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• Bridges cover story: Laura Budd uses her own story to help others

  18-08-2017 23:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  Laura Budd spent more than four decades hiding her true identity from the world. Now she works to help others feel safe expressing who they really are.
  “I want to help the many other people that don’t feel yet they are ready to share their story to get ready,” she says.
  Born with male biology, Budd knew early on she didn’t fit the mold assigned to boys. She struggled for many years with anxiety and depression. She attempted suicide three times.
  “It’s like carr
  
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• Man charged after late night multiple vehicle collision on Circle Drive

  18-08-2017 23:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 55-year-old man is charged with drunk driving after a chain-reaction collision late Thursday night.
  Around 11:20 p.m., emergency crews were called to the 11th Street exit ramp heading South on Circle Drive.
  Four passenger vehicles were involved in the collision, containing 10 passengers in total. Three vehicles were stopped waiting for a train to pass through the intersection at 11th Street when a truck came up behind them and collided with the rear of the one vehicle, causing a chain reaction
  
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• Sask. NDP calls on RCMP to investigate Bill Boyd

  18-08-2017 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan NDP has formally requested that the RCMP investigate what they’re calling Bill Boyd’s “potentially fraudulent immigration and economic opportunities” stemming from a trip to China in March 2017.
  
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  18-08-2017 22:50
  
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  18-08-2017 22:13
  
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• It's a Driving Culture Says Shuttle Operator as They Suspend Service dlvr.it/Pg25qV https://t.co/nKCBPvZmIr

  18-08-2017 22:13
  
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• Weekend Traffic Advisory

  18-08-2017 22:00 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service is advising motorists to keep in mind a number of events occurring in the city this weekend which may affect traffic flow.Traffic volumes will be high around Prairieland Park with 18 of the 22 pavilions stationed there.  Please allow ample time to travel in the area.  Also on this weekend is Rock 102's Show and Shine Weekend.  The Sunday Show and Shine event will be held downtown and will mean a number of restrictions for motorists trying to acces
  
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• Saskatoon police locate truck linked to 3rd homicide of the year

  18-08-2017 21:43 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police have found and seized a black Nissan truck that they believe is linked to a recent homicide in the city.
  
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• Prince Albert police pepper spray man resisting arrest

  18-08-2017 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  Police said they had to pepper spray a man resisting arrest during a stolen vehicle investigation.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: cold front dunks daytime highs back down

  18-08-2017 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  Daytime highs get dunked back down by a cold front in Saskatoon’s weather forecast to kick off the weekend.
  
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• Province-wide campaign aims to find homes for 500 animals

  18-08-2017 21:01
  Animal shelters across Saskatchewan are joining forces to find new families for pets this summer.
  
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• Officers camp out on roof to raise money for Special Olympics

  18-08-2017 21:00
  A pair of correction officers will spend their weekend camped out on a roof in Saskatoon to raise money for Special Olympics Saskatchewan.
  
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• Charges laid after truck causes chain-reaction crash at train crossing

  18-08-2017 20:57
  A Saskatoon man is facing impaired driving charges after a four-vehicle crash Thursday night.
  
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• Canadian terrorism threat level unchanged despite global unrest

  18-08-2017 20:57 via cbc.ca
  In the wake of several deadly extremist attacks around the globe, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Canada's national terrorism threat level remains at medium, where it's been since 2014.
  
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• Sexual assault suspect has noticeable forehead injury: Saskatoon police

  18-08-2017 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  Man with noticeable forehead injury wanted by Saskatoon police in sexual assault.
  
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• Wanuskewin Heritage Park offers immersive events to teach about First Nations culture

  18-08-2017 20:09 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon's Wanuskewin Heritage Park will be holding its first Culture Week this year to bring people together through First Nations culture, a spokesperson said.
  
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• Amid racial tensions, Wanuskewin Heritage Park reaches out

  18-08-2017 20:09 via cbc.ca
  There will be no powwow this year at Saskatoon’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park. Instead, Wanuskewin is holding its first Culture Week in an effort to bring people closer together.
  
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• Bill Boyd's business trip to China referred to conflict of interest commissioner

  18-08-2017 19:58
  The Saskatchewan New Democrats has called for an investigation into Saskatchewan Party MLA Bill Boyd's trip to China earlier this year.
  
