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• Teachers at Saskatoon's new P3 schools must apply for permission to put nails in walls

  30-08-2017 23:59 via cbc.ca
  A new policy at Saskatoon's P3 joint-use school sites requires teachers to request permission to penetrate the walls of their classroom with nails or other objects when decorating their rooms.
  
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• Bill Boyd facing several environmental charges

  30-08-2017 23:34
  Just two days before he retires from politics, it has been revealed that Bill Boyd is facing several environmental related charges.
  
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• Word on the Street

  30-08-2017 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  On Sunday September 24th renowned Canadian authors will be speaking on Broadway.
  
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• City of Saskatoon to fix transit users’ ‘Bus Stop Blues’

  30-08-2017 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  The “Bus Stop Blues” campaign aims at repairing and improving bus stops in Saskatoon that are unsafe or deteriorating.
  
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• RCMP investigating shooting on Muskoday First Nation

  30-08-2017 22:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 22-year-old man was taken to Prince Albert hospital after being shot at a home on a nearby reserve.
  Prince Albert RCMP responded Tuesday around 3 a.m. after receiving a call from emergency responders at a home on Muskoday First Nation, RCMP said in a news release. Emergency crews transported the man to Victoria Hospital with what were believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
  The investigation is continuing. No arrests were immediately made.
  Muskoday First Nation is approximately 25 kilome
  
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• Anonymous helpers paint over racial slurs scrawled on Saskatoon Chinese restaurant

  30-08-2017 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Over the weekend, someone spray-painted racial slurs on the outside of the Taste of Excellence Chinese restaurant in Saskatoon. A few days, two anonymous people came by the restaurant to help paint them over.
  
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• Sask. reconsidering legislation allowing part of a Crown corp to be sold

  30-08-2017 21:53
  Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the government is reconsidering legislation that would allow it to sell up to 49 per cent of a Crown corporation.
  
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  30-08-2017 21:23
  
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  30-08-2017 21:23
  
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• Turtle found walking in Saskatoon's Broadway area

  30-08-2017 21:22
  “Turtle found” posters were seen downtown Saskatoon, after a woman spotted the creature walking outside of her apartment.
  
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• Turtle found walking downtown Saskatoon

  30-08-2017 21:22
  “Turtle found” posters were seen downtown Saskatoon, after a woman spotted the creature walking outside of her apartment.
  
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• 'It's an admission of failure': Sask. chief, academic unsure about Indigenous Affairs ministry split

  30-08-2017 21:15 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Tribal Chief Felix Thomas and University of Saskatchewan Professor Bonita Beatty weigh on on the decision to split the federal Ministry of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
  
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• Saskatoon tech firm lands $4.3M boost from American investor

  30-08-2017 20:50 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon tech company that works to help restaurants streamline their business just received a big boost in the form of a $4.3 million investment.
  
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• Portion of 22nd Street East being closed overnight for resurfacing

  30-08-2017 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  A portion of 22nd Street East will be closed overnight for the next three nights for resurfacing.
  
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  30-08-2017 20:17
  
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• Man shot on Muskoday First Nation

  30-08-2017 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  A man suffered what Prince Albert RCMP believe are non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting on the Muskoday First Nation.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: prime fire weather; hot, windy end to August

  30-08-2017 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Hot end to August as sizzling 30 degree hot dry weather continues in Saskatoon's forecast, but changes move in to start September.
  
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• Sask. Premier Brad Wall announces cabinet shuffle

  30-08-2017 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Brad Wall has announced a cabinet shuffle on Wednesday replacing 5 ministers who are now vying for Wall’s job.
  
