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• 'Celebration' as RCMP vows to repatriate Metis items

  23-09-2017 23:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  Metis items on display at the RCMP’s Heritage Centre in Regina will be returned to the Metis people within the next two years under a new agreement signed by the national policing body and the Metis National Council.
  The announcement was made Saturday in Winnipeg during the Manitoba Metis Federation’s annual general assembly.
  “There’s been a lot of celebration, an outpouring of support online. People are very happy to hear this issue’s been formally resolved,”
  
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• Louis Riel artifacts ‘coming home’ to Manitoba’s Métis

  23-09-2017 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  Three historical artifacts that are believed to have once belonged to Louis Riel are coming back to Manitoba.
  
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• Feds’ tax proposal unfairly casts business people in a bad light: Chamber of Commerce

  23-09-2017 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Business leaders say Finance Minister Bill Morneau has justified the government's business tax proposal by insinuating that businesses have been taking advantage of tax loopholes.
  
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• The villain, the faithful romantic: Big Brother casting call draws all types

  23-09-2017 23:43 via cbc.ca
  "I don't really care if I have to backstab and do whatever I have to to win," said one of the more than 100 early auditioners during a Big Brother Canada open casting call in Saskatoon Saturday.
  
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• Big Brother Canada holds open casting call in Saskatoon

  23-09-2017 23:43 via cbc.ca
  "I don't really care if I have to backstab and do whatever I have to to win," said one of the more than 100 early auditioners during a Big Brother Canada open casting call in Saskatoon Saturday.
  
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• The Canadian Chamber of Commerce wants more time on proposed tax changes

  23-09-2017 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says they would like a longer consultation process on proposed tax changes. Adrienne South reports.
  
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• Long line at Big Brother auditions in Saskatoon

  23-09-2017 22:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  Craig Kosmynka and his best friend bonded over the reality TV show Big Brother.
  They had watched the show for half their lives and loved how the characters manipulated each other and stabbed their competitors in the back to get ahead.
  Craig Kosmynka
  They had dreamed of going on the show together, but Kosmynka’s friend died last year in a construction accident while working on a City of Saskatoon sound wall project.
  So when 20-year-old Kosmynka heard Big Brother Canada was coming to Sa
  
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• Trying not to love Nickelback: These superfans don't believe you hate their favourite band

  23-09-2017 21:55 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon city councillor Troy Davies, who listens to Nickelback daily, doesn't need science to explain the widespread hatred for his favourite band. He thinks it's all an act.
  
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• RCMP inks deal to return Louis Riel artifacts to Métis people

  23-09-2017 20:38 via cbc.ca
  The federal government has agreed to return a series of artifacts connected to Louis Riel, currently housed in the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina, to the Métis people.
  
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• Province-Wide Week to Celebrate Applied Design Industry dlvr.it/PpzdPJ https://t.co/KE8VtO1Q8g

  23-09-2017 20:29
  
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• One Dead in Crash Near Swift Current dlvr.it/PpzdBZ https://t.co/fO3TGiNeFa

  23-09-2017 20:29
  
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• Suspected lawn bowling club thief caught

  23-09-2017 20:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police have apprehended the man believed to be responsible for the string of break and enters into the Nutana Lawnbowling club house.
  Club member Joseph Chan said he and other club members were very pleased to receive the news from police on Thursday morning.
  Between early June and early September, the club house on the corner of Melrose Avenue and Seventh Street was broken into four times and there were signs of five other unsuccessful break-in efforts.
  In each successful break-i
  
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• Manitoba man dead after two-vehicle crash in Saskatchewan

  23-09-2017 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  A Manitoba man is dead following a two-vehicle collision near Morse, Sask.
  
