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A Saskatoon family says the cost of the government’s "quarantine hotels" is unfair.
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Lighter COVID-19 restrictions could be just days away for Saskatchewan residents as Premier Scott Moe asked everyone to "hang tight for just a few more days" during the province’s COVID-19 update on Tuesday.
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The owner of a scallop trawler that caught fire at sea south of Yarmouth, N.S., Tuesday night says all 32 crew members are safely off the boat.
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