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• 'This is something that’s lasting': Oscar-winning filmmaker Cameron, wife form partnership with Sask. pulse industry

  18-09-2017 23:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  VANSCOY — Oscar-winning Canadian filmmaker James Cameron and his wife, Suzy Cameron, have opened a multi-million-dollar pulse-processing plant in Saskatchewan as part of their efforts to promote sustainable living.
  They wanted to pursue this venture in Saskatchewan because of its “business-forward mentality,” Cameron said Tuesday during an event at their new facility in Vanscoy, about 30 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon.
  “If you’re a Canadian expat such as myself,
  
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• Man, 48, killed in rollover south of Paynton

  18-09-2017 23:15
  One man has died after a single-vehicle rollover near Paynton, Sask.
  
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• Exports and business investment broadening: Bank of Canada

  18-09-2017 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  In a speech to SREDA, Bank of Canada deputy governor Timothy Lane said international trade is key to Canada's economic growth potential.
  
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• Busy weekend for Prince Albert police includes arson, robbery

  18-09-2017 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  A busy weekend for Prince Albert police included a robbery at a gas station.
  
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• Sentencing hearing underway for second youth involved in Hannah Leflar’s murder

  18-09-2017 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  The youth who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Hannah Leflar was in court Monday for his sentencing hearing. His name is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
  
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• Prince Albert man dead in ATV rollover

  18-09-2017 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP say a Prince Albert man is dead after an ATV rollover in Porcupine Provincial Forest.
  
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• Photos: Special Olympics Marathon of Sport

  18-09-2017 21:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Motionball Special Olympics Marathon of Sport was held at Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon on September 16, 2017.
  
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• Photos: Sask Expo 2017

  18-09-2017 21:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Comic and Entertainment Expo was held at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon, September 16-17, 2017. Here are some highlights from the event.
  
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• Man dies in ATV rollover in east-central Sask.

  18-09-2017 21:38
  An ATV rollover in east-central Saskatchewan has left a Prince Albert man dead.
  
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• Optimist Hill falls short in Kraft Heinz competition

  18-09-2017 21:24
  The Kraft Heinz Project Play winner has been announced, and Saskatoon’s Optimist Hill came up just short.
  
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• Napope manslaughter trial begins in Saskatoon - CTV News

  18-09-2017 21:11
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  Napope manslaughter trial begins in Saskatoon
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  A jury has been selected in a Saskatoon manslaughter case dating back three years. The six men and six women were selected Monday morning in Saskatoon's Court of Queen's Bench, with evidence in the trial of Keith Napope set to begin Monday afternoon ...
  Manslaughter trial begins in case of man stabbed during drug robberySaskatoon StarPhoenixall 3 news articles »
  
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• Melfort man dies in two-vehicle collision near Aberdeen

  18-09-2017 21:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  A man is dead after a collision on Highway 41 near Aberdeen.
  The crash took place Saturday around 7:10 a.m., when a car and a semi collided in the northbound lane, according to RCMP in a news release.
  The lone occupant of the car — a 68-year-old man from Melfort — was pronounced dead at the scene. The man driving the semi was not injured, RCMP said.
  Aberdeen fire and EMS crews, and an RCMP collision reconstructionist, responded to the scene.
  
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• Napope manslaughter trial begins in Saskatoon

  18-09-2017 20:53
  A jury has been selected in a Saskatoon manslaughter case dating back three years.
  
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• Manslaughter trial a robbery gone wrong: Crown

  18-09-2017 20:53
  The Crown prosecutor in a Saskatoon manslaughter case dating back three years told the jury the incident was a “robbery gone wrong.”
  
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• Saskatoon zoo's popular red panda moving - CBC.ca

  18-09-2017 20:46
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  Saskatoon zoo's popular red panda moving
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  Saskatoon is going to miss Phoenix the red panda when he leaves for another zoo next month, but no one will miss Phoenix more than Tim Sinclair-Smith. 'I call him the surfer dude of the Red Panda world.' -Tim Sinclair-Smith. Sinclair-Smith is the ...
  
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• Saskatoon zoo's popular red panda moving

  18-09-2017 20:46 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon is going to miss Phoenix the red panda when he leaves for another zoo next month, but no one will miss Phoenix more than Tim Sinclair-Smith.
  
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• Phoenix the red panda moving on to find mate

  18-09-2017 20:46 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon is going to miss Phoenix the red panda when he leaves for another zoo next month, but no one will miss Phoenix more than Tim Sinclair-Smith.
  
