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For the love of theatre: 'Bittergirl' cast brings heartbreak and humour to the stage
It's all for the love of theatre.That's the opinion shared by the four-person musical cast of Bittergirl, who all said the long rehearsal hours are worth every minute once the curtain rises."It can be very stressful because we've got to learn all our lines and we've got to do this and that. But in the end, it's so...
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Feb. 24, 2022
'You just get used to it': Four years after fleeing war, a displaced Ukrainian reflects on life in Saskatchewan
Nearly four years after fleeing Ukraine, Yevheniia Pyshuk has built a life in Saskatchewan, but every call home still begins with uncertainty.Her family remains in the country. She is the only one who came to Canada."Mentally, I think ... you just get used to it," she said. "It has already become part of...
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AWARENESS
'Gangs are never an option': Thunderchild First Nation hosts community anti-gang conference
For Betty Anne Shankar, director of prevention for Thunderchild First Nation, bringing awareness to gang prevention is crucial. "We are seeing recruitment happening at younger ages. Gangs target the vulnerable youth, and we've seen that in our area, but it's happening everywhere. Prevention means stepping in earl...
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meeting preview
North Battleford council to weigh cannabis store cap, shipping container rules and feel hikes
North Battleford city council will face a mix of policy questions and cost adjustments Monday night, including a request to limit cannabis retailers, possible changes to shipping container regulations and proposed increases to recreation fees.The most contentious item comes from a resident asking the city to consider c...
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Saskatchewan

Feb. 24, 2022
'You just get used to it': Four years after fleeing war, a displaced Ukrainian reflects on life in Saskatchewan
Nearly four years after fleeing Ukraine, Yevheniia Pyshuk has built a life in Saskatchewan, but every call home still begins with uncertainty.Her family remains in the country. She is the only one who came to Canada."Mentally, I think ... you just get used to it," she said. "It has already become part of...
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International incident
Sask. residents vacationing in Mexico making best of a bad situation
Hunker down and keep a low profile.Those are the instructions that have been provided to Saskatoon's Darwin and Vanessa Gardiner who are at a resort outside Puerto Vallarta, one of several regions in Mexico subjected to retaliatory violence after the killing of a cartel leader on Sunday.Darwin recalled how he and a num...
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budget talks
Premier Moe hints at 'challenges' in upcoming provincial budget
Premier Scott Moe didn't give any numbers, but did suggest his provincial government may table a 2026-27 budget in a couple of weeks that's in the red.Speaking to guest host Taylor McPherson on The Evan Bray Show, Moe answered a question about the recent $650 million in extra spending by talking about the upcoming budg...
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Confederation of Indigenous Workers
New Coalition Brings Vital Support for Indigenous Workers
An Indigenous-led organization for Indigenous workers is strengthening workplace safety for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities.A coalition of Indigenous-led organizations announced in January a unified initiative to advance occupational health, research, safety, and compensation rights for Indigenous wo...
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Indigenous Storytelling Month
Listen: Wesakejack and the Chickadees
Theresa Thorsen is a Cree-Métis from Muskoday First Nation located within Treaty Six territory. As part of Indigenous Storytelling Month in Saskatchewan, Thorsen shared the story of Wesakejack and the Chickadees."The intention of the audio recording of this story and other stories is to validate oral tradit...
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Four years of war
Canadian support for Ukraine hasn't waned, museum CEO says
While it's been nearly four years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian-Canadians continue to feel supported.Executive director and CEO of the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Jen Budney, is a fourth generation Ukrainian-Canadian, with her grandparents coming over from the Ternopil region in the early 1900s. She's t...
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Canada

Immigration Department helping Canadian military recruit foreign military members
HALIFAX - The head of Canadian Armed Forces says a policy aimed at attracting highly skilled foreign military members is getting a boost from the federal Immigration Department as the military scrambles to fill jobs amid a protracted personnel shortage...
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Canadian Union of Postal Workers set to vote on tentative deals in spring
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says its members will hold a ratification vote on tentative agreements with Canada Post between April 20 and May 30. The deals with two bargaining units were reached in late December, after nearly two year...
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Quebec government sued after it cancelled Christian event over anti-abortion concerns
QUÉBEC - A Quebec government cabinet minister has taken the stand in a civil case over her decision to cancel an event in 2023 because she thought it would promote anti-abortion views. British Columbia-based Harvest Ministries International is suing th...
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Ex-B.C. school trustee to fight $750,000 penalty for 'insidious' anti-SOGI campaign
VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia school trustee will be going to court to challenge a $750,000 penalty imposed by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which ruled that he poisoned the workplaces of LGBTQ+ staff members with a public campaign against cl...
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Fact File: Viral video of Ghislaine Maxwell in Quebec City made with AI, creator says
A video of someone approaching a woman on a Quebec City street and asking if she is "Ghislaine" went viral after viewers noticed the woman's resemblance to Ghislaine Maxwell. The Instagram account that posted the video last week says it used artificial...
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B.C. police release photo of now-deported extortion suspect in appeal for information
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., have released the image of a foreign national suspected of involvement in a wave of extortion gripping the region. The Surrey Police Service says 22-year-old Lovebir Singh has been removed from Canada, but they've rele...
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World News

France's foreign minister says the US ambassador to Paris must respond to a French summons
PARIS (AP) - France's spat with the U.S. ambassador to Paris took another turn Tuesday with the French foreign minister saying the top U.S. diplomat in France must explain himself after ignoring a French summons. The minister suggested th...
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An attacker detonates an explosive device in Moscow, killing a police officer and himself
MOSCOW (AP) - An unidentified assailant detonated an explosive device next to a patrol vehicle in Moscow early Tuesday, killing himself and a police officer, and leaving two other officers injured, officials said. The attack happened minu...
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An attacker detonates an explosive device in Moscow, killing a police officer and himself
MOSCOW (AP) - An unidentified assailant detonated an explosive device next to a patrol vehicle in Moscow early Tuesday, killing himself and a police officer, and leaving two other officers injured, officials said. The attack happened minu...
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Former UK ambassador Mandelson released on bail after arrest in Epstein probe
LONDON (AP) - Police in Britain said Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, has been released on bail after he was arrested in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. It came days after a friend...
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Judge blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump classified documents case
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. U.S. Distr...
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State Department orders nonessential US diplomats to leave Lebanon as tensions with Iran soar
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has ordered nonessential diplomats and their family members to leave Lebanon, a State Department official said Monday, as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a potentially imminent military strike. ...
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