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• Canadian Beverage Association pushes back on proposed bottled water ban

  13-08-2017 22:49 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Beverage Association says getting rid of bottled water at City of Saskatoon-run events and facilities would come with an economic cost.
  
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• Saskatoon paraswimmer to carry province's flag at Canada Summer Games closing ceremony

  13-08-2017 21:53 via cbc.ca
  Paraswimmer Shelby Newkirk earned the most medals of all the province's athletes at the Canada Summer Games: four gold and two silver.
  
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• After super Saturday, Weyburn‘s Graham Delaet plays final round at PGA Championship

  13-08-2017 21:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Graham DeLaet of Weyburn made an unexpected run up the leaderboard at the PGA Championship on Saturday, and is now into his final round.
  On Saturday he played the four-hole stretch from holes 13 through 16 in a remarkable 6-under par, highlighted by back-to-back eagles on No. 14 and 15. He finished up the round with two pars for a 68.
  The hot spell left DeLaet 2-under par for the tournament, still six shots back of Kevin Kisner of the U.S.
  DeLaet, who has never won a professional tournament on A
  
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• One dead in Vancouver tour bus crash, police say

  13-08-2017 20:57
  One person is dead after a tour bus struck several pedestrians near the back of a SUV at a popular downtown Vancouver tourist spot on Sunday morning.
  
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• One dead in Vancouver tour bus crash: police

  13-08-2017 20:57
  One person is dead after a tour bus struck several pedestrians near the back of a SUV at a popular downtown Vancouver tourist spot on Sunday morning.
  
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• Four people seriously injured in tour bus accident in Vancouver

  13-08-2017 20:57
  Four people were injured in an accident today involving a tour bus in Vancouver.
  
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• Regina company designs grain elevator home as ode to Saskatchewan

  13-08-2017 20:08 via cbc.ca
  Do you want to live in a grain elevator? A Regina design company is ready to make that happen.
  
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  13-08-2017 19:48
  
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  13-08-2017 19:48
  
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• Missing man found near Paradise Hill, Sask.

  13-08-2017 19:27 via cbc.ca
  The Turtleford RCMP have safely located a man who went missing from the Paradise Hill, Sask. area on Saturday evening.
  
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• Man with dementia missing from Paradise Hill, Sask.

  13-08-2017 19:27 via cbc.ca
  The Turtleford RCMP are asking for the public's help to find a man who went missing from the Paradise Hill, Sask. area on Saturday evening.
  
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• Turtleford RCMP seek help to find missing dementia sufferer

  13-08-2017 19:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  Turtleford RCMP are seeking public help to find Royce Vizina, a 76-year-old dementia sufferer last seen in Paradise Hill, Sask. on Saturday at around 4 p.m.
  Vizina is wearing blue jeans, a light blue short-sleeve shirt and brown running shoes.  He is 5-foot-6 tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has short dark brown hair.
  He is thought to be on foot in the rural area around Paradise Hill, with a search begun on Saturday evening in the local area.
  RCMP are requesting that property owners in the Pa
  
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• RCMP searching for missing man with dementia

  13-08-2017 19:07
  Turtleford RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 76-year-old man with dementia.
  
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• Turtleford RCMP asking for help in locating missing man with dementia

  13-08-2017 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating Royce Vizina, 76, who was last seen on Saturday in Paradise Hill, Sask.
  
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• Missing senior found safe on Saskatchewan farmer’s field

  13-08-2017 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  Turtleford RCMP are no longer asking for the public's assistance in locating Royce Vizina.
  
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• Missing Saskatchewan senior found safe by farmer’s field

  13-08-2017 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  Turtleford RCMP are no longer asking for the public's assistance in locating Royce Vizina.
  
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• Hilltops handle Thunder at Mosaic in season opening win. dlvr.it/PdpFG6 https://t.co/Cz6SkIP4JM

  13-08-2017 18:43
  
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• Homecoming: Freed pastor returns to church in Canada

  13-08-2017 17:37
  Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim attended a Sunday morning service at the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Mississauga, Ont., just a day after arriving in Canada following more than two years of imprisonment in North Korea.
  
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• Police Investigating Bear Spray Incident at Saskatoon Ex dlvr.it/Pdn8c7 https://t.co/UALRT7uP9E

  13-08-2017 16:30
  
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  13-08-2017 15:55
  
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• Regina Man Facing Several Theft & Stolen Property Charges dlvr.it/PdmvT5 https://t.co/B9NokRVly2

  13-08-2017 15:55
  
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• RCMP Investigate Cumberland House Woman's Death, Man Charged dlvr.it/PdmvS7 https://t.co/ZdoQItoL1n

  13-08-2017 15:55
  
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  13-08-2017 15:55
  
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  13-08-2017 15:55
  
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  13-08-2017 15:55
  
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• Watch a timelapse video of the Perseid meteor shower

  13-08-2017 14:40
  Every July and August, as our planet passes through the trail of cosmic debris shed by the Comet Swift-Tuttle, earthlings are treated to celestial fireworks in the night sky.
  
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• Man accused of ramming protesters pictured with racist group

  13-08-2017 13:11
  The driver of a car accused of crashing into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia had been photographed hours earlier carrying the emblem of one of the hate groups that organized the "take America back" campaign.
  
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• Charlottesville crash suspect's ex-teacher says he idolized Hitler, Nazism

  13-08-2017 13:11
  The young man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting a white supremacist rally was fascinated with Nazism, idolized Adolf Hitler, and had been singled out by school officials in the 9th grade for his "deeply held, radical" convictions on race, a former high school teacher said Sunday.
  