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• University of Saskatchewan talk aims to fix health care

  18-09-2017 20:37 via cbc.ca
  The University of Saskatchewan is celebrating Canada 150 today with a forum on health care, one of this country’s most talked about and important issues.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: more rain on the way! - Globalnews.ca

  18-09-2017 20:37
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  Saskatoon weather outlook: more rain on the way!
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  WATCH ABOVE: Diving back down this week with more rain on the way in Saskatoon's weather forecast. X. - A A +. Listen. Story highlights. Sunny Monday morning. Rain Tuesday. Deep upper trough moves in. Cooler weather ahead. Diving back down this ...
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: more rain on the way!

  18-09-2017 20:37 via globalnews.ca
  Diving back down this week with more rain on the way in Saskatoon's weather forecast.
  
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• Durant struggles with Alouettes while Glenn soars with Roughriders

  18-09-2017 20:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  MONTREAL — Last season, the Montreal Alouettes thought veteran Kevin Glenn would stop the carousel of quarterbacks that passed through after legend Anthony Calvillo retired in 2013.
  When that didn’t work, they brought in Darian Durant from the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  But 10 games into the season, the Alouettes have the same 3-7 record they had a year ago, while the Roughriders are on fire with Glenn at quarterback.
  What gives?
  “It’s two totally different situations,&rdq
  
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• Reesor Ranch, near Cypress Hills in southwestern Saskatchewan, gets heritage designation

  18-09-2017 20:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  A ranch in the Cypress Hills area of southwestern Saskatchewan has become the first of its kind in the province to be designated a heritage site.
  The government says in a statement that the W.D. and Alice Reesor Ranch southwest of Maple Creek is the province’s 52nd provincial heritage property.
  Culture Minister Gene Makowsky says the property tells the story of a family’s life on a Saskatchewan ranch for more than 100 years.
  He says it will help future generations understand the hist
  
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• Bank of Canada deputy governor says exports, business investment broadening

  18-09-2017 20:18
  A senior Bank of Canada official says the central bank is seeing encouraging signs that exports and business investment are broadening and strengthening.
  
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• Hollywood director James Cameron, wife investing in Saskatchewan company

  18-09-2017 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  James Cameron and his wife Suzy Amis Cameron are investing in a Saskatchewan agriculture company.
  
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• Saskatchewan Party announces dates for leadership debates

  18-09-2017 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Party will hold six debates as it gets set to elect a new leader and premier of the province.
  
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• Hunting incident leaves Prince Albert man dead near Weirdale, Sask.

  18-09-2017 19:57
  A Prince Albert man is dead after what paramedics describe as a “hunting incident” near the village of Weirdale, Sask.
  
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• Break and enter suspect sought by Prince Albert RCMP

  18-09-2017 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP have released surveillance images of a masked suspect from a break and enter near Prince Albert, Sask.
  
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• Ranch in southwestern Saskatchewan gets heritage designation

  18-09-2017 19:55
  A ranch in the Cypress Hills area of southwestern Saskatchewan has become the first of its kind in the province to be designated a heritage site.
  
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• Hollywood director James Cameron invests in pea-processing plant in Vanscoy

  18-09-2017 19:54 via cbc.ca
  Hollywood director James Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis Cameron, have announced they are investing in an organic pea processing plant in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Regina woman, 18, among 2 found dead in Newfoundland

  18-09-2017 19:48 via cbc.ca
  More details are emerging about a 37-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman found dead on the Burin Peninsula over the weekend.
  
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• Suspect Wanted in Business Break-in in Prince Albert dlvr.it/PnrTng https://t.co/wl0omsu5cM

  18-09-2017 19:42
  
  Suspect Wanted in Business Break-in in Prince Albert dlvr.it/PnrTng https://t.co/wl0omsu5cM
  
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• Six Saskatoon boys await NLL draft, Rush select 16th overall. dlvr.it/PnrTYf https://t.co/ymSAcFLtM0

  18-09-2017 19:42
  
  Six Saskatoon boys await NLL draft, Rush select 16th overall. dlvr.it/PnrTYf https://t.co/ymSAcFLtM0
  
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• Prince Albert man dies from gunshot wound while hunting

  18-09-2017 19:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  The death of a 23-year-old man while hunting in northeast Saskatchewan is not considered suspicious, according to RCMP.
  According to RCMP, members of the Nipawin detachment responded Saturday around 8 p.m. to a report of an injured man in a field approximately 10 kilometres south of Weirdale. Police say two men — ages 22 and 23 — from Prince Albert, who did not know each other, “were hunting separately and apart from each other in the same area” on Saturday around 7:30 p.
  
