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• Punctured water main floods Central Avenue in Saskatoon

  14-08-2017 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Saskatoon says a contractor punctured a water main near Central Avenue and Garvie Road on Monday.
  
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• Punctured water main causes localized flooding in Silverspring

  14-08-2017 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  A contractor punctured a water main near Central Avenue and Garvie Road, causing localized flooding in Silverspring.
  
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• CFL denounces weekend violence in Virginia with launch of T-shirts

  14-08-2017 23:56
  Commissioner Randy Ambrosie said this weekend's violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., prompted the CFL to unveil a new line of T-shirts Sunday in Regina rather than later this fall.
  
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• Deaths in vehicles behind high Sask. drowning rate, says Lifesaving Society

  14-08-2017 23:46 via cbc.ca
  Deaths from drowning in vehicles that crash into water are the main reason Saskatchewan has one of Canada’s highest drowning rates by population, according to the Lifesaving Society of Saskatchewan.
  
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• People in Saskatoon neighbourhood angry, concerned by rash of fires - CBC.ca

  14-08-2017 23:34 via cbc.ca
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  People in Saskatoon's Massey Place neighbourhood are on edge after a string of property fires this month. Over the past month and a half, homeowners have watched as garbage cans and garages have gone up in flames. So far, no one has been caught in ...
  
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• People in Saskatoon neighbourhood angry, concerned by rash of fires

  14-08-2017 23:32 via cbc.ca
  People in Saskatoon's Massey Place neighbourhood are on edge after a string of property fires this month.
  
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• Battlefords RCMP charge 2 with impaired driving on same night

  14-08-2017 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  Battlefords RCMP say two people were charged with impaired driving on the same night this past weekend.
  
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• Battlefords RCMP arrest 2 alleged drunk drivers on same night

  14-08-2017 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  Battlefords RCMP say two alleged drunk drivers were arrested on the same night this past weekend.
  
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• DeLaet credits distraction of pain for best finish in a major

  14-08-2017 23:08 via cbc.ca
  A sore back left Graham DeLaet unsure if he'd even be able to tee off at the PGA Championship. Instead, he recorded one of the best performances of his career.
  
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• DeLaet overcomes back pain for strong PGA Championship

  14-08-2017 23:07
  A sore back left Graham DeLaet unsure if he'd even be able to tee off at the PGA Championship. Instead, he recorded one of the best performances of his career.
  
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• AIDS Saskatoon offers retreat for HIV-positive women in Sask.

  14-08-2017 22:43 via cbc.ca
  A new initiative launched by AIDS Saskatoon is working to help women living with HIV build a sense of community.
  
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• CFL 'Diversity is Strength' T-shirts released at Riders game after racial violence in U.S.

  14-08-2017 22:39 via cbc.ca
  The CFL made a statement Sunday by releasing planned 'Diversity is Strength' T-shirts weeks before their scheduled fall date. Players and coaches for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the B.C. Lions wore the shirts after racial violence erupted in Charlottesville, Va., on the weekend.
  
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• Driver purposely steers into French pizzeria, killing girl: police

  14-08-2017 22:15
  A man who may have been trying to kill himself rammed his car into a pizzeria east of Paris on Monday, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring her younger brother and at least 11 others, authorities said.
  
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• 1 girl dead, at least 5 injured after driver rams into restaurant near Paris

  14-08-2017 22:15
  Police say a 13-year-old girl was killed and her younger brother received life-threatening injuries when a driver steered his car into a pizzeria east of Paris.
  
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• U of S academic wins Indigenous business award

  14-08-2017 21:49 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business has handed out an award to a University of Saskatchewan academic who has dedicated years of work
  
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• Man charged with assaulting Battlefords RCMP officer

  14-08-2017 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Battlefords RCMP say a man started swinging a knife at officers who were responding to a break and enter.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: B.C. wildifre smoke affecting western Sask.

  14-08-2017 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  Special air quality statement for poor air quality and reduced visibility issued in parts of western Saskatchewan.
  
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• U of S Huskies name new chief athletics officer

  14-08-2017 21:08 via cbc.ca
  Shawn Burt has been named as Chief Athletics Officer for Huskies Athletics.
  