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• Saskatoon woman calls for stricter regulations of truck height after collision - CBC.ca

  18-08-2017 19:52 via cbc.ca
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  Saskatoon woman calls for stricter regulations of truck height after collision
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  A Saskatoon woman is calling for stricter regulations on the height of trucks within city limits after a collision left her car totalled and a tall bumper nearly struck her head. Larissa Demerais experienced the near-fatal moment when the driver of a ...
  
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• Public invited to weigh in on proposed 5% SaskPower increase

  18-08-2017 19:48 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel is inviting citizens to give their comments on a proposed SaskPower rate increase.
  
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• 'Angry and sad': Woman shocked after shopper starts swearing, using racist slurs in Martensville store

  18-08-2017 19:45 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon-area woman says she was frightened but stood up to the man as an example for her two children, who were with her at the store.
  
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• Meter previously inspected by SaskPower catches fire: Crown

  18-08-2017 19:34
  SaskPower says they are under a tight deadline to recheck and replace 426 meters in Regina by Monday after another fire.
  
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• Saskatchewan’s inflation rate edges up in July

  18-08-2017 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  The annual inflation rate edges up slightly in Saskatchewan during July.
  
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• Public Safety Minister Says Extremists Live Here Too dlvr.it/Pg0b8N https://t.co/JlcRkYPRIS

  18-08-2017 19:31
  
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• Sask. NDP calling on RCMP to investigate Bill Boyd's possible misrepresentation in biz activities

  18-08-2017 19:25 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan NDP opposition is formally asking the RCMP to investigate Bill Boyd's involvement in a Chinese immigration scheme — a venture highlighted in a CBC iTeam investigation earlier this week.
  
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• Sask. NDP call for RCMP, CBSA to investigate Bill Boyd's involvement in Chinese immigration scheme

  18-08-2017 19:25 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan NDP opposition is formally asking the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to investigate Bill Boyd's involvement in a Chinese immigration scheme — a venture highlighted in a CBC iTeam investigation earlier this week.
  
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• Bill Boyd should release raw video of China presentation: ethics expert

  18-08-2017 19:25 via cbc.ca
  Democracy Watch spokesman Duff Conacher says there's an easy way for Saskatchewan MLA Bill Boyd to clear the air about a business presentation he made in China — release the video.
  
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• Editorial: Dashboard cameras long overdue

  18-08-2017 19:23 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two years after purchasing the equipment, Saskatchewan RCMP are just now finishing up a pilot project with the aim of getting dashboard cameras into all patrol cars in the province.
  It’s been a slow, somewhat strange process. The cameras have been sitting in the vehicles in an inoperable state. A procurement audit published by the force in March 2015 concluded that the RCMP concentrated on acquiring the systems and did not pay enough attention to how recorded footage would be stored. Audit
  
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• Sexual assault victim fights away hammer from suspect, strikes him in forehead

  18-08-2017 19:14
  Saskatoon police say a suspect at large after a sexual assault early Friday morning is sporting a “noticeable” forehead injury.
  
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• White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is out

  18-08-2017 18:53
  Steve Bannon, a forceful but divisive presence in U.S. President Donald Trump's White House, is leaving.
  
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• Trump's chief strategist Bannon is out, sources say

  18-08-2017 18:53
  White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is leaving his White House post.
  
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• Steve Bannon pushed out of White House, heads back to Breitbart

  18-08-2017 18:53
  Steve Bannon, the blunt-spoken and divisive strategist who rose from Donald Trump's conservative campaign to a top White House post, was pushed out by the president Friday. He is now back at the website Breitbart News.
  
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• Driver involved in four-vehicle crash charged with impaired driving

  18-08-2017 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police have charged a driver involved in a four-vehicle crash with impaired driving.
  
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  18-08-2017 18:20
  
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• Hazardous Waste Day Tomorrow dlvr.it/PfzsPy https://t.co/VME7aooDes

  18-08-2017 18:20
  
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• Woman fights off sexual assailant with hammer in Saskatoon home ... - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  18-08-2017 18:15 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Woman fights off sexual assailant with hammer in Saskatoon home ...
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  A woman was sexually and physically assaulted in her Saskatoon home before hitting the assailant in the head with a hammer during a struggle. Officers were ...
  Sexual assault suspect has noticeable forehead injury: Saskatoon ...Globalnews.ca
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• Woman fights off sexual assailant with hammer in Saskatoon home

  18-08-2017 18:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  A woman was sexually and physically assaulted in her Saskatoon home before hitting the assailant in the head with a hammer during a struggle.
  Officers were called to a home in the 3200 block of McGill Street in the College Park neighbourhood on Friday around 5:30 a.m. after a report of the assault, police said in a news release. Two female residents of the home told police that an unknown male entered the residence and “physically and sexually assaulted one of the women.” The wo
  
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• Letter of the Day: Diefenbaker statue celebrates folklore

  18-08-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  When I was seven or eight years old, John Diefenbaker, then the prime minister of Canada, offered to buy me an ice-cream cone at the Central Fruit and Candy Kitchen in downtown Prince Albert.
  In 100 or so years, long after the statue has been erected and I have been returned to dust, I’m now wondering if some pompous academic will come along, demand its removal and accuse me of a whopper.
  It’s called folklore, and I see nothing wrong with memorializing it.
  By the way, please don&rsqu
  
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• Sexual Assault - Search for Suspect - 3200 block McGill Street

  18-08-2017 17:47 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are currently searching for a suspect believed to be involved in an early morning sexual assault.The suspect is described as a male, between the ages of 18 and 20, Indigenous, 6’ tall, with shaggy dark hair and a noticeable injury to his forehead.  He was believed to have been wearing a black t-shirt, skinny jeans, and black or red shoes. At approximately 5:30 a.m., August 18, 2017, Police were called to a home in the 3200 block of McGill Street.  Two female
  
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• Far-right, anti-racist groups plan duelling protests Sunday in Quebec City

  18-08-2017 17:14
  An anti-fascist group is organizing a counter-protest against a demonstration in Quebec City on Sunday that is being planned by a far-right group.
  
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• Multiple Vehicle Collision - Impaired Driving Charge - 11th Street West and Circle Drive

  18-08-2017 17:08 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 55 year old Saskatoon man is facing charges following a multiple vehicle collision last night.At approximately 11:00 p.m. August 17, 2017, police were called to the collision at Circle Drive and 11th Street.  Three vehicles had been stopped and waiting for a train when a fourth vehicle, a Dodge Ram pick-up, failed to stop and created a chain reaction collision.  Several people were inside the vehicles at the time.  There were no life threatening injuries reported. The drive
  
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• Peak Millennials and Housing dlvr.it/Pfynkl https://t.co/cdbrcSCrPA

  18-08-2017 16:43
  
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• Preserving Indigenous languages

  18-08-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  Arif Virani, the parliamentary secretary to the minister of Canadian heritage, is in Saskatoon to discuss preserving Indigenous languages.
  
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  18-08-2017 16:11
  
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• Thursday's Scoreboard dlvr.it/PfyRKZ https://t.co/BFdhpaECBy

  18-08-2017 16:11
  
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• Police Find Truck Seen at 2017's 3rd Homicide dlvr.it/PfyRZR https://t.co/sYVlh1gWM3

  18-08-2017 16:11
  
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• Demand eclipses supply for protective glasses for safe solar eclipse viewing

  18-08-2017 16:10 via cbc.ca
  Andy Kahrmann, spokesman for Vancouver-based retailer London Drugs, said the chain sold thousands of pairs and B.C.'s Lower Mainland and Saskatchewan were the first to sell out.
  
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• Solar eclipse viewing options

  18-08-2017 16:06 via globalnews.ca
  “You look like a dork but it works.” Tim Yaworski explains different ways to view the solar eclipse.
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for August 18, 2017

  18-08-2017 16:03 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Province backtracks on plan to cut funding to community health organizations
  The Saskatchewan government is backtracking on a planned 10 per cent funding cut to community-based organizations such as mobile crisis services, detox facilities and youth centres. Health Minister Jim Reiter says the province has decided after a review that it’s not the right m
  
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• Judge OKs hardship fund for ex-Sears Canada employees

  18-08-2017 15:51
  A judge has approved a hardship fund for former Sears Canada employees that will come from a pool of money set aside to pay bonuses for key employees.
  
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