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• Man dead in Saskatchewan hunting incident

  18-09-2017 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  A Prince Albert man is dead in a hunting incident in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron and wife form partnership with Sask. pulse industry

  18-09-2017 19:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  VANSCOY — Oscar-winning Canadian filmmaker James Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis Cameron, have partnered with a Saskatchewan non-profit research group to develop organic food products from a new pulse processing plant being built in Vanscoy.
  “The first time I stepped foot in Saskatchewan, I was amazed … how forward thinking everyone is,” Amis Cameron said at the announcement Monday in Vanscoy.
  “Both of us are so excited about working here for years to come, decades
  
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• Hollywood director James Cameron invests in Saskatchewan pea-processing plant

  18-09-2017 19:19
  Hollywood director James Cameron and his wife Suzy Amis Cameron have announced they are investing in an organic pea-processing plant in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Man dead after car crash with semi near Aberdeen

  18-09-2017 19:01 via cbc.ca
  It happened just after 7 a.m. CST on Saturday. The car and semi collided in the northbound lane on Highway 41.
  
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• Greyhound buses to no longer operate out of Saskatoon’s STC depot

  18-09-2017 18:50
  As of Sept. 30, buses will drop off and pick up at the Husky Travel Centre on Marquis Drive, according to a spokesperson for Greyhound.
  
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• Suspect in Quebec Amber Alert charged with killing boy's mother

  18-09-2017 18:48
  A 41-year-old man who was the subject of an Amber Alert involving his six-year-old boy has been charged in the slaying of the child's mother.
  
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• RM of Buckland closes road to deter petty criminals

  18-09-2017 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  A road has been closed in the RM of Buckland in an effort to deter petty criminals.
  
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• An Armed Robbery in Prince Albert dlvr.it/PnqsMG https://t.co/1HJbIxtXgk

  18-09-2017 18:37
  
  An Armed Robbery in Prince Albert dlvr.it/PnqsMG https://t.co/1HJbIxtXgk
  
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• Man dies in weekend crash near Aberdeen, Sask.

  18-09-2017 18:28
  One man is dead after a crash near Aberdeen, Sask., over the weekend, according to RCMP.
  
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• Monday Schedule dlvr.it/PnqW3T https://t.co/cX60VMGTRE

  18-09-2017 18:04
  
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• Gardening: Lilies a colourful addition to a prairie garden

  18-09-2017 18:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  Most of the lilies grown in prairie gardens are hybrids of Asiatic species. Their ancestors originated in Asia in a climate very similar to ours. They can vary in height from 10 inches to four feet and come in a generous range of colours, blooming variously from June to late August.
  The Longiflorum-Asiatic (LA) hybrids have similar characteristics to the Asiatics, but are sturdier, bloom more profusely, and are altogether showier.  They can be more prone to colour-breaking viruses especiall
  
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• Letter of the Day: There's a better way to elect government

  18-09-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Does our first-past-the-post voting system violate your right to fair and equal representation? A Charter Challenge (charterchallenge.ca) has been launched to find out.
  In her decision in another case, Supreme Court Justice Beverley McLachlin ruled “Each citizen is entitled to be represented in government. Representation comprehends the idea of having a voice in the deliberations of government.” So, your Member of Parliament (MP) may represent you, but do they give you a voice?
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• Wine World: An older label with a modern sensibility

  18-09-2017 17:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  The wines of Veneto are eternally popular with consumers. Corvina and Rondinella are the traditional grapes that make up the justifiably famous Amarone and Valpolicella of the region. With the introduction of the IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) classification, the vintners became free to cultivate and blend in other grapes to make the wines more acceptable to New World drinkers and sometimes even improving them.
  Prior to the invention of Appellations in France vintners pretty much grew and t
  
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• Police Investigate a Home Invasion, and Rollover, and Use a Beanbag Gun in Arrest dlvr.it/Pnq9kS https://t.co/aY3OMDad1r

  18-09-2017 17:30
  
  Police Investigate a Home Invasion, and Rollover, and Use a Beanbag Gun in Arrest dlvr.it/Pnq9kS https://t.co/aY3OMDad1r
  
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• Road restrictions at Queen Street and Spadina Crescent intersection

  18-09-2017 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  Lane restrictions at intersection of Queen Street and Spadina Crescent as crews replace power poles.
  
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• Driven to give back: Harold Empey has spent a lifetime volunteering

  18-09-2017 17:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Harold Empey has never stopped giving back to his community.
  Since doing his first volunteer work before he was 10 years old, Empey has spent decades giving his time to worthy causes.
  His volunteer work has earned him many awards. He has overseen fundraising campaigns, represented his local Rotary club at international conferences and served on city councils.
  More recently he has led a campaign to educate people on the importance of planning what will happen when they die. He has distributed mor
  
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• Prince Albert Grants Freedom of the City dlvr.it/Pnpngd https://t.co/X68zhH97XV

  18-09-2017 16:57
  
  Prince Albert Grants Freedom of the City dlvr.it/Pnpngd https://t.co/X68zhH97XV
  
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