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• P.A. Amber Alert: Charges upgraded against Saskatchewan man accused of abducting 8-year-old girl

  14-07-2017 23:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  PRINCE ALBERT — Charges are being upgraded against a man accused of abducting an eight-year-old girl from a Saskatchewan playground.
  Court documents show a charge of sexual assault against Jared John Charles is being changed to aggravated sexual assault and a charge of break and enter of a dwelling house is being added. Charles, who is 19, still faces other charges that include kidnapping, forcible confinement, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching.
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• Man killed in stolen vehicle crash was more than a gang member, say family, friends

  14-07-2017 23:43 via cbc.ca
  
  In the weeks since her son's death, Agatha Eaglechief has seen the torrent of hate online.
  
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• Bridges events listing (July 14)

  14-07-2017 23:23 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to [email protected].
  # MUSIC
  Fri., July 14
  Bob Dylan and His Band
  SaskTel Centre, 3515 Thatcher Ave.
  Bob Dylan plays SaskTel Centre July 14.
  Forever Young
  Army & Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N.
  Scudd Family Band
  Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St.
  The Rhythmaires
  Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 103 Fairm
  
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• 5 arrested after vehicle crashes on Circle Drive in Saskatoon - CBC.ca

  14-07-2017 23:17 via cbc.ca
  
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  5 arrested after vehicle crashes on Circle Drive in Saskatoon
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  Police arrested five people after a vehicle crashed on the 300 block of Circle Drive in Saskatoon in the early hours of Friday morning. Officers tried to stop the vehicle after it was seen in the area of Avenue C N. and 36th Street W. at about 3 a.m. CST.
  
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• 5 arrested after vehicle crashes on Circle Drive in Saskatoon

  14-07-2017 23:17 via cbc.ca
  
  Police arrested five people after a suspect vehicle crashed on the 300 block of Circle Drive in the early hours of Friday morning.
  
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• Famous dress brings out hundreds of Marilyn Monroe fans to Save-On-Foods opening

  14-07-2017 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  About 400 people lined up to see a champagne coloured gown from one of Hollywood’s most recognizable style icons, Marilyn Monroe, is driving hundreds of fans to the grand opening of Saskatoon’s first Save-On-Foods.
  
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• YMCA beats fundraising goal for Strong Kids Campaign

  14-07-2017 22:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The YMCA of Saskatoon raised more than their planned goal of $130,000 for programs to help get kids active and involved when they might not have the means to otherwise.
  The Strong Kids Campaign endeavours to provide children with access to “pursue an active and healthy lifestyle,” according to a media release. The annual fundraising campaign raised $137,000, and CEO of the YMCA of Saskatoon Dean Dodge said they’d look to raise their fundraising targets after another strong year
  
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• Take-home naloxone kits now available to Saskatchewan federal inmates

  14-07-2017 22:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Providing take-home naloxone kits to Saskatchewan federal inmates is a “step in the right direction,” addictions expert Dr. Peter Butt said.
  “Not only is it evidence-based, but it’s directed towards the safety of individuals and communities so that we have hopefully fewer opioid overdoses occurring within a population that’s already been identified as vulnerable,” he said.
  Naloxone is a drug that can stop an overdose from opioids such as fentanyl, morphine, he
  
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• FSIN Interested in First Nation Ownership of Pasture Land dlvr.it/PVdczG https://t.co/VuSdcxtVZt

  14-07-2017 22:22
  
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• Beyond Art: SCYAP's Urban Canvas changes young lives, local landscape

  14-07-2017 22:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Tonia Bird is comfortable surrounded by the paint-splattered, art-covered walls of Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming’s (SCYAP) downtown space. It’s a big contrast from how she felt inside her former high school. Anxiety forced her to drop out in Grade 9.
  “I felt like I had failed,” she said.
  OCT. 3, 2016
  Bird joins SCYAP’s Urban Canvas alongside 11 other participants. The 34-week program aims to give youth with barriers to employment and education the
  
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• Trouble At A Minimum At Country Thunder, So Far dlvr.it/PVdcz7 https://t.co/VrBrWV6lMr

  14-07-2017 22:21
  
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• North American Indigenous Games are not just sports, but a cultural exchange

  14-07-2017 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2017 North American Indigenous Games are bringing a message of healing to Toronto, not just through participation in sports, but a cultural exchange.
  
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• CFL offers Grey Cup tickets, groceries to fan who narrowly lost $1 million prize

  14-07-2017 22:07
  
  The Canadian Football League is offering season tickets, tickets to the Grey Cup and a year's worth of free groceries to a fan after she narrowly missed out on a million dollar prize.
  
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• Saskatoon welcomes FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters basketball tournament

  14-07-2017 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon welcomes FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters basketball tournament July 15-16. It will be the first time a Canadian city has hosted the tournament.
  
