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Vancouver has second-worst air quality in the world as smoke blankets B.C.

The ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay to Bowen Island often makes you feel like you’re leaving one world and entering another. On Sunday, however, the feeling on board the Queen of Capilano ferry was downright eerie.

Indigenous vice-chief calls on correctional service commissioner to resign

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Vice-Chief Kim Beaudin is calling for accountability after a panel of experts assigned to look into the use of Structured Intervention Units (SIUs), in Canadian prisons released a scathing report on 19 Aug.
SHA warns of possible COVID-19 exposure at two Tisdale businesses

SHA warns of possible COVID-19 exposure at two Tisdale businesses

TISDALE — The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning the public a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 visited two Tisdale businesses while they were likely infectious. On Sept. 6.
Indigenous vice-chief calls on correctional service commissioner to resign

Indigenous vice-chief calls on correctional service commissioner to resign

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Vice-Chief Kim Beaudin is calling for accountability after a panel of experts assigned to look into the use of Structured Intervention Units (SIUs), in Canadian prisons released a scathing report on 19 Aug.
COVID-19 update: 17 new cases, Saskatoon gathering sets off infections

COVID-19 update: 17 new cases, Saskatoon gathering sets off infections

There are 17 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on September 13, bringing the total to 1,726 reported cases.
A pit house for a Tsilhqot’in family

A pit house for a Tsilhqot’in family

Peyal Laceese has no qualms about building a traditional pit house for his new family home.
Food — from farm to fork and beyond — may be key to Paris emission goals, UN says

Food — from farm to fork and beyond — may be key to Paris emission goals, UN says

Food is cheap. So cheap, it’s hurting the planet. Food systems — the paths meals take from farm to fork and beyond — are among the largest anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
USask researchers take aim at airborne COVID-19 virus

USask researchers take aim at airborne COVID-19 virus

USask Research Profile and Impact Daily moments made potentially risky by COVID-19, such as cramming into a crowded bus or elevator, sitting in a packed classroom, and visiting a vulnerable relative in long-term care, may be rendered safer again than
Three USask female faculty members honoured by theRoyal Society of Canada

Three USask female faculty members honoured by theRoyal Society of Canada

Two University of Saskatchewan (USask) faculty members — internationally renowned artist and sculptor Alison Norlen and historian Valerie Korinek — have been named fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, a national academy of distinguished scholars,
Believe it or not, Weyburn brothers will be in Ripley's

Believe it or not, Weyburn brothers will be in Ripley's

Richy and Preston Roy's giant minion to be in Ripley's 2021 book
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