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Blue Sky
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Monday on Blue Sky

Monday on Blue Sky, it's Save the Swale. We'll speak with a group concerned about what a new bridge might mean for habitat near Saskatoon.

A phone-in for the birds

You have to listen to our bird is the word contest phone-in. Our bird expert David Bird helped some passionate callers identify some common bird calls.
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Saskatchewan senator upset over senate scandal

Senator Lillian Dyck is not happy with some of her colleagues in the Red Chamber. CBC caught up with her in Ottawa. 
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Fire claims bar and restaurant in LaFleche

We speak with the owner of the Flying Goose Inn. The bar and restaurant part of the historic hotel burned to the ground.
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Saskatchewan River Delta makes top ten bioverse spots

The rainforests get a lot of credit for biodiversity, but it turns out there's lots of biodiversity in our backyard. The Saskatchewan River Delta has made the top ten Cool Canadian Biodiversity Hotspots. Chris Smith is a wildlife biologist for Ducks Unlimited who fell in love with the area.
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SK. tornado hunter chases Oklahoma storm system

Greg Johnson is a tornado hunter from Saskatchewan who has spent the last four days chasing a deadly storm system that killed many people in Oklahoma.
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Saying goodbye to a legend

Chief of FSIN Perry Bellegarde and Max Fineday, President of the U of S Student's Union remember Elijah Harper, the First Nations MLA and MP who stood against the Meech Lake Accord.
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Scientists tackle herbicide resistant wild oats

Research scientists have dubbed wild oats as public enemy number one for their effect on reducing crop yields. The weed costs Western Canadian farmers millions in lost yields, plus $500 million annually in herbicide costs.
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The dilemma of medical genetics

Now that science can give some people answers like, will I get cancer, what would you do faced with the same choice as Angelina Jolie? We speak with Head of Medical Genetics for the Saskatoon Health Region Dr. Edmond Lemire.


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Who is watching you while you work?

The City of Prince Albert is looking at monitoring its employees by tracking them through GPS on their cellphones. We speak with an expert in privacy law about how to balance the rights of the employees against the rights of employers.
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How many millionaires are there in Saskatchewan?

Business reporter Jennifer Quesnel gives us a run-down about some numbers out that estimates the number of millionaires in Saskatchewan.
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