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• Extra officers and security guards added for Rider games

  13-10-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Regina police are increasing security at Saskatchewan Roughrider games following attacks this month in Edmonton and Las Vegas.
  
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• Increased security expected outside first Riders game since Edmonton attack

  13-10-2017 23:49
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders are in action at Mosaic Stadium on Friday night and football fans can expect to see some beefed up security when they arrive.
  
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• HIV numbers still out of control in parts of Sask.

  13-10-2017 23:34
  Last year a group of doctors declared Saskatchewan’s HIV rates a medical state of emergency. One year later, numbers are still soaring in some of the province's smaller centres.
  
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• Minor propane explosion at Cameco's Key Lake mill, no injuries or environmental damage: company

  13-10-2017 23:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  There were no injuries or measurable environment impact when a small propane explosion took place at Cameco’s Key Lake mill, the company said Friday.
  According to Cameco, the start-up of the acid plant’s sulphur furnace was being initiated when the explosion occurred.
  “The facility safety systems functioned as designed,” the company said in a statement.
  The plant produces acid for uranium processing purposes within the mill. According to Cameco, “there are no uraniu
  
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• Photos: Huskies vs Cougars in basketball

  13-10-2017 23:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  The University of Saskatchewan Huskies played against the Mount Royal Cougars in basketball action at the PAC facility in Saskatoon, October 12, 2017.
  
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• 3 Saskatoon affordable housing projects get funding boost

  13-10-2017 23:13 via cbc.ca
  The provincial and federal government announced on Friday it will create 100 affordable housing units with a combined $8.67 million in funding.
  
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• Nurse shortage forces closure of Spiritwood emergency centre

  13-10-2017 23:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  For the second time this month, the Spiritwood Collaborative Emergency Centre will close over the weekend due to staffing shortages.
  The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region is currently trying to fill two nursing positions at the facility, which is now operating with one full-time nurse and one part-time nurse. Spokesperson Doug Dahl said the last closure, over Oct. 8 and 9, was entirely due to the low staffing levels. The shortage is prompting a second closure for Oct. 14 and 15.
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• Two Arrested - Cocaine Trafficking - 300 block Montreal Ave.

  13-10-2017 22:53 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 34 year old Edmonton man and a 32 year old man from Saskatoon are facing a number of charges following an investigation by members of the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team (SIDEST) into cocaine trafficking.  During the investigation officers witnessed activity consistent with drug trafficking.  On October 12, 2017  a traffic stop was conducted and the 34 year old Edmonton man was arrested.  The same day the 32 year old man was arrested during anoth
  
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• Suspicious Male - Firearm Located - 400 block Russell Road

  13-10-2017 22:41 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 27 year old Saskatoon man is facing a number of charges following a report of suspicious activity overnight.Just before 2:00 a.m., October 13, 2017, Police received a report of a male acting suspiciously outside a convenience store.  The male had been attempting to enter the store which had already closed.  Responding officers located a male matching the description nearby.  He was found to be in possession of a loaded, sawed-off rifle and was taken into custody at the scene.&nb
  
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• Cleanup complete on College Drive near Circle Drive after semi transporting ammonia gas tips

  13-10-2017 22:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  Cleanup finished Friday morning on a major Saskatoon roadway, almost exactly 24 hours after a semi transporting ammonia gas tipped and diesel was spilled.
  Firefighters, including the hazardous materials unit, and police responded Thursday around 8:30 a.m. to the rollover in the eastbound lane of College Drive at Circle Drive. No injuries were reported as a result of the accident, police and fire officials said in news releases, but drivers in the area faced significant delays. All traffic w
  
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• Saskatoon Charities Promote Playtime With A Purpose sasknow.ca/saskatoon-char…

  13-10-2017 22:16
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• Early's proudly brings you the Pets Of the Week! Bear & Humphrey are new this week.. sasknow.ca/lifestyle/pets…

  13-10-2017 22:14
  Early's proudly brings you the Pets Of the Week! Bear & Humphrey are new this week.. sasknow.ca/lifestyle/pets…
  
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• Memorial held in Brandon for Las Vegas shooting victim Tara Roe

  13-10-2017 22:13 via cbc.ca
  Friends and family of Tara Roe gathered in Brandon Friday afternoon to remember the young mom of two, who was one of four Canadians killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting.
  
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• RCMP charge suspect after manhunt in west-central Saskatchewan

  13-10-2017 21:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  MAIDSTONE — RCMP have charged a suspect with firearm and robbery offences following a manhunt in west-central Saskatchewan.
  Police say Jeremy Buffin, who is 29, was arrested near Maidstone Thursday morning.
  The manhunt involved a Mountie tactical unit, officers from seven RCMP detachments, a dog team, police drones and an aircraft.
  The search was sparked by a shooting and two carjackings in the Edmonton area.
  RCMP say they were looking for a second suspect but are now not sure if a second
  
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• Saskatchewan has highest HIV rate in country: health department

  13-10-2017 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Health Department says the province has the highest reported number of HIV cases in the country.
  
