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Alexander Quon

@alexanderquon.bsky.social
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Provincial affairs reporter for CBC Saskatchewan. CAJ National Director, Saskatchewan Region. Data, politics & freedom of information requests. Cat dad. He/him.

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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 7h
Sask. NDP allege MLA Kevin Weedmark broke multiple rules, refer him to conflict of interest commissioner www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sask. NDP allege MLA Kevin Weedmark broke multiple rules, refer him to conflict of interest commissioner | CBC News
Saskatchewan's conflict of interest commissioner has confirmed he received the NDP's referral letter on Tuesday.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 12/10/2026
Getty Images said on Monday it would file for bankruptcy and go private after a restructuring agreement that the visual-content provider expects to close by the end of the year.
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Getty Images plans bankruptcy filing, to go private
Getty Images said on Monday it would file for bankruptcy and go private after a restructuring ​agreement that the visual-content provider expects to close by the ‌end of the year.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
How this woman improved her mental health with drone videos of the Sask. countryside www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What do drone filming and mental health have in common? Everything for this Saskatchewan woman | CBC News
Cheryl West says she didn't truly appreciate rural Saskatchewan's beauty until she saw it from above.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Snow on Thanksgiving? Must be Saskatchewan
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The NDP anytime in the last decade when people complained about BC Ferries: “this is an arms lengths corporation with its own governance system that we would never interfere with, ever, what sort of crazy populism would that be?” The NDP with two weeks left in a snap election they’re losing:
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m glad you enjoyed our province!
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Police watchdog investigating after man injured during arrest on Sask. First Nation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Police watchdog investigating after man injured during arrest on Sask. First Nation | CBC News
The Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after a man was injured while RCMP were arresting him on Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation. He was released with no charges.
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Michael Gorman @michaeltgorman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Homeless shelter says N.S. government asked it to remove a man from its facility | CBC News
The Nova Scotia government says it reserves the right to ask provincially funded shelters to remove specific people from their facilities. But it won’t say whether it made such a request to a shelter ...
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
American hunter involved in Sask. crash that killed mom and two daughters leaving Canada on bail www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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American hunter involved in Sask. crash that killed mom and two daughters leaving Canada on bail | CBC News
Kelly Knopf is out on bail. He has a broken pelvis and will return to South Carolina for treatment of injuries sustained in the Oct. 2 crash, his lawyer said in a statement.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Teen accused in school sword attack praised Nazis, talked about mass murder plans, court hears www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Teen accused in Manitoba school sword attack praised Nazis, talked about mass murder plans, court hears | CBC News
In the months leading up to a sword attack at a Brandon, Man., high school, a teen wrote in a notebook about "invaders" of Canada — specifically Black and Muslim immigrants — and his mass murder plan,...
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Joachim Agou booted from Conservative party after racist tweets resurface. Doerkson: "There is no excuse for this. I will not tolerate it. The candidate in Victoria-Beacon Hill is no longer a Conservative candidate. If elected, he will not serve in the Caucus." (Riding is NDP stronghold)
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sask., Alberta premiers reject Elon Musk's call for provinces to separate from Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sask., Alberta premiers reject Elon Musk's call for provinces to separate from Canada | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney weighed in on Monday, saying the future of Canada will be decided by Canadians.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Regina police say 1 person was taken to hospital after mass police response Monday Police refuse to share details, citing ongoing investigation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Regina police say 1 person taken to hospital after mass police response Monday | CBC News
Regina police say officers received reports of a weapons offence around 5:35 p.m. CST.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Silton's former fire chief joins new Saskatchewan Beach fire department www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Silton's former fire chief joins new Saskatchewan Beach fire department | CBC News
Corey Coons has been named chief of Last Mountain Fire Department, located in Saskatchewan Beach, six weeks after he was removed from the same role for Silton's fire department.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
According to Elections Alberta, Canada Post recommends mailing your referendum ballot by this Friday (Oct. 9)
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
After a six-week trial, a jury has found Taylor Japp guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Briana Hayes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Estevan jury finds Taylor Japp guilty of 2nd-degree murder in death of Briana Hayes | CBC News
Second-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence with no chance of parole for a minimum of 10 years.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
La Gracia spent 3 weeks in the wild before volunteers captured her www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Owner of lost Spanish greyhound says Sask. needs provincewide standards for capturing missing dogs | CBC News
Volunteers spent three weeks trying to track and capture the dog, which is a rescue from Spain, where the breed is routinely killed after a career in racing.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bell Canada plans to purchase 895 acres to expand AI data centre outside Regina Land owners who stand to profit from the sale include former reeve and current deputy reeve of the RM of Sherwood. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Bell Canada plans to purchase 895 acres to expand AI data centre outside Regina | CBC News
Land owners who stand to profit from the sale include former reeve and current deputy reeve of the RM of Sherwood.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"There are many Singhs and many decisions," said Diab Immigration minister appears unaware of court ruling that guarantees Charter rights for refugees www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Immigration minister appears unaware of court ruling that guarantees Charter rights for refugees | CBC News
Refugee rights advocates say they are shocked to hear that the federal immigration minister appeared in an interview with Radio-Canada to be unfamiliar with the landmark Supreme Court decision widely ...
