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Survivors of residential school in Saskatchewan file proposed class-action lawsuit
Survivors of a residential school that housed Metis children in Saskatchewan attend a media event in Whitecap, Sask., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The survivors have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit for harms suffered in the institution. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Malone
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Saskatchewan teen sentenced for killing his pregnant mother
Saskatchewan's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced in the killing of his pregnant mother in 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Prime Minister’s Office apologizes for leaving Saskatchewan Premier off guest list at processing plant
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours the Vital Metals rare earth elements processing plant in Saskatoon during a media event on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the Prime Minister's Office has apologized for leaving him off the invite list. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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Forty-seven train cars derail in southwestern Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Unifor have reached a tentative collective agreement for 1,200 workers who are responsible for maintaining rail cars and locomotives. A Canadian Pacific Railway employee walks along the side of a locomotive in a marshalling yard in Calgary, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Saskatchewan First Nation releases plan to test for unmarked graves at former residential school site
The Qu'Appelle residential school near Lebret, Sask. is shown in a handout photo. The Star Blanket Cree Nation in Saskatchewan says ground-penetrating radar has discovered more than 2,000 areas of interest and a child's bone at the site of one of the longest-running residential schools in the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Star Blanket Cree Nation **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Clogged drains and lost dentures: Saskatchewan RCMP release worst 911 calls
A person uses a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. Clogged drains, lost dentures and a hungry roommate were some of the reasons why Saskatchewan residents called 911 last year.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
report on business
Sunwing ‘incredibly sorry’ after holiday travel disruptions leave customers stranded
Travellers wait in line at a Sunwing Airlines check-in desk at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Sunwing has issued an apology to passengers left stranded after winter storms upended operations but says “most of our customers enjoyed their holidays with minimal disruption.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Saskatchewan travel agents say they could lose thousands due to Sunwing cancellations
Travellers wait in line at a Sunwing Airlines check-in desk at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Canada marks first National Ribbon Skirt Day, event inspired by 10-year-old Saskatchewan girl
Ten-year-old Isabella Kulak is shown in a ribbon skirt in this undated handout image in Kamsack, Sask., a town about 270 kilometres east of Regina. Photo provided by her family. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kulak Family *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Saskatchewan man stabbed after vehicle veers off road in northern Manitoba: RCMP
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Police in northern Manitoba say a Saskatchewan man was sent to hospital after he was stabbed multiple times at the side of the road. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Scott Moe calls Sunwing’s move to end flights in Saskatchewan ‘irresponsible’
Travellers wait in line at a Sunwing Airlines check-in desk at Trudeau Airport in Montreal on April 20, 2022. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says a decision by Sunwing Vacations to suspend its flights from the Saskatoon and Regina airports for a month is irresponsible. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
opinion
Canada needs to plan for inevitable future pandemics
Volker Gerdts, Baljit Singh and Loleen Berdahl
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Scott Moe to run again for Premier, looks to lead Saskatchewan out of Alberta’s shadow
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks to a reporter from The Canadian Press in his office at the Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday Dec. 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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Saskatchewan’s record high population growth continued through 2022
Saskatchewan flag blowing open
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Alberta, Saskatchewan chiefs call for sovereignty acts to be withdrawn
Indigenous drummers perform a song during the official start of the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. First Nations Chiefs in Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling for their provinces to toss legislation they say is inherently undemocratic, unconstitutional and will infringe on Indigenous rights. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Saskatchewan faces shortage of 2,000 health-care staff over next five years, auditor says
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building at Wascana Centre in Regina, Sask., on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Saskatchewan politicians are heading back to the legislature today for a spring session that is expected to return to a pre-pandemic normal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
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Scott Moe says he feels disenfranchised by Ottawa but Saskatchewan ‘not backing down’
Premier Scott Moe speaks during the unveiling of the official portrait of former Premier Brad Wall at the legislature in Regina on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Scott Moe’s target remained firmly on the federal government as he gathered with supporters for the first in-person Saskatoon Premier’s Dinner in three years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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Saskatchewan mass stabbing sparks law to suspend benefits for offenders at large