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• RCMP look for missing Martensville teen

  14-07-2017 21:41
  A Martensville family and RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a 15-year-old girl.
  Jordyn Dreger was last seen leaving her home around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
  She was riding a black cruiser-style bike with blue accents.
  Dreger is described as white, standing five feet eight inches tall with bleached blonde hair and dark roots.
  She was last seen wearing cut-off jean shorts and a black-and-white floral print shirt, with the word "Flawless" and the number 82 printed on it.
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• Missing Martensville teen located

  14-07-2017 21:41
  Martensville RCMP say a teen who went missing Thursday evening has been found safe.
  They thank the public for their assistance.
  
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• 'Best Dam Celebration' marks Gardiner Dam's 50th anniversary

  14-07-2017 21:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatchewan Party government hosted the “best dam celebration in the province” on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Gardiner Dam, which opened in July 1967 after nine years of construction work. 
  The single largest piece of infrastructure in the province, and one of the world’s biggest earth-filled dams, the Gardiner Dam is five kilometres long and 64 metres tall. It and the smaller Qu’Appelle Dam created 225-kilometre Lake Diefenbaker. 
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• Evading Police Incident Leads to Five Arrests dlvr.it/PVd10R https://t.co/sLrdsNK7an

  14-07-2017 21:16
  
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• Beach wheelchairs coming to a Sask. provincial park near you

  14-07-2017 21:11
  
  Saskatchewan beaches will be a little more accessible this summer, as special beach wheelchairs are rolled out at provincial parks.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: heat surges back in for the weekend!

  14-07-2017 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  From bathing in the streets of Saskatoon to extreme fire danger in just a few days as heat surges back into the weekend weather forecast. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan has the latest.
  
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• Young local filmmakers strive to make a quality, Saskatoon-bred movie

  14-07-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  As shooting wraps up, a group of young filmmakers remain motivated to make a local, quality feature-length film, despite the challenges in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: heat surges back in for the weekend! - Globalnews.ca

  14-07-2017 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
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  Saskatoon weather outlook: heat surges back in for the weekend!
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  From bathing in the streets of Saskatoon to extreme fire danger in just a few days as heat surges back into the weekend weather forecast. What is this? Sponsored content is written by Global News' editorial staff without any editorial influence by the ...and more »
  
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• Comedians Colin Mochrie and Wayne Jones playing Saskatoon

  14-07-2017 20:34
  Colin Mochrie will be making people in Saskatoon laugh this Saturday night.
   
  The 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' improv comedian will be performing alongside Saskatoon-born Wayne Jones, in a show also featuring Pat Thornton and Saskatoon Soaps Improv Comedy. 
   
  "I'm just living the good life. Going out in front of people who have paid money to see a show that we don't actually have at that point," said Mochrie.
   
  Although Mochrie says he's been doing the best job ever f
  
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• Taxi assoc. proposal for flex service 'damn good idea' says SFU expert

  14-07-2017 20:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Simon Fraser University expert is calling a proposal by Saskatchewan’s Taxi Cab Association (STCA) a “damn good idea” and it’s one he says could spread to other jurisdictions.
  Earlier this week, the STCA issued a release on behalf of Saskatoon’s 240 cab drivers calling for a “flex service” that would see cab drivers working out of private vehicles during peak service hours, arguing it would be a way to meet demand and improve public safety.
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• Evade Police - Arrests - Circle Dr. E & Faithfull Ave.

  14-07-2017 20:05 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Officers arrested five people early this morning after they attempted to evade Police.Shortly after 3:00 a.m., July 14, 2017, Officers on patrol observed a suspicious vehicle in the area of Avenue C North and 36th Street West. When they attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the suspect vehicle refused to stop and evaded Police.The Air Support Unit quickly located the suspect vehicle and observed it crash into a rock boulevard on the 300 block of Circle Drive East. Five people were seen exiting th
  
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• Only 1 Wildfire in Saskatchewan dlvr.it/PVc5Ws https://t.co/3C0J1BXh1u

  14-07-2017 19:42
  
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• A Bustling Downtown Means Traffic And Parking Challenges dlvr.it/PVc5rC https://t.co/JCFORYjbzM

  14-07-2017 19:42
  
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• Man injured after falling into grain hopper near Denholm, Sask.

  14-07-2017 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man was injured after falling into a grain hopper on a farm near Denholm.
  
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• RCMP looking for suspects after Hwy 11 snowmobile heist​

  14-07-2017 19:37
  The Saskatoon RCMP detachment is asking for the public's help after five snowmobiles and a trailer were stolen from Axxis Motorsports Sunday night.
   
  Police reported Friday that two men broke into the business near midnight, damaging a gate in the process.
   
  The two men loaded up five Polaris snowmobiles and the trailer, then drove away in a dark-coloured four-door Dodge Ram truck.
   
  A staff member at the dealership, located along Highway 11
  
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• Abduction suspect Jared Charles now charged with aggravated sexual assault

  14-07-2017 19:30
  
  A sexual assault charge against a Saskatchewan man accused of kidnapping an eight-year-old girl has been upgraded to aggravated sexual assault.
  
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• 5 snowmobiles stolen from business south of Saskatoon

  14-07-2017 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thieves steal five snowmobiles and a trailer from a dealership south of Saskatoon.
  
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• The Effect of Increasing the Bank of Canada Key Interest Rate dlvr.it/PVbmQB https://t.co/ouutQgvvhp

  14-07-2017 19:11
  
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• Indigenous leaders to boycott Monday's meeting with premiers

  14-07-2017 19:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Three Indigenous groups will boycott the meeting with Canada's premiers on Monday because they believe their groups should be included as equal partners at the Council of the Federation meeting, which starts on Tuesday.
  
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• Building confidence through music: Girls Rock Camp underway in Saskatoon

  14-07-2017 18:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Girls Rock Camp began this week in Saskatoon. The camp focuses on building self-esteem through both music and non-music workshops.
  
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• $4.8M Marilyn Monroe dress on display in Saskatoon

  14-07-2017 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The “world’s most famous dress” on display in Saskatoon for Save-on-Foods grand opening celebration.
  
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• Gardiner Dam Celebrates 50 Years dlvr.it/PVbQgf https://t.co/yTLXnbmUcd

  14-07-2017 18:36
  
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• Early-morning fire at multi-unit residence under construction in Stonebridge

  14-07-2017 18:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Investigators are trying to determine how a multi-unit residence under construction in Saskatoon’s Stonebridge neighbourhood caught fire early Friday morning.
  Saskatoon fire received multiple 911 calls Friday around 3:40 a.m. about a blaze in the 300 block of Veltkamp Crescent. Four engine companies, one ladder truck and a rescue truck were dispatched, finding the multi-unit residence in the framing stage of construction fully engulfed, Saskatoon fire said in a news release.
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• Letter of the Day: Carbon capture research off the mark

  14-07-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A recent Leader-Post article on carbon capture and storage technology (Carbon Capture wrong technology, says a new report — July 7) was based on research that was off the mark.
  The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) incorrectly states that SaskPower’s Boundary Dam 3 project (BD 3) was ill conceived.
  In the article, Opposition critic Cathy Sproule seizes upon this flawed research to dismiss CCS technology entirely.
  We shouldn’t be surprised the GWPF holds this view. The org
  
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• 5 snowmobiles, trailer stolen from Saskatoon dealership

  14-07-2017 17:53 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP are asking for the public's help for information in a robbery at a motor sports dealership just outside of Saskatoon.
  
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• Community safety officer program expanded in North Battleford, Sask.

  14-07-2017 17:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Community safety officers in North Battleford now have the authority to investigate certain low-risk crimes.
  
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• FIBA 3×3 World Tour: Tourism Saskatoon

  14-07-2017 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tourism Saskatoon president and CEO Todd Brandt talks about winning the bid to host the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters Tournament for the next three years.
  
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• Thieves make off with snowmobiles after weekend heist

  14-07-2017 16:24
  
  Police are searching for two men after five snowmobiles and a trailer were stolen from Axxis Motorsports over the weekend.
  
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• Save-on-Foods opening in Saskatoon

  14-07-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mom blogger Tenille Lafontaine discusses why she has partnered with Save-on-Foods to introduce the brand to Saskatoon.
  
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• Building under construction goes up in flames in Stonebridge

  14-07-2017 16:20
  
  Several homes and a building under construction have been damaged after a fire early Friday morning on the 300 block of Veltkamp Crescent.
  
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• Five snowmobiles and trailer stolen from business south of Saskatoon - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  14-07-2017 16:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Five snowmobiles and trailer stolen from business south of Saskatoon

  14-07-2017 16:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Police are searching for two suspects after five Polaris snowmobiles and a trailer were stolen from a motor-sports business south of Saskatoon. 
  According to a Saskatoon RCMP press release, the break-in happened near midnight on July 9 and into the early hours of July 10. The break-in happened at a motor-sports retail business located on Highway 11 at Floral Road south of Saskatoon. 
  Police said a gate was damaged during the break-in, and two men drove away in a dark-coloured four-door
  
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• Motorcycle crash sends Moose Jaw, Sask. man to hospital with serious injuries

  14-07-2017 16:10 via cbc.ca
  
  A man is recovering in hospital after a serious motorcycle crash in Moose Jaw, Sask. Thursday night.
  
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• Budgets, buildings and basketball: Web update for Friday July 14

  14-07-2017 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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  ‘It makes them look like they don’t know what they’re doing’: Government continues to roll back budget cuts despite pledge not to
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• Crews handle blaze at construction site

  14-07-2017 15:57
  The Saskatoon Fire Department was called out to a blaze at a construction site early Friday morning.
  Firefighters arrived at 115 Veltkamp Crescent around 3:40 a.m. to find flames pouring out of the structure, an unfinished mutli-unit residential complex.
  Crews got the  fire was under control within about 45 minutes, with one team left behind to deal with any potential hotspots.
  People living in a nearby home had to be evacuated briefly.  Two neighbouring buildings and a vehicle parked
  
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