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Advocates call on Sask. government to create wetland policy before agricultural water policy (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
The Saskatchewan Alliance for Water Sustainability (SAWS) and other water advocacy groups are calling on the province to create a wetland policy.
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Sask. gov't should do more to support Indigenous students as grad rates remain stagnant​: auditor (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
Saskatchewan's auditor says the government must do more to improve success for Indigenous students, as high school graduation rates remain stagnant in the province.
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Regina church offers lunch program after people begin to request food during COVID-19 (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
A Regina church is offering a free lunch program after administers saw a need to address food insecurity in the Heritage neighbourhood.
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New season of survival series set in northern Saskatchewan (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
The 10th season of History Channel's series Alone is set in northern Saskatchewan. The show documents 10 contestants as they survive alone with only a few items.
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To fly or not to fly: Staying connected with my family back home is a costly dilemma (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
The cost of straddling multiple worlds is more than financial; it weighs heavily on Charleen Sibanda. Every time she considers flying home, she has to weigh the cost of the airfare against losing out on precious family time.
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More than half of calls to Sask. income support line went unanswered, auditor says (Tue, 06 Jun 2023)
Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor says the government needs to improve how income support clients apply for benefits after finding that 60 per cent of calls went unanswered by the ministry over a six-month period.
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Family of Haven Dubois marching to Ottawa to call for national inquiry (Tue, 06 Jun 2023)
The family of Haven Dubois is marching to Ottawa, where they will call for a national inquiry into missing, murdered and neglected Indigenous boys, men and two-spirit people.
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Sask. unveils new less-invasive heart procedure program at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital (Tue, 06 Jun 2023)
A transcatheter mitral valve repair is a highly specialized procedure meant to be minimally invasive, pose a lower risk and have a quicker recovery time compared to the alternative, open heart surgery. 
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'It was torture for both of us,' Regina woman has to drive cat to Saskatoon for emergency vet care (Tue, 06 Jun 2023)
A woman from Regina was in urgent need of 24 hour animal care after her cat suffered a tragic health incident. Owner drove over two hours to the nearest clinic since the one in Regina was closed.
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Why Regina's underpasses routinely flood and how to fix the problem (Tue, 06 Jun 2023)
Increasing the capacity of the city's retention ponds, enlarging pipes and improving pumps could all help alleviate flooding.
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