Jason Warick
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Jason Warick is a reporter with CBC Saskatoon.
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Sask.'s public debt — almost $20B and growing — nearly absent from election campaign spotlight
One issue nearly absent from the campaign trail in the lead-up to the Oct. 28 Saskatchewan election is the recent trend toward deficit budgets and the province's rapidly-growing debt. The debt has more than tripled in the past decade, to nearly $20 billion from $5.4 billion.
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Mid-sized cities could play out-sized role in Sask. election, experts say
Both major parties in the Saskatchewan election campaign seem to be paying a lot of attention to the province's mid-sized cities.
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'Run-concili-action' one of many Sask. events honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Alethea Dawn Greyeyes says she can't wait to see hundreds of people walking, running or wheeling along the riverbank through Saskatoon on Monday in their orange shirts.
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Assault charges laid against another staff member of Sask. private Christian school
A fifth staff member of a Saskatoon private Christian school has been charged with assaulting a student. CBC News has also learned that Valour Academy gave the accused a school "courage" award in the weeks following the alleged assault, and that she was working as a teacher but is not certified.
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Sask. private school connected to abuse allegations changes its name again
The school was once called Christian Centre Academy, and changed several years ago to Legacy Christian Academy. The school will now be known as Valour Academy. Former students who say they were victimized are furious, and say it's an attempt to avoid accountability.
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Saskatoon teacher out of hospital, recovering at home after helping student set on fire
The teacher hospitalized last week after helping a student who was set on fire has been discharged and is home resting, a Saskatoon Public Schools official has confirmed.
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14-year-old girl set 15-year-old girl on fire in Saskatoon high school: police
A 15-year-old girl was set on fire by a fellow student at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon on Thursday, according to police.
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Sask. man still hoping to repatriate body of brother killed on front lines of Ukraine-Russia war
The brother of a Saskatchewan soldier killed on the front lines in Ukraine says he's still hoping to bring the body home.
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First Nations leaders demand end to federal, provincial taxation of their people
First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan are calling on the federal and provincial governments to cease all taxation of First Nations people. They note the numbered treaties exempted First Nations people from taxes.
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Meet the Sask. woman who just became a world silver medallist in arm wrestling
Move over, Popeye the Sailor. Nineteen-year-old Peyton Pickering just brought home a silver medal from the World Arm Wrestling Championships.
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