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Saskatchewan is the middle of the three prairie provinces of [[Canada]] between [[Alberta]] and [[Manitoba]]. With one million people, it has 227,134 square miles of land and water surface (588,276 square kilometers). Saskatchewan started to grow when the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] was built in the early 1880s; it was part of the Northwest Territories until 1905, whrn it became a province having equal status with the other provinces (which are similar to U.S. states).
Saskatchewan is the middle of the three prairie provinces of [[Canada]] between [[Alberta]] and [[Manitoba]]. With one million people, it has 227,134 square miles of land and water surface (588,276 square kilometers). Saskatchewan started to grow when the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] was built in the early 1880s; it was part of the Northwest Territories until 1905, when it became a province having equal status with the other provinces (which are similar to U.S. states).
==Geography==
==Geography==
The name '''Saskatchewan''' is derived from the Cree word kisiskâciwanisîpikikimasiy meaning ''swift-flowing river.''
The name '''Saskatchewan''' is derived from the Cree word kisiskâciwanisîpikikimasiy meaning ''swift-flowing river.''
Undeveloped oil sands are located near [[Churchill Lake]]. Unlike Alberta's booming Athabasca Oil Sands, Saskatechewan's deposits are located deeper and cannot be surface-mined.<ref>See [http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntn53965.htm "Oil in Saskatchewan"</ref>
Undeveloped oil sands are located near [[Churchill Lake]]. Unlike Alberta's booming Athabasca Oil Sands, Saskatechewan's deposits are located deeper and cannot be surface-mined.<ref>See [http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntn53965.htm "Oil in Saskatchewan"</ref>
===Communications===
Government owned SaskTel, a Crown corporation with $3.1 billion in infrastructure in place, had $1,067.4 million in revenues in 2007, with profit of $84 million. The fastest growth came in wireless, with revenues of $301.3 million in 2007 from 452,000 cellphones. Over 85% of the population have high speed internet service available, with 206,000 users. Robert Watson was president and CEO.<ref> See [http://www.sasktel.com/about-us/news/current-news-releases/sasktel-reports-2007-net-income.html "SaskTel Reports 2007 Net Income of $84.1 Million," April 23, 2008] and Ronald S. Love, ''Sasktel: The Biography of a Crown Corporation and the Development of Telecommunications in Saskatchewan'' (2003)
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==Politics==
==Politics==
The Indian ("Native" or "First Nation") population is about 10%.
The Indian ("Native" or "First Nation") population is about 10%.
==Culture==
The Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival is North America's longest continuously running film festival. <ref>Cheryl Binning, "Yorkton looks back, pushes forward," ''Playback Magazine'' May 22, 2007 [http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/daily/20070522/yorkton.html online]</ref>
==Religion==
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS, 1941<ref>Dominion Bureau of Statistics, "Eighth Census of Canada", 1941, Bulletin A-5, pp. 2-3.</ref>
*Denomination Number Percentage
*United Church 230,495 25.7%
*Roman Catholic 243,734 27.2%
*Anglican 117,674 13.1%
*Lutheran 104,717 11.7%
*Presbyterian 54,856 6.1%
*Mennonite 32,511 3.6%
*Greek Orthodox 37,699 4.2%
*Baptist 19,460 2.2%
*Others 54,946 6.1%
* _______ _____
* Totals 895,992 100%
==Sports==
see [[Canadian sports]]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the [[Canadian Football League]] became the 2007 Grey Cup champions.
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