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• Patios on Saskatoon's Broadway make already 'horrible' parking situation even worse: store manager

  13-08-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The general manager of Oliv Tasting Room on Broadway Avenue says the three parking patios that have popped up on the busy street this year are costing his store some business.
  
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• Patios on Broadway make already 'horrible' parking situation even worse: store manager

  13-08-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The general manager of Oliv Tasting Room on Broadway Avenue says the three parking patios that have popped up on the busy street this year are costing his store some business.
  
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• Hilltops feel right at home in Regina's new stadium

  13-08-2017 11:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  New season. New stadium. The outcome, however, was hardly novel.
  The Saskatoon Hilltops — winners of six of the past seven PFC and CJFL championships — kicked off the 2017 campaign Saturday by defeating the arch-rival Regina Thunder 37-20 before 1,947 spectators at the recently opened Mosaic Stadium.
  “I love it,” Hilltops quarterback Jordan Walls said of the $278-million facility. “It’s beautiful. It’s my first time in it, so I took it all in before the
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies quarterbacks plan on pushing each other this season

  13-08-2017 06:17 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Huskies starting quarterback Kyle Siemens knows that if he lets his foot off the gas pedal, Mason Nyhus will accelerate. Claire Hanna reports.
  
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• Huskies QB

  13-08-2017 06:17 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Huskies starting quarterback Kyle Siemens knows that if he lets his foot off the gas pedal, Mason Nyhus will accelerate. Claire Hanna reports.
  
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• Saskatoon DJ salutes hip-hop anniversary at Regina Folk Festival

  13-08-2017 05:42 via cbc.ca
  Sean Grant, aka Charly Hustle, shares his favourite hip-hop memories and talks about what he's looking forward to at this weekend's festival.
  
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• Canada's Denis Shapovalov loses in Rogers Cup semifinals

  13-08-2017 03:55
  Alexander Zverev ended a dream week for 18-year-old Canadian Denis Shapovalov with a 6-4, 7-5 victory in the semifinals of the Rogers Cup on Saturday night.
  
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• Drowning Stats

  13-08-2017 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Aug 12: Drowning deaths spike during the summer months and although the overall drowning numbers across Canada are declining, hundreds of people are still dying in our waters every year. Heather Yourex-West explains.
  
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• Global News at 6: August 12

  13-08-2017 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Saturday, August 12, 2017 edition of Global News at 6 with Angie Seth on Global Saskatoon.
  
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• 20th annual John Arcand Fiddle Fest keeps tradition alive

  13-08-2017 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  The John Arcand Fiddle Fest marked its 20th anniversary this weekend with a fiddle contest, workshops and cultural camps. Rebekah Lesko reports.
  
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• Popular swimming area near Regina shut down due to E. coli contamination

  13-08-2017 01:49 via globalnews.ca
  The man-made pond is currently shut down and the water is being drained after tests showed the pond was contaminated with E. coli.
  
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• Paraswimmer chosen as Sask.’s flagbearer for Canada Games closing ceremony

  13-08-2017 01:43 via globalnews.ca
  Team Saskatchewan announced that Shelby Newkirk will lead the province’s athletes as their flagbearer for the closing ceremony of the Canada Summer Games.
  
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• Saskatoon writers' group pens concerns about racism in Saskatchewan

  13-08-2017 01:25 via cbc.ca
  A writers’ group formed in response to provincial budget cuts in March turned its focus to racism in Saskatchewan on Saturday by penning letters to coincide with the anniversary of the Colten Boushie shooting.
  
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• Quinn Stevenson remembered in annual golf tournament

  13-08-2017 01:18
  Friends and family of Quinn Stevenson took to the links at the Willows Golf Club for the fourth annual Quinn Stevenson Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Saskatchewan's 'landless bands' fight for recognition, reconciliation

  13-08-2017 01:10 via cbc.ca
  Land designated to the Stoney Knoll Band in Treaty 6 was later given to Mennonite settlers. Now the Mennonite and Lutheran communities are working in partnership with the band's descendants toward a land settlement.
  
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• John Arcand Fiddle Festival celebrating 20th anniversary

  13-08-2017 00:52
  The John Arcand Fiddle Festival, showcasing Métis customs and traditions, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend in Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon looks for councillors' OK on another bus rapid transit planning contract

  13-08-2017 00:26 via cbc.ca
  On Monday, the city will ask councillors to OK a contract worth up to $350,000 for a Toronto-based company to plan the location and design of major terminals.
  
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• City looks for councillors' OK on another BRT-related planning contract

  13-08-2017 00:26 via cbc.ca
  On Monday the city will ask councillors to OK a contract worth up to $350,000 to a Toronto-based company plan the location and design of the major terminals.
  
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• 'Please just take them:' Faith institute in small Sask. town has 10,000 free books to give away

  13-08-2017 00:23 via cbc.ca
  The ultimate freebie post on Kijiji is catching attention in the Saskatoon area as a group in Bruno, Sask., is giving away thousands of free books.
  
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• Drowning deaths declining in every Canadian province except one

  13-08-2017 00:08 via globalnews.ca
  On a hot summer day, Canadians flock to the water but not everyone is doing so safely.  According to  Lifesaving Society Canada, hundreds of Canadians are still dying in preventable water related deaths every year.
  
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• Usain Bolt ends record-breaking career with injury

  13-08-2017 00:06
  Usain Bolt ended his stellar career in excruciating pain. The Jamaican great crumpled to the track with a left-leg injury as he was chasing a final gold medal for the Jamaican 4x100-meter relay team on Saturday at the world championships.
  
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