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• Attendance down slightly at 2017 Saskatoon Exhibition

  14-08-2017 20:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  Attendance at the 2017 Saskatoon Exhibition was virtually the same as one year ago, dropping by just two per cent.
  A total of 205,4087 people entered the gates during the six-day event, Prairieland Park announced Monday. Attendance was down two per cent — 4,575 people — compared to 2016. Final-day attendance on Sunday was 36,576, up three per cent year-over-year.
  “With much competition for leisure dollars, we are thankful to have the people of Saskatchewan choose our fair/event
  
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• Huskie Athletics introduces Shawn Burt as new chief athletics officer

  14-08-2017 20:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  Shawn Burt, the man now in charge of Huskie Athletics, comes to the University of Saskatchewan with a mandate to “elevate our program,” says the board of trustees’ chair.
  Burt was introduced Monday as Huskie Athletics’ new chief athletics officer, replacing outgoing athletic director Basil Hughton, who retired in June. Following a national search, the Huskie Athletics board of trustees approved a unanimous recommendation by the school’s hiring committee.
  Burt is sch
  
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• Team Saskatchewan brings home 35 medals from 2017 Canada Summer Games

  14-08-2017 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  After two weeks of intense competition at the Canada Summer Games, Team Saskatchewan returns home with 35 medals.
  
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• Good Hair Day: Capelli Salon Studio renovation

  14-08-2017 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  Capelli Salon Studio owner Alicia Soulier explains why now was the time to undergo renovations and what clients will experience.
  
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• Husky Energy to buy U.S. refinery for $435 million

  14-08-2017 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  A US$435-million deal to buy a refinery in Wisconsin will allow Husky Energy to match processing capacity with its growing heavy oil output while postponing a planned asphalt plant expansion in Alberta.
  
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• Photos: Hilltops vs Thunder

  14-08-2017 20:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Hilltops played against the Regina Thunder at Mosaic Stadium in Regina on August 12, 2017.
  
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• Photos: Fringe Festival closing weekend

  14-08-2017 20:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  The PotashCorp Fringe Theatre and Street Festival in Saskatoon wrapped up along Broadway Avenue on August 12, 2017. Here are some highlights from the weekend.
  
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• Limousines destroyed in Saskatoon fire

  14-08-2017 20:03
  Damage is estimated at $400,000 after a fire at a Saskatoon limousine service Sunday evening.
  
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• 'Out of a fairytale': Rare white moose captured on camera in Sweden

  14-08-2017 19:56
  With its hulking size and all-white appearance, a rare moose put on quite the show for one lucky man in Sweden on Friday.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Who is Robert Carignan?

  14-08-2017 19:52 via thestarphoenix.com
  People of Saskatoon now know Robert Carignan as the man in the wheelchair who was brutally beaten while out with his beloved dog, Molly. Some of us know him for far more. We know him as a son, a brother, a cousin, a colleague, a trusted friend. We know that inside his failing body is a caring, tender, friendly man with a quick wit and amazing sense of humour. We know him as a brilliant thinker, well read and extremely knowledgeable.
  My work colleague, he became my housemate. For three years he l
  
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• Suspect Accused of Choking Police Officer dlvr.it/Pf2Vw1 https://t.co/p9XxTuebdR

  14-08-2017 19:50
  
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  14-08-2017 19:50
  
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• Police bear sprayed, suspect arrested after accidentally bear spraying self

  14-08-2017 19:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 17-year-old has been charged with assaulting police officers after officers in pursuit of a boy were bear sprayed — minutes before the teen accidentally sprayed himself while on the roof of a house.
  According to Saskatoon police in a news release, the incident began Sunday around 11:10 p.m. when police saw a boy walking at the intersection of 21st Street West and Avenue P South. The boy matched the description of a suspect wanted in a robbery that happened earlier in the evening, althoug
  
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• Saskatoon taxi drivers call for emergency lights

  14-08-2017 19:38
  Saskatoon cab drivers are pushing for the city to allow flashing emergency lights on taxis.
  
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• Stunt driver dies in crash on 'Deadpool 2' set

  14-08-2017 19:24
  A female stunt driver working on the movie 'Deadpool 2' has died after a crash on a set for the film in downtown Vancouver.
  