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• GSP ignores Bisping barbs, promises to win comeback bout at UFC 217 in New York

  13-10-2017 21:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  TORONTO — It seemed only fitting that the UFC chose the Hockey Hall of Fame to hype Georges St-Pierre’s comeback fight against middleweight champion Michael Bisping.
  Back in 2010, UFC president Dana White stirred a Maple Leaf hornet’s nest when he declared that GSP, then welterweight title-holder and mixed martial arts’ pay-per-view king, was the “most famous athlete to ever, ever — in the history of the world — come out of Canada.”
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: wind chills dive into the minus teens

  13-10-2017 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  The coldest air Saskatoon has seen in half a year moves into the weather forecast as wind chills dive into the minus teens.
  
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• Liquidation Permission Granted For Remaining Sears Stores dlvr.it/PvNR3n https://t.co/8pJs54Q6z1

  13-10-2017 21:06
  
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• Sask. government looking to change rules on door-to-door sales

  13-10-2017 21:05 via cbc.ca
  Do you have a strong opinion on door-to-door salespeople? Then the province of Saskatchewan wants your input on a potential repeal and replace of the Direct Sellers Act, which defines who can sell what and how in the province.
  
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• Joni Mitchell biographer David Yaffe on the turbulent path to 'Reckless Daughter'

  13-10-2017 20:53
  Author David Yaffe first encountered Joni Mitchell about a decade ago and it wasn't long before he fell on her bad side.
  
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• Manslaughter Charge After Two Month Investigation dlvr.it/PvN8zv https://t.co/PS2EjzNJAp

  13-10-2017 20:33
  
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• 1.3 kg of cocaine seized in Saskatchewan drug bust

  13-10-2017 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  Police seize 1.3 kg of cocaine, charge five people in a Saskatchewan drug bust.
  
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• Manslaughter charge laid in August death on Clearwater River Dene Nation

  13-10-2017 20:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 29-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in the August death of a 41-year-old man on Clearwater River Dene Nation. 
  La Loche RCMP responded shortly after midnight on August 10 to a report of a possible break-and-enter on the reserve, RCMP said in a news release. While at the location cited in the initial call to RCMP, police found an unresponsive man outside the home in the community.
  Despite local emergency services responding to the scene, Bradley Scott Lemaigre, 41, from Clea
  
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• Manslaughter charge in death of Clearwater River Dene Nation man

  13-10-2017 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  A man is facing a manslaughter charge after the death of another man on the Clearwater River Dene Nation.
  
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• Saskatchewan Author Says Many Canadians Have Flawed View Of History dlvr.it/PvMqnh https://t.co/F6H8aiY5UR

  13-10-2017 19:59
  
  Saskatchewan Author Says Many Canadians Have Flawed View Of History dlvr.it/PvMqnh https://t.co/F6H8aiY5UR
  
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• Drug Bust Nets Five Arrests dlvr.it/PvMqVJ https://t.co/cCyYBaqheD

  13-10-2017 19:59
  
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• Alberta boosts funding to Calgary veterinarian program, cuts ties with WCVM

  13-10-2017 19:38
  The Alberta government is bumping up funding for more spaces at the University of Calgary's veterinary medicine program and withdrawing millions in funds to the University of Saskatchewan.
  
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• Prince Albert apartment fire caused by boy playing with lighter

  13-10-2017 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  Police have determined a boy playing with a lighter was the cause of a fire at a Prince Albert apartment building.
  
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• Man charged in connection with crime spree from Edmonton into Saskatchewan

  13-10-2017 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  A 29-year-old man has been charged with a list of offences after a crime spree that stretched from the Edmonton area into Saskatchewan.
  
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• Photos: Semi rollover on College Drive

  13-10-2017 18:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  Crews worked to off-load ammonia gas from a semi-truck that rolled on its side on College Drive between Circle Drive and Central Ave in Saskatoon on October 12, 2017.
  
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• Saskatchewan NDP asks privacy commissioner to probe private email use, information requests

  13-10-2017 18:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan NDP is accusing the Saskatchewan Party government of violating the province’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act through what the NDP calls a “long-standing culture” of conducting sensitive government business using private email accounts and servers.
  Interim NDP Leader Nicole Sarauer made the allegations in a letter sent Thursday to Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner Ron Kruzeniski, in which she asked him to review the circumst
  
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• Pet rabbit digs up ancient arrowhead near Prince Albert, Sask.

  13-10-2017 18:41 via globalnews.ca
  "Anyone can find things like this anywhere ... even a little bunny." A pet rabbit has dug up an ancient arrowhead near Prince Albert, Sask.
  
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• Man armed with bear spray robs Saskatoon business

  13-10-2017 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  A masked man armed with bear spray made off with cash in the robbery of a Saskatoon business.
  
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• Saskatoon safety group says bike lanes block people in wheelchairs

  13-10-2017 18:23
  A Saskatoon safety group is calling on the city to reconsider the design of downtown bike lanes.
  
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• College Drive Now OPEN dlvr.it/PvLwfr https://t.co/jpqCb0tsVI

  13-10-2017 18:23
  
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• Photos: The Week in Photos (Oct. 6-12)

  13-10-2017 18:22 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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• Cleanup ongoing on College Drive near Circle Drive after semi transporting ammonia gas tips

  13-10-2017 18:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  Cleanup was continuing Friday morning on a major Saskatoon roadway, a full day after a semi transporting ammonia gas tipped and diesel was spilled.
  Firefighters, including the hazardous materials unit, and police responded Thursday around 8:30 a.m. to the rollover in the eastbound lane of College Drive at Circle Drive. No injuries were reported as a result of the accident, police and fire officials said in news releases, but drivers in the area faced significant delays.
  All traffic was shut down
  
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• Sheepdogs release campy ad for new album — '17 hits for $19.99'

  13-10-2017 18:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  Check out the ’70s vintage, K-Tel-style promo commercial for The Sheepdogs’ upcoming album Changing Colours, to be released Feb. 2.
  “You could spend tens of dollars trying to find all these songs. But now for the first time ever you can get them all in the same collection,” says mustachioed pitchman Steve The Pooch Puchalski. 
  The single I’ve Got a Hole Where My Heart Should Be is out now. Changing Colour is set for release Feb. 2. 
  
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• Letter of the Day: Sask. Party should shoulder the blame

  13-10-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Sask Party government tries to lay the blame for all its financial problems on a drop in resource revenue. But the real culprit is its own wasteful spending and megaproject bungling.
  Take the Global Transportation Hub. The Sask Party government spent $13 million of taxpayers’ money buying land for the Hub — and then wasted another $11 million just to settle legal disputes with landowners.
  The GTH is floundering. It has struggled to attract investors. Since 2011, land sales to pri
  
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• Alberta boaters reported missing on Saskatchewan lake OK

  13-10-2017 17:56 via globalnews.ca
  Two boaters from Alberta who were reported missing on a Saskatchewan lake are OK after being found by searchers.
  
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• Gregory Burke: Establishing a vision for a world-class gallery

  13-10-2017 16:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  Gregory Burke saw a unique opportunity in Saskatoon.
  Hired in 2013 as CEO of the Mendel Art Gallery, Burke’s true challenge was leading the transition to the new Remai Modern. When the job first caught his eye he immediately recognized it as something special.
  “I thought, ‘Oh my God. There are so many things here aligning that so rarely happen.’ And when I say rarely happen it’s not once in a lifetime, it’s once in many generations,” Burke says.
  Four yea
  
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• Gardening: Fall colour — Coveting your neighbour’s gold

  13-10-2017 16:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  Not all that glitters is gold, and in our prairie autumns it’s often your neighbours’ trees. If you’ve been driving through established neighbourhoods in your community with a covetous eye toward their older trees, ablaze with golden autumn colour, here is a sampling of some of the trees you’ve probably been looking at.
  Trees seldom offer instant gratification, but if you’re quick off the mark next spring, you’ll have colour the same fall. [Remember, big is no
  
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• College Drive Remains Closed During Morning Commute dlvr.it/PvKtyz https://t.co/gR2lTfwxnt

  13-10-2017 16:44
  
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• Epic fight between moose and wolf captured by drone

  13-10-2017 16:36
  A Canadian YouTuber captured an epic wolf versus moose battle deep in the Ontario wilderness in a video that has surged in popularity online.
  
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• Independent legal opinion finds 'strong likelihood' of Supreme Court upholding carbon tax

  13-10-2017 16:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  A lawsuit aimed at stopping the federal government from imposing a nationwide price on carbon — like the one proposed by Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and some of those vying to replace him — would be unlikely to succeed, according to an independent legal opinion commissioned by the Manitoba government. 
  The Supreme Court of Canada can always depart from earlier precedents, but there is a “strong likelihood” it would uphold the proposed price on carbon, probably bas
  
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• Sears Canada liquidation approved

  13-10-2017 16:03
  Sears Canada has received court approval to proceed with a full liquidation of its remaining stores, putting another 12,000 employees out of a job.
  
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• StarPhoenix daily update for Oct. 13, 2017

  13-10-2017 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Independent legal opinion finds ‘strong likelihood’ of Supreme Court upholding carbon tax
  A lawsuit aimed at stopping the federal government from imposing a nationwide price on carbon — like the one proposed by Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and some of those vying to replace him — would be unlikely to succeed, according to an independe
  
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• College Drive reopens after tanker rollover

  13-10-2017 15:49
  College Drive has reopened after a tanker truck carrying anhydrous ammonia tipped on Thursday morning.
  
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• 7 year sentence handed out in La Ronge restaurant death

  13-10-2017 15:41 via cbc.ca
  A seven year sentence was handed out to one of the men charged in the death of La Ronge restaurateur Simon Grant.
  
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