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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An update: the Edmonton public school board passed the motion to examine registration policies, and may make recommendations to align them with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (if that's in the board's authority). Timeline unclear: chair Saadiq Sumar says it won't rush this work. #AbEd
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My favourite exchange while covering city hall was when a city councillor asked how we could make our water services cheaper and admins response was to essentially say that we'd need to go back in time and found the city somewhere else.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
U.S. officials say 30-year-old charged with conspiracy to murder persons in foreign country www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Arrest made in connection with Tumbler Ridge mass shooting | CBC
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Federal government phasing out seed research in Indian Head, Sask. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Federal government phasing out seed research in Indian Head, Sask. | CBC News
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced it will be winding down operations at the Indian Head research farm over the next year. The province says it's still working on a plan for what to do with th...
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WATCH: Sask. town mourns mom, 2 girls killed in crash with U.S. hunter youtu.be/l_kU8Jjb2JE?...
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U.S. hunter charged in Sask. crash that killed 3 people remains in custody
YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Gunners Pub is always pretty good!
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sign depicting rape culture draws condemnation in Antigonish www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sign depicting rape culture draws condemnation in Antigonish | CBC News
A sign hung outside an off-campus house in Antigonish, N.S., during St. Francis Xavier University's homecoming weekend is being described as an example of rape culture and has drawn condemnation from ...
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Internal documents detail Ottawa's economic worries over Alberta referendum www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Internal documents detail Ottawa's economic worries over Alberta referendum | CBC News
Internal federal documents offer insights into how Ottawa is assessing the economic fallout from the possibility of Alberta separating from Canada and becoming an independent state.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Certainly, vocal support for Alberta separatism had risen during Liberal regimes, at least as far back as '80s Trudeau. Mulroney getting in dampened the mood, so did Harper. But for him to claim it was zero — that's just factually off.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It has links to a movement leader www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader | CBC News
The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read more here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Bell Canada, province tout speed of AI data centre's construction near Regina | CBC News
Bell Canada and the Saskatchewan government are touting how quickly the telecom giant's artificial intelligence data centre outside of Regina is being built.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WATCH: Bell Canada, province tout speed of AI data centre's construction near Regina youtu.be/Okft0pGwNCQ?...
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Sask. touts rapid Bell AI data centre construction, dismissing critics
YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Almost 40K residential school records will be destroyed. Not all survivors think they should be www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Almost 40K residential school records will be destroyed. Not all survivors think they should be | CBC News
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2017 that the almost 38,000 records of residential school testimony collected through the IAP will be destroyed in 2027, unless individual survivors request their ...
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brandon Taylor Moore, the Saskatoon man sentenced to house arrest for inciting hatred against Jewish people, literally ran out court today. youtu.be/2Ah3PhSPiIU?...
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Saskatoon man ordered to delete antisemitic posts that reached 180,000 X followers
YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WATCH: Saskatchewan is going big on nuclear, announcing plans to explore building two large nuclear reactors in the province's northwest, with a goal of having the first online by 2042. youtu.be/5rnwbGYdVM8?...
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Saskatchewan to explore 2 large nuclear reactors
YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Announcement being made in Saskatoon right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWD...
