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• Gordie Howe's son Murray in Saskatoon for a book signing Sunday ... - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  01-12-2017 23:42
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  Gordie Howe's son Murray in Saskatoon for a book signing Sunday ...
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  Dr. Murray Howe will be on hand Sunday at McNally Robinson for the Saskatoon launch of his book, Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father.and more »
  
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• CEW Deployment - 500 Block Ave V Sotuh

  01-12-2017 23:07 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 20 year old male has been charged with Assaulting a Police Officer after an early morning altercation in the 500 block of Avenue V South where a conducted energy weapon (CEW) was deployed.On December 1, 2017, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Police attended to the 500 block of Avenue V South for a report of a disturbance.  Upon arrival, Officers located a 20-year-old man who was intoxicated and causing a disturbance inside a residence. The man refused to listen to officers and became aggressiv
  
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• A&W gives $5 million to new U of S agriculture centre

  01-12-2017 22:21
  Fast-food giant A&W is giving $5 million to a new University of Saskatchewan agriculture centre near Clavet.
  
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• Saskatchewan, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota sign MOU on carbon capture, storage

  01-12-2017 22:09
  Saskatchewan and three U.S. states have signed a memorandum of understanding on carbon capture and storage.
  
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• Coach's rant sparks debate on language used in locker rooms

  01-12-2017 21:49
  A Yorkton AAA coach has been put on probation following a profanity filled rant aimed at one of his former players.
  
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• Sask. elected officials have new policy for harassment, sexual harassment

  01-12-2017 21:31 via cbc.ca
  The policy has been in the works for about two years.
  
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• Photos: Baby Animals of the World: November

  01-12-2017 21:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  Prepare to be overwhelmed by cuteness! Take a look at some baby animal photos from around the world in October.
  
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• Trafficking Charges – 1700 Block Idylwyld Drive North

  01-12-2017 21:13 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 40 year old male is charged with two counts of Trafficking a Controlled Substance following a traffic stop in the 1700 block of Idylwyld Drive North.On November 30, 2017 at 11:00 p.m. Patrol Officers observed an unregistered vehicle traveling in the 1700 block of Idylwyld Drive North and conducted a vehicle stop.  The driver provided a false name to Officers. When Officers obtained his real name, they discovered he had an outstanding warrant. He was arrested on the warrant and was also fo
  
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• $10K university training program and $1300 bonus OK'd for Saskatoon library CEO - CBC.ca

  01-12-2017 21:10
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  $10K university training program and $1300 bonus OK'd for Saskatoon library CEO
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  The CEO of the Saskatoon Public Library (SPL) has been approved to receive a bonus — and attend a $9,900 leadership coaching program delivered by Queen's University — mere months after overseeing staffing cuts prompted by funding challenges. The ...
  
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• Cox: Liberals don't grasp what 'local media' means

  01-12-2017 21:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  Hockey news, fashion tips, TV and movie listings, retirement strategies, updates on Céline Dion — all of this information now constitutes local media — at least according to federal Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly.
  This week marked a black spot in the history of Canadian newspapers with the closure of three dozen papers, taking out of circulation three million copies of printed newspapers each week and eliminating more than 300 jobs.
  Joly’s response in Ottawa was a
  
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• Yorkton AAA hockey team disapproves of coach's language — but says it supports the message

  01-12-2017 21:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  Officials with a Yorkton midget AAA hockey team say the language used by its coach towards a 16-year-old player was not acceptable — even though, the team says, the message was.
  Kevin Rawlick, the head coach-general manager of the Yorkton Rawlec Maulers, has been placed on probation for the rest of the 2017-18 Saskatchewan midget AAA league season, the team confirmed Friday, days after an audio recording was made public of an exchange between Rawlick and Josh Bear earlier this month.
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• Missing Person Located - Emily Leapard

  01-12-2017 20:37 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Emily Leapard, the subject of a missing persons investigation, has been found.The Saskatoon Police Service would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance in this matter. (Occurrence Number: 17-125024)
  
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• New Saskatchewan adoption laws come into force

  01-12-2017 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan has made changes to its adoption laws, including the length of time birth parents can revoke their consent to an adoption.
  
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• Woman assaulted, confined in Saskatoon basement; police arrest five people

  01-12-2017 20:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  Charges are pending against five people after a 24-year-old woman was assaulted and found unlawfully confined in a Saskatoon basement.
  According to Saskatoon police, officers responded Friday around 7:30 a.m. to a home in the 300 block of 26th Street West after receiving a report of a female being held in the basement. Officers entered the home and found a 24-year-old woman who had been assaulted, police said in a news release.
  The woman was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  
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  01-12-2017 20:12
  
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• Sask. still has worst non-mortgage delinquency rates in Canada: credit reporting agency

  01-12-2017 19:57 via cbc.ca
  A new quarterly report from TransUnion says Saskatchewan residents continue to have the worst delinquency rates in the country when it comes to non-mortgage debts.
  
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• Honk for parking, new app comes to Saskatoon - CBC.ca - CBC.ca

  01-12-2017 19:53
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  Honk for parking, new app comes to Saskatoon - CBC.ca
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  HonkMobile is rolling out across Canada and the latest stop for the parking app is Saskatoon.and more »
  
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• November 2017: in like a lion, out like a lamb in Sask.

