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• External investigation underway after RCMP officer shoots man on Deschambault Lake First Nation

  23-08-2017 23:50
  A Saskatchewan RCMP officer has been assigned to administrative duties and an independent investigation is underway after he shot a man on the Deschambault Lake First Nation.
  
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• 100 Years Later, Soldier Laid To Rest dlvr.it/Ph7rbd https://t.co/lxmC2Q5bnK

  23-08-2017 23:10
  
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• Inmate dies at Regina jail, probe looking at possible link to courthouse drug call

  23-08-2017 23:06 via cbc.ca
  The Ministry of Justice is investigating whether a death at the Regina Correctional Centre Wednesday morning and three inmates being taken to hospital from the provincial courthouse in Regina Tuesday are related.
  
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• Saskie Flavour to U-B-C Men's Hockey Recruits dlvr.it/Ph7X77 https://t.co/DubCkCLnya

  23-08-2017 22:36
  
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• Plan to arm Sask. vehicle enforcement officers 'means more Indigenous people in jail': FSIN

  23-08-2017 21:43 via cbc.ca
  The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says a Saskatchewan government plan to arm even more law enforcement officers in the province is "excessive" and will not help relations between officers and Indigenous people.
  
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• Riders look to ride wave of momentum coming off the bye and facing Eskimos

  23-08-2017 21:25
  It's been nearly two weeks since Ed Gainey and the Saskatchewan Roughriders last played.
  
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• Man tries to rob business with projector screen wearing unsuccessful disguise

  23-08-2017 21:10
  RCMP are asking for help for identifying a suspect who attempted to rob a business using a projector screen as a weapon while using clothing to unsuccessfully conceal his face.
  
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• Sask. budget update coming Friday

  23-08-2017 20:47 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Finance Minister Kevin Doherty says he will present a first-quarter budget update on Friday.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: clouds on way, nice temperatures here to stay

  23-08-2017 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  Wednesday will see beautiful blue skies and sunshine, as the warm temperatures continue in Saskatoon's weather forecast.
  
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• Sask. youth crime crackdown will backfire, says gang expert

  23-08-2017 20:39 via cbc.ca
  Harsher sentences will not decrease youth crime, says the founder of a program that's helped more than 450 young people leave gangs.
  
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• RCMP looking for man who attempted robbery armed with projector screen

  23-08-2017 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Battlefords RCMP have released surveillance photos in an attempt to identify a man who tried to rob a business armed with a projector screen on Tuesday.
  
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• Battlefords RCMP looking for attempted armed robbery suspect

  23-08-2017 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Battlefords RCMP have identified a man who tried to rob a North Battleford business early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Saskatchewan disappointed in Alberta’s beer tax appeal

  23-08-2017 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government says it's disappointed Alberta is appealing this summer's trade ruling against its incentive program for beer makers.
  
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• 'A forever type of repair': Saskatoon re-opens Saskatchewan Crescent after road collapse - CBC.ca

  23-08-2017 20:25 via cbc.ca
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  'A forever type of repair': Saskatoon re-opens Saskatchewan Crescent after road collapse
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  The City of Saskatoon has reopened a section of Saskatchewan Crescent after shifting land created a 50-metre-long crater last year. In April 2016, city workers closed down the street after shifting riverbank land slowly caused a massive hole in the ...
  
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• 'A forever type of repair': Saskatoon re-opens Saskatchewan Crescent after road collapse

  23-08-2017 20:22 via cbc.ca
  The City of Saskatoon has reopened a section of Saskatchewan Crescent after shifting land created a 50-metre-long crater last year.
  
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• Parks Minister leaving cabinet to pursue Sask. Party leadership

  23-08-2017 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Willowgrove MLA Ken Cheveldayoff will be launching his Saskatchewan Party leadership campaign on Monday.
  
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• Saskatoon kennel club raises funds for palliative care

  23-08-2017 20:17 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatoon Kennel and Obedience Club is raising funds for the palliative care unit at St. Paul's Hospital, which allows pets to visit their owners in their final days.
  
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• Sask. government says it's disappointed in Alberta beer tax appeal

  23-08-2017 20:07
  The Saskatchewan government says it will vigorously defend Canadian interests in an appeal involving a beer tax in Alberta.
  
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• Saskatchewan finance minister says budget update will come Friday

  23-08-2017 20:05
  Saskatchewan Finance Minister Kevin Doherty says he will present a first-quarter budget update on Friday.
  
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• SARM On Board With New Police Unit dlvr.it/Ph5yCy https://t.co/vrAx9q8Hm2

  23-08-2017 19:49
  
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• Canadians Don't Think Saskatoon is Safe dlvr.it/Ph5xyr https://t.co/lUfBHh0VKb

  23-08-2017 19:49
  
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• Review topics to be released for Energy East Pipeline, may include GHG emissions

  23-08-2017 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's national energy regulator is expected to release a list of topics later today to be considered in its review of the Energy East Pipeline.
  
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• Energy East pipeline review topics include upstream, downstream GHG emissions

  23-08-2017 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  The National Energy Board says the decision is based in part on 820 public submissions it received since last spring.
  
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• Energy East Pipeline review topics to be released, may include GHG emissions

  23-08-2017 18:59
  Canada's national energy regulator is expected to release a list of topics later today to be considered in its review of the Energy East Pipeline which could for the first time include broad consideration of upstream and downstream emissions.
  
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• Field of candidates now set for Saskatoon Fairview byelection

  23-08-2017 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  The candidate slate is set for the upcoming provincial byelection in Saskatoon Fairview.
  
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• Saskatoon ranked as fourth unsafe city in Canada: poll

  23-08-2017 18:23
  Canadians voted Saskatoon as the fourth unsafe city in the country, according to a new Mainstreet Research survey released Wednesday.
  
