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• Saskatoon police are looking for a 13-year-old girl last seen Thursday

  08-07-2017 23:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Jordyn Johnso was last seen at approximately 4:30 p.m. on July 6, 2017 at the Confederation Mall. Submitted photo
  Jordyn Johnson, 13, left the 200 block of Cartier Crescent at 10 a.m. July 6 and was last seen around 4:30 p.m. that day at the Confederation Mall, police said in a news release.
  Jordyn is 5′ 2″ tall and weighs 120 to 130 pounds. She has shoulder length blonde hair, green eyes and wears glasses. 
  Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the Sask
  
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• Injured driver to be charged after 2nd Avenue collision in Saskatoon - CBC.ca

  08-07-2017 23:43 via cbc.ca
  
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  Injured driver to be charged after 2nd Avenue collision in Saskatoon
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  A 19-year-old driver is facing charges after she was injured in a collision at Second Avenue and King Street in Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Police Service said the driver of an Oldsmobile Alero hit a Jeep Cherokee as it exited a parking lot. The Alero ...
  
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• Motor Vehicle Accident 600blk 2nd Ave North

  08-07-2017 23:17 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  At approximately 11: 39am police were called to the 600blk of 2nd Ave North in regards to a green olds alero striking a white jeep cherokee as it exited a parking lot and proceeded Southbound. After the collision the alero struck a business and a 19yr old female driver received minor injuries. Charges under the traffic safety act are pending againest her.
  
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• Man in stable condition after being stabbed at 20th St. and Idylwyld Dr.

  08-07-2017 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police were called to a stabbing at the intersection of 20th Street and Idylwyld Drive around 12:35 p.m. Saturday.
  A 45-year-old man received a stab wound to right side of his neck, according to a police news release.
  Police took a 43-year-old man, who was still in possession of the knife, into custody without incident.
  The victim was taken to Royal University Hospital for treatment and is in serious but stable condition, police said.
  
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• Man in hospital after neck stabbing

  08-07-2017 22:55
  
  A 45-year-old man is in serious but stable condition after a stabbing in Saskatoon on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Man in custody after daylight stabbing near downtown Saskatoon ... - CBC.ca

  08-07-2017 22:37 via cbc.ca
  
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  A man was taken to hospital and another man is in custody after a daylight stabbing near the busy intersection of 20th Street and Idylwyld Drive on Saturday.
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• Man in custody after daylight stabbing near downtown Saskatoon

  08-07-2017 22:35 via cbc.ca
  
  A man was taken to hospital and another man is in custody after a daylight stabbing near the busy intersection of 20th Street and Idylwyld Drive on Saturday.
  
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• Stabbing 20th Street and Idylwyld Drive

  08-07-2017 22:11 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  At approximately 12:35pm police were called to a stabbing which occurred at the intersection of 20th Street and Idylwyld Drive. A 45yr old man received a stab wound to right side of his neck. Due to a quick response, police took a 43yr old man into custody without incident who was still in possession of knife on their arrival. The male victim was transported to RUH for treatment of his injuries. He is in serious but stable condition.(Occurrence Number: 17-70439)
  
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• 'Never let life take you down': Hundreds fill Saskatoon park to pump ... - CBC.ca

  08-07-2017 22:06 via cbc.ca
  
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  'Never let life take you down': Hundreds fill Saskatoon park to pump ...
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  On Saturday morning, hundreds of people filled the city's Avalon Park to take part in a crossfit-themed flash workout in honour of Bruce Gordon, a veteran ...
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• 'Never let life take you down': Hundreds fill Saskatoon park to pump. Bruce Gordon. Up.

  08-07-2017 22:06 via cbc.ca
  
  On Saturday morning, hundreds of people filled the city's Avalon Park to take part in a crossfit-themed flash workout in honour of Bruce Gordon, a veteran Saskatoon cop-turned-lawyer recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.
  
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• Thunderstorm watches, heat warnings expand across Saskatchewan

  08-07-2017 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch and heat warnings in many Saskatchewan areas.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch issued for west-central Sask.

  08-07-2017 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch in Saskatchewan for Meadow Lake, Big River, Green Lake, Pierceland, the Battlefords, Unity, Maidstone and St. Walburg.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warnings continue to swirl Sask.

  08-07-2017 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch and heat warnings in many Saskatchewan areas.
  
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• Saskatchewan turns up the heat: Records broken, weather warnings issued

  08-07-2017 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued a number of heat warnings in Saskatchewan, with temperatures expected to reach up to 36 C.
  
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• New phone scam claims victim has won vehicle: Saskatoon police

  08-07-2017 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon police are advising the public about a phone scam where the caller claims the victim has won a vehicle.
  
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  08-07-2017 20:45
  
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  08-07-2017 20:45
  
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• Woman injured in 2nd Avenue collision in Saskatoon

  08-07-2017 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  A woman has been injured in a collision at Second Avenue and King Street in Saskatoon.
  
