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• 'It's way more than I would ever have anticipated': Union thrilled with salary, benefits deal for laid-off Cameco workers

  14-11-2017 23:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  Workers affected by Cameco Corp.’s decision to temporarily close two uranium production sites in northern Saskatchewan will be paid 75 per cent of their base salary and retain their benefits during the 10-month layoff, according to the union representing them.
  United Steelworkers (USW) Local 8914 announced the agreement with Cameco in a social media post on Monday. Denis O’Hara, the union’s interim president, said in an interview that the money will come from employment insuran
  
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• Update - Shooting - 200 block Ave V South

  14-11-2017 23:44 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  In addition to previous news release (2017-0910), the 30 year old male victim died in hospital November 11, 2017.  An autopsy was performed today.  Investigators from the Major Crime Section are investigating the incident with assistance from other Police units.  This is Saskatoon’s 5th homicide of 2017.Anyone with information is asked to call the Saskatoon Police Service at 306-975-8300 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.(Occurrence Number: 17-116388)
  
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• RCMP search for person of interest in fatal Meadow Lake shooting

  14-11-2017 23:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 17-year-old boy died after a suspected shooting in Meadow Lake, and police are still searching for a person of interest described as armed and dangerous.
  In a news release on Tuesday, RCMP said the Meadow Lake detachment received a call Monday at 10:30 a.m. about a 17-year-old boy who had suffered what were believed to gunshot wounds at a home in the community. The boy was rushed to hospital by EMS, where he was pronounced dead.
  RCMP have said members of the public should not approach the susp
  
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• RCMP search for person of interest in fatal Meadow Lake shooting - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  14-11-2017 23:41
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  RCMP search for person of interest in fatal Meadow Lake shooting
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  A 17-year-old boy died after a suspected shooting in Meadow Lake, and police are still searching for a person of interest described as armed and dangerous. In a news release on Tuesday, RCMP said the Meadow Lake detachment received a call Monday at ...
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• Petition calling for removal, resignation of Sask. education minister hits 1,200 signatures

  14-11-2017 23:26 via cbc.ca
  A petition asking the premier to remove Minister of Education Bronwyn Eyre from cabinet has more than 1,200 signatures.
  
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• More than 2K people sign petition calling for removal of Sask. education minister

  14-11-2017 23:26 via cbc.ca
  A petition asking the premier to remove Minister of Education Bronwyn Eyre from cabinet has more than 2,400 signatures.
  
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• More than 2,000 people sign petition calling for removal of Sask. education minister

  14-11-2017 23:26 via cbc.ca
  A petition asking the premier to remove Minister of Education Bronwyn Eyre from cabinet has more than 2,400 signatures.
  
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• Conservatives, Liberals choose Battlefords-Lloydminster byelection candidates

  14-11-2017 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  Conservative candidate Rosemarie Falk and Larry Ingram, of the Liberal Party of Canada, have been chosen to run in the Battlefords-Lloydminster byelection.
  
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• Petition calling for resignation of Education Minister Bronwyn Eyre tops 1,200 signatures

  14-11-2017 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 1,200 people had signed an online petition calling for Bronwyn Eyre to resign or be removed from her position as Saskatchewan’s education minister amid an ongoing controversy over treaty education in the province. 
  The petition argues that Eyre should step down because she demonstrated a lack of understanding of Indigenous issues while using her apparent misrepresentation of her son’s Grade 8 homework assignment as the basis for broad changes t
  
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• Saskatoon Children’s Choir – “SING CHOIRS OF ANGELS”

  14-11-2017 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1st @7:30pm and SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2nd @7:30pm. The award winning Saskatoon Children’s Choir (SCC), under the direction of Artistic Director Phoebe Voigts, will be joined by a number of professional brass, string and percussion players from Saskatoon for its annual Christmas Concert “Sing Choirs of Angels”.  This concert will feature the angelic voices...
  
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• ST. PETER’S CHORUS ADVENT CONCERT

  14-11-2017 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  Tickets available from choir members or at Shopper’s Drug Mart in HUMBOLDT, SASK. Ticket Prices: $15.00 at the door, $12.00 in advance, children 12 and under are free. For more information go to http://www.stpeterschorus.ca
  
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• Sask RCMP aim to have dash cams in all cruisers by the end of 2019

  14-11-2017 22:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan RCMP are spending about $4.5 million on 85 computer servers and 500 dashboard cameras to be installed in all cruisers in the coming months.
  The national police force’s F Division made the announcement on Tuesday, three months after a court decision revealed that it broke ranks with 11 other divisions across Canada by abandoning its old in-car cameras before a new video recording system was fully operational.
  “Following a successful pilot project that concluded on Aug
  
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• UPDATED: Education minister says she regrets confusion; supports treaty education

  14-11-2017 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Education Minister Bronwyn Eyre says she regrets referencing her son's homework in a speech which prompted questions about teaching treaty education in schools.
  
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• Education minister says she regrets confusion; supports treaty education

  14-11-2017 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Education Minister Bronwyn Eyre says she regrets referencing her son's homework in a speech which prompted questions about teaching treaty education in schools.
  
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• Philip Chicoine gets 12-year prison sentence; highest-ever in Saskatchewan for child porn

  14-11-2017 22:22 via thestarphoenix.com
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  A provincial court judge has imposed the highest child porn-related sentence in Saskatchewan history on a Saskatoon man who paid for, and directed, the live-stream online sexual abuse of children overseas.
  On Tuesday, Philip Michael Chicoine was sentenced to 12 years in prison for creating child pornography of between 12 and 18 victims, some as young as 10 months old. He paid a total of $23,000 to impoverished mothers in Romania and Philippines to abuse children —
  
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• Saskatoon man who directed child porn, kept 'depraved' collection sentenced to 12 years

  14-11-2017 21:58 via cbc.ca
  Philip Michael Chicoine has been sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to 40 counts of ​possessing, producing and sharing child pornography.
  
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• Longest-ever sentence for Saskatoon child pornographer with 'vile' collection

  14-11-2017 21:58 via cbc.ca
  Philip Michael Chicoine has been sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to 40 counts of ​possessing, producing and sharing child pornography.
  
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• Philip Chicoine sentenced to 12 years for child porn offences

  14-11-2017 21:36
  A 28-year-old man has been handed the longest prison sentence for child pornography charges in Saskatchewan history.
  
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• Sask. education minister says she regrets 'confusion,' supports treaty education

  14-11-2017 21:16
  Saskatchewan's education minister is apologizing for referencing her son's homework in a speech which appeared to question how treaty education is taught in schools.
  
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• Metis man says ‘60s Scoop settlement discriminatory

  14-11-2017 21:11
  A Metis man and victim of the '60s Scoop has filed a human rights complaint against Carolyn Bennett, Canada’s minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook – snow, snow and more snow

  14-11-2017 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  More snow is on the way as winds pick up and temperatures bounce up, down and all around in Saskatoon’s weather forecast.
  
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• New dates set for inquest into death of Saskatoon teen Timothy Unger at Kilburn Hall

  14-11-2017 20:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan government has announced dates for a previously postponed inquest into the death of a 17-year-old boy who died at a secure-custody youth facility in Saskatoon.
  Timothy Unger was a resident of Kilburn Hall Youth Centre when he was taken to hospital and pronounced dead in the early morning hours of July 30, 2015.
  According to the youth’s mother in a 2015 interview with The Saskatoon StarPhoenix, the 17-year-old, who was associated with a Saskatoon street gang, was taken into
  
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• Petition calling for resignation of Education Minister Bronwyn Eyre tops 1,000 signatures

  14-11-2017 20:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  More than 1,000 people have signed a day-old online petition calling for Bronwyn Eyre to resign or be removed from her position as Saskatchewan education minister amid an ongoing controversy over treaty education in the province. 
  The petition argues that Eyre should step down because she demonstrated a lack of understanding for Indigenous issues while using her apparent misrepresentation of her son’s Grade 8 homework assignment as the basis for broad changes to the curriculum.
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• Dozens of migratory birds shot, left to rot near Unity, Sask.

  14-11-2017 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Over 70 migratory birds, including snow geese and ducks, were shot and left to rot near Unity, Sask.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook – snow, snow and more snow - Globalnews.ca

  14-11-2017 19:29
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  WATCH ABOVE: More snow is on the way as winds pick up and temperatures bounce up, down and all around in Saskatoon's weather forecast. Peter Quinlan has more. X. - A A +. Listen. Story highlights. Snowfall warning. Snowy Tuesday morning.and more »
  
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• Innovation Saskatchewan plays matchmaker with researchers in health care field

  14-11-2017 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  Innovation Saskatchewan is hosting the first “SPARK Night” to connect health researchers with joint interests.
  
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• Teen found unresponsive in Sheraton Cavalier pool dies - CTV News

  14-11-2017 18:43
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  Teen found unresponsive in Sheraton Cavalier pool dies
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  A teen found unresponsive in a Saskatoon hotel pool last week has died. The 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital after emergency crews were called to the Sheraton Cavalier at about 9 p.m. Friday. Few other details have been released, but Saskatoon ...and more »
  
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• Teen found unresponsive in Sheraton Cavalier pool dies

  14-11-2017 18:43
  A teen found unresponsive in a Saskatoon hotel pool last week has died.
  
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• Don't write oil's 'obituary,' IEA says in long-term demand forecast

  14-11-2017 18:16 via cbc.ca
  Global oil demand is expected to keep rising over the next two decades, albeit at a steadily decreasing pace, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.
  
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• Woman asked to leave Regina Chuck E Cheese because of service dog

  14-11-2017 18:10
  A Regina woman says she was kicked out of a local Chuck E Cheese because she has a service dog.
  
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• Work-life balance may be suffering as Canadians spend more time connected to internet

  14-11-2017 18:08 via cbc.ca
  Canadians are leading more and more digitally connected lives, and that's having both positive and negative implications on our well-being, a new Statistics Canada survey suggests.
  
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• 'Don't check it': Canadians are more connected than ever, but it's hurting their work-life balance

  14-11-2017 18:08 via cbc.ca
  Canadians are leading more and more digitally connected lives, and that's having both positive and negative implications on our well-being, a new Statistics Canada survey suggests.
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush unveil new jerseys for upcoming season

  14-11-2017 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rush will have three new jerseys for the upcoming National Lacrosse League season.
  
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• Saskatoon driver ticketed after teen pedestrian hit by car - CBC.ca

  14-11-2017 18:03
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  Saskatoon driver ticketed after teen pedestrian hit by car
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  A driver has been given a ticket after a 16-year-old boy was hit by a car just outside Aden Bowman Collegiate. The driver was ticketed for failing to stop for a pedestrian. Police were called to the corner of Isabella Street and Clarence Avenue at ...
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• Saskatoon driver ticketed after teen pedestrian hit by car

  14-11-2017 18:02 via cbc.ca
  A driver has been given a ticket after a 16-year-old boy was hit by a car just outside Aden Bowman Collegiate.
  
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• Toppers boss reflects on a historic win. dlvr.it/Q0w5mz https://t.co/kc5rgHQsfz

  14-11-2017 17:59
  
  Toppers boss reflects on a historic win. dlvr.it/Q0w5mz https://t.co/kc5rgHQsfz
  
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• Public inquest to be held into death of Timothy Unger

  14-11-2017 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  A public inquest will be held into the death of Timothy Unger who was in custody at Kilburn Hall Youth Centre.
  
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• Update - Vehicle/Pedestrian Collision - Clarence Avenue and Isabella Street

  14-11-2017 17:29 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The driver of the vehicle involved in a collision with a pedestrian at Isabella Street and Clarence Avenue this morning was ticketed for failing to stop for a pedestrian.  The 16 year old male pedestrian suffered non life-threatening injuries.  The roadway has reopened.  (Occurrence Number: 17-119391)
  
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• MLA Kevin Phillips Dies Suddenly dlvr.it/Q0vsJw https://t.co/1LrHJQe68P

  14-11-2017 17:27
  
  MLA Kevin Phillips Dies Suddenly dlvr.it/Q0vsJw https://t.co/1LrHJQe68P
  
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• 18 Months Later, the Search Goes On dlvr.it/Q0vs1j https://t.co/JIZAhreDlQ

  14-11-2017 17:27
  
  18 Months Later, the Search Goes On dlvr.it/Q0vs1j https://t.co/JIZAhreDlQ
  
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• Inquest into death at Saskatoon youth facility rescheduled for this month

  14-11-2017 17:17 via cbc.ca
  An inquest into the death of 17-year-old Timothy Unger will be held later this month at Saskatoon's Court of Queen's Bench.
  
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• Photos: Remembrance Day in Saskatoon

  14-11-2017 17:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  One of Canada’s largest indoor Remembrance Day services was held at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon on November 11, 2017.
  
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• Melfort MLA Kevin Phillips dies at age 63

  14-11-2017 17:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  Friends and colleagues are “shocked and saddened” by the death of Saskatchewan Party MLA Kevin Phillips, says Premier Brad Wall.
  The Melfort MLA died Monday at the age of 63, the Saskatchewan government announced Tuesday. The death of Phillips was “completely without warning,” Premier Brad Wall said in a statement.
  “All of Kevin’s friends and colleagues are shocked and saddened by his sudden and unexpected passing,” Wall said, noting that Phillips w
  
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• Letter of the Day: Ride-sharing makes us safer

  14-11-2017 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  We recently returned from Europe and are continually amazed with their inner and inter city public transportation systems. We have ridden buses, subways and trains within and from London to Paris to Madrid. The costs are reasonable and the efficiency and speed of their systems are incredible.
  Comparatively, our local transit system is a painful and costly experience. This last trip we also ride-shared numerous times and were impressed. The ride-share apps are easy to use and we waited only minut
  
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• Saskatchewan Party Melfort MLA Kevin Phillips passes away

  14-11-2017 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  Kevin Phillips, the MLA for the riding of Melfort, passes away suddenly at the age of 63.
  
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• Melfort MLA Kevin Phillips dead at age 63

  14-11-2017 16:56
  Melfort MLA Kevin Phillips has died at the age of 63.
  
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• Sask. politicians mourn unexpected death of Melfort MLA

  14-11-2017 16:49 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan MLAs are remembering one of their colleagues. The MLA for Melfort, Kevin Phillips, died unexpectedly on Monday evening at the age of 63.
  
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• Sask. Party MLA for Melfort Kevin Phillips dies

  14-11-2017 16:49 via cbc.ca
  The Sask. Party MLA for Melfort Kevin Phillips has died, according to the government.
  
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• Sask. Party MLA for Melfort Kevin Phillips dead at 63

  14-11-2017 16:49 via cbc.ca
  The Sask. Party MLA for Melfort Kevin Phillips has died, according to the government.
  
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• Saskatoon Metis Files Discrimination Complaint Against Federal Minister dlvr.it/Q0vJJN https://t.co/d9YEdTXGqe

  14-11-2017 16:21
  
  Saskatoon Metis Files Discrimination Complaint Against Federal Minister dlvr.it/Q0vJJN https://t.co/d9YEdTXGqe
  
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