A view of the graves of the victims of a September stabbing spree at the James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, Nov. 28, 2022. REUTERS/Nayan Sthankiya
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Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall returns to legislature for portrait reveal
Artist Phil Richards, left, and former Premier Brad Wall, right, unveil Wall’s official portrait at the Legislative Building in Regina on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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Saskatchewan posts $1.1-billion surplus, bottom line remains stable
Saskatchewan's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. A Saskatchewan judge has upheld the province’s public health order that required restaurants to track patrons during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it did not violate the charter rights of people going to get food.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Trudeau visits First Nation in Saskatchewan rocked by stabbings that killed 11
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures in front of a grave of one of the victims of the mass stabbing incident at James Smith Cree Nation, Sask., on Monday, November 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Laval Rouge et Or win Vanier Cup with 30-24 victory over Saskatchewan Huskies
Rhett Vavra of the Saskatchewan Huskies celebrates his touchdown during the first half of the Vanier Cup against the Laval Rouge et Or in London, Ont., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
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Court dismisses Saskatchewan restaurant’s case against COVID-19 health orders
Saskatchewan's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. A Saskatchewan judge has upheld the province’s public health order that required restaurants to track patrons during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it did not violate the charter rights of people going to get food.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Laval feeling loose, confident and right at home as 57th Vanier Cup hits London
Laval’s Alex Duff runs the ball during the first half of the USports Mitchell Bowl between the Western Mustangs and the Laval Rouge et Or at Alumni Field at Western University in London, Ont., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
inside the market
Director buys as NexGen Energy advances the Rook 1 project
Ted Dixon
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All large emitters in Saskatchewan to be exempt from federal carbon tax in 2023
Premier Scott Moe speaks during a media event, on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. All large emitters in Saskatchewan will soon be exempt from the federal carbon tax after Ottawa approved the province's proposed carbon-pricing system.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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Métis delegates call for withdrawal of The Saskatchewan First Act
Premier of Saskatchewan Scott Moe interacts with people in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature before speech from the throne in Regina, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Bail hearing delay another example of Saskatchewan’s ‘apartheid’, CAP vice chief says
Saskatchewan's provincial flag flies in Ottawa on July 6, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Saskatchewan has ‘no plans’ to loosen licence requirements for truckers
The memorial for the Humboldt Broncos hockey team at the site where sixteen people died and thirteen injured when a truck crashed into the team bus Wednesday, January 30, 2019 in Tisdale, Sask. The second anniversary of a devastating Saskatchewan bus crash will be a quiet one for the families involved because of the COVID-19 pandemic.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
olympics
Quebec, N.W.T. improve to 7-2, headed for showdown at mixed curling championship
Team Northwest Territories skip Jamie Koe makes a shot during the 10th draw against team Nunavut at the Brier in Brandon, Man. Tuesday, March 5, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Remains found in Saskatchewan identified as missing Metis woman
Saskatchewan's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. The Saskatoon Police Service is asking the public to turn in any video surveillance they may have from Chief Whitecap Park as they continue to search for a missing Indigenous woman and her son. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Some Saskatchewan community members sleeping with guns after stabbing rampage, chief says
Chief Wally Burns stands for a photograph in a class room at the school on James Smith Cree Nation on September 20, 2022. The chief of a First Nation where there was a mass stabbing says some people are still sleeping with their guns as Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan gathered to call for immediate resources to address safety in the north. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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Saskatchewan minister apologizes for defending Colin Thatcher at throne speech
Christine Tell, Saskatchewan minister of corrections, policing and public safety, speaks to members of media after the speech from the throne at the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, Wed., Oct. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Saskatchewan introduces bill aimed at seeking more provincial independence
Premier of Saskatchewan Scott Moe stands before the speech from the throne at the Saskatchewan Legislature in Regina, on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Saskatchewan premier apologizes after killer Colin Thatcher invited to throne speech
Premier of Saskatchewan Scott Moe, left, and Leader of the Opposition Carla Beck walk out of the chamber after the speech from the throne at the Saskatchewan Legislature in Regina, on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu