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• Summit highlights benefits of health region amalgamation

  15-11-2017 23:59 via cbc.ca
  A one-day health summit in Regina Wednesday brought together health professionals from across disciplines to discuss the future of health care in the province.
  
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• Eskimos, Riders riding momentum into respective CFL division finals

  15-11-2017 23:59
  The Calgary Stampeders have home-field advantage but it's the Edmonton Eskimos who'll have momentum Sunday in the West Division final.
  
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• Education minister apologizes in legislature for comments about treaty education

  15-11-2017 23:54 via cbc.ca
  The Minister of Education Bronwyn Eyre stood up in the Saskatchewan Legislature and apologized to the assembly on Wednesday.
  
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• Saskatoon police wants to buy its own plane, same as the old plane

  15-11-2017 23:53 via cbc.ca
  The police force is asking the Police Board of Commissioners for the OK to set aside $800,000 for the purchase.
  
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• Single Vehicle Collision - Highway 11 and Vic Blvd.

  15-11-2017 23:05 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are at the scene of a single vehicle collision at Highway 11 and Vic Blvd.   The collision occurred just before 3:00 p.m., November 15, 2017.  The vehicle left the road and struck a pole.  The driver, a man in his 30s, was injured in the collision.  He was attended to by the Saskatoon Fire Department and MD Ambulance before being transported to hospital.Motorists are advised to reduce speeds.  Colder temperatures have resulted in slippery conditions
  
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• Dog returns to Swift Current family after missing for nearly three months

  15-11-2017 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a real-life version of ‘Homeward Bound’ for one Swift Current family, as their family pet has returned home after missing for nearly three months.
  
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• Warman, Martensville chambers of commerce amalgamate

  15-11-2017 23:00 via cbc.ca
  The Warman and Martensville chambers of commerce officially amalgamated Wednesday into a new entity.
  
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• Sask. Catholic school boards fundraising to appeal funding court ruling

  15-11-2017 22:44
  The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association has started a fundraising campaign to cover the legal cost of appealing a recent court ruling to end provincial funding for non-Catholics attending Catholic schools.
  
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• BHP signs on for three more years as Enchanted Forest title sponsor

  15-11-2017 22:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  BHP will continue as title sponsor through the 2019-20 edition of the Enchanted Forest holiday lights tour that annually attracts more than 70,000 visitors and raises more than $200,000 for the partner foundations in Saskatoon.
  The sponsorship extension, announced Wednesday, will take BHP beyond next season’s 20th anniversary of the light show. It will also bring BHP’s financial contribution to the event to $1 million over 10 years.
  The official title of the event will be the BHP Enc
  
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• $4.5M RCMP in-car camera system expands in Sask.

  15-11-2017 21:42 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan RCMP are expanding in-car recording technology across the province, following what they call a successful pilot project with three detachments. The total cost for making the system fully operational in the province will be around $4.5 million.
  
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• Family says nobody notified them about teen’s shooting death in Meadow Lake

  15-11-2017 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  A family said no one informed them about the Meadow Lake shooting death of Kegan McCallum.
  
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• Video: Lafond on mission to learn, teach Indigenous traditions

  15-11-2017 20:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  Ace Lafond’s connection to his Indigenous culture deepened when he had children. Today, he’s working to learn more about Indigenous traditions and teach his three kids at the same time. The family recently started setting up teepees together.
  Check out our Weekender feature on Nov. 18, when the Saskatoon StarPhoenix’s Stephanie McKay profiles Lafond and two other Saskatoon fathers living their Indigenous culture in diverse and meaningful ways …
  
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• Video: Family shares powwow passion

  15-11-2017 20:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  TJ Warren, his wife Dabney Warren and their daughters Omiyosiw Nazbah Warren and Kiihibaa Acahkos Warren travel North America sharing their love of powwow. Warren strives to raise his children to be proud of who they are and where they come from, not only through dance but also language and prayer.
  Check out our Weekender feature here, as the Saskatoon StarPhoenix’s Stephanie McKay profiles Warren and two other Saskatoon fathers living their Indigenous culture in diverse and meaningful way
  
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• Take-home naloxone kits now available in a northern Saskatchewan health region

  15-11-2017 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  The Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority is the ninth health region in Saskatchewan to offer take-home naloxone kits.
  
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• Follow Nov. 15 edition of Sask. question period live

  15-11-2017 20:30 via cbc.ca
  Stefani Langenegger is at the Saskatchewan Legislature and will be tweeting live from question period during Tuesday's proceedings.
  
