#Meet the University of Saskatchewan student behind Canada’s COVID-19 tracker

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“#Meet the University of Saskatchewan student behind Canada’s COVID-19 tracker” When the pandemic started, Noah Little created a website to keep track of rising case numbers. Today, it’s one of Canada’s most-viewed sources of COVID information. Little likes to work in the bustle of his family’s kitchen, which he says keeps him on track (Photograph…

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#Saskatchewan’s top doctor won over his province—and has the pastry to prove it

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“#Saskatchewan’s top doctor won over his province—and has the pastry to prove it” A fortunate Prairie province has rallied around its top doctor, Saqib Shahab, who fell in love with Saskatchewan after moving from Pakistan to the small city of Yorkton When staff at a Tim Hortons in Regina wanted to pay confectionary tribute to…

#The reality of carbon prices sinks in

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“#The reality of carbon prices sinks in” The provinces that resisted the federal plan will now have to chart a new path. But they already quietly understood what needs to be done. Albertans have lived with a carbon surcharge on gasoline and home heating (along with the corresponding rebates) for 44 of the last 51…

#A Saskatchewan town’s emergency pop-up mayor

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“#A Saskatchewan town’s emergency pop-up mayor” Bryan Matheson took up an interesting part-time job after the provincial government called asking for a favour: Could he become mayor of Craik, Sask. for a little while? Bryan Matheson was whiling away a May afternoon on his laptop, as retired teachers do, when out of the blue came…