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YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan Expansion of virtual care, more nurse practitioners key parts of new Sask. health-care plan

WATCH: Expansion of virtual care, more nurse practitioners key parts of new Sask. health-care plan
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Sask Party MLAs have a new attack line for the Saskatchewan NDP.

Government MLAs are saying that the NDP cannot be taken seriously/cannot be trusted.

Last sitting the attack line was “tired and out of touch” NDP

🚨 Heated Rivalry reference in the Saskatchewan legislature 🚨

NDP MLA Nathaniel Teed brings up the fictional meet/cute between Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov in Regina

❗On Friday evening, the CAJ learned that journalist Rachel Gilmore had recently been approached in public by individuals linked to, or implicated in, an investigation she had written, and was published by The Tyee that focused on white nationalists.
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Premier Scott Moe speaks to reporters about 'the future of health care in Saskatchewan' Premier Scott Moe is expected to make a health care announcement on Monday morning alongside other officials, including Jeremy Cockrill, the health minister, and Lori Carr, the minister of rural and r...

Starting shortly: Premier Scott Moe speaks to reporters about 'the future of health care in Saskatchewan'
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By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order | CBC News Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramati...

What books did Alberta schools *actually* pull off the shelves in response to a provincial order? It took a lot of work to find out. We still don't have a complete picture. And some schools are still pulling material.

Free speech advocates say it's ban unmatched in Canadian history. #AbLeg By me.

Canadian military personnel identified on white supremacist dating site | CBC Accessibility Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are among the profiles leaked from a white-only dating website that promoted white supremacist ideology, a CBC News visual investigation found.

Canadian military personnel identified on white supremacist dating site
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Tumbler Ridge shooting mirrors concerns raised in murder-suicide inquest held same day | CBC News The B.C. NDP has promised a mental health counsellor in every school but gaps, particularly in rural regions, persist.

On the day of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, a coroner’s inquest revealed that a separate murder-suicide in Prince Rupert was fueled in part by inadequate mental health supports, particularly in northern B.C.

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Why the volatile price of oil can help, or hurt, the Saskatchewan budget | CBC News Saskatchewan's finance minister has said the government's best budget contingency is to 'not rely too much on natural resources,' while the official Opposition calls for more fiscal transparency.

Re-upping this story from last week as WTI continues to climb this evening.

Why the volatile price of oil can help, or hurt, the Saskatchewan budget
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Today in interesting local politics and local media news: @fabulavancouver.bsky.social seems to be making the leap to local politics and will join OneCity.

I phoned @fabulavancouver.bsky.social, and she officially declined comment until the “career transition” becomes public tomorrow.

A historic number of women are serving their communities as chief | CBC News AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak recently shared on her social media that history has been made with a record number of 164 chiefs who are female across the country. CBC Indigenous spoke wit...

164 women are leading their communities this year, says Assembly of First Nations
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Alberta regulator rejects Canada’s largest data centre | The Narwhal Lack of public consultation means project that would have consumed as much power as Edmonton won’t go ahead — for now

A massive data centre — the largeset in Canada — proposed for Olds, Alberta, has been rejected. At least for now. #ableg #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/olds-data-ce...

The driver did not have a permit and Willems said the excavator would've hit even if bridge was 10 feet higher

Excavator on semi trailer smashes into overpass on Saskatoon's Circle Drive | CBC News Traffic has slowed to a crawl in the southeast corner of Circle Drive in Saskatoon after last night's collision, with more delays on the way for infrastructure repair.

Dan Willems, Director of Technical Services for the City of Saskatoon, called the man who drove a semi hauling an excavator into the overpass a "blockhead" in a news conference.

10/10 quote. No notes.
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Sask. defends trade lobbying contracts, including with Stephen Harper's consulting firm | CBC News Saskatchewan's trade and export minister says the lobbying firms work in concert with the province's existing trade offices.

Trade minister confirms lobbying agency helped secure meeting between premier and American cabinet officials
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Thank you for reading and for saying that!

The supposed explosion of the federal public service looks less explosive if you put it in per capita numbers and draw a line graph back to the mid-80s.

"Yo brother, legal team confirmed that we can't work with minors rn."

What.
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No expected cost increase.

Dairy group to seek designated status for 'Quebec poutine cheese' | CBC News A group representing Quebec's dairy industry says it's eyeing a special designation — similar to the one applied to Bordeaux wine or champagne — for the squeaky cheese curds best known as a key ingred...

They are only cheese curds if they come from the Quebec region of Canada.
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Sask. parents, providers frustrated over eligibility change to $10-a-day daycare | CBC News Parents and daycare providers in Saskatchewan say the province told them for months that Kindergartners turning six this year would be eligible for $10-dollar-a-day daycare under a new deal with the f...

Sask. parents, providers frustrated over eligibility change to $10-a-day daycare
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Google tipped off authorities to illicit images in Canadian doctor's account, search warrants say | CBC News Internet giant Google tipped off authorities that an account in the name of Canadian public-health doctor David Poon had uploaded suspected child sexual abuse images, according to court documents, ult...

Google tipped off authorities to illicit images in Canadian doctor's account, search warrants say
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City of Regina's plan for fluoride in its water delayed until 2027 | CBC News In 2021, city council approved a plan to add fluoride in the face of strong scientific evidence of its benefits, which include cavity reduction.

Scooplet: The City of Regina's plan to add fluoride in its water has been delayed until 2027
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Meteorologist Rodney Barney told me this morning on CBC that Gander, N.L. has had about 480 cm of snow so far this winter. Wow! #nlwx

Rural municipalities association speaks out against proposed SaskPower rate hike | CBC News The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities is pushing back against a proposed rate hike from SaskPower.

Rural municipalities association speaks out against proposed SaskPower rate hike
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Legion 'regrets' banning darts league over alleged feces on floor A recreational darts league has lost its home at the Oromocto Legion following a dispute that includes an accusation of someone defecating on the washroom floor.

There's a lot to unpack in this headline.

Legion 'regrets' banning darts league over alleged feces on floor
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YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan How oil's volatile price is affecting the Saskatchewan budget

WATCH: Why the volatile price of oil can help, or hurt, the Saskatchewan budget
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Why the volatile price of oil can help, or hurt, the Saskatchewan budget | CBC News Saskatchewan's finance minister has said the government's best budget contingency is to 'not rely too much on natural resources,' while the official Opposition calls for more fiscal transparency.

Why the volatile price of oil can help, or hurt, the Saskatchewan budget
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Officer's Jeep seen with symbol ‘appropriated by’ neo-Nazis, group says, after Hamilton police OK him to work | CBC News A Hamilton community group is calling for action after it says a resident discovered a police officer's vehicle is once again displaying a sticker “associated with white nationalist extremism." Police...

A Hamilton police officer, back at work after he was investigated for sharing racist and extremist content online, is again displaying a sticker "associated with white nationalist extremism" on his vehicle, a community group says.

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Time running out in Canada for man who caused Humboldt Broncos bus crash | CBC News Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the man responsible for the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, could be deported to India within weeks, leaving behind a wife and two children who are pleading with Canada to let h...

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