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• Prince Albert RCMP ask for public’s help solving 2 break and enters

  15-11-2017 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  Prince Albert RCMP have released a surveillance photo in an attempt to identify one of the suspects in two break and enters.
  
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• Nolan Maier called up by Saskatoon Blades

  15-11-2017 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades have called up goaltending prospect Nolan Maier, release goalie Joel Grzybowski.
  
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• Former Conservative MP Rob Clarke enters Sask. Party leadership race

  15-11-2017 20:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  Calling himself “the NDP’s worst nightmare,” former Conservative MP Rob Clarke has joined the already-crowded race to replace Brad Wall as leader of the Saskatchewan Party.
  Clarke, who was elected MP for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River in 2008 before losing the seat in the 2015 election, officially unveiled his campaign Wednesday in Saskatoon.
  The former RCMP officer will become the sixth person vying to replace Wall and the second, after Alanna Koch, who is not a me
  
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• 17-year-old drowns at Sheraton Cavalier hotel pool while holding breath

  15-11-2017 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Nolan Royer drowned while holding his breath at the Sheraton Cavalier hotel pool in Saskatoon.
  
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• Snapchat press releases? Students as young as 16 to vote on Saskatoon council committees

  15-11-2017 19:42 via cbc.ca
  One city councillor thinks opening the ranks of advisory committees to students aged 16-23 will help the city reach a younger demographic.
  
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• City and Saskatoon Tribal Council sign MOU on hydropower station, pedestrian bridge

  15-11-2017 19:27
  The City of Saskatoon and the Saskatoon Tribal Council put pen to paper Wednesday morning, signing a memorandum of understanding regarding the development of a new hydropower generation station and pedestrian bridge at the weir.
  
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• City, Saskatoon Tribal Council one step closer to $65M power project at weir

  15-11-2017 18:50 via cbc.ca
  A $65-million hydro power project at the weir on the South Saskatchewan River is one step closer to generating electricity.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades bio: Russian Mark Rubinchik lets his play do the talking

  15-11-2017 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Blades defenceman Mark Rubinchik, from Russia, speaks English very well but stays humble on the ice.
  
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  15-11-2017 18:36
  
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  15-11-2017 18:36
  
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• Another Hat Goes into the Sask. Party Leadership Ring dlvr.it/Q167qr https://t.co/OH21nZTQuB

  15-11-2017 18:36
  
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• Former Conservative MP Rob Clarke enters Saskatchewan Party leadership race

  15-11-2017 18:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  Calling himself “the NDP’s worst nightmare,” former Conservative MP Rob Clarke has joined the already-crowded race to replace Brad Wall as leader of the Saskatchewan Party.
  Clarke, who was elected MP for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River in 2008 before losing the seat in the 2015 election, officially unveiled his campaign Wednesday in Saskatoon.
  The former RCMP officer will become the sixth person vying to replace Wall and the second, after Alanna Koch, who is not a me
  
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• Appeal court sides with City of Saskatoon in dispute with bus drivers - CBC.ca

  15-11-2017 18:12 via cbc.ca
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  Appeal court sides with City of Saskatoon in dispute with bus drivers
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  The province's highest court is siding with the City of Saskatoon in its longstanding dispute with the union representing city transit workers. In a recent decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court's decision and ruled in ...
  
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• Appeal court sides with City of Saskatoon in dispute with bus drivers

  15-11-2017 18:12 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan’s highest court has overturned another judge’s decision and ruled in favour of the City of Saskatoon in the latest in a series of legal battles with the union representing Saskatoon transit workers.
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council, City of Saskatoon sign MOU to bring hydro power station to weir

  15-11-2017 18:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon’s weir may soon be a source of green energy.
  On Wednesday, the City of Saskatoon and the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) stating they will work together to develop a hydro power station at Saskatoon’s weir. The project is estimated to cost between $60 and $65 million.
  The MOU was signed at the First Nations Power Authority 2017 Western Canadian Indigenous Renewable Energy Forum at TCU Place in Saskatoon. Officials said the agreement
  
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• Number of High Income Earners Declines in Five Provinces dlvr.it/Q15rmY https://t.co/16euVonYgw

  15-11-2017 18:02
  
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• Former MP Rob Clarke running for Saskatchewan Party leadership

  15-11-2017 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Calling for a fresh start, former MP Rob Clarke announces he is running to be the next leader of the Saskatchewan Party.
  