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• Injured driver to be charged after 2nd Avenue collision in Saskatoon

  08-07-2017 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  A 19-year-old driver is facing charges after she was injured in a collision at Second Avenue and King Street in Saskatoon.
  
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• Police seek missing Saskatoon girl

  08-07-2017 19:47
  Saskatoon police are asking for help to find a missing 13-year-old girl.
  Jordyn Johnson left the 200 block of Cartier Crescent in the Confederation Park neighbourhood around 10 a.m. Friday and was last seen at Confederation Mall at 4:30 p.m.
  According to police, she is five-feet-two-inches tall, weighs between 120 and 130 pounds with shoulder length blonde hair, green eyes and wears glasses.
  There are no details about what she was wearing when she was last seen.
  Anyone with information is asked
  
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• Police find missing Saskatoon girl

  08-07-2017 19:47
  Saskatoon have located a missing 13-year-old girl.
  Jordyn Johnson has found safe and sound Saturday evening after being last seen on Thursday.
   
  
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• Watchdog says eHealth breached privacy by sharing personal information with Elections Sask.

  08-07-2017 19:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Elections Saskatchewan should not have received personal health information about residents as part of a data-sharing agreement with eHealth, according to a report by the provincial privacy watchdog.
  
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• Darlene Polachic: Canadian Roots Exchange building bridges in our community

  08-07-2017 19:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Jessica Alegria is the program officer for the Canadian Roots Exchange, an organization that aims to build bridges between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth by facilitating dialogue and strengthening relationships.
  “Our work is centred on experiential learning,” she says. “In addition to equipping teams of youth across the country to develop their own local programming, we organize cultural exchanges, conferences and experiential workshops.”
  One such event was held rece
  
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• REVIEW: Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan's Twelfth Night is music and merriment

  08-07-2017 19:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  In Twelfth Night, director Will Brooks and his team have created a summer confection that’s as sweet as cotton candy and as fun as a merry go round.
  Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan’s comic offering is funny, a little wacky and very tuneful.
  Employing the multi-talents of an extremely likeable cast, there’s music to start — Kate Herriot sings impressive lead vocals in the portentious folk-gospel tune Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm. Others join in on acoustic guitar, bass
  
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• Former school principal in Yorkton, Sask. admits to 6 charges of misconduct

  08-07-2017 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trent Senger has pleaded guilty to six charges at a discipline hearing of the Saskatchewan Professional Teacher's Regulatory Board.
  
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• Telephone service briefly down at Saskatchewan RCMP detachments

  08-07-2017 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP technical staff and Sask Tel were able to restore the phone service later on Friday night.
  
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  08-07-2017 18:05
  
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  08-07-2017 17:32
  
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  08-07-2017 16:28
  
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• New Faces New Places — Olympia Restaurant; Aqua Massage

  08-07-2017 15:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  It didn’t take long for Syed Ejaz Shah to realize his choice of location to build and start a restaurant was going to be a good decision.
  “Once we got in here, we knew this was it,” says Shah, who opened his doors to his Olympia Mediterranean Restaurant just two weeks ago.
  His location could be considered a primo location in downtown — just a few steps off the corner of 22nd Street and 2nd Avenue.
  “So far, I am very happy. We’ve had a great response.&rdqu
  
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• Following the TFSA rules can save you grief and money

  08-07-2017 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A tax-free savings account (TFSA) is supposed to let you completely avoid paying tax on investment income. Unfortunately, some Canadians receive letters telling them to pay tax on their TFSAs — either for contributing too much or for earning business income.
  The TFSA rules explain how excess contributions will be penalized at the rate of one per cent of the excess per month.
  Suppose, for example, that you made a cumulative total of $46,500 TFSA contributions by early 2016. Next, you made a
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Province-wide state of emergency declared

  08-07-2017 14:59
  
  A province-wide state of emergency has been declared in British Columbia after dozens of new wildfires destroyed buildings and forced thousands of people from their homes.
  
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• B.C. wildfires force province-wide state of emergency

  08-07-2017 14:59
  
  A province-wide state of emergency has been declared in British Columbia after dozens of new wildfires destroyed buildings and forced thousands of people from their homes.
  