  01-12-2017 19:51 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan was extremely cold in early November, but a blast of mild air made it feel like a return to fall. Overall the month was cooler than climate normals.
  
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• Woman assaulted, confined in Saskatoon basement; police arrest ... - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  01-12-2017 19:42
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  Woman assaulted, confined in Saskatoon basement; police arrest ...
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  Charges are pending against five people after a 24-year-old woman was assaulted and found unlawfully confined in a Saskatoon basement.
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: arctic air plunges in for December - Globalnews.ca

  01-12-2017 19:24
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  Saskatoon weather outlook: arctic air plunges in for December
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  WATCH ABOVE: Arctic air surges into Saskatoon's weather forecast for the first week of December. X. - A A +. Listen. Arctic air surges in for the first week of December. November Numbers. November 2017 was quite a bit colder and slightly wetter than ...
  
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• Jury calls for body imaging scanner, more training and nurses after Kilburn Hall teen death

  01-12-2017 19:24
  A body imaging scanner should be installed at Kilburn Hall and more nurses should be staffed at the youth facility during daytime hours, a jury has recommended at the coroner’s inquest into the death of a 17-year-old inmate.
  
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• Inquest jury expected to make recommendations in 2015 death of teen at Kilburn Hall

  01-12-2017 19:24
  A six-woman jury is deliberating certain facts of the case at a coroner’s inquest into the death a teen who overdosed at Kilburn Hall two years ago.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: arctic air plunges in for December

  01-12-2017 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  Arctic air surges into Saskatoon's weather forecast for the first week of December.
  
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• Honk for parking, new app comes to Saskatoon

  01-12-2017 19:16 via cbc.ca
  HonkMobile is rolling out across Canada and the latest stop for the parking app is Saskatoon.
  
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• 5 arrested after Saskatoon police find woman confined in Caswell Hill basement

  01-12-2017 19:09 via cbc.ca
  Police surrounded a house early this morning on 26th Street W. in Caswell Hill and rescued a woman unlawfully confined in the basement.
  
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• Photos: Editorial Cartoons: Nov. 25 – Dec. 1

  01-12-2017 19:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here’s a compilation of the StarPhoenix’s editorial cartoons from the past week.
  
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• Woman unlawfully confined, assaulted in basement of Saskatoon home

  01-12-2017 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  A woman was assaulted while being held against her will in the basement of a Saskatoon home.
  
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• Photos: The Week in Photos (Nov. 24-30)

  01-12-2017 18:53 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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• Woman assaulted, confined in Saskatoon home; five arrested

  01-12-2017 18:52
  Charges are pending against five people after police say a woman was assaulted and held against her will in a Saskatoon home.
  
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  01-12-2017 18:34
  
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  01-12-2017 18:34
  
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• Exhibit: INTERSECTIONS

  01-12-2017 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  RECEPTION:  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 7:00 to 9:00pm. ARTIST TALK:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9th at 2:00pm. EXHIBITION DATES:  DECEMBER 9th to JANUARY 20th, 2018. See what happens when you take Saskatchewan communities, the tradition of quilting, and throw in a really tall crane…..  Saskatchewan born, Montreal-based artist Shelley Miller works in public spaces, creating site-specific projects in...
  
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• Unlawful Confinement - 300 Block of 26th St West

  01-12-2017 18:32 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are investigating after a woman was found assaulted and confined earlier this morning in a residence in the 300 block of 26th Street West.On December 1, 2017, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Police attended to a residence in the 300 block of 26th Street West after receiving a report of a female being unlawfully confined in the basement. Officers entered the residence and located a 24 year female who had been assaulted.  She was transported to hospital with non-life threatening
  
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• MASQUERADE BALL – LATIN NEW YEARS EVE

  01-12-2017 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  Masquerade Ball – Latin New Years Eve, brought to you by Danza Morena. http://www.danzamorena.com          306-491-9866          Tickets: $25.00 in advance
  
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• A&W donates $5 million to University of Saskatchewan livestock, forage centre

  01-12-2017 18:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  A&W, the prominent Canadian fast-food chain, has donated $5 million for research into beef and forage at the University of Saskatchewan.
  The donation from A&W to the University of Saskatchewan’s Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence will be used to fund the construction of the $3 million Livestock and Food Building at the LFCE site near Clavet, create a million-dollar community outreach and engagement program, and establish a million-dollar visiting fellowship in
  
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• Saskatoon mom teaches kindness with coffee and cocoa - CBC.ca

  01-12-2017 18:20
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  Saskatoon mom teaches kindness with coffee and cocoa
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  Saskatoon's 20th Street West is peppered with trendy shops and restaurants, but it also has a reputation for being rough. 'It makes me and my kids feel very happy.' - Cheryl Regel. So, when Cheryl Regel called out "free coffee or hot chocolate" it was ...
  
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• Saskatoon mom teaches kindness with coffee and cocoa

  01-12-2017 18:20 via cbc.ca
  Mother says handing out hot drinks and treats is a lesson for her children about the power of giving and kindness.
  
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• Art Exhibit: YEAR-END GROUP SHOW

  01-12-2017 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  Art Placement is pleased to present a group exhibition to finish off the year.  Featuring new landscape paintings by Rebecca Perehudoff and a series of expressionistic abstract-figurative works by Leesa Streifler, as well as recent and select works by Donald Bird, Robert Christie, Cