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A bill focused on suicide prevention put forward by an Opposition MLA was defeated by the provincial government Friday at the Saskatchewan Legislature. The bill was put forward by Doyle Vermette, the NDP MLA for Cumberland, who said he was at a loss for words after the bill's deafeat. "I'm exhausted," Vermette said. "I'm hurt, I'm angry." The…

TORONTO -- Canada has officially recorded more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19 as provinces ramp up testing to understand the full burden of infection in the country. Health officials in Ontario announced 173 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday morning, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in Canada to 100,026. But the new figure isn’t…

The long road to a tentative agreement announced Thursday between the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) and Unifor Local 594 has been marred by arrests, threats of violence and the worst weather the province has to offer. It took 196 days. Local 594 president Kevin Bittman freely admits the union has accepted every concession put on the table. “We never received anything. All we did…

Students returning to Saskatchewan schools in September can choose whether or not to wear masks, according to new guidelines released by the province on Thursday. The eight pages of guidelines mostly contain suggestions to ensure students and staff clean their hands, practise physical distancing and avoid physical contact. That leaves the decisions on how to follow these guidelines with the…

Some communities across Canada have started making non-medical face masks mandatory on public transit — or even in businesses or indoor spaces — to curb the spread of COVID-19. Some doctors and epidemiologists are calling for such laws to be more widespread. But others warn about the potential negative impacts and say the scientific evidence isn't strong enough to warrant such…