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• Stolen truck crashes into minivan on Highway 16, leaving 3 women dead

  22-09-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  Three women were killed after a stolen truck collided with a minivan on Highway 16 near Lloydminster, Sask. early Friday morning.
  
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• Sask. Indigenous graduation rates still lagging as overall rate hits 20-year high

  22-09-2017 23:38 via cbc.ca
  The Ministry of Education says more students are graduating from high school in Saskatchewan but the rate for Indigenous students remains more than 20 percentage points lower than the province's long-term goal.
  
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• Police and Peace Officer Memorial - Sunday September 24, 2017

  22-09-2017 23:17 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  This Sunday will mark the 14th year that Saskatchewan police and peace officers will gather to remember the lives lost in the line of duty.The Police and Peace Officer Memorial will take place in Regina with a parade and wreath laying ceremony.The event began nationally in 1998 when the Government of Canada officially proclaimed the day to express appreciation for the dedication of police and peace officers who make the ultimate sacrifice in their efforts to keep communities safe.
  
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• Chief Whitecap School Officially Opens dlvr.it/PpphDQ https://t.co/oAkEghExaw

  22-09-2017 23:12
  
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• Photos: Editorial Cartoons: Sept. 16-22

  22-09-2017 22:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here’s a compilation of the StarPhoenix’s editorial cartoons from the past week.
  
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• Three women dead after stolen truck collides with minivan near Lloydminster

  22-09-2017 22:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  Three women died and a fourth was airlifted to hospital in Edmonton after a stolen heavy-duty, flat-deck truck collided with a minivan in the eastbound lane of Highway 16 about five kilometres east of Lloydminster, RCMP say.
  Maidstone RCMP responded just after 3 a.m. Friday, according to a police news release.
  Two occupants of the minivan, women aged 25 and 27, were confirmed dead at the scene. A third occupant, a 53-year old woman, later died from her injuries. A fourth occupant, a 32-year
  
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• Riders Don't Lose Carter for Sunday dlvr.it/PppRBB https://t.co/tJEdmr0RjZ

  22-09-2017 22:40
  
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• Saskatoon MLA Ryan Meili announces platform for Sask. NDP leadership

  22-09-2017 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Meili, Saskatoon MLA for Meewasin, announced his NDP leadership bid in Moose Jaw Friday.
  
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• Saskatoon MLA Ryan Meili announces bid for Sask. NDP leadership

  22-09-2017 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Meili, Saskatoon MLA for Meewasin, announced his NDP leadership bid in Moose Jaw Friday.
  
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• Child Car Seat Clinic

  22-09-2017 22:26 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The SPS Traffic section is assisting with the Child Car Seat Clinic,  on right now at the South Costco parking lot.   Any families  that have child car seats  are welcome.  We will be there   until 4 pm this afternoon. Stop by and a technician will make sure your car seats are installed property, and answer any questions you may have.  
  
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• High-school boys' volleyball scene: Here's a snapshot

  22-09-2017 22:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  Volleyballs are bouncing at gyms around the city as the local high-school scene moves into its regular season.
  The StarPhoenix has put together a team-by-team preview for both boys and girls teams, with insights provided by their coaches. 
  We present the boys team previews below.
   
  Boys
  Aden Bowman Bears
  Name of Head Coach: Adam Ewart
  Key Players to watch
  Emmett Graham — Rightside Grade 11. Big jump, big arm, and big blocker.
  Jay-C Beronie — Leftside Grade 11
  
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• Graduation rate increasing in Sask.

  22-09-2017 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  New data from last school year shows more students are graduating high school in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatoon loses passionate violinist Marla Cole

  22-09-2017 21:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon has lost one of its most gifted and determined musicians.
  Marla Cole, 49, died on Wednesday in St. Paul’s Hospital. She is best remembered as the principal violinist of the Amati Quartet, in which she played with her husband Geoff.
  “Marla’s energy, passion, love and determination in all things made our world sparkle,” Geoff said in an email. “Our two beautiful kids, Carmen and Miles, grew up surrounded by music and Marla’s unstoppable drive and deter
  
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• Opposition NDP accuses government of 'shooting first, aiming later' with budget

  22-09-2017 21:28 via cbc.ca
  Six months after the Saskatchewan government delivered its tough spring budget, it has reversed another spending decision.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: cool fall forecast!

  22-09-2017 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  Cool start to fall in Saskatoon’s weather forecast as the long-range fall and winter outlook starts to become clearer. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan explains.
  
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• U of S researcher appointed to U.S. panel on water risks amid climate change

  22-09-2017 20:43 via cbc.ca
  A University of Saskatchewan hydrologist appointed to a U.S. panel on the future of water resources says Hurricane Harvey was a wake-up call for Canada’s southern neighbours.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: colder than normal fall forecast!

  22-09-2017 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  Cool start to fall in Saskatoon's weather forecast as the long-range fall and winter outlook starts to become clearer.
  
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• University of Saskatchewan investigating bed bug claims at library

  22-09-2017 20:24
  Portions of the University of Saskatchewan’s Murray Library are shut down as the school investigates claims bed bugs have been spotted in the building.
  
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• Judge hands Leslie Black 16-year sentence | CTV Saskatoon News - CTV News

  22-09-2017 20:06
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  A man who beat a Prince Albert woman and set her on fire has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
  Sentencing arguments underway for Marlene Bird's attacker, Leslie ...CBC.caall 12 news articles »
  
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• Saskatoon city manager Murray Totland to leave city hall at end of ... - CBC.ca

  22-09-2017 19:53
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  Saskatoon city manager Murray Totland announced on Friday he is stepping down at the end of this year, becoming the second high-ranking city hall figure to ...
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  41 years after first City of Saskatoon summer job, Murray Totland ...Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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• New Hospital Equipment in La Loche dlvr.it/PpmzRt https://t.co/zjODl5WMpD

  22-09-2017 19:53
  
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• Judge hands Leslie Black 16-year sentence

  22-09-2017 19:53
  A man who beat a Prince Albert woman and set her on fire has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
  
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• Don Atchison Recognized for Outstanding Leadership in Saskatoon dlvr.it/PpmzJX https://t.co/JemFGX2nuK

  22-09-2017 19:53
  
  Don Atchison Recognized for Outstanding Leadership in Saskatoon dlvr.it/PpmzJX https://t.co/JemFGX2nuK
  
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• Cops for Cancer Raising Money at Blades Game dlvr.it/Ppmz5C https://t.co/MoWrnsWkoE

  22-09-2017 19:53
  
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• First Nations group seeks solutions for high youth suicide rates in Saskatchewan

  22-09-2017 19:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  A First Nations group working to prevent suicide has found the suicide rate among First Nations girls in Saskatchewan, aged 10 to 19, is 26 times higher than for that same age group in Saskatchewan generally.
  Saskatchewan chiefs directed the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) in May to make the crisis a high priority and ordered it to develop a suicide prevention strategy by May 31, 2018.
  On Friday — World Suicide Prevention Day — FSIN Vice-Chief Heather Bear released
  
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• Leslie Black gets 16-year prison sentence for brutal beating, burning of Prince Albert woman Marlene Bird

  22-09-2017 19:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  Leslie Black, the Saskatchewan man who viciously beat homeless woman Marlene Bird before setting her on fire, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
  Leslie Black pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the beating, burning and sexual assault of Marlene Bird in an alley in Prince Albert in 2014. Her injuries were so serious both legs had to be amputated and she lost much of her eyesight. According to medical records made public the same day, Bird suffered burns to about 40 per cen
  
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• HMCS Unicorn to Formally Ask for Freedom of the City dlvr.it/Ppmh7l https://t.co/myXZkvVUG7

  22-09-2017 19:21
  
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• Photos: Take Back the Night

  22-09-2017 19:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  A crowd of marchers took part in the Take Back the Night march to raise awareness of sexual violence in Saskatoon on September 21, 2017.
  
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• Photos: The Week in Photos (Sept. 15-21)

  22-09-2017 19:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a look at some of the best StarPhoenix pictures from the past week in and around Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon city manager Murray Totland retiring

  22-09-2017 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  Murray Totland is retiring at the end of the year after a long career with the City of Saskatoon.
  
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• Cops for Cancer Raising Money at Blades Game dlvr.it/PpmN4Z https://t.co/pfC0AzI6Rw

  22-09-2017 18:48
  
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• Saskatoon's city manager to retire

  22-09-2017 18:40
  Saskatoon city manager Murray Totland announced he will retire at the end of the year.
  
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• 41 years after first City of Saskatoon summer job, Murray Totland stepping down as city manager

  22-09-2017 18:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  After nearly a decade as the City of Saskatoon’s top civil servant, and 41 years after getting his foot in the door — cutting grass and cleaning bathrooms at Gordie Howe Bowl — Murray Totland is stepping down as city manager.
  “It’s been a very large part of my life,” Totland said Friday during a press conference at City Hall, where he announced his departure.
  “It’s a good time for me. It just works.”
  City manager since 2009, Totland became th
  
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• 'Get Whatcha Get': Saskatoon gumball machine to choose tattoos ... - CTV News

  22-09-2017 18:29
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  'Get Whatcha Get': Saskatoon gumball machine to choose tattoos ...
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  A Saskatoon tattoo shop is offering discounted tattoos for anyone willing to leave the design choice up to a gumball machine.and more »
  
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• Letter of the Day: Compare savings to value of what's lost

  22-09-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Sask Party has proven they know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
  After a child’s death at a Saskatoon school our government should be ashamed for not listening to our province’s teachers, unions and parents who told them that cuts to education would ultimately create a threat to their safety and educational well-being.
  Who’ll now say the critics of budget cuts to our schools were wrong?
  Who’ll now say we can’t afford an extra set of eyes and ear
  
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• Letters to the editor, September 22, 2017

  22-09-2017 17:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Real culprits in climate change
  The devastating hurricanes we witnessed in early September shouldn’t have been named after a sweet old couple like Irma and Harvey. They should be named after the true culprits: Exxon and Chevron.
  Of course there are many more culprits; 90 companies have been implicated in a recent peer-reviewed study, in the journal Climate Change. The study’s authors say they not only figured out how much pollution corporations have emitted, but how much their emissi
  
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• Saskatoon city manager Murray Totland to leave city hall at end of 2017 after 35-year career

  22-09-2017 17:47 via cbc.ca
  City manager Murray Totland has become the second high-ranking city hall figure to step down in the last three months.
  
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• Photos: Second World War reenactment paintball game

  22-09-2017 17:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Second World War reenactment was held at Prairie Storm Paintball near Moose Jaw on September 17, 2017.
  
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• Province restores $20M funding for U of S College of Medicine to keep accreditation

  22-09-2017 17:35
  The provincial government is restoring $20 million to the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine to maintain its national accreditation.
  
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• Warmer and wetter fall season in store for Canada, says meteorologist

  22-09-2017 17:30
  Brett Anderson, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, talked to CTV News Channel about the unusually warm weather and what Canadians can expect this autumn.
  
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• Summer's swan song: Humidex approaching 40C across Ontario this weekend

  22-09-2017 17:30
  Heat warnings were issued Friday across Ontario, stretching from Windsor to Timmins. In several cities, including Toronto, Ottawa, London, Waterloo and Hamilton, the humidex is forecast to approach 40 C on Saturday and Sunday.
  
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• Sentencing delayed for Saskatoon man who admitted guilt to numerous child pornography charges - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  22-09-2017 17:28
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  Sentencing delayed for Saskatoon man who admitted guilt to numerous child pornography charges
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  A man who pleaded guilty to numerous child pornography charges will have to wait for his sentence. Philip Chicoine was set to be sentenced Thursday in Saskatoon provincial court, but the judge requested more time to review the evidence and materials in ...
  
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• Inflation rate jump in Saskatchewan partly due to PST changes

  22-09-2017 17:07 via globalnews.ca
  The yearly inflation rate in Saskatchewan jumped in August, partially due to PST on insurance premiums.
  
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• Today's Schedule dlvr.it/Ppkzt9 https://t.co/kHnJHNhwM2

  22-09-2017 16:38
  
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• Harlem Globetrotters Handles Franklin

  22-09-2017 16:21 via globalnews.ca
  Handles Franklin explains why he became a Harlem Globetrotter and teaches Jackie Wilson and Adam MacVicar some moves:
  
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• Sentencing expected in vicious attack on Saskatchewan homeless woman

  22-09-2017 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  Leslie Black expected to be sentenced for attempted murder in the 2014 attack on a homeless woman.
  
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• Saskatchewan man who attacked homeless woman, set her on fire gets 16 years

  22-09-2017 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan man who attacked homeless woman, set her ablaze gets 16 years in prison.
  
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• Stolen truck crash east of Lloydminster leaves three dead

  22-09-2017 16:01
  Three women from Edmonton are dead after a stolen truck and minivan crashed east of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan RCMP say.
  
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• Emergency crews on scene of serious crash near Lloydminster

  22-09-2017 16:01
  Police and a rescue squad from Lloydminster are on the scene of a “serious” crash in the eastbound lane of Highway 16 east of Lloydminster.
  
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• Province returns $20M to med school: StarPhoenix daily update for Sept. 22, 2017

  22-09-2017 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  U of S College of Medicine gets $20M from province before accreditation review
  The provincial government has reversed yet another piece of its spring budget, pledging to reinstate $20 million for the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine. In March, the Saskatchewan Party government slashed funding to the U of S by 5.6 per cent and instructed t
  
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