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• Saskatoon is home to one of football's first "MVP's" dlvr.it/Pjh1yJ https://t.co/YERjnKEOTC

  30-08-2017 19:11
  
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• Former Saskatchewan principal who changed daughter's grades loses appeal

  30-08-2017 19:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  A former Saskatchewan principal whose teaching license was suspended after she was found guilty of changing her daughter’s grades has lost her appeal.
  Kimberley Sautner, who was the principal of Wolseley High School from 2006 to 2014, had argued there was insufficient evidence for the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation to find her guilty of professional misconduct and said a six-month suspension of her teaching licence was “excessive.”
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• Saskatchewan man who attacked Marlene Bird, set her on fire, not declared dangerous offender

  30-08-2017 19:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  PRINCE ALBERT — Leslie Black, the Saskatchewan man who viciously beat homeless woman Marlene Bird before setting her on fire, will not be declared a dangerous offender.
  A judge ruled Wednesday that Leslie Black will not get the designation which would have kept him in prison indefinitely.
  Black pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the sexual assault of Marlene Bird, who was attacked in Prince Albert in 2014. Her injuries were so serious both legs had to be amputated and she lost much of h
  
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• Premier Brad Wall shuffles cabinet

  30-08-2017 19:01
  Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has shuffled his cabinet.
  
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• No privacy breach when employers watched video of bus driver's shift: privacy commissioner

  30-08-2017 18:59 via cbc.ca
  A fired Saskatoon Transit driver did not have his privacy violated when his employers decided to watch surveillance video of his entire shift, says Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner.
  
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• Kirby Dach ready to shine for the Saskatoon Blades

  30-08-2017 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Blades rookie Kirby Dach has set lofty goals for himself heading into his first full season with the team.
  
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• Busy Time for Criminal Record Checks

  30-08-2017 18:49 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service would like to provide information to the public in anticipation of a rise in the demand for Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Checks.Increasingly both employers and volunteer organizations require the checks as part of the recruiting process.  Each year the SPS processes thousands of checks, and at times line-ups can be long.  To help alleviate delays the SPS offers criminal record checks online.  More information can be found by visiting http
  
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• Judge rules Leslie Black not a dangerous offender after Marlene Bird attack

  30-08-2017 18:35
  A Prince Albert judge has dismissed a dangerous offender application for a man who violently attacked Marlene Bird three years ago.
  
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• ‘He’ll do that to somebody else’: Bird reacts to attacker not getting dangerous offender status

  30-08-2017 18:35
  A Prince Albert judge has dismissed a dangerous offender application for a man who violently attacked Marlene Bird three years ago.
  
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• Rush soon to have Southern Cal company dlvr.it/PjgfBx https://t.co/HE36fHFdQp

  30-08-2017 18:34
  
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• Premier Brad Wall announces cabinet shuffle

  30-08-2017 18:33 via cbc.ca
  Premier Brad Wall is announcing a cabinet shuffle in Regina this morning.
  
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• Doherty out of Finance, 4 new faces in Sask. cabinet

  30-08-2017 18:33 via cbc.ca
  Premier Brad Wall announced five new cabinet ministers in Regina this morning.
  
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• Saskatoon city council votes to develop user-pay garbage collection model

  30-08-2017 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  Majority of Saskatoon city council votes in favour of developing a user-pay model for garbage collection.
  
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• Photos: Roadside memorial honouring Van de Vorst family

  30-08-2017 18:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  A roadside memorial sign from the province honouring the Van de Vorst family was unveiled on August 29, 2017 at the site where the young family was killed by a drunk driver in January 2016.
  
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• Saskatchewan man who attacked woman, set her on fire not dangerous offender

  30-08-2017 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatchewan judge has ruled that Leslie Black, who attacked a woman and then set her on fire, is not a dangerous offender.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Handicapped parking overlooked

  30-08-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The city has bike lanes for the 20 or so entitled few who chose to ride their bikes downtown. For those people, Mayor Charlie Clark and his gang have screwed up traffic and truly believe it was to be inclusive for the bikers. Yahoo. Let’s be inclusive with handicapped people. There are NO handicapped places to park downtown.
  I am handicapped and it is a crap shoot if I find a place to park within a block or three of where you want to be. Get rid of Fourth Avenue bike lanes and give us a pl
  
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• Child hit by vehicle in Prince Albert, no charges laid

  30-08-2017 17:47
  A child was taken to hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Prince Albert.
  