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• Scott Livingstone named CEO for new Saskatchewan health authority superboard

  23-08-2017 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  Scott Livingstone will be CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Authority when it launches later this fall.
  
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• 'Many things' have to change, says new Sask. health authority CEO Scott Livingstone

  23-08-2017 17:50 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan government has appointed Scott Livingstone, the current head of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, as the CEO of the province's soon-to-launch health super authority.
  
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• Cancer agency president Scott Livingstone named CEO of single Sask. health authority

  23-08-2017 17:50 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan government has appointed Scott Livingstone, the current head of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, as the CEO of the province's soon-to-launch health super board.
  
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• Hanging Up the Microphone After Almost Four Decades in Radio dlvr.it/Ph4Y3X https://t.co/mtC0pDHkY9

  23-08-2017 17:35
  
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• New head of provincial health region named

  23-08-2017 17:22
  The head of the province’s new health authority has been announced. Scott Livingstone has been named CEO of the new Saskatchewan Health Authority.
  
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• Police use Taser on robbery suspect

  23-08-2017 16:41
  A 41-year-old man has been charged after police used a Taser on a suspect on Tuesday evening.
  
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• Saskatoon police use Taser to subdue wanted man

  23-08-2017 16:38 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police used a Taser to subdue a man threatening to harm himself on Tuesday night.
  
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• Saskatoon police use stun gun to subdue wanted man

  23-08-2017 16:38 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police used a stun gun to subdue a man threatening to harm himself on Tuesday night.
  
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• Today's Schedule dlvr.it/Ph3rNT https://t.co/qetfUb4but

  23-08-2017 16:29
  
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• Investors in Battleford, Sask. renovating historic post office

  23-08-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Jackie Wilson talks with an investor who is renovating a historic post office in Battleford, Sask.
  
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• Investors in Battleford renovating historic post office

  23-08-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Jackie Wilson talks with an investor who is renovating a historic post office in Battleford, Sask.
  
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• Cities where Canadians feel most, least safe: poll

  23-08-2017 15:59 via globalnews.ca
  A poll released by Mainstreet Research/Postmedia on Wednesday ranked the Canadian cities in which Canadians feel the most and least safe.
  
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• Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning classes

  23-08-2017 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning has a number of new offerings this year as they get ready for the fall season.
  
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• A look ahead at CCMA Awards

  23-08-2017 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  The CCMA Awards are next month in Saskatoon. Global’s Jackie Wilson is joined by a guest to talk about some recent announcements.
  
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• Political columnist Jordon Cooper returns after cancer diagnosis

  23-08-2017 15:17 via cbc.ca
  Jordon Cooper says he's going to write for the Saskatoon StarPhoenix for as long as they will let him.
  
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• MS bike tour in Waskesiu

  23-08-2017 14:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is hosting a bike tour on Sept. 16 in Waskesiu.
  
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• City exploring ways to reduce property tax impact

  23-08-2017 14:47 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Saskatoon faces an expected $12-million shortfall in next year's budget.
  
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• Saskatoon Police Taser a Man dlvr.it/Ph2Snd https://t.co/eCr8VwtI2E

  23-08-2017 14:14
  
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• Battlefords RCMP Search for Suspect dlvr.it/Ph2SdZ https://t.co/0xGcOgryBq

  23-08-2017 14:14
  
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• Huskies take a shot on Nigerian soccer import Ekior-Dourde Mieyefa

  23-08-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Grass roots?
  Try dirt roads.
  Or a mix of sand and clay.
  “Pretty much stuff like that,” says Ekior-Dourde Mieyefa, his finger pointing to a long-jump pit at Griffiths Stadium in PotashCorp Park.
  “No grass. The weather was not good. Rain was always falling. So, most of the time we’d look for sand and play on the sand.”
  Growing up in southwestern Nigeria, Mieyefa would often kick the soccer ball around with friends, but it was never anything structured or formal.
  He wo
  
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• Cam Fuller: My ignorance of the eclipse was big enough to blot out the sun

  23-08-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Now I know what Bonnie Tyler was singing about in Total Eclipse of the Heart.
  “Once upon a time I was falling in loveBut now I’m only falling apartNothing I can doA total eclipse of the heart”
  I used to think it was a love song. But after experiencing Monday’s eclipse by not experiencing it whatsoever, what Bonnie Tyler is really singing about is disappointment on a cosmic scale.
  That’s certainly what I’m feeling. What a bust — the eclipse, I mean. 
  
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• Poll says Canadians think Regina is safer than Saskatoon; crime rate suggests reverse

  23-08-2017 13:59 via cbc.ca
  Canadians consider Regina to be safer than Saskatoon despite the Queen City having a higher crime rate, according the results of a new Mainstreet survey released Wednesday morning.
  
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• Semi driver who killed three Carrot River teens says he was on 'autopilot' before fatal crash

  23-08-2017 13:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  MELFORT — Crystal Gaja often finds herself standing at her window, waiting for her son to emerge from the trees on his way home for lunch — a routine she deeply misses since Justin was killed in a construction-zone collision.
  Through a victim impact statement, Lisa Skalicky said she had to leave her home because it reminded her of her son, Kristian.
  Shelley Enns said she can’t set foot in her town’s grocery store, where she went shopping with her son Carter just before he
  
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• Saskatoon's weather: Sunny; high 26 C, low 11 C

  23-08-2017 13:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Wednesday will be sunny, according to Environment Canada’s forecast.
  The forecast calls for a high of 26 C with a UV index of 7 or high.
  Overnight, it should be clear with a 20 kilometre per hour southeast wind. A low of 11 C is expected.
  
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