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• UFA Co-operative closing 12-store Wholesale Sports chain in Western Canada, including Saskatoon

  14-09-2017 23:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  CALGARY — The Wholesale Sports Outdoor Outfitters chain of a dozen hunting, fishing and camping supply stores in Western Canada is shutting down after 30 years in business.
  The operation owned by Calgary-based UFA Co-operative Ltd. closed stores on Thursday afternoon to tell the 545 staff their jobs were ending.
  Most will be laid off but some may be hired at UFA’s farm stores.
  There were 12 Wholesale Sports stores with 440,000 square feet of retail space across British Columbia, Albe
  
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• Saskatoon Wholesale Sports closing, chain shutting down all stores in Western Canada

  14-09-2017 23:47 via cbc.ca
  The chain of a dozen hunting, fishing and camping supply stores in Western Canada is shutting down after 30 years in business.
  
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• Saskatoon city hall whittles 2018 property tax hike to less than five per cent

  14-09-2017 23:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  City hall staff continue to chip away at Saskatoon’s preliminary 2018 property tax increase.
  A City of Saskatoon report to be considered by city council’s governance and priorities committee on Monday says the projected property tax increase has been reduced to 4.96 per cent.
  When the administration released its first estimated property tax increase in May after a municipal funding reduction in the provincial budget, the projected increase was 6.97 per cent.
  Each subsequent report ha
  
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• Five-foot boa constrictor in quarantine after roadside rescue in Saskatoon

  14-09-2017 23:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  A large exotic snake found at the side of a Saskatoon road is now in quarantine and awaiting an out-of-province adoption.
  Elisa Wilke, owner of Sask Reptile Shows, a reptile rescue, took the boa, now named Pip, into quarantine and it will stay with her for a month until it’s ready to go to a new home. Boa constrictors are not native to Saskatchewan and are illegal to own in the province without a permit. Provincial captive wildlife regulations ban residents from owning poisonous snake
  
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• Saskatoon SPCA receives largest food donation in it’s history

  14-09-2017 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  The pet food donated to the Saskatoon SPCA is being shared with shelters, humane societies and rescue groups across the province.
  
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• Sask. KFC franchisees direct employees to speak English only

  14-09-2017 22:15 via cbc.ca
  KFC Canada has confirmed that an internal memo directing employees to speak English only in front of customers was distributed by a single franchise partner in a few stores in Saskatchewan.
  
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• KFC Canada condemns franchisee's memo directing employees to speak English only

  14-09-2017 22:15 via cbc.ca
  KFC Canada has confirmed that an internal memo directing employees to speak English only in front of customers was distributed by a single franchise partner in a few stores in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Teen shot with pellet pistol in North Battleford, Sask. robbery

  14-09-2017 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  Teen reports being shot several times with a pellet pistol during an attempted robbery in North Battleford.
  
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• Man attempts to lure child in North Battleford, Sask.

  14-09-2017 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  A man is accused of attempting to lure a child into his vehicle in North Battleford.
  
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• Riders QB Kevin Glenn a game-time decision with bruised hand

  14-09-2017 21:46
  It remains unclear who will get the start at quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday night in Hamilton.
  
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• Moment Of Silence For Boy's Death At School Grand Opening dlvr.it/Pn2HPp https://t.co/YauZWP9g54

  14-09-2017 21:35
  
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• New dinner theatre launches with Suitehearts

  14-09-2017 21:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Mini Fridge Theatre has found a new home, and it’s well stocked with food.
  The community theatre company has become a dinner theatre thanks to its new affiliation with the German Cultural Centre. Launching the new chapter is the farce Suitehearts. A young couple checks into a posh, big city hotel to fill their weekend with bliss, only to have it filled with strangers. It stars Darren Zimmer, Becky Hendrickson, Levi Thor Semenoff, Lynda Hufsmith, and Larry Fitzgerald. Michael Neuert di
  
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• SPCA benefits from 40,000-pound dog food donation from Pet Smart

  14-09-2017 21:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  SPCA in Saskatoon got a huge boost on Thursday when Pet Smart dropped off 50 pallets of dog food, nearly 40,000 pounds worth.
  The food will be used by SPCA as well as other animal shelters across Alberta and Saskatchewan to feed their rescue animals.
  “This food is basically going to set us up for the next 12 months, which is amazing,” said Cathy Brin, SPCA Volunteer and Public Relations Coordinator. “We’re just thrilled about this partnership and this donation.”
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• Saskatoon Food Council seeks city support, funding

  14-09-2017 21:16 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Food Council Executive Director Gordon Enns is asking the city to take a greater role in promoting local food production in the city.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: frost expected Friday morning

  14-09-2017 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon’s weather forecast dives down toward freezing with frost expected Friday morning. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan with the details.
  
