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• 30 rural Sask. communities slated to get upgraded cell towers: SaskTel

  30-07-2022 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  SaskTel announced that it is investing around $10 million to upgrade and significantly improve the 4G LTE data capacity in rural areas. 
  
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• Missing autistic boy, 5, found dead: Hudson Bay RCMP

  30-07-2022 22:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The body of a 5-year-old boy reported missing in the RM of Hudson Bay on Friday was found on Saturday afternoon. Read More
  
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• B.C. Lions rally from early deficit to beat Roughriders 32-17, match best start since 2007

  30-07-2022 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  It took a little while but the B.C. Lions offence continued to roll in a 32-17 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday.
  
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• Canada ranks 5th among OECD countries for best work-life balance: study

  30-07-2022 21:26
  
  A new study has ranked Canada fifth among OECD countries for having the best work-life balance.
  
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• ‘A great example of team science’: Sask. virologist assists global study on origins of COVID-19

  30-07-2022 20:59
  
  A scientist at the University of Saskatchewan was part of the global team researching how COVID-19 began.
  
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• Lack of sleep in children could lead to long-term problems with memory, intelligence: study

  30-07-2022 19:54
  
  A new study has found that not getting enough sleep could have a detrimental impact on the development of those parts of the brain responsible for memory and intelligence.
  
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• Saskatoon Fringe Festival reviews: Love Interest delivers amusing deliberation on writer's block

  30-07-2022 19:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Saskatoon Fringe Festival reviews: An existential crisis set to song; tickle your funnybone

  30-07-2022 19:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Smoke enters Saskatoon as wildfires burn out west - CJWW

  30-07-2022 19:30 via cjwwradio.com
  Smoke enters Saskatoon as wildfires burn out west  CJWW
  
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• Sask. RCMP request public assistance in search of 5-year-old autistic boy

  30-07-2022 18:43
  
  RCMP in the rural municipality of Hudson Bay are searching for a 5-year-old who went missing Friday evening.
  
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• Sask. RCMP locate body of 5-year-old autistic boy

  30-07-2022 18:43
  
  RCMP in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan have found the body of a 5-year-old autistic boy who went missing Friday evening.
  
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• Missing 5-year-old Dawson Romeo found deceased: Hudson Bay RCMP

  30-07-2022 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A police investigation has determined that his death is not suspicious.
  
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• Hudson Bay RCMP ask public’s help to find missing 5-year-old boy

  30-07-2022 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Romeo is approximately 42 inches tall, with a slim build and blond hair.
  
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• Non-verbal autistic boy, 5, missing in Hudson Bay

  30-07-2022 17:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  People are being asked to help a 5-year-old boy reporting missing in the RM of Hudson Bay. Read More
  
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• Alley-oop for the win: Rattlers close out regular season with 82-72 win over Alliance

  30-07-2022 16:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  An alley-oop dunk by D’Andre Bernard capped off an 82-72 victory by the Saskatchewan Rattlers over the Montreal Alliance on Friday night. Read More
  
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• Tagliani Takes Home First Place In Saskatoon - Inside Track Motorsport News

  30-07-2022 15:32 via insidetracknews.com
  
  Tagliani Takes Home First Place In Saskatoon  Inside Track Motorsport News
  
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• New Huskies men's hoops coach benefits from early start in basketball

  30-07-2022 15:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Jamie Campbell began apprenticing — as a future basketball coach — pretty much in diapers. Read More
  
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• Search underway near Hudson Bay, Sask., for missing 5-year-old boy with autism

  30-07-2022 15:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan RCMP say a five-year-old boy with autism has been reported missing in the rural municipality of Hudson Bay.
  
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• Body of 5-year-old boy with autism reported missing near Hudson Bay found: Sask. RCMP

  30-07-2022 15:14 via cbc.ca
  
  A five-year-old with autism who was reported missing in eastern Saskatchewan on Friday night has been found dead, RCMP said Saturday.
  
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• SaskPower lawsuit over damaged turbine set to move ahead in province

  30-07-2022 14:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Saskatchewan court will hear SaskPower's $14.3-million lawsuit over a mechanical failure at an Estevan-area power plant. Read More
  
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• Letters: Concerns expressed over private health care in Saskatchewan

  30-07-2022 14:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  An article published in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix on July 25 titled “Saskatchewan will pay private clinics to help close surgery gap," explains the Saskatchewan Party government wants a privately run orthopedic surgery clinic to be built in the province in an effort to clear a record backlog of postponed procedures. Read More
  
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• Rural and urban regions split on moving Sask. election dates

  30-07-2022 14:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan's urban and rural governments are split on whether local elections should be held further apart from the provincial vote. Read More
  
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• Pope says genocide took place at Canada's residential schools for Indigenous children

  30-07-2022 12:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Pope Francis says what happened at residential schools the Roman Catholic and other Christian churches operated in Canada was genocide.
  
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• Pope says genocide took place at Canada's residential schools

  30-07-2022 12:05 via cbc.ca
  
  While the word genocide wasn't heard in any of Pope Francis's addresses during a week-long trip to Canada, on his flight back to Rome, he said everything he described about the residential school system and its forced assimilation of Indigenous children amounts to genocide.
  
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• Saskatoon Transit launching new on-demand system for neighbourhoods on city's outskirts - CBC.ca

  30-07-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon Transit launching new on-demand system for neighbourhoods on city's outskirts  CBC.ca
  
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• Saskatoon Transit launching new on-demand system for neighbourhoods on city's outskirts

  30-07-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Saskatoon hopes its new transit program will help people who live in new neighbourhoods have an easier time getting to their destinations.
  