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• New Faces: Experience next level gaming at VR Arcade

  23-09-2017 19:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  Jason Maher knows a thing or two about 3D animation and visual effects.
  After spending a decade working on visual effects for the film industry as a 3D animator and graphic designer in Toronto and Vancouver, he’s brought his knowledge home to Saskatoon.
  “My goal was to come back and start a company here,” says Maher, who opened the doors to his new “reality” at the end of July. “(Virtual reality) has only been around this this community in the last year o
  
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• Highway 7 closed west of Saskatoon due to crash with serious injuries

  23-09-2017 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  Traffic is restricted on Highway 7 while RCMP investigate a crash with serious injuries.
  
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• Man stabbed in altercation on the 1400 block of 22nd Street West

  23-09-2017 19:07
  Police responded just after midnight on Friday to reports of four males fighting near the 1400 block of 22nd Street West.
  
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• RCMP investigating serious collision west of Saskatoon

  23-09-2017 19:04
  Warman RCMP are currently on the scene of a serious collision four kilometres west of Saskatoon on Highway #7.
  
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• City Manager Announces Retirement dlvr.it/Ppysvb https://t.co/WAlnkmLAzI

  23-09-2017 18:50
  
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• $60 million Lotto Max winning ticket sold in the Prairies

  23-09-2017 17:07 via globalnews.ca
  A ticket purchased in the Prairies claimed Friday night's colossal $60 million Lotto Max jackpot.
  
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• REVIEW: Grounded actor delivers weighty performance

  23-09-2017 16:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  The only character in Grounded, Live Five’s season-opening play, is a fighter pilot. Despite her extraordinary experiences, the play is about universal ones. Themes like work-life balance, stress, love and uncertainty are explored to their extremes, but in a way that rings true even if your feet are always firmly on the ground.
  The character, played by Kate Herriot, is her job. Her flight suit represents hard work, nerve and sacrifice. It might as well be fused to her skin. So when life, m
  
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• Man stabbed during fight took himself to Saskatoon hospital: police - CBC.ca

  23-09-2017 16:50
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  Man stabbed during fight took himself to Saskatoon hospital: police
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  A man took himself to hospital after being stabbed in a fight in Saskatoon early Saturday morning, police say. Officers were called to a report of four males fighting on the 1400 block of 22nd Street W. at about 12:20 a.m. CST. When police arrived ...and more »
  
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• Man stabbed during fight took himself to Saskatoon hospital: police

  23-09-2017 16:50 via cbc.ca
  A man took himself to hospital after being stabbed in a fight in Saskatoon early Friday morning.
  
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• CAA's Tips on Winterizing Your Cabin dlvr.it/PpxqDf https://t.co/Xb8SjJiyNT

  23-09-2017 16:40
  
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• StarPhoenix daily update for Sept. 23, 2017

  23-09-2017 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Stay up to date with the news and stories that matter in Saskatoon and beyond, delivered each morning Monday through Saturday.
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  Leslie Black gets 16-year prison sentence for brutal beating, burning of Prince Albert woman Marlene Bird
  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. Black pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the beating, burning and sexual assault on Bi
  
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• Highway 7 Closed After Early Morning Crash dlvr.it/Ppx4fF https://t.co/mIRfjCqH6c

  23-09-2017 15:05
  
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• Sauvignon Blanc doesn't have to punch to get your attention

  23-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I live in a world of wine tasting. At various times over the course of the day, the month, the year, I will be presented with anywhere up to a couple of dozen wines. I have to notice them. I have to pay attention. But some days that’s just beyond me. Or sometimes after a half dozen I’m losing interest. You don’t know it but you live in this world. too.  Every time you open and taste a bottle of wine, you expect a series of sensa
  
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• Saskatoon Hilltops: Ryan Turple a prime target

  23-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Ryan Turple has emerged from the shadows as Mr. Consistency on the Saskatoon Hilltops.
  Turple has turned into the team’s most reliable receiver this season. He has 21 catches for a team-leading 295 yards and one touchdown.
  “He’s probably been our most consistent player and he’s definitely made plays,” says Hilltops assistant coach Brent Turkington, who filled in for head coach Tom Sargeant at Thursday’s practice.
  “You watch him on blocking assignments an
  
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• Huskies face stern test against high-octane Dinos

