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Roberta Bell retweeted
The era of prolonged growth in demand for oil, gas and coal seems to be coming to an end, according to a new @IEA report. Will Canadian oil and gas be able to shift along with the rest of the world? Via @DrewPAnderson thenarwhal.ca/iea-report-202…
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s UCP govt paid more than $100,000 to an Edmonton-based law firm to pursue delinquent oilpatch operators that owe the federal & provincial environment departments millions of dollars, reports @roberta__bell thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oilsan… #ableg #cdnfoi
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@Tkemlups sent two heartfelt invitations to @JustinTrudeau to join survivors and their families today. #wreckonciliation #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation
Trudeau spends 1st Truth and Reconciliation Day in Tofino on vacation, contradicting itinerary dlvr.it/S8gs6X
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Humans are, beyond any reasonable scientific doubt, the primary cause of climate change, UN report says
🗞️@IvanSemeniuk
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For context: Ontario, with a population of around 14.7 million people,reported 640 new COVID-19 cases today.
Saskatchewan, home to about 1.2 million, reports 549 new cases the same day. #cdnpoli #skpoli
549 new COVID-19 cases (64,949) today in #skpoli and 4 more deaths (667)
7-day avg. 477/day or 39.6/day/100,000
Active cases, 4,751 and hospitalizations 282 today.
We have had 10,582 COVID-19 cases in September with a week left.
That’s 16.3% of all the cases Sask has ever had.
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A federal minister says the Saskatchewan premier misunderstands his own health-care system.
winnipegfreepress.com/arts-a… #covid19sk #skpoli
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Sask. no longer shares COVID-19 modelling data with its doctors ift.tt/39AfJ2X
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Organ donations in Saskatchewan have been indefinitely suspended because of surging COVID-19 cases
This means people who registered to donate will not be able to give that gift, says SHA executive director Lori Garchinski, save for a few procedures
Story to come
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BREAKING: @SaskHealth is asking COVID-19 positive individuals to do their own contact tracing/notification as cases are surging and they have limited public health resources.
News release: The SHA is requesting assistance from COVID positive individuals to provide notification to their own close contacts of their positive status as part of its modified approach to contact tracing.
Read more: saskhealthauthority.ca/news-…
ALT Graphic that reads: COVID-19 update
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U.S. health department sets up climate change office dlvr.it/S6cfYP
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From The Guardian: “If emissions do not fall in the next couple of decades, then 3C of heating looks likely – a catastrophe. And if they don’t fall at all, the report says, then we are on track for 4C to 5C, which is apocalypse territory.” theguardian.com/environment/…
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The biggest struggle w reporting on climate change has been getting ppl to care about risks that are far away in time/space.
That isn't a struggle anymore. Climate change is here + now.
My latest for @thenarwhalca shows climate crisis snapshots from MB:
thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-droug…
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This entire country is haunted via @WordsandGuitar macleans.ca/opinion/this-ent…
Hi @grnrider! Saw you were sharing some thoughts about getting back to the stadium to see the Riders. If you could send me a DM, we’d love to talk to you for a story.
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INCREDIBLE! EVERY J-School listen UP!! 🔊📢
Students at @JSchool_CU! Come take my brand new third year course! Journalism and Belonging, 3401.
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“Residential school survivors knew where the children were buried because some of them had dug their graves. They told their truths to the TRC & gave the country a plan in 94 calls to action. The survivors must have felt they were screaming into silence.” macleans.ca/opinion/resident…
Thanks to @jwhitehouse15, @shanzbiz & @NCTR_UM for taking the time to talk to us about where we go from here. globalnews.ca/news/7991289/i…
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All public health restrictions - including mandatory masking and size limits on gatherings and events - will be lifted on July 11 in Saskatchewan:
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