

  19-04-2022 02:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A house fire on Sunday afternoon that started in the basement of a Corman Park home damaged the main floor of the home before it was extinguished by firefighters. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon doctor worried about 'huge' strain of COVID-19 hospitalizations - CTV News Saskatoon

  19-04-2022 02:03 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon doctor worried about 'huge' strain of COVID-19 hospitalizations  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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