  23-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The University of Saskatchewan Huskies were cruising along at a perfect 2-0, but then came the skid, and the loss, with the toughest test of the season next on their schedule.
  A 31-10 loss to host British Columbia on Sept. 16 leads Saskatchewan into this weekend’s contest in Calgary against the unbeaten Dinos, who have been obliterating opponents through the early stages of the Canada West football season.
  And no, says Huskies’ head coach Scott Flory, he’s not exactly grinning
  
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• Greenbryre walkout elevates industrial chic

  23-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The opportunity to design and build the grand prize home for the Hospital Home Lottery is both an honour and a challenge, says Donna Senterre, sales and marketing manager for Haven Builders. “It’s such a worthy cause. We’re honoured to have been asked to design our second Hospital Lottery home.”
  Tickets for last fall’s lottery home created by Haven Builders sold out in record time — four weeks before the scheduled ‘early bird’ deadline. In designin
  
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• Fuller: The men's trip finds life in the dying season

  23-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The fall men’s trip to the cabin is one I anticipate like no other. It’s a wonderful weekend of fellowship and food, work and weather.
  I remember a few years ago, standing on the deck in the crisp dark with my brother in-law, son and nephews, looking up in childlike wonder at the stars, thinking “This could be the best moment of my life.” Okay, the glass in my hand might have influenced my opinion, but still.
  You can’t go to the lake in the fall without be
  
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• Cuthand: Trudeau's UN speech meaningless without action

  23-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  This week we witnessed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau humble himself and the country in front of the United Nations. He spoke candidly about Canada’s ongoing and colonial relationship with the First Nations.
  “For Indigenous peoples in Canada, the experience was mostly one of humiliation, neglect and abuse” under successive governments that didn’t respect their rights, he said.
  “We are greatly ashamed,” Trudeau said. “And for far too many Indigenous people
  
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• After a break, Holland sweeps back into the competitive curling life

  23-09-2017 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Amber Holland slid up and down an ice sheet in Saskatoon Friday afternoon, looking just like the old Holland.
  Her hands co-ordinated nicely with her eyes, and her delivery was steady. But after three years away from competitive curling, Holland — the 2011 national Scotties champion and world silver medallist — didn’t quite feel herself.
  “I think the brain is rusty,” chuckled Holland, skipping a competitive team of her own for the first time in a long while, after a
  
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• 'It's not just add Indigenous and stir': U of S's indigenization approach raising questions

  23-09-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  In two years from now, the University of Saskatchewan is planning to make Indigenous education mandatory for all 21,000 students.
  
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• 'Trump has scared the bejesus out of everyone': How Canada could win the Amazon sweepstakes

  23-09-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Amazon's picking Canada for its coveted second headquarters is more than just wishful thinking.
  
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• Tax reforms for private corporations need to be phased in, not slapped down: Jonathan Kay

  23-09-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  When you change the fabric of a country's tax law, you're not just changing the law itself. You're also implicitly reassigning the benefits associated with contracts, business decisions and even career choices that were made in the shadow of that law.
  
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• 'I didn't realize I could have such a big impact': Katimavik focuses on reconciliation

  23-09-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Its budget was cut in 2012, but Katimavik is back with a pilot project that sees youth from the Tlicho region of the Northwest Territories and Eeyou Istchee, Que., engaging with other communities and volunteering for organizations.
  
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• Stabbing 1400 block 22nd Street West

  23-09-2017 10:42 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  At 12:20 a.m., September 23, 2017 police responded to a report of four males fighting in the 1400 block of 22nd Street West.  Upon arrival, officers learned that one of the males had been stabbed in the torso but had left the scene.  The suspect had also fled prior to police arrival.  Several minutes later the 22 year old victim was located at St. Paul's Hospital where he had gone to seek treatment.The victim's injuries have been determined to be non-life threatenin
  
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• Broncos Spoil Blades Home-Opener…Again! dlvr.it/PptffY https://t.co/YENRPsOlRp