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• Homegrown sci-fi star Cas Anvar to attend Saskatoon comic expo

  14-09-2017 21:05 via cbc.ca
  Actor Cas Anvar will bring his humble Saskatchewan roots and big-time Hollywood credits to Saskatoon this weekend for the Saskatoon Comic and Entertainment Expo.
  
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• Saskatoon's tech sector a bright spot in local economy

  14-09-2017 20:38 via cbc.ca
  It was a common question posed to the Saskatoon Economic Development Authority or SREDA, just how big is the city’s technology centre?
  
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• Saskatoon police officers corral boa constrictor

  14-09-2017 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police officers were in a “slithery” situation on Sunday dealing with a boa constrictor.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: first frost of the season Friday morning

  14-09-2017 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon's weather forecast dives down toward freezing with frost expected Friday morning.
  
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• Vey, Nicholson appeal date set for Oct. 3

  14-09-2017 20:21
  Two people found guilty of conspiring to murder their spouses have an appeal date set for next month.
  
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• Evacuees begin trek home to Pelican Narrows

  14-09-2017 20:19 via cbc.ca
  Many Pelican Narrows residents are heading home to the Saskatchewan community after an evacuation order was lifted.
  
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• Saskatoon police wrangle boa constrictor discovered in ditch

  14-09-2017 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  A pair of Saskatoon police officers ran into a slithery situation when they had to collect a red tailed boa constrictor from the side of a city road and transport it to the vet.
  
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• 151 grams of meth seized in Prince Albert drug bust

  14-09-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Police seize meth and a .45-calibre handgun in a Prince Albert drug bust.
  
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• Fatal Dog Attack in Southern Saskatchewan dlvr.it/Pn1LGR

  14-09-2017 19:59
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• Sask. farmers make significant progress on harvest

  14-09-2017 19:44
  Warm, dry weather has helped Saskatchewan farmers make significant headway on this year’s harvest, the province says in its latest weekly crop report.
  
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• Charges laid in fatal riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary

  14-09-2017 19:39 via cbc.ca
  Criminal charges have been laid against four inmates for their alleged roles in a riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary last December that resulted in the death of a prisoner.
  
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• Five-foot boa in quarantine after roadside rescue in Saskatoon

  14-09-2017 19:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  A five-foot boa constrictor found at the side of a Saskatoon road is now in quarantine and awaiting an out-of-province adoption.
  Elisa Wilke, owner of Sask Reptile Shows, a reptile rescue, took the boa, now named Pip, into quarantine and it will stay with her for a month until the snake is ready to go to a new home. Boa constrictors are neither native to Saskatchewan nor are they legal to own in Saskatchewan — the province’s captive wildlife regulations bans residents from ownin
  
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• 'Beyond a tragedy': 6-year-old boy killed in dog attack in Riceton, Sask.

  14-09-2017 19:31 via cbc.ca
  Six-year-old Cameron Mushanski, who died after a dog attack in Riceton, Sask., was the light of his family's life, says an aunt.
  
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• 6-year-old boy killed in dog attack in Riceton, Sask.

  14-09-2017 19:31 via cbc.ca
  Six-year-old Cameron Mushanski was killed in a dog attack Wednesday in Riceton, Sask., RCMP say.
  
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• Saskatchewan community mourns the death of six-year-old boy after dog attack

  14-09-2017 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  A six-year-old boy is dead after being attacked by dogs in rural Saskatchewan on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Pats trade for Blazers goalie Wasserman. dlvr.it/Pn10mQ https://t.co/cNQYXaNcAs

  14-09-2017 19:25
  
  Pats trade for Blazers goalie Wasserman. dlvr.it/Pn10mQ https://t.co/cNQYXaNcAs
  
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• 'We lost the light of our life': Sask. family mourns young boy killed in dog attack

  14-09-2017 19:15
  Family members are in mourning after a young Saskatchewan boy died following a dog attack, saying “we lost the light of our life.”
  
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• Boy, 6, dies after dog attack in Riceton, Sask.

  14-09-2017 19:15
  A young boy has died after a dog attack in a community southeast of Regina.
  
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• 'Just call us snake whisperers': Saskatoon police get their reptile

  14-09-2017 19:08 via cbc.ca
  A illegal boa constrictor has slithered its way into Saskatoon police custody.
  
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• New partnership with Saskatoon Tribal Council aims to improve graduation rates

  14-09-2017 19:03
  Pathways to Education, an education charity, has partnered with the Saskatoon Tribal Council in an effort to improve Indigenous graduation rates.
  
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• Nearly two-thirds of Saskatchewan harvest complete

  14-09-2017 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  There are concerns dry conditions may prevent farmers from seeding winter cereals as the 2017 Saskatchewan harvest nears two-thirds completion.
  
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• Video: New in theatres Sept. 15

  14-09-2017 19:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a look at some clips from the movies hitting theatres September 15.
  
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• Children's Advocate to Investigate Student's Death dlvr.it/Pn0f3J https://t.co/y05iwH29Yd

  14-09-2017 18:52
  
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• Boy Shot Repeatedly With Pellet Gun dlvr.it/Pn0fKb https://t.co/oul7vW4FUN

  14-09-2017 18:52
  
  Boy Shot Repeatedly With Pellet Gun dlvr.it/Pn0fKb https://t.co/oul7vW4FUN
  
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• Letter of the Day: Work together for housing solutions

  14-09-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The federal National Housing Strategy (NHS) has promised to invest $11 billion over 10 years through the National Housing Fund, Investment in Affordable Housing and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy.
  YWCA Canada and other members of Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) have joined together to make recommendations for developing effective and equitable policy. The WSC round table discussion in June aimed to ensure women’s specific housing needs are addressed.
  An effective NHS must conside
  
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• 4 inmates charged in fatal Saskatchewan Penitentiary riot

  14-09-2017 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  Four inmates have been charged in a deadly riot last year at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert.
  
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• 'U.S. policy is not to defend Canada' from ICBMs

  14-09-2017 17:48
  Current U.S. policy directs the American military not to defend Canada if it is targeted in a ballistic missile attack, says the top Canadian officer at the North American Aerospace Defence Command.
  
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• École Dundonald School tragedy in Saskatoon happened in seconds: imam

  14-09-2017 17:34 via globalnews.ca
  An imam says the tragedy at École Dundonald School in Saskatoon happened in seconds.
  
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• Children's Advocate to investigate death of Dundonald student

  14-09-2017 17:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth has been asked to investigate the death of five-year-old Ahmedsadiq Elmmi at the request of the Saskatoon Public School Division.
  Barry MacDougall, the division’s director of education, met with the boy’s family Wednesday morning and hours later, the division announced its request for a formal investigation by Saskatchewan’s children advocate Corey O’Soup.
  “This is an extraordinary tragedy, which I believe require
  
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• 'A major public health crisis': Report shows growing rates of opioid overdoses

  14-09-2017 17:06
  A new report paints a grim picture of the country’s opioid crisis, including statistics that show opioid overdoses hospitalize an average of 16 Canadians every day.
  
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• Saskatoon man robbed of cigarettes with sawed-off shotgun, police say

  14-09-2017 17:02 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon man was robbed of his cigarettes at gunpoint Wednesday night, according to Saskatoon police.
  
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• Sask.'s cities have Prairies' highest rate of opioid poisonings: report

  14-09-2017 17:00 via cbc.ca
  A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows Regina and Saskatoon have the highest rates of hosptializations caused by opioid poisonings among Prairie cities with populations of 100,000 or more.
  
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• Sask. cities have Prairies' highest rate of opioid poisonings: report

  14-09-2017 17:00 via cbc.ca
  A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows Regina and Saskatoon have the highest rates of hosptializations caused by opioid poisonings among Prairie cities with populations of 100,000 or more.
  
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• Today's Schedule dlvr.it/Pmz9k3 https://t.co/0NROOQNSMV

  14-09-2017 16:36
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Cute kittens Latte and Cappuccino looking for homes

  14-09-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  Latte and Cappuccino, two cute kittens at the Saskatoon SPCA, are hoping someone is able to give them new homes.
  
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