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Saskatchewan reports highest prostitution rate
According Statistics Canada, between 2009 and 2014 Saskatchewan reported the highest average prostitution rate (19.3 offences per 100,000 people), followed…
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Canadá
Trudeau announces help for struggling energy sector, including $1.7B to clean up orphan wells
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new measures to support Canada’s energy sector, including $1.7 billion to clean up orphan…
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Snitches, picks and kites: Murder trial offers peek at life inside Saskatchewan Penitentiary
Officially, it’s a murder trial. Unofficially, the court case against Tyler Vandewater is a raw look at gang life inside…
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Sask. government moves to become first province to bar sex offenders from changing names
In what the provincial government says is a first in Canada, Saskatchewan is taking steps to prevent convicted sex offenders from…
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Canadá
Sask. photographer hopes award-winning image of trapped sea turtle inspires change
A Saskatchewan man’s photograph of a turtle ensnared in a fishing line has captured international recognition and a prestigious photography…
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Canadá
Trudeau says ‘frustrations’ in Alberta, Saskatchewan don’t amount to a national unity crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not share the view that Canada is facing a national unity crisis despite…
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Nutrien extends layoffs at Vanscoy, Sask. potash mine
Nutrien says about 265 workers at its Vanscoy potash mine in Saskatchewan won’t be heading back to work until at…
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Canadá
Be careful with your turkey, Canadians warned, with salmonella outbreak ongoing
Canadians cooking with poultry are being warned by the Public Health Agency of Canada to take extra care as a…
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Men say they were denied service at Saskatchewan detox centre
Two Saskatchewan men say they were unfairly kicked out of a publicly funded detox centre where they were seeking help…
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Canada’s economy ‘sound and growing,’ says Morneau as he unveils fiscal update
Despite a global manufacturing slump and rising world trade tensions, Canada’s economy is “sound and growing” at a solid pace,…
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Oat milk sales up 250% in Canada in the past year
The latest star among non-dairy milk products comes from one of Canada’s most underrated crops: oats. Canadians are consuming about 20 per…
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Energy industry welcomes McLellan appointment as Trudeau’s adviser on Western Canada
In the wake of a federal election that saw the Liberals shut out of Alberta and Saskatchewan, oil and gas industry leaders…
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Canadá
Alberta steps up pine beetle fight, challenges federal government to do the same
The battle against mountain pine beetles in Alberta has received a significant boost, $20 million over the next four years. The budget delivered…
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Canadá
Western separatism would have to face treaty nations, say First Nations leaders
Prairie First Nation leaders say Alberta and Saskatchewan can’t separate without their consent because the legal underpinnings allowing Canada to…
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Trudeau extends olive branch to Western Canada, vows to build Trans Mountain despite opposition
Two days after much of Western Canada rejected the Liberals on election day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today vowed to…
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Canadá
Trudeau’s to-do list: calm rising regional tensions, heal rifts with premiers
Fresh from an electoral victory with a weakened grip on power, Justin Trudeau is now facing a backlash from portions…
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Canadá
Conservative sweep in Saskatchewan shows rejection of Liberal policies and increased tensions
It was a strange dichotomy at Andrew Scheer’s headquarters in Regina Monday night. On one hand, there was a historic…
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Opioid prescriptions dropping in some provinces, report says
About eight per cent fewer people in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia were prescribed opioids in 2018 than in 2013,…
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Saskatchewan man barred from U.S. for 5 years after trying to volunteer at festival
A Saskatoon man says he’s been banned from entering the United States for five years after attempting to volunteer at an…
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Number of doctors per capita in Canada reaches record high
The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a…
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Canadá
Sask. Court of Appeal to hear case of nurse penalized $26K over post on Facebook
A Saskatchewan nurse’s appeal of a $26,000 penalty is being heard at Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday morning. In…
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Toronto immigration firm charges $170K for fake Canadian job, undercover investigation reveals
A Toronto immigration company offered a job to an undercover CBC journalist posing as a Chinese national seeking permanent residence in…
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Canadá
Up to 750 layoffs possible as Nutrien to temporarily shut down 3 Sask. sites
The Union representing workers at two potash mines operated by Nutrien says it’s shocked and disappointed the resource giant will be…
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A very dangerous situation’: psychiatrists sound alarm over Sask. children’s hospital design
The doors are about to open at Saskatchewan’s first children’s hospital, but psychiatrists say the $284 million building is rife…
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Canadá
Unpaid bills and broken promises: Indig Inc. problems go beyond failed Tokyo trade mission
An Indigenous entrepreneur facing allegations of financial mismanagement related to a trade mission to Japan has left behind a trail…
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Indigenous artists ’embarrassed’ after trade mission to Japan
Some Indigenous artists say a trade delegation to Tokyo was a “debacle” that wasted not only their money, but tens…
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Canadá
Is the federal carbon tax killing jobs? Experts say answer isn’t ‘black and white’
The Saskatchewan government says the federal carbon tax is killing jobs, but experts and even the province’s trade minister say…
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Canadá
Demand for North American bear parts fuels black market activity in Canada: expert
Black market demand for bear parts like gallbladders and paws has led to poaching of these animals in Saskatchewan and…
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Canadá
Foster family fights for pay to raise child who needs 24/7 care
She’s sweet like honey and fierce like a badger, they say. That’s why Trevor and Erin McLellan nicknamed their six-year-old…
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Canadá
Meat from 21 contaminated elk herds entered Canada’s food supply over last 5 years
Elk meat from 21 herds where chronic wasting disease (CWD) was found has been released into Canada’s food supply over the…
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