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Saskatchewan legislature resumes over pronoun policy, looming notwithstanding clause
A longtime member of the Saskatchewan legislature who caused controversy when he invited a convicted murderer to the throne speech says he will resign his seat because of his health. The Saskatchewan Legislative Building at Wascana Centre in Regina, Saturday, May 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
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Saskatchewan legislature members prepare for fight over pronouns, Charter rights
Saskatchewan's elected members are heading back to legislature Tuesday, preparing for a pronoun fight that some political observers say could alter the electoral landscape. The Saskatchewan Legislative Building at Wascana Centre in Regina on Saturday, May 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
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Saskatchewan spending $40-million to address homeless crisis
Saskatchewan is to spend $40.2 million over the next two years in a plan to help people who are unhoused across the province. A handful of people were taken into custody as Regina police forced those living in an encampment in front of city hall in Regina to leave on Friday July 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeremy Simes
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Liberals’ bail-reform bill sparks concerns about need for more legal aid funding
Many in the legal community are expressing concern about how the Liberals' proposed bail-reform will impact an already overloaded court system by making bail harder to access for certain people charged with a crime. Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Saskatchewan information watchdog’s lack of power lets institutions skirt access law
A heavily-redacted list of freedom-of-information requests from Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways. June 6, 2023 (Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail)
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Saskatchewan premier defends plan to use notwithstanding clause for pronoun policy
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe looks on during a tour at Lakewood Civic Centre in Saskatoon, Sask., on Friday, September 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Newfoundland and Labrador minister heads to Saskatchewan to recruit as provinces duel for health workers
Nursing assistant 29-year Daria from Ukraine measures the blood pressure of a patient at the St. Johannes hospital in Dortmund, western Germany, on May 10, 2023. Within the framework of the promotion of the recruitment of skilled workers from non-European countries, against the background of the acute shortage of skilled workers in the health and care sector, approximately 80 people, including 20 nurses from Ukraine, have been trained as nursing staff at the Johannes hospital to date. In order to be able to start a new working life in an unfamiliar country, the linguistic, professional and cultural integration of international nurses into the world of the German hospital system is of extraordinary importance. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
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B.C. Lions can clinch home playoff game with victory over Roughriders
B.C. Lions' Justin McInnis (18) Marcus Sayles (14) and Siriman Bagayogo (21) look for a loose ball against Edmonton Elks' Tony Jones (39) Tanner Green (27) and Woodly Appolon (33) during second half CFL action in Edmonton on Friday, September 22, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Metis author Maria Campbell granted Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence
Portrait of author Maria Campbell, winner of the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence.
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Alouettes look to clinch playoff spot with win over Redblacks on Saturday
Montreal Alouettes receiver Austin Mack, right, is tackled by Calgary Stampeders defensive back Julian Charles during first half CFL football action in Calgary, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Ottawa didn’t inform Saskatchewan of claims against key trade partner India, minister says
Saskatchewan Minister of Trade and Export Development Jeremy Harrison sits during the speech from the throne at the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Saskatchewan says it has not been contacted by Ottawa about security concerns with a key trade partner after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made allegations that India’s government played a role in the death of a Canadian citizen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Court hears arguments over injunction for Saskatchewan’s school pronoun policy
A person holds a pride flag during a Pride flag raising ceremony in Saskatoon on Thursday, June 1, 2023. A Saskatchewan judge is to hear today an injunction application that seeks to halt the province's pronoun policy affecting children at school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Surging Elks rally with late Ford touchdown to tip Roughriders 36-27
Edmonton Elks defensive lineman A.C. Leonard (6) catches the football for a touchdown as Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Trumaine Washington (28) looks on during the first half of CFL football action in Regina, on Friday, September 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Saskatchewan child advocate says pronoun policy for schools violates rights
Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan, arrives at the Canadian premiers and National Indigenous Organizations meeting in Winnipeg, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Saskatchewan government is prepared to use the notwithstanding clause to keep its new rule requiring schools to get parental permission before calling transgender or nonbinary students by their chosen names or pronouns. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Contract talks held up RCMP team’s response to mass stabbing in Saskatchewan, e-mails show
A police roadblock is set up at the James Smith Cree Nation, Sask., on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. Nine First Nations police service say Ottawa's "deliberate and wilful underfunding" of policing in their communities amounts to discrimination. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Roughriders prepare for Elks and their rushing quarterback Tre Ford
Edmonton Elks quarterback Tre Ford, left, runs the ball as Calgary Stampeders defensive back Branden Dozier chases him during second half CFL football action in Calgary, Alta., Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Ford believes there might be an element of surprise when he leads the Elks onto the field Friday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Saskatchewan considers using notwithstanding clause to keep school pronoun policy change
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe listens during a news conference, in Whistler, B.C., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Moe's government is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of damaging relations with India and keeping the provinces in the dark about trade talks.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Saskatchewan begins search for top cop to lead new marshals service
Saskatchewan Minister of Health Paul Merriman speaks to the media, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Saskatchewan says it has begun the search for someone to lead a new marshals service. Merriman says the province is looking for someone with the skills and experience required to operate a modern police service.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
energy and resources
Crescent Point plans $1.05-billion to $1.15-billion in development capital expenditures for 2024
Crescent Point Energy, whose oil assets have include operations on Saskatchewan’s Bakken formation, is beginning a process to sell its Viking and Swan Hills assets in Saskatachewan and Alberta.
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Gender-identity policies for kids are gaining attention in Canadian politics. Here’s what to know
People protest at the Legislative Building in Regina, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. The protest was a reaction to a recent government policy that says schools in Saskatchewan must seek parent or guardian permission when changing the preferred name and pronouns used by students under the age of 16.
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