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• My son was more than 'just' an addict

  30-07-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Shirley Nicholson reflects on her son’s life as she grieves his death from substance abuse.
  
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• Long COVID may now be less common than previously thought

  30-07-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Long COVID can be a severely debilitating condition for those who live with it, but the growing list of symptoms and conflicting estimates on how often it occurs make it incredibly difficult to measure exactly how many people it affects.
  
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• Here's why all of your social media is trying to be TikTok now

  30-07-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Instagram is temporarily hitting pause on a recent push to get more video content into user feeds, but the success of video-sharing app TikTok is prompting more established rivals to make changes to keep up, so get used to seeing a lot more content you don't necessarily want.
  
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• Rourke rallies Lions past Roughriders to match best B.C. start since 2007

  30-07-2022 06:28 via cbc.ca
  
  The B.C. Lions are off to their best start since 2007 following a 32-17 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday.
  
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• Weyburn jr. golfer wins Juvenile boys title at Saskatoon tourney - SaskToday.ca

  30-07-2022 05:08 via sasktoday.ca
  
  Weyburn jr. golfer wins Juvenile boys title at Saskatoon tourney  SaskToday.ca
  
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• Face shields fail to give high levels of COVID protection: study

  30-07-2022 02:43
  
  A study conducted by the University of East Anglia found face shields are not able to provide high levels of protection against COVID-19.
  
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• Overdose deaths in Sask. could match or exceed 2021's tragic total, coroner's report suggests

  30-07-2022 02:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan is on track to equal or exceed the number of overdose deaths that occurred last year, a provincial coroner's report suggests.
  
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• Sask.'s mustard farmers suffered in 2021, and now their pain is being felt around the world

  30-07-2022 01:25 via cbc.ca
  
  A difficult 2021 for farmers in Western Canada has resulted in a mustard shortage in Europe this year, but there are promising signs that issues will be resolved in the coming months. 
  
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• Saskatchewan's mustard farmers suffered in 2021, and now their pain is being felt around the world

  30-07-2022 01:25 via cbc.ca
  
  A difficult 2021 for farmers in Western Canada has resulted in a mustard shortage in Europe this year, but there are promising signs that issues will be resolved in the coming months. 
  
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• Saskatoon business leaders want public input on future shelter locations - CTV News Saskatoon

  30-07-2022 01:11 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon business leaders want public input on future shelter locations  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon business leaders want public input on future shelter locations

  30-07-2022 01:11
  
  An organization representing businesses says any future decisions surrounding shelters should involve public input
  
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• Almost 2,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines given to Sask. kids under 5

  30-07-2022 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19 vaccines for kids aged six months to four years became available in Saskatchewan July 21-22, and almost 2,000 doses have been administered since.
  
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• Second flight of Ukrainian refugees coming to Saskatchewan

  30-07-2022 01:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province has not confirmed how many displaced Ukrainians will be on the flight, but says it should arrive on or around Aug. 10.
  
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• Kids In the Park Free Soccer Program Returns for a 15th Year

  30-07-2022 01:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  They are halfway through their summer schedule, but organizers say there is still plenty of time to get kids involved.
  
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• Saskatchewan seeks the same autonomy on immigration that Quebec already enjoys

  30-07-2022 00:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan is pushing for Quebec-style autonomy over its immigration with its Saskatchewan Immigration Accord. The accord would give the province sole authority to nominate newcomers moving to Saskatchewan, including control over the family class of immigration and a guaranteed provincial allocation of nominees each year proportionate to Saskatchewan’s population.
  
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• Sask. seeks the same autonomy on immigration that Quebec already enjoys

  30-07-2022 00:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan is pushing for Quebec-style autonomy over its immigration with its Saskatchewan Immigration Accord, which would give the province sole authority to nominate newcomers moving to Saskatchewan.
  
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• ‘Our people needed us’: Reflections from First Nations youth as Pope’s tour wraps up

  30-07-2022 00:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  "We're here to give them the medicine and strength they'll need to get through today," said Abigail Brooks of Sitansisk Wolastoqiyik in New Brunswick.
  
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• Hockey Canada scandal could impact minor hockey enrolment - Global News

  30-07-2022 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hockey Canada scandal could impact minor hockey enrolment  Global News
  
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• Hockey Canada scandal could impact minor hockey enrolment

  30-07-2022 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hockey is an expensive sport as it is, but with recent findings surrounding Hockey Canada's handling of a sexual assault case from 2018, another layer has been added on top.
  
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• Prince Albert now man faces 26 charges in child luring investigation

  30-07-2022 00:21
  
  A Prince Albert man now faces more than two dozen charges in connection to child luring investigation.
  
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• Prince Albert man now faces 26 charges in child luring investigation

  30-07-2022 00:21
  
  A Prince Albert man now faces more than two dozen charges in connection to child luring investigation.
  
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• Turning to private sector to reduce surgical wait times in Saskatchewan is a bad idea: critics

  30-07-2022 00:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government's plan to reduce the province's surgical backlog has come under fire from a health policy analyst and the NDP.
  
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• Turning to private sector to reduce surgical wait times in Sask. a bad idea: critics

  30-07-2022 00:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government's plan to reduce the province's surgical backlog has come under fire from a health policy analyst and the NDP.
  
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• Prince Albert doctor facing new sexual misconduct allegations

  30-07-2022 00:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Prince Albert doctor previously disciplined for having a consensual relationship with a patient is now accused of another sexual boundary breach through the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. Read More
  
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