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• Special air quality statement in western Sask. for smoke from B.C. fires

  14-08-2017 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  Special air quality statement for poor air quality and reduced visibility issued in parts of western Saskatchewan.
  
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• Letters to the editor: Aug. 14, 2017

  14-08-2017 19:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  Once known as the City of Bridges
  Saskatoon was known as the City of Bridges; however, it may well soon be known as the City of Walls.
  Have you noticed while bouncing along our uneven and in some cases still pothole filled roads in your vehicle the number of (sound barrier) walls already erected and in many cases being erected in our city?
  Take the time to find and observe the walls and come to your own conclusion, a positive look that enhances our city or an ugly expensive eye sore.
  Hundreds bu
  
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• Collective Voice: Not everyone has a nuclear family

  14-08-2017 18:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Grade 9 students in the Collective Voice program at Aden Bowman Collegiate share their lives and opinions through columns. Selected columns run each Monday in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
  Living in two houses can be exhausting — every week, packing up your stuff and going back and forth, for years probably. That’s the reality for half of North American kids, according to Children-and-Divorce.com.
  I am among the 25 per cent of kids who get to see two sets of parents divorce. In this col
  
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• Tank: Wall departure creates more uncertainty for Sask. cities

  14-08-2017 18:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  For a politician with a rural base, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall might well have been remembered as a champion for the province’s cities.
  Then came this year’s budget, likely the last with Wall as premier.
  His Saskatchewan Party government got effusive praise from the province’s municipalities for introducing in its first term a formula to give them 20 per cent of revenues from the provincial sales tax (PST).
  For municipal governments, this meant a financial certainty they ha
  
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• Ed Gainey's three first-half interceptions lift Riders over Lions 41-8

  14-08-2017 18:53
  Ed Gainey won't forget his most recent CFL performance. And neither will Jonathon Jennings.
  
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• City Committee to Look at Green Cart Program dlvr.it/Pf1tfm https://t.co/QG2TCKwnNS

  14-08-2017 18:45
  
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• Man charged with choking Prince Albert police officer

  14-08-2017 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  A man has been charged with choking a Prince Albert police officer.
  
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• Back-to-school spending will increase this year: poll

  14-08-2017 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  Back-to-school can really take its toll on parent's wallets; here are some tips to help avoid breaking the bank.
  
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• Saskatoon activists plan vigil for Charlottesville anti-racism protesters - CBC.ca

  14-08-2017 17:47 via cbc.ca
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  Saskatoon activists plan vigil for Charlottesville anti-racism protesters
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  A group of activists in Saskatoon are planning a vigil Monday night for anti-racism protesters in Virginia. On Saturday, one woman was killed and 19 people injured after a car smashed into a group of protesters. A 20-year-old man has been arrested in ...
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  14-08-2017 17:47 via cbc.ca
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  A group of activists in Saskatoon are planning a vigil Monday night for anti-racism protesters in Virginia.
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• Saskatoon activists plan vigil for Charlottesville anti-racism protesters

  14-08-2017 17:46 via cbc.ca
  A group of activists in Saskatoon are planning a vigil Monday night for anti-racism protesters in Virginia.
  
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• Saskatoon activists hold vigil for Charlottesville anti-racism protesters

  14-08-2017 17:46 via cbc.ca
  A group of activists in Saskatoon held a vigil Monday night for anti-racism protesters in Virginia.
  
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• Lisa McCallum declared Métis Nation-Saskatchewan secretary following recount

  14-08-2017 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  Lisa McCallum has been confirmed as the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan secretary following a judicial recount.
  
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• Fentanyl pills, cocaine seized by Saskatoon police - Globalnews.ca

  14-08-2017 17:30 via globalnews.ca
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  Fentanyl pills, cocaine seized by Saskatoon police
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  14-08-2017 17:30 via globalnews.ca
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  Saskatoon police seize fentanyl pills, cocaine from pair reported to be unconscious in a vehicle.
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• Fentanyl pills, cocaine seized by Saskatoon police

  14-08-2017 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police seize fentanyl pills, cocaine from pair reported to be unconscious in a vehicle.
  
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• Bumblebee colonies at risk of extinction after pesticide exposure: study

  14-08-2017 17:11
  A widely used pesticide is placing bumblebee populations at an increased risk of extinction, a new study from an Ontario researcher suggests.
  
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