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05.09.2022 / 00:25

Sask.-wide emergency alert issued for 2 dangerous suspects after multiple stabbings

Melfort RCMP have issued a Saskatchewan-wide alert concerning two dangerous suspects after reports of several stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation.

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Regina Pats phenom Connor Bedard makes history at CHL Awards

Canadian Hockey League history on Saturday.The presumed No. 1 pick of this year’s NHL draft won the CHL Top Prospect, Top Scorer and David Branch Player of the Year awards.It’s the first time since the Top Scorer award was introduced in 1994 that a player has won all three in a single season.Bedard, who is set to turn 18 years old on July 17 had 143 points (71 goals, 72 assists) in 57 regular-season games starring for the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League.Olen Zellweger of the Kamloops Blazers took home the CHL Defenceman of the Year award.

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Saskatchewan health minister insists ‘we acted’ on COVID-19 advice

Paul Merriman is insisting he followed the advice of the province’s top doctor during COVID-19’s fourth wave, during which the government’s own notes showed Saskatchewan had, at times, the highest rates of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country.A Global News investigation showed the province’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, warned the health minister, more than a month before the province began transferring COVID-19 ICU patients to Ontario, that Saskatchewan’s acute care system would collapse unless the provincial government implemented more restrictions.That investigation also showed the government’s internal documents stated Saskatchewan’s new case rate was higher than the United States’ rate for weeks and that, at one point, Saskatchewan’s death rate was 33 per cent higher than the province with the next-highest rate.

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Passengers offered 7.5-hour bus ride after WestJet cancelled flight due to maintenance

A Regina musician was one of many passengers who were given the alternative to take a bus ride back to Saskatchewan after WestJet cancelled its flight to Regina due to aircraft maintenance.

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Sask. organ transplants rebounding after COVID-19 slowdown: report

transplant surgery booked in September 2021 but, barely a week after securing the date, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) postponed her operation – along with thousands of other surgeries so they could reassign staff amid COVID-19 pressures on the health system. Read more: More people in Saskatchewan died waiting for surgery during COVID-19 than before: data Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists Bailey finally received the transplant last November, nearly four years after she was first diagnosed with kidney failure.“(I) didn’t think it was going to happen, for the struggle that I was going through,” she said. “There’s not even a word for it.

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COVID-19 wastewater numbers increase in Saskatoon, Prince Albert

wastewater-based epidemiology report, data shows that Saskatoon’s wastewater has increased as well as in Prince Albert.The viral RNA load in Saskatoon’s wastewater has increased by 27. 6 per cent as of Feb. 1, 2023.

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Saskatchewan stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson arrested after 4-day manhunt

Saskatchewan RCMP confirmed Wednesday the capture of Myles Sanderson, a suspect in one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history, after an intense four-day search that held national and international attention.

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Sask RCMP say 10 dead, 15 injured in Saskatchewan stabbings as suspects remain at large

Saskatchewan RCMP have confirmed at least 10 people have died in 13 different locations as a result of the stabbings that occurred Sunday morning on James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon.

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2 Saskatchewan children found in South Dakota, Amber Alert cancelled

Authorities in South Dakota have located two Saskatchewan children who went missing and were believed to be in the company of a convicted sex offender.

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Regina airport CEO among leaders rallying to save control towers

COVID-19 pandemic, silence fills Regina’s airport.Empty check-in counters line one side of the terminal while the odd employee moves behind reception along a row of vehicle rental desks.There’s no one on the staircase passengers use upon arriving in Saskatchewan’s capital city. The number of flights scheduled to land on Monday: four.“It’s almost like a ghost town,” said James Bogusz, CEO and president of the Regina Airport Authority.Canada’s aviation industry has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic, because of federal travel restrictions and public-health advice urging would-be travellers to stay home.

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Outdoor rink aims to get Kipling, Sask. residents skating through Christmas season

outdoor rink in Kipling, Sask. is garnering a ton of attention within the province for its unique style and professional-like look.Local kids and beyond will soon get a chance to try it out, when it opens to the public next Friday as long the weather cooperates.The rinks sits in the back yard of Kipling resident Alan Batters, the man behind the funding.

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Visitation restricted at acute care facilities in Regina due to ‘escalating’ COVID-19 activity

COVID-19 activity” in the area.Starting Thursday, family presence and visitation is limited to compassionate care reasons only in all acute care facilities.The restrictions will be in effect for at least 14 days, at which time they will be reassessed.

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Ambulance fees for Saskatchewan seniors cut in half

ambulance fees to help make things more affordable for seniors.The province is lowering fees from $275 per trip to $135 per trip, in an announcement made on Wednesday.As of Dec. 14, there will be no more costs for seniors in the province when it comes to transfers between health-care facilities, including hospitals, health centres, mental health and addiction centres, or special care homes.

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Regina’s Mosaic Stadium to welcome trick-or-treaters this Halloween for free event

Mosaic Place to trick-or-treaters this Halloween.The concourse will be opened on Oct. 31 for the free, family-friendly event.Over 20 local organizations including the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Regina Pats will be handing out candy throughout the stadium.

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