  23-09-2017 09:38
  
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• Broncos buck off Blades in WHL season-opener

  23-09-2017 07:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Blades couldn’t finish what they started Friday night.
  “We got to a good start, but we’ve got to finish these games,” lamented Blades forward Caleb Fantillo, whose one-timer gave Saskatoon a 1-0 lead over the visiting Swift Current Broncos in their Western Hockey League season-opener before a crowd of 7,460 fans at SaskTel Centre.
  “It was a big game for us. We were so excited to play this game, but we’ve got to bear down the last 30 minutes. We&r
  
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• Swift Current Broncos spoil Saskatoon Blades’ party with 5-2 win

  23-09-2017 06:36 via globalnews.ca
  The Swift Current Broncos scored four unanswered goals to earn a 5-2 comeback victory over the Saskatoon Blades in the opening game of the season for both teams.
  
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• DNA of accused found in blood, T-shirt tested in manslaughter case

  23-09-2017 05:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The DNA of a Saskatoon man on trial for manslaughter was found in samples taken from the apartment building where Johnathon Keenatch-Lafond was fatally stabbed in 2014, according to a forensic biologist with the RCMP.
  Dr. Greg Litzenberger testified on Friday that a DNA profile extracted from blood found on a door and in a stairwell matched a DNA sample from Keith Clarence Napope.
  Napope, 31, is on trial at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench, accused of robbing Keenatch-Lafond and contributi
  
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• Global News at 6: September 22

  23-09-2017 04:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, September 22, 2017 edition of Global News at 6 on Global Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon city manager Murray Totland stepping down after 36 years with the city

  23-09-2017 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  He’s one of the longest tenured employees at city hall, who’s had his hand in many major projects in Saskatoon. On Friday, Murray Totland announced he’s stepping down at the end of the year. Adam MacVicar reports.
  
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• New research shows alarming trend of suicide among Indigenous youth

  23-09-2017 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  Researchers say the impact of residential schools has never been so apparent. Provincial data shows that trauma in now re-emerging in the form of a suicide crisis among indigenous youth. Meaghan Craig reports.
  
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• Special ceremony at Friday Saskatoon Blades game to honour former captain Bruce Gordon

  23-09-2017 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades and Saskatoon Police honour former Blades captain Bruce Gordon who later became a police officer, a lawyer and is now battling cancer. Rebekah Lesko reports.
  
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• New eye catching art popping up in Saskatoon’s Broadway district

  23-09-2017 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  Mixing culture with commerce, the Broadway area is the heart of arts and culture in Saskatoon and now new artwork has began popping up in the district. Doug Roxburgh reports.
  
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• 5 Things — speed dating in Saskatoon

  23-09-2017 04:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A lot of people have been there, scrolling through online dating apps and endless swipes to the left.
  Then, they start messaging someone they think may have potential. The conversation continues easily for a time; they seem to have things in common and the jokes are flowing.
  They decide to meet in person for an actual date. Upon meeting, someone’s mouth almost drops open; the other person looks nothing like the picture online. Then the conversation is stilted and awkward. Online, it was a
  
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• ‘Within less than a second she had me’: Sask. man recounts bear attack

  23-09-2017 03:35
  A Saskatchewan man who survived a black bear attack earlier this month says the attack happened fast but the fight lasted about 20 minutes.
  
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• La Loche gets improved X-Ray machine

  23-09-2017 03:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  La Loche residents now have access to a new and improved x-ray machine at La Loche Community Health Centre.
  The $650,000 machine can manoeuvre around patients, takes better quality images and reduces exposure to radiation, Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority spokesman Eldon Duchscher said in an email.
  Its digital capabilities allow medical staff to send information to specialists electronically rather than mailing x-ray photos, mayor Robert St. Pierre said.
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• Indigenous woman in Saskatchewan says she was racially profiled by Sears employee

  23-09-2017 03:00 via globalnews.ca
  The woman said a Sears employee asked her to put her items down, accusing her of not being able to afford them.
  
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