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• Moose calf tranquilized outside Winnipeg stadium before CFL game

  09-09-2017 23:48
  There's not much that can stop a football team, let alone two of them, but a roaming moose nearly delayed kickoff for the sold-out Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg on Saturday.
  
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• Darrin Lamoureux steps down as leader of Saskatchewan Liberals

  09-09-2017 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  Darrin Lamoureux announced Saturday to party members that he is stepping down at the Saskatchewan Liberal convention.
  
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• Sask. Liberal Party leader stepping down

  09-09-2017 22:36
  Darrin Lamoureaux announced on Saturday that he is stepping down as leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party.
  
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• Doreen Moosewaypayo ID’d as woman killed in gravel truck collision

  09-09-2017 21:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Pleasant Hill family is grieving the loss of their mother, grandmother and aunt after a woman on a scooter was hit and killed by a gravel truck Friday afternoon. The victim was rushed to hospital, but later died from her injuries.
  Stacey Moosewaypayo confirmed Saturday morning that the 55-year-old victim was her aunt Doreen Moosewaypayo.
  Saskatoon police say the collision happened around 2 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Avenue F and 20th Street. Doreen lived just two blocks away at Avenu
  
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• Roughriders look to put controversies aside in Banjo Bowl rematch

  09-09-2017 20:21
  Andrew Harris sent some medical advice to one of his Saskatchewan rivals this week.
  
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• Sask.-based producer wins CCMA studio of the year award

  09-09-2017 20:12 via cbc.ca
  Behind all great musicians are people working to make the performers sound their best. One Saskatoon-based producer has been recognized at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards for just that: he’s taken home the recording studio of the year prize.
  
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• Blue Bombers, Roughriders look to put controversies aside in Banjo Bowl rematch

  09-09-2017 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Last week's 38-24 win by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Labour Day Classic featured controversies on and off the field.
  
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• Edmonton man threatened with defamation lawsuit after negative Google review

  09-09-2017 19:56
  An Edmonton man who left a negative Google review about a local tech company has been threatened with a six-figure lawsuit if he doesn’t take down what he wrote.
  
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• Saskatoon Fairview byelection: Vicki Mowat wins. Now what? - Globalnews.ca

  09-09-2017 19:34
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  Saskatoon Fairview byelection: Vicki Mowat wins. Now what?
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  WATCH ABOVE: It's back to work for Vicki Mowat after bringing the NDP to victory, dominating the vote count and defeating the Sask Party in the Saskatoon Fairview byelection. Meaghan Craig reports.
  Voter turnout low for Saskatoon Fairview byelectionSaskatoon StarPhoenixall 4 news articles »
  
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• Saskatoon country music fans get free sampling of 2017 award nominees at Saturday's FanFest - CBC.ca

  09-09-2017 19:08
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  Saskatoon country music fans get free sampling of 2017 award nominees at Saturday's FanFest
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  Country music fans in Saskatoon, grab your finest cowboy hat. Several 2017 Canadian Country Music Association award nominees are taking to the stage Saturday at a free concert event at Prairieland Park, in the lead-up to Sunday night's awards show.
  'Creating the next country star': Jess Moskaluke presents music grant to Saskatoon schoolGlobalnews.caall 2 news articles »
  
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• Senior Care Homes Celebrating Grandparents Day Sunday dlvr.it/PltwzZ https://t.co/dpRhtHUVYK

  09-09-2017 19:06
  
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• Lower By-Election Voter Turnout Continued in Saskatoon-Fairview Vote dlvr.it/Pltx12 https://t.co/gO0zSETW9v

  09-09-2017 19:06
  
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• 74 Year Old Senior Taking Part in CrossFit Competition dlvr.it/PltwsH https://t.co/6ugwwIpqGK

  09-09-2017 19:06
  
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• Saskatoon country music fans get free sampling of 2017 award nominees at Saturday's FanFest

  09-09-2017 19:05 via cbc.ca
  Several 2017 Canadian Country Music Association award nominees are taking to the stage at a free concert event at Prairieland Park Saturday afternoon, in the lead-up to Sunday night's awards show.
  
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• Saskatchewan to survey public on recreational reefer rollout

  09-09-2017 19:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan’s provincial government is asking residents for feedback on how it should distribute recreational marijuana.
  The consultations, which will happen in the form of an online, anonymous survey, were announced the same day the Ontario government rolled out its plan to have a new branch of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario handle its sale of recreational marijuana.
  The survey will address age limits on cannabis sales, public consumption, cannabis taxation and a suite of other
  
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• New Faces New Places: Northland Agronomy offering producers an edge when it comes to crop production

  09-09-2017 18:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan is still very much an agriculturally-based province.
  That’s why Paul Tastad and the group at Northland Agronomy have had so much to do this summer.
  Northland Agronomy is a business born out of necessity in many ways, as producers are often seeking an edge when it comes to their crop production and Northland is able to provide independent advice, crop consulting and soil sampling. Tastad says Northlands can provide a keen eye for farmers in the never-ending pursuit of better yi
  
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• Sask. wildfire evacuees rally government to allow them to aid in firefight

  09-09-2017 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  The wildfire threat continues in northern Saskatchewan, frustrating those who are going into their third week of being evacuated.
  
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• CCMA Legends Show fields bumper crop of talent

  09-09-2017 18:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  There was no better blending of location and occasion than Friday night’s CCMA Legends Concert.
  Talented musicians from Newfoundland to British Columbia came together for a decidedly Saskie-flavoured event.
  It started with our own Hunter Brothers from Shaunavon singing the Johner Brothers’s nostalgic gem My Brother and Me. Midway through the song, Paul Brandt sauntered in to help out. His mic didn’t work at first, and Ty Hunter’s was too quiet, but they sorted that out.
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• Minnesota university teaches philosophy through Harry Potter

  09-09-2017 18:18
  New St. Cloud State University class is applying Aristotle's work on friendship to character relationships in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.
  
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• The winners of the Saskatchewan summer photo contest

  09-09-2017 18:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  There is nothing like the beauty of a Saskatchewan summer. Our recent photo contest proved this to the world with colourful and emotional images that captured the fun and beauty that come with warmer weather. Congratulations to the grand prize winner, Chris Attrell, whose image The Last Ride appears on the front page today and will receive $200 cash from co-sponsor Don’s Photo.
   
  1. The last ride by Chris Attrell
  The last ride by Chris Attrell.
  Taken at night
  
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• Woman who chose baby instead of chemotherapy has died

  09-09-2017 17:43
  A Michigan woman who sacrificed the chance to prolong her life in order to give birth to her sixth child has died.
  
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• Family in Bahamas abandons home, travels to Ontario with no plans for future

  09-09-2017 17:26
  A family from the Bahamas has spent their life savings to escape Hurricane Irma and flee to Canada is hoping to stay in the country.
  
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• A $17K garbage collection calendar? Saskatoon looks to lower its graphic design costs - CBC.ca

  09-09-2017 16:32
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  A $17K garbage collection calendar? Saskatoon looks to lower its graphic design costs
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  Saskatoon Coun. Bev Dubois sounded surprised recently when she was informed by a city staffer that it currently costs $17,000 to farm out the design of the city's garbage and recycling collection calendar. "Why couldn't we do that in-house?" asked ...
  
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• A $17K garbage collection calendar? Saskatoon looks to lower its graphic design costs

  09-09-2017 16:32 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Coun. Bev Dubois sounded surprised recently when she was informed by a city staffer that it currently costs $17,000 to farm out the design of the city's garbage and recycling collection calendar.
  
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• StarPhoenix daily update for Sept. 9, 2017

  09-09-2017 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Province expands HPV vaccine program to include Grade 6 boys
  The Ministry of Health has announced $750,000 in funding to expand the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination program to include Grade 6 boys. HPV is the most common sexually-transmitted virus in Canada, and the vaccine for it is most effective when given at a young age, according to a ministry news
  
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• Huskies Survive Running Game Onslaught by Alberta to Take Home Opener dlvr.it/PlsM2x https://t.co/yH8S4ffD8s

  09-09-2017 15:48
  
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• Cuthand: The signs of climate change are all around us

  09-09-2017 14:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  This weekend we are witnessing Hurricane Irma continue its path of destruction through the Caribbean and Florida. Hurricane Irma has been called the largest known hurricane to develop in the Atlantic Ocean, largely because the surface water of the ocean is warmer than usual.
  Climate change and the warming of the planet from CO2 emissions have been blamed for the melting of the mountain glaciers, the polar ice caps and changing weather patterns causing droughts in some places and floods in others
  
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• Goodale Says Canada Preparing Relief for Hurricane Victims dlvr.it/PlrrHG https://t.co/sE9UVTxs46

  09-09-2017 14:43
  
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• The Bridge City Pitch: How Tourism Saskatoon wins big events - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  09-09-2017 14:00
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  The Bridge City Pitch: How Tourism Saskatoon wins big events
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  TORONTO — At incentiveworks, Canada's largest trade show for meetings and events, acronyms abound and business cards are like currency. It's a circus from the moment delegates get off the escalator at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. A ringmaster ...
  
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• The Bridge City Pitch: How Tourism Saskatoon wins big events

  09-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  TORONTO — At incentiveworks, Canada’s largest trade show for meetings and events, acronyms abound and business cards are like currency.
  It’s a circus from the moment delegates get off the escalator at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. A ringmaster beckons people to gather around for an acrobat show. He also offers cookies; by the second day of the August trade show, delegates and exhibitors could use a little sugar.
  There are freebies galore at the trade show. Cities from Mo
  
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• Fuller: If you know It like I know It, you can't wait to see It

  09-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It has finally opened. It, the movie.
  You know It. It’s a story about a clown in a sewer who lures kids to their deaths. A clown in a sewer? Who could imagine such a thing? Stephen King could, and did. He wrote the 1986 novel It about it.
  I remember loving the story, so I pulled my original hardcover off the shelf. I’ve been bulldozing through it for the past month. I won’t allow myself to see It, the movie, until I re-read It, the book.
  It’s no small accomplishment getti
  
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• Chenin Blanc pairs wonderfully with seafood

  09-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A grape that gets little respect and deserves better is Chenin Blanc.
  Historians seduced by romance consider it one of the oldest plantings in France, dating back to about 800 in the Loire. Enologically, nothing is certain before 1100, but it is an old grape, a sibling of Sauvignon Blanc (and therefore the aunt of Cabernet Sauvignon.) What makes it interesting is not history but versatility.
  You can vinify the grape in pretty much any style you like, from ultra sweet&nbs
  
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• 'Cruise to nowhere': Ship heads into unknown after detour because of Irma

  09-09-2017 13:50
  The cruise ship, with about 4,000 guests on board, departed from Miami on Saturday, Sept. 2, and was scheduled to return a week later, after making stops in Honduras, Belize and Mexico.
  
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• Greyhound relocates Saskatoon, Regina passenger stops at former STC stations - CBC.ca

  09-09-2017 13:01
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  Greyhound relocates Saskatoon, Regina passenger stops at former STC stations
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  Starting this fall, passengers using Greyhound Canada in Regina and Saskatoon will be catching their buses at different stops. The province is selling off former bus depots, land and other proprieties that belonged to the Saskatchewan Transportation ...
  
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• StarPhoenix reporter gets to be a firefighter for a day

  09-09-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It was still early in the morning and I’d only climbed three flights of stairs, but I was already sweating and breathing hard.
  I run a lot and like to think of myself as a fit person, but years of running long(ish) and fast(ish) in a straight line have done little to prepare me for hauling a taut and unco-operative hose while weighed down with a firefighter’s gear and air tank.
  The fact that most firefighting gear is not designed for someone who — like me — has never reac
  
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• Riders-Bombers rivalry is great but is it time to get rid of the Banjo Bowl name?

  09-09-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  It's astounding to think the league and its two participating teams promote a name that was inspired by calling one fan base "banjo-picking inbreds."
  
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• Greyhound relocates Saskatoon, Regina passenger stops at former STC stations

  09-09-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Greyhound Canada is relocating its passenger stations in Regina and Saskatoon as the province moves to sell the former Saskatchewan Transportation Company stations.
  
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• Why governments miscalculate your risk of flooding

  09-09-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Think your home is safe from flooding? Unfortunately, you’re probably wrong. And the government’s estimates of your flood risk are likely wrong too, thanks in part to climate change and outdated flood maps that don’t take that into account, researchers say.
  
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• Huskies a convincing 2-0, with tough road swing on tap

  09-09-2017 07:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  The University of Saskatchewan Huskies are a perfect 2-0, but lest they get complacent, we throw out this reminder:
  Last season, they also started 2-0. Then they lost three games in a row. These things don’t come easy, as Saskatchewan’s learned repeatedly through the years, and head coach Scott Flory bristled Friday night at any notion that his team might rest on whatever laurels they’ve accumulated through two games.
  “That won’t happen. I won’t let it happen,
  
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• Raiders Wake Up Late to Topple Blades dlvr.it/Plncsd https://t.co/ALtJGzTfoZ

  09-09-2017 07:04
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies beat Alberta Golden Bears 43-17

  09-09-2017 06:41 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Huskies overcame a slow start to down the Alberta Golden Bears 43-17 in their home opener at Griffiths Stadium Friday night. Ryan Flaherty has highlights from the game.
  
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• Sask. unemployment rate drops in latest jobs report

  09-09-2017 05:48
  Sask. unemployment rate drops in latest jobs report
  
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• Weather for Saturday: Pull out some cold beverages, temperatures to reach a high of 33 C

  09-09-2017 05:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  Temperatures in Saskatoon have been rising steadily over the last week and Saturday is shaping up to be the hottest yet.
  Throughout the day, Environment Canada is calling for clear skies with some local smoke and a 20 kilometre per hour wind blowing in from the south. Don’t expect the breeze to give you much respite from the heat though because the high is expected to hit 33 C — very close to the record temperature set in 1981 when the mercury reach 33.9 C and more than 13 degrees wa
  
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• Saskatchewan wildfire evacuees rally government to allow them to aid in firefight

  09-09-2017 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  The wildfire threat continues in northern Saskatchewan, frustrating those who are going into their third week of being evacuated. Peter Quinlan reports.
  
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• No end in sight to hot, dry fire conditions in parts of Saskatchewan

  09-09-2017 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  As the hot, dry conditions continue in Saskatchewan, the fire threat continues, frustrating those who are going into their third week of being evacuated. Peter Quinlan reports.
  
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• Dominant NDP win in the Saskatoon Fairview byelection

  09-09-2017 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  It’s back to work for Vicki Mowat after bringing the NDP to victory, dominating the vote count and defeating the Saskatchewan Party in the Saskatoon Fairview byelection. Meaghan Craig reports.
  
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• Dominant NDP win in the Saskatoon Fairview by-election

  09-09-2017 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  It’s back to work for Vicki Mowat after bringing the NDP to victory, dominating the vote count and defeating the Sask Party in the Saskatoon Fairview by-election. Meaghan Craig reports.
  
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• Canadian country music star Jess Moskaluke partners with Musicounts program for young students

  09-09-2017 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  Friday, a local elementary school met a Juno Award winner and a three time CCMA “female artist of the year.” Jess Moskaluke is partnering with a national program aiming to bring more music to the classroom.
  
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• Motor Vehicle Collision Ave F South & 20 St West

  09-09-2017 04:19 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service has concluded the on scene investigation.  All traffic restrictions have been removed.  (Occurrence Number: 2017-94809)
  
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• Saskatchewan public asked for feedback as province ponders recreational pot plan

  09-09-2017 04:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan’s provincial government wants suggestions from the public on how to regulate recreational marijuana, since legalization appears to be a high priority for the federal government.Residents over the age of 18 are encouraged to take an anonymous survey on the Government of Saskatchewan’s website between Sept. 8 and Oct. 6.
  Provincial Attorney General Don Morgan said the federal government’s timeline to have a legalized system in place by the end of June 2018 means
  
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