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• ehealth breach

  08-07-2017 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A report from Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says the Crown corporation that handles the province’s health information system shared information it should not have about every adult and many teenagers in the province.
  But eHealth Saskatchewan says that clinical information was not among the data it passed along without legal authorization to Elections Saskatchewan.
  In a 14-month period, eHealth sent the names, addresses, dates of birth, residency status and health card numbers o
  
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• The Completely Idiotic Guide to Shakespeare

  08-07-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  You might as well face it: Sooner or later, you’re going to have to know something about Shakespeare.
  Maybe it’s just a question on Jeopardy! Or maybe you’ll find yourself unable to avoid attending one of his plays. Either way, it would be helpful to know a thing or two about Bill Shakespeare, known to his friends as The Great Bard-Upon-Avon.
  William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. The coincidence of being born and dying on the same day of the
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for July 8, 2017

  08-07-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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  A cat in the cat holding area of the SPCA in Saskatoon, Sask. on Friday, July 7, 2017.
  ‘Extremely busy’ SPCA asks for public’s help as shelter hits cat capacity
  The Saskatoon Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is asking the public to open up their homes — and their hearts — as the organization is at capacity f
  
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• 'It's very frustrating' Sask. family upset after developmentally delayed child turned away from Pre-K

  08-07-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Chris Steer and his family are frustrated after being told their three-year-old son — who is physically and developmentally delayed — can’t be part of a pre-kindergarten program in Kindersley.
  Steer tried to enrol his son Leslie in the program at Westberry Elementary, which is part of the Sunwest School Division. He said he was denied because there was no educational assistant to support the youngster.
  Although his son’s developmental age is 18 to 24 months, Steer sa
  
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• Fizz forward: Prosecco has caught on, and for good reason

  08-07-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The most popular sparkling wine everywhere at the moment is Prosecco, the Veneto bubbly.
  It’s available between about $18 and $25. And why not? It’s bubbly, an excellent drink that pairs with everything and — due to the association with Champagne via the bubbles — is mildly celebratory. I am heartened, however, to see younger drinkers, particularly young women, having a glass now and then just because. Prosecco makes a great ap
  
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• Find economic, smart townhouses in Evergreen

  08-07-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Urban Estates by Innovative Residential offers new home buyers all the perks of owning your own home, not to mention a few bonuses as well. Urban Estates is located in Evergreen at 250 Akhtar Bend.
  Urban Estates is one of the latest townhome offering by Innovative Residential, which gives first-time home buyers several options to get into their first home. Saving for a down payment can seem daunting for many buyers who are just starting out and trying to get into the market. Buyers can visit the
  
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• Cuthand: It's time for critical self reflection

  08-07-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Recently, Canada has seen an upsurge in reported racist attacks and it’s troubling.
  This week in Thunder Bay, Ont., Barb Kentner died following being hit by a trailer hitch in late January. She was 34 years old and left behind a 16-year-old daughter.
  According to witnesses she and a friend were walking in Thunder Bay’s east end when someone in a passing car threw a trailer hitch at her hitting her in the stomach. Her liver was badly damaged and it eventually ceased functioning. An 18
  
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• Taste of Sask

  08-07-2017 13:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Scott Ford can list multiple reasons why Taste of Saskatchewan is the best attended festival in the city, drawing around 100,000 visitors anually. 
  Sandwiched between the Delta Bessborogh Hotel, Broadway Bridge and South Saskatchewan River, Kiwanis Memorial Park “is probably the most beautiful festival site in Canada,” said Ford, manager of the festival.
  At Taste of Saskatchewan, now in its 22nd year, a revolving lineup of 30 restaurants each bring three menu items for visitors
  
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• Rider: 'They didn't build this stadium for us to keep losing games.'

  08-07-2017 13:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Winning has been a challenge for the Riders in the first year in the new Mosaic Stadium.
  
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• Riders receiver Duron Carter gives fan the shirt off his back

  08-07-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Duron Carter can be a polarizing player, but he's also just a regular person "playing a kid's game."
  
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• Extreme fire risk, crop 'stress' result of Sask. heat wave

  08-07-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The heat wave that has settled on the province is creating problems for some crops and increase the risk of wildfires through most of the province.
  
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• 'Correct one of history's wrongs': Poundmaker artifacts coming home

  08-07-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  For the first time since 1885, some of Chief Poundmaker's belongings are coming back to Saskatchewan.
  
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• Consider Uber, urges Sask. lawyer as SGI takes bars to court

  08-07-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatoon lawyer says Saskatchewan Government Insurance could help reduce the temptation for impaired drivers to get behind the wheel by making it easier for ride-sharing services like Uber to operate in the province.
  
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• Record holder Ryan Dodd shares passion for waterskiing with Saskatoon youth

  08-07-2017 06:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Last week, Ryan Dodd set a world record for the longest jump on water skis in Florida. But instead of hanging loose on the beach, he’s been sharing his passion for the sport with young athletes. Claire Hanna reports.
  
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• Phones back up at Saskatchewan RCMP detachments

  08-07-2017 06:16 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan RCMP were having some phone problems Friday night.
  
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• Free fishing weekend on in Sask.

  08-07-2017 03:41
  Saskatchewan residents get to enjoy free fishing this weekend.
  For Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9, people can fish without a license in bodies of water across the province.
  Since 1989, one weekend is designated each summer for free fishing.
  You will still need a license to take fish out of the province or to fish in national parks.
  
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• Global News at 6: July 7

  08-07-2017 03:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Friday, July 7, 2017 edition of Global News at 6 with Jacqueline Wilson on Global Saskatoon
  
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