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Kimiya Shokoohi

Kimiya Shokoohi is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.
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Saskatchewan leading the nation in retail trade: report

The province ranked first for month-over-month growth, making five times the national average to more than $2.1 billion in September as compared to August, according to a Statistics Canada report released Nov. 24.

Disruptions in health care coincide with effects of climate change: former Sask cancer patient

Disruptions to our environment are indicators of the stressors we are seeing in our health, says environmentalist who survived cancer.

Sask. government encourages tipsters to report poachers, polluters

In 2022, the TIPP line received 1,440 reports about illegal hunting, fishing and timber harvesting, as well as environmental offences. Conservation officers issued 2,602 written warnings and laid 1,604 charges.

While some communities continue to struggle, one Sask. town finds health care success

Province declares new health care incentive as province and towns work to resolve issue.

Clinical trial in Sask. to help ovarian cancer patients make more informed decisions

The clinical trial is the first of its kind in Canada, and arguably the world, for providing greater evidence-based decision-making in tumour testing.

A poppy in the field. A poppy is a symbol of Remembrance Day
Under-recognized service of Indigenous veterans honoured

On Wednesday, as part of National Indigenous Veterans Day, thousands of veterans gathered across the country. The Prince Albert Grand Council is set to recognize the contributions of its veterans in a smaller setting on Friday, with around 100 participants.

First Nations and Mennonite women of Manitoba reveal sustainability lessons

Among the Anishinaabe women of Manitoba is the practice of repurposing fabrics into braided rugs, dating back to times when women and children from the tribes would visit and interact with Mennonite villages.

Small businesses feeling the pinch of steep inflation in Warman

The city just north of Saskatoon, with a population of about 11,000, is feeling the pinch. Several rounds of applications for government funding were denied, putting the onus on taxpayers to fund maintenance and upgrades to city property.

Health care lags, NDP says, as it again questions premier’s priorities

In the one week Rick Thompson has been at Royal University Hospital for sepsis, a side effect of his ongoing cancer treatment, he has had to move beds four times. On at least two of those occasions, he’s been woken up past midnight, bright lights beaming. Thompson doesn’t live far from the hospital, but he said staying at RUH is his only option, because otherwise he won’t get the timely treatment he needs.

Sask. teacher receives Prime Minister’s award for excellence in teaching

Two years ago, Kara Fidelack had a sizeable group of 30 students in her Grade 1 class and confronted a nearly impossible task: cover a wide-ranging curriculum in a way that accommodates children’s different learning styles. Fidelack devised a play-based system, dividing her large classroom into groups of six, each given an activity that would allow students some agency in understanding the lesson.

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