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• Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall planning '60s Scoop apology next week

  11-08-2017 23:49
  Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says a long-awaited apology to victims of the '60s Scoop could come before he ends his decade-long career in office.
  
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• Murder charge laid in Cumberland House death

  11-08-2017 23:48
  A man from Cumberland House is facing a second-degree murder charge after a woman’s death in the northeastern Saskatchewan community.
  
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• Carfentanil found in Saskatchewan Penitentiary

  11-08-2017 23:44
  A drug RCMP say is 100 times stronger than fentanyl has made its way into a Saskatchewan prison.
  
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• Judge's comments referencing MMIW were 'victim blaming,' advocates say

  11-08-2017 23:36 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon judge's comments to an intoxicated women who was arrested after being found passed out outside an apartment building are "insensitive," according to a Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations vice chief.
  
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• EGADZ Saskatoon Downtown Youth Center: DAY OF MOURNING

  11-08-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  AT-RISK SASKATOON YOUTH INVITE PUBLIC TO REMEMBER VICTIMS OF THE SEX TRADE 18th Annual Day of Mourning honours victims of exploitation, murder, suicide, overdose, and disease, remembering the lives lost while building awareness about sex trade exploitation and dangers. It all started 18 years ago with a group of at-risk Saskatoon youth, who were inspired...
  
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• Extremely Potent Drug Found At Prince Albert Penitentiary dlvr.it/PdS3J6 https://t.co/z20qdLRgd5

  11-08-2017 23:27
  
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• 'Not fair': Woman stuck on tarmac for 6 hours blasts Air Transat's $400 offer

  11-08-2017 23:24
  A Quebec woman who spent six hours stuck on a hot Air Transat plane at the Ottawa airport late last month says the $400 in compensation she has been offered is “not fair.”
  
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• Drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl found at Saskatchewan Penitentiary

  11-08-2017 23:17 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan RCMP have confirmed a first case of carfentanil within the walls of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary at Prince Albert.
  
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• First incidence of Carfentanil in Saskatchewan: drug found in Sask. Penitentiary

  11-08-2017 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP received confirmation that carfentanil was at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert after a 22-year-old inmate was found unresponsive in July.
  
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• Carfentanil found in Sask. RCMP jurisdiction for first time after Sask. Penitentiary inmate hospitalized

  11-08-2017 23:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP received confirmation Wednesday afternoon that carfentanil was present in a substance tested by Health Canada after an incident at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert last month.
  This is the first time the presence of carfentanil has been confirmed in a Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction, according to a news release.
  On July 15 at 9 a.m., a 22-year-old male inmate was found unresponsive. Naloxone was administered and he was taken to hospital. The incident was not fatal and RCMP
  
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• Drug could save hundreds of kids from profound disability – if they can pay for it

  11-08-2017 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  A game changing drug could save hundreds of Canadian kids with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) from a life of profound disability, but only if their families can afford to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
  
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• Man charged with murder in death of woman in Cumberland House

  11-08-2017 23:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP have charged a man with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a woman in the northern Saskatchewan community of Cumberland House. 
  According to an RCMP news release, the woman was identified as 21-year-old Carissa Ballantyne. The man charged is 21-year-old Acea Dorian. Police said Ballantyne and Dorian were known to each other. 
  Cumberland House RCMP responded to a complaint of an unresponsive woman on Deschambeault Avenue around 6 a.m. Thursday. When police arrived
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: heat, extreme fire danger return before changes move in - Globalnews.ca

  11-08-2017 22:22 via globalnews.ca
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• Second-degree murder charge in Cumberland House death

  11-08-2017 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  Man charged with second-degree murder in death of a woman in Cumberland House.
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders need to be better against West Division opponents

  11-08-2017 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won just one of their last 13 games against West Division opponents.
  
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• 'People need to heal': FSIN looking to get 60s Scoop apology before Brad Wall retires

  11-08-2017 21:48 via cbc.ca
  Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron says it's important that Premier Brad Wall be the one to issue an apology to those affected by the Sixties Scoop, rather than whoever succeeds him.
  