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LIVE | ​​ Premier Scott Moe announces new details of Sask.'s nuclear power plan
YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Saskatchewan is going big on nuclear, announcing plans to explore building two large nuclear reactors in the province's northwest, with a goal of having the first online by 2042. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Premier Scott Moe goes big on nuclear with plans to explore 2 large nuclear reactors in northwest Sask. | CBC News
Saskatchewan says it wants to have a large nuclear reactor online by 2042. It has also narrowed down the location of further study for its construction of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) to the Rafferty...
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former Regina man guilty of promoting hate at Toronto Pride Parade www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former Regina man guilty of promoting hate at Toronto Pride Parade | CBC News
Bill Whatcott dressed up in a green spandex leotard and rainbow cape to hand out homophobic pamphlets disguised as condoms at the Toronto Pride Parade.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
American taps small Sask. business to solve international photo mystery www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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American taps small Sask. business to solve international photo mystery | CBC News
For more than four years, American Bill Delzell has been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer who captured San Francisco history in the 1960s. Now he's hoping a Sask. company will be ...
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David TS Fraser @privacylawyer.ca · 28/09/2026
What Canadian law says about smart glasses, and using them in public and semi-public places. New on my YouTube channel: youtu.be/3S71hPTNzws
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Smart glasses and Canadian privacy laws
YouTube video by PrivacyLawyer - David Fraser
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 27/09/2026
"A politician who gives the impression that they authentically speak their mind is likely to be seen by many as honest even if a high proportion of their actual words are not true." www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Peyton Flett's mother feels 'broken' after boy charged in teen daughter's death appears in Prince Albert court www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Peyton Flett's mother feels 'broken' after boy charged in teen daughter's death appears in Prince Albert court | CBC News
The mother of Peyton Flett says she experienced a mixture of emotions as the 14-year-old charged in connection with her daughter's death made his first appearance in court Friday afternoon.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Canpotex announces $500M project at Port of Vancouver to boost supply chain for Sask. potash exports www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canpotex announces $500M project at Port of Vancouver to boost supply chain for Sask. potash exports | CBC News
"This investment in shipping capacity, made possible by Canpotex, will help deliver more of this vital nutrient to the people who need it," Premier Scott Moe said in a news release.
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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of my favourite interview anecdotes from the last couple of years was the government person that pointed out that reported rat sightings in Alberta are (uniquely?) unreliable because so few people in Alberta can accurately identify one. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Feds disclose more details on Trump admin request to delay Gordie Howe bridge opening www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Feds disclose more details on Trump admin request to delay Gordie Howe bridge opening | CBC News
The Canadian government has disclosed a handful of fresh details around the delays in opening the Gordie Howe International Bridge, as well as some information related to the cost to build the sprawli...
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UCP support has plunged in Calgary and outside major cities www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... and the independence movement is now below 25% support. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... It’s Janet Brown/CBC poll time, folks!
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Danielle Smith’s popularity dips as her party now tied with NDP in support: poll | CBC News
The Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggests 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the UCP if an election were held today, while 41 per cent would vote for the NDP.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Updated: Saskatoon has announced it has paused its plans to clean up the encampment at Avenue K after protestors were aggressive, making any work at the site "unsafe." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'We have nowhere to go,' says encampment resident as Saskatoon officials pause cleanup | CBC News
City officials say an aggressive protest has made any work at the encampment site along Avenue K "unsafe."
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Calgary Stampede will honour $125K 50/50 ticket after initially refusing to www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'The right outcome': Calgary Stampede will honour $125K 50/50 ticket after initially refusing to | CBC News
The Calgary Stampede will now be giving 50/50 lottery winner Curtis Geiger his $125,150 reward — winnings which had initially been denied since the claim deadline had passed.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
'We have nowhere to go,' says encampment resident as Saskatoon officials clean up site www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'We have nowhere to go,' says encampment resident as Saskatoon officials clean up site | CBC News
An injunction has been filed for a portion of the encampment along Avenue K South. That section will remain until the legal process plays out, according to Saskatoon officials.
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The federal minister of justice has ordered a new appeal in the case of the Quewezance sisters, who were convicted of murder more than 30 years ago. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Justice minister says miscarriage of justice likely occurred in Sask. murder case, orders new appeal | CBC News
A new appeal has been ordered for Neressa and Odelia Quewezance, who were convicted by a jury in 1994 of second-degree murder in the death of Anthony Joseph Dolff.
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