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• City, Saskatoon Tribal Council partnering on new hydropower station

  15-11-2017 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  The development of a new hydropower station at the weir is heading to a feasibility study after the city and the Saskatoon Tribal Council sign agreement.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Unfair criticism of Remai critics

  15-11-2017 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Re: Millions for Remai Modern? Cue the haters, complainers (SP, Oct. 27).
  Tiffany Paulsen’s suggestion that critics of the Remai Modern are haters is ridiculous.
  We who have complained about the stunning cost overruns of the Remai Modern have expressed hate to no one. Nor was the project, as she suggests, “always contrasted against homelessness, poverty, addictions and other serious social issues.”
  But we have been, and remain, angry at all the stealth and backroom hooptedoodle
  
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  15-11-2017 16:57
  
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• Canada's richest one per cent saw income increases, StatsCan study finds

  15-11-2017 16:45
  The wealthiest Canadians saw their share of total income rise by nearly one per cent between 2014 and 2015, and the number of women among the rich “one percenters” continued to rise, according to Statistics Canada.
  
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• Cards Against Humanity buys land on U.S.-Mexico border to stop Trump’s wall

  15-11-2017 16:18
  The company behind the popular party game Cards Against Humanity says it purchased land on the U.S.-Mexico border to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned border wall.
  
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  15-11-2017 15:51
  
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• Rob Clarke expected to enter Sask. Party leadership race

  15-11-2017 15:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  Former Conservative MP Rob Clarke is expected to join the already-crowded race to replace Brad Wall at the helm of the Saskatchewan Party this morning.
  Clarke, who was elected MP for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River in 2008 before losing the seat in the 2015 election, is expected to officially unveil his campaign Wednesday morning in Saskatoon. 
  The former RCMP officer — whose candidacy has long been rumoured — will become the sixth person vying to replace Wall and the
  
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• ‘Twas the Month Before Christmas’ supports Team Diabetes Saskatoon

  15-11-2017 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  A number of vendors with be supporting Team Diabetes Saskatoon at “Twas the Month Before Christmas” trade and fashion show on Nov. 18 at TCU Place.
  
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• Saskatoon High School Huddle: 5A volleyball champions crowned

  15-11-2017 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  City champions have been crowned in the Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate volleyball season. Ryan Flaherty with the highlights in Saskatoon High School Huddle.
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for Nov. 15, 2017

  15-11-2017 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Petition calling for resignation of Education Minister Bronwyn Eyre tops 2,000 signatures
  As of Tuesday evening, more than 2.000 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 a
  
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• 34th Secret Santa campaign kicks off in Saskatoon

  15-11-2017 14:49 via globalnews.ca
  The Secret Santa campaign ensures 800 Saskatoon families receive toys, books and food hampers for Christmas.
  
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• 'I'm the NDP's worst nightmare': Former MP Rob Clarke enters race to lead Sask. Party

  15-11-2017 14:45 via cbc.ca
  Former MP Rob Clarke is throwing his hat in the race for the next leader of the Saskatchewan Party.
  
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• Former MP Rob Clarke may be entering race for Sask. Party leadership

  15-11-2017 14:45 via cbc.ca
  Former MP Rob Clarke may be throwing his hat in the race for the next leader of the Saskatchewan Party.
  
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  15-11-2017 14:12
  
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• 'Nolan just didn't come up': Mom speaking out after teen son dies holding breath underwater in hotel pool

  15-11-2017 14:12 via cbc.ca
  Nolan Royer jumped out of airplanes. He white-water kayaked and climbed mountains. And on Friday night, according to his mom, he drowned in a children's pool in a Saskatoon hotel.
  
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• Former Conservative MP Rob Clarke joins race for Sask. Party leadership

  15-11-2017 14:06
  Rob Clarke, a former Conservative Party MP and RCMP sergeant has announced he is running to be Saskatchewan’s premier.
  
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• Former Conservative MP Rob Clarke expected to run for Sask. Party Leadership

  15-11-2017 14:06
  Clarke began his career as an RCMP officer where he served 18 years as a member, all of which were spent in Saskatchewan
  
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• History of the Saskatchewan Party told in ‘Risk & Reward’

  15-11-2017 13:53 via globalnews.ca
  Gail Krawetz’s new book “Risk & Reward” looks at the birth and rise of the Saskatchewan Party.
  
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