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• Portion of Central Avenue closed this weekend for resurfacing

  11-08-2017 21:42 via globalnews.ca
  A portion of Central Avenue will be closed this weekend for resurfacing.
  
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• First World War Replica Planes in Saskatchewan for the Next Week dlvr.it/PdQngt https://t.co/fOAWnWBNyc

  11-08-2017 21:15
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: sizzling heat returns

  11-08-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  Sizzling heat and sunshine return for the weekend before a change moves into Saskatoon’s weather forecast. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan tells us how hot it will get.
  
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• Onion Lake RCMP target increase in criminal activity during long weekend crackdown

  11-08-2017 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Stolen vehicles recovered, drugs seized, impaired driving charges laid during long weekend enforcement measures by Onion Lake RCMP.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: sizzling heat returns before changes move in

  11-08-2017 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  Sizzling heat and sunshine return for the weekend before a change moves into Saskatoon's weather forecast.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: heat, extreme fire danger return before changes move in

  11-08-2017 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  Sizzling heat and sunshine return for the weekend before a change moves into Saskatoon's weather forecast.
  
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• 'I'll be staying … very, very neutral': Wall won't endorse Sask. Party leadership candidate

  11-08-2017 20:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall isn’t planning to endorse a candidate to replace him as leader of the Saskatchewan Party after he steps down and resigns as the MLA for Swift Current. 
  There are potential candidates in the party caucus, and he is “notionally aware” of interest from outside the party, Wall told reporters on Friday, adding that he hopes the race is competitive.
  “I’ll be staying … very, very neutral,” Wall said just over 24 hours after
  
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• Curious bear gets up close and personal with vacationer at Sask. cabin

  11-08-2017 20:28 via cbc.ca
  When a bear surprised Liz Desrosiers on her deck, her hope was that it would just turn around, and walk back into the bush.
  
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• Farmers turn to specialized forecasting in face of rising extreme weather threat

  11-08-2017 20:25
  Farmers are on a never-ending quest for more detailed weather forecasts as they try to increase yields on larger plots while contending with more extreme weather.
  
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• Father of 5 fatally shot after confronting gang member urinating on fence, witness says

  11-08-2017 20:19 via cbc.ca
  Tyler Applegate, a 27-year-old father of five, is Saskatoon's third homicide victim of the year.
  
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• Business leaders say Brad Wall's retirement means they are losing a champion of free enterprise

  11-08-2017 19:28 via cbc.ca
  Business leaders say Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall's pending retirement means they're losing an ally and champion of free enterprise.
  
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• Payday Loan Fees Will be Lowered dlvr.it/PdPZfy https://t.co/LbeqO8SaRw

  11-08-2017 19:09
  
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• By-Election Date Set dlvr.it/PdPZsg https://t.co/kNFWDphFU1

  11-08-2017 19:09
  
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• Saskatchewan changing payday loan fees

  11-08-2017 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan reducing fees payday loan companies can charge borrowers.
  
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• Saskatoon Fairview byelection set for Sept. 7 - Saskatoon - CBC News - CBC.ca

  11-08-2017 19:04 via cbc.ca
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  Premier Brad Wall officially announced that a byelection will be held in Saskatoon Fairview on Sept. 7.
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• Saskatoon Fairview byelection set for Sept. 7

  11-08-2017 19:04 via cbc.ca
  Premier Brad Wall officially announced that a byelection will be held in Saskatoon Fairview on Sept. 7.
  
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• Saskatoon Fairview voters to head to polls in September byelection

  11-08-2017 19:02
  Some voters in Saskatoon will be going to the polls to elect a new MLA in September.
  
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• Doctor calls for stop of 'demeaning' practice of watching women swallow Mifegymiso 'abortion pill'

  11-08-2017 18:41 via cbc.ca
  A doctor and professor says physicians should stop the practice of watching women swallow the Mifegymiso abortion pill because Health Canada says it's not necessary.
  
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• Liberals target fall for release of federal homeless veterans strategy

  11-08-2017 18:39 via cbc.ca
  The federal government plans to release a long-awaited strategy to tackle veterans' homelessness this fall amid rising concerns from veterans groups and homeless advocates about the Liberals' interest in the issue.
  