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• Man arrested after being rescued from South Sask. River

  30-08-2017 17:44
  A 37-year-old man was rescued from the South Saskatchewan River on Tuesday night, and then charged by police in connection with a theft.
  
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• Working With Seniors Video Launch

  30-08-2017 17:43 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
                                          Working With Seniors                               Serving Older Adults with Respect in an Emergency Members of the media are invited to the launch a new training video aimed at enhancing community safety
  
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• Op-ed by Premier Brad Wall: Beware the slippery slope of removing historic names

  30-08-2017 17:23 via thestarphoenix.com
  By Premier Brad Wall
  For what they are worth, I offer words of caution to the group of Ontario teachers and perhaps others who apparently wish to remove Sir John A. Macdonald’s name from schools.
  John A. Macdonald used the word ‘savages’ to describe Aboriginal peoples. What is so unacceptable as to be obscene today was tragically the stuff of daily parlance then. It is a terrible but undeniable feature of our history that dims any light that shines on the memory of our first pr
  
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• New Saskatoon joint-use schools will allow other schools to ‘reinvent themselves’

  30-08-2017 17:12 via globalnews.ca
  Two new schools opening in Hampton Village are part of 18 joint-use schools opening in Saskatchewan for the upcoming school year.
  
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• General evacuation order issued for Pelican Narrows as wildfire smoke intensifies

  30-08-2017 17:02
  A general evacuation order has now been issued for the community of Pelican Narrows as a result of smoke from wildfires in the area.
  
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• Woman showered with kindness after theft of motorized scooter wants to send extra scooter to Marlene Bird

  30-08-2017 16:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  After Tricia Mills’ motorized scooter was stolen this summer, Saskatoon residents “bombarded” her with support.
  Thanks to generous donations and attention drawn to her plight, the 63-year-old woman — who has struggled to get around since undergoing multiple pelvis reconstructions — went from having no scooter to having three.
  She gave one to her neighbour, Robert Carignan, who made headlines last month after he was pulled from his motorized chair in downtown Saskato
  
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• Special air quality statement for central and northern Saskatchewan

  30-08-2017 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  A special air quality statement for extremely poor air quality is in place for much of central and northern Saskatchewan.
  
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  30-08-2017 16:23
  
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  30-08-2017 16:23
  
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• StarPhoenix daily update for Aug. 30, 2017

  30-08-2017 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Sask. Party leadership candidates open campaigns with appeal to rural supporters
  The candidates vying to replace Brad Wall a leader of the Saskatchewan Party have been quick to appeal to the party’s traditional base of support by establishing their rural and agricultural credentials, but the heads of two powerful organizations representing farmers and ru
  
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• Décor and Design: dealing with expanding reno projects

  30-08-2017 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  Vanessa from Metric Design in Saskatoon explains how homeowners can deal with an expanding renovation projects.
  
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• RMs of Vanscoy and Montrose under fire ban

  30-08-2017 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  A fire ban is in place for the RMs of Vanscoy and Montrose.
  
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• Saskatoon Fairview Saskatchewan Party candidate Cameron Scott

  30-08-2017 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  Cameron Scott is running for the Saskatchewan Party in the upcoming Saskatoon Fairview byelection.
  
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• Pelican Narrows under mandatory evacuation order, 'aggressive' fire activity expected to continue

  30-08-2017 15:16 via cbc.ca
  Provincial officials estimate another 1,100 people will be leaving the community Wednesday, after 450 people with health concerns were driven to Saskatoon Tuesday.
  
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• Pelican Narrows, Sask. issues mandatory evacuation order as forest fire approaches

  30-08-2017 15:16 via cbc.ca
  Provincial officials estimate another 1,100 people will be leaving the community Wednesday, after 450 people with health concerns were driven to Saskatoon Tuesday.
  
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