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• Sleep apnea patients in Saskatchewan to receive CPAP machine at discount

  13-09-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan patients with moderate to severe sleep apnea will be able to purchase a CPAP machine on loan at a discount starting Oct. 1.
  
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• Pelican Narrows evacuation order lifted, residents can return home

  13-09-2017 23:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  Most people who fled Pelican Narrows as fires surrounded the northeastern Saskatchewan community can now return home.
  Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Chief Peter Beatty announced Wednesday afternoon that the mandatory evacuation order issued late last month has been lifted.
  Because smoke in the area continues to be a concern, people with health issues or who are pregnant are still advised to stay away.
  Buses will begin taking evacuees in Saskatoon and Prince Albert back to Pelican Narrows on Thursd
  
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• Director of education meets with family of drowned five-year-old Ahmedsadiq Elmmi

  13-09-2017 23:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  Representatives from Saskatoon’s public school division have now met with the family of the five-year-old who drowned Monday in a retention pond near Ecole Dundonald School, providing them “details of the accident that are known so far and what the next steps will be going forward.”
  On Tuesday, leaders in Saskatoon’s Somali community and family members of the boy —who was been identified as Ahmedsadiq Elmmi — said they hadn’t spoken with representat
  
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• Saskatoon mentoring program works towards cross-cultural bonds

  13-09-2017 23:17 via cbc.ca
  The Intercultural Mentoring Program with the Saskatchewan Intercultural Association (SIA) aims to create cross-cultural friendships between those new to the city and its locals.
  
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• Global Transportation Hub megamall is Sask. premier's 'fig leaf' to cover up land scandal, NDP says

  13-09-2017 23:03 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan government’s land sale to a wholesale megamall developer at the Global Transportation Hub “reeks of desperation” given revelations about that company, Brightenview, and its associates, the opposition NDP says.
  
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• Saskatoon Police Service Voices Concerns Leading Up To Marijuana Legalization dlvr.it/PmpZqp https://t.co/IFN8bxDjAo

  13-09-2017 22:38
  
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• Sask. changes stance on sleep-apnea machines

  13-09-2017 22:26 via cbc.ca
  Starting October 1, the province will allow patients with moderate to severe sleep apnea to receive a machine on loan at a cost of $275 for the life of the machine.
  
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• Four men charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Methamphetamine and Cocaine

  13-09-2017 22:20 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Four men are facing charges following an investigation by the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team (SIDEST).On September 7, 2017, members of SIDEST conducted two vehicle stops in the 1600 block of 33rd Street West after observing activity consistent with drug trafficking. Four men were arrested.Police seized a total of 317.2 grams of cocaine, 61.1 grams of methamphetamine, 13.5 grams of marihuana and 6 cell phones. A pellet gun and knife were also located on a 36-year-old man.All fo
  
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• 'Trade your status card for a Canadian citizenship,' Sen. Beyak says to First Nations

  13-09-2017 21:54
  Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak says she wants First Nations people to trade in their status cards for Canadian citizenship.
  
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• CFL eliminates contact practices, lengthens schedule in name of safety

  13-09-2017 21:32 via cbc.ca
  The CFL is eliminating full-contact padded practices during the season and extending its schedule to 21 weeks to help reduce the risk of injury.
  
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• Loon Lake Golf Clubhouse Being Rebuilt dlvr.it/Pmp17C https://t.co/EbIOIfEMXw

  13-09-2017 21:31
  
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• Wanuskewin Heritage Park receives $2.5M from federal government

  13-09-2017 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government is providing Wanuskewin Heritage Park with $2.5 million in funding.
  
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• Federal government to spend $2.5M on Wanuskewin renewal

  13-09-2017 21:10
  The federal government has announced it will spend millions of dollars on the renewal of Wanuskewin Heritage Park.
  
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• Implementation of UN declaration on Indigenous rights 'urgent and overdue,' says AFN Chief Bellegarde

  13-09-2017 21:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde says it is an “urgent priority” that federal legislation be enacted to harmonize the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with Canadian laws and international human rights standards.
  Bellegarde on Wednesday was in New York City to present a traditional eagle staff to Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Marc-Andre Blanchard, marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Decl
  
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• Weird bug question? Saskatoon zookeeper may have the answer

  13-09-2017 20:53 via cbc.ca
  For years, friends and family of Chantelle Edwards have been asking her to identify strange beetles, unusual birds and even roadkill.
  
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• Instructor urges older drivers in Sask. to take responsibility if they are unsafe on the roads

  13-09-2017 20:49 via cbc.ca
  A former instructor with the Saskatoon and District Safety Council Council thinks mature drivers need to take responsibility for their skills and hand over the keys if they are unsafe on the roads.
  
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• Air quality advisory issued for parts of Sask.

  13-09-2017 20:39
  Smoke from forest fires in northern Saskatchewan has prompted an air quality statement for southern and eastern areas of the province.
  
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• Prince Albert man facing 7 firearm charges

  13-09-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  A 39-year-old Prince Albert man is facing seven firearm charges after a home was searched on Tuesday.
  
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• Firearms, ammunition stolen from trucks parked at Saskatoon hotels

  13-09-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Thieves make off with firerarms, ammunition from trucks parked in Saskatoon hotel parking lots.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: much needed rain moves in, frost risk ahead

  13-09-2017 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  Much needed rain has moved in and there's a risk of frost ahead in Saskatoon's weather forecast.
  
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• Frost advisory issued in parts of Saskatchewan

  13-09-2017 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  Much needed rain has moved in and there's a risk of frost ahead in Saskatoon's weather forecast.
  
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• Driver rams 3 unmarked Saskatoon police cars during cocaine trafficking bust

  13-09-2017 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  A man is accused of ramming three unmarked Saskatoon police cars during a cocaine trafficking bust.
  
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• Electrical failure to blame for basement fire in Erindale area

  13-09-2017 20:08
  A Saskatoon fire investigator says electrical failure is to blame for a basement fire in the city's Erindale neighbourhood late Tuesday night.
  
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• Ottawa pledges $2.5 million to Wanuskewin Heritage Park

  13-09-2017 20:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  One day after a multi-million-dollar funding announcement for Saskatoon’s children museum, the federal government has committed more than $2.5 million to Wanuskewin Heritage Park.
  The funding will come from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, the same source of the $3 million in funding announced Tuesday for the PotashCorp Children’s Discovery Museum.
  “Wanuskewin Heritage Park tells such an important story — that of the Northern Plains Indigenous Peoples. This part of Canada
  
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• IOC announces 2024 Olympics in Paris, 2028 Games in L.A.

  13-09-2017 19:58
  Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Los Angeles will stage the 2028 Games -- a pre-determined conclusion that the International Olympic Committee has officially ratified in a history-making vote.
  
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• Saskatoon SPCA to Receive an Enourmous Food Donation dlvr.it/Pmn4Qh https://t.co/rgwae8M806

  13-09-2017 19:54
  
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• Firearms stolen from vehicles in hotel parking lots

  13-09-2017 19:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police say firearms, ammunition and hunting equipment were stolen from vehicles in two different hotel parking lots overnight.
  Both incidents took place in the Circle Drive North area, and in both instances the firearms were stolen from inside of the trucks, police said Wednesday in a news release.
  Police are asking members of the public to remove firearms and other valuable items from parked vehicles and to ensure that someone remains in vehicles with equipment at times when a stop ne
  
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• 'You can feel it in your heart': Powwow dancing provides healing for former inmate returning to school

  13-09-2017 19:37 via cbc.ca
  Megan Mandes is going to school this fall after she was released from jail last January after serving an 18-month sentence.
  
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• Tisdale RCMP locate stolen truck, arrest 2 for rash of break and enters

  13-09-2017 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  Police say property recovered from a stolen truck has linked two people to a rash of break and enters in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Hunting rifles stolen from parked trucks in Saskatoon

  13-09-2017 19:32 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police are reminding hunters to remove all valuables from their parked vehicles after a couple of overnight thefts.
  
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• Toppers and Thunder dominate player of week awards dlvr.it/Pmmlht https://t.co/SNlVLOvznR

  13-09-2017 19:21
  
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• Who should be able to sell it, buy it, grow it: your thoughts on pot

  13-09-2017 19:00 via cbc.ca
  Following the province's pot survey, CBC Saskatchewan seeks the public's input on key questions surrounding the regulation of cannabis.
  
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• Public Advisory - Vehicle Break-ins - Stolen Firearms

  13-09-2017 18:57 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are advising motorists to ensure they are removing firearms and other items of value from their vehicles when leaving them parked following two reports of theft of hunting equipment overnight.Both incidents were reported to have occurred sometime overnight while the owner's trucks were parking in two different hotel parking lots along Circle Drive North.  In each case firearms were stolen from inside the vehicles.  Ammunition and hunting equipment was also taken.With a
  
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• Two Companies Fined Over Worker Safety Issues dlvr.it/PmmQ9z https://t.co/u1ehLnYWxR

  13-09-2017 18:48
  
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• Cocaine Trafficking Investigation - 100 block Cornish Road

  13-09-2017 18:47 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Two men have been arrested and a warrant has been requested for a third man following an investigation into cocaine trafficking in Saskatoon.On September 12, 2017, members of the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team witnessed activity consistent with drug trafficking in the area of Avenue X North and 29th Street West.  Officers arrested a 52 year old Saskatoon man near the scene and found him to be in possession of cocaine.  The officers then attempted to stop the suspect
  
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• Senator Lynn Beyak says First Nations should give up status cards

  13-09-2017 18:44 via cbc.ca
  After vowing to take the summer months to consult with Indigenous people, Conservative Senator Lynn Beyak says she now believes all First Nations should renounce their Indigenous rights and integrate into Canadian society.
  
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• Clubhouse at Loon Lake Golf Club being rebuilt

  13-09-2017 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  A new clubhouse is being built at the Loon Lake Golf Club after the original building was destroyed by fire.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Socialism won't solve our problems

  13-09-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  RE: Privatizing Crown corps editorial (SP, Aug. 19)
  Michael Murphy’s statement that the Crowns are in business to make common good not to make profit is an NDP dream. A political system where corporations are owned by government and the labour is hired and benefited by the rulers is called communism.
  Believing that even though communism failed in many other countries, an ideal socialist government can solve problems in Saskatchewan, is believing in Utopia.
  Privatization will inevitably mea
  
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• Daniel O'Donnell looks forward to visiting Canada again

  13-09-2017 17:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  Daniel O’Donnell’s welcome-to-the-prairies moment came a few years ago when he got out of the bus on a hot day and asked the driver “Is it far to the beach?” The driver said “14 hours one way and 20 the other.”
  “I felt so stupid. I should have known,” says O’Donnell. “We live so close to the sea at home. In Ireland, you’re never more than an hour and a half from the beach — if that — no matter where you live.
  
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• Two Saskatoon tech firms selected for Laurier university tech accelerator

  13-09-2017 17:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two Saskatoon-based technology companies have been chosen to participate in a new scale-up program at Wilfred Laurier University’s Lazaridis Institute, which aims to make Canadian tech firms more competitive on a global scale.
  7Shifts Inc. and Vendasta Technologies Inc. are among 10 companies chosen for the second round of the program, which is designed to help them attract experienced senior talent, access capital and move into markets around the world, according to a news release.
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• Median Household Income Strong in Saskatchewan dlvr.it/PmlPpN https://t.co/O4vyEtz5Ah

  13-09-2017 17:09
  
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• Today's Schedule dlvr.it/Pml2rf https://t.co/koNwAAWSoR

  13-09-2017 16:33
  
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• The run to quit smoking program

  13-09-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  The run to quit program in Saskatoon aims to help smokers quit the habit through a 10-week program.
  
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• Air quality statement continued in southern Saskatchewan

  13-09-2017 16:16 via globalnews.ca
  A special air quality statement has been continued in southern Saskatchewan, expanded to other regions.
  
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• Saying goodbye to a joyful child: StarPhoenix daily update for Sept. 13, 2017

  13-09-2017 16:02 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Grieving family of Ahmedsadiq Elmmi anxious for answers
  Family members of a five-year-old who drowned in a retention pond near Saskatoon’s Ecole Dundonald School have identified the youngster as Ahmedsadiq Elmmi. The young boy, who was born in Prince Albert, had transferred from the Prince Albert Public School division earlier this year. In an inter
  
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• Décor and Design: kitchen renovations

  13-09-2017 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  Tara Holcomb from Metric Design in Saskatoon describes a recent kitchen renovation that incorporated a number of different finishes while opening up the space.
  
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• Real Estate YXE: questions to ask realtors

  13-09-2017 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  What questions should sellers be asking their real estate agents? The TurnKey Group in Saskatoon with the answers.
  
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• Convicted murderer David Woods has appeal adjourned

  13-09-2017 14:58 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon man convicted of murdering his wife has had his appeal adjourned for a second time.
  
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• Sask. people are earning more: 2016 census

  13-09-2017 14:56 via cbc.ca
  Canadians earned more in 2015 than they did in the previous 10 years, and fewer young children were living in low-income households, according to 2016 census data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday.
  
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