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• Riders look for rare win against West opposition when Lions visit Regina

  11-08-2017 18:38
  The 2017 Saskatchewan Roughrigers are better than last year's underperforming squad so far, but just barely.
  
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• Cocaine seized in Prince Albert drug bust

  11-08-2017 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  Police seize cocaine, charge two people after a drug bust in Prince Albert.
  
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• Date set for Saskatoon Fairview byelection

  11-08-2017 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall announces date for Saskatoon Fairview byelection.
  
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• Police Make Arrests and Confiscate Rifle dlvr.it/PdNtsq https://t.co/xQGKHlYj5p

  11-08-2017 18:03
  
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• Letter of the Day: Climate change

  11-08-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Climate Change has very little to do with man’s use of fossil fuels and there is not going to be catastrophic changes to the earth’s climate due to human activities. The current wild weather changes are likely caused by Mother Nature, as she has done for millennia.
  A lot of the scientific climate change information and modelling fail to verify their models with actual historic climate changes, and all of the facts that NOAA provides.
  I am very disturbed that funding is being wasted a
  
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• Sask. payday loans will cost less in February

  11-08-2017 17:58 via cbc.ca
  The provincial government is reducing borrowing costs on payday loans as of next February.
  
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• On the rise: Get to know Canadian rising tennis star Denis Shapovalov

  11-08-2017 17:54
  Canadian teen tennis sensation Denis Shapovalov had the biggest win of his young career on Thursday night when he upset top-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the round of 16 at the Rogers Cup.
  
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• Province to reduce payday loan fees next year

  11-08-2017 16:52 via thestarphoenix.com
  The provincial government will reduce the maximum amount a payday lender can charge on a loan and reduce the fees for dishonoured payments. The move, planned for next year, will bring Saskatchewan’s rates into line with those of B.C. and Manitoba. 
  The maximum cost of borrowing for a payday loan — a short-term loan of up to 62 days — will fall to 17 per cent of the total value of the loan from 23 per cent on February 15, the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority sa
  
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• Suspicious Activity - Firearm Located - 1300 block 1st Avenue North

  11-08-2017 16:48 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are investigating following a complaint regarding suspicious activity at a home in the 1300 block of 1st Avenue North.Police were called to the home just after 5:00 this morning.  Several people were at the address and were taken into custody.   During their preliminary investigation officers located a sawed-off rifle and ammunition inside the residence.Further information will be released when it becomes available. (Occurrence Number: 17-83669)
  
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• Thieves make off with cash in separate Saskatoon armed robberies - Globalnews.ca

  11-08-2017 16:39 via globalnews.ca
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  Thieves make off with cash in separate Saskatoon armed robberies
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• Thieves make off with cash in separate Saskatoon armed robberies

  11-08-2017 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  Two men made off with cash in separate armed robberies that happened hours apart in Saskatoon.
  
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• Upcoming merger won't derail $7.5 million PotashCorp Playland naming deal

  11-08-2017 16:37 via cbc.ca
  A report headed to Saskatoon city councillors next week says an upcoming merger won't affect a 25-year naming rights deal at PotashCorp Playland.
  
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• Today's Schedule dlvr.it/PdMqtg https://t.co/riNAG1nMt9

  11-08-2017 16:23
  
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• Life after Wall: Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for August 11, 2017

  11-08-2017 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Stay up to date with the news and stories that matter in Saskatoon and beyond, delivered each morning Monday through Saturday.
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  After Brad Wall, who comes next?
  There is a strong argument to be made that Premier Brad Wall is irreplaceable. He has maintained the rare political ability to stay popular for the majority of his career, but with him stepping down as premier the question is already being asked: Who will try to replace the irreplaceable premier? Click here to read more &h
  
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• Saskatoon gearing up for CCMA Awards show

  11-08-2017 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  Dawn Woroniuk, the chair of PotashCorp country music week, with details on all that is happening in Saskatoon for the Canadian Country Music Association Awards.
  
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