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Mandryk: Moe government's 2021 choices were often head-scratchers
When it comes to the Moe/Unified Grassroots relationship: Who’s using whom? The answer to that — and perhaps most of the puzzling questions swirling …
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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall's years in government have been mostly deficit years
The bad news? Four of those summary deficits — 2009-10 ($409 million), 2010-11 ($13 million), 2011-12 ($105 million), and now the yet-to-be-disclosed …
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Cuthand: Moe's nation within a nation talk is laughable
So, this week, I listened to Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe complain that his province doesn’t have enough freedom and wants to be a nation within a …
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More than a third of Sask.'s total COVID-19 deaths have occurred since July 11
More than a third of Saskatchewan's COVID-19-related deaths have occurred since the province lifted health restrictions in July. Wednesday saw the …
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Wangersky: Premiers and big heads don't mix well for their citizens
Oh, and by the way, as Samuel Johnson put it in 1775, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” The politicians who decide to wrap themselves in …
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New COVID-19 subtype takes hold in Saskatchewan
Researchers have discovered that an offshoot of the delta variant has become predominant in Saskatchewan and Alberta. At a Saskatchewan physician town …
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'Erosion of trust': Sask. doctors grill Merriman on pandemic response
“A guy like that, you’re not gonna convince,” Hindley said. Their answer did not impress Leis, who earlier invoked a quotation often attributed to Dr. …
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Nearly 20 months into the global pandemic, infections are again on the rise
Earlier this week the world reached another grim milestone in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic: a death toll of 5 million, a staggering number that …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has now killed 5 million people around the world
Global deaths from COVID-19 have now surpassed 5 million, according to the data released Monday from Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker. The U.S. leads the world in the number of confirmed deaths from the virus with more than 745,800 people dead from COVID-19. Brazil (with more than …
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Mandryk: Not listening to doctors will have long-term consequences
“Without further action, it is highly likely that we will face even higher rates of hospitalization in coming weeks and risk health system collapse, …
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Mandryk: Moe's alternate reality not helping in the COVID-19 fight
The throne speech will likely remind us of “BHP announced a $7.5 billion investment in the Jansen potash mine”, Cargill’s “new $350M canola …
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Premier is embarrassing Saskatchewan by ignoring doctors during pandemic
This Opinion piece is by Sarath Peiris, who spent his career at the Moose Jaw Times Herald and Saskatoon StarPhoenix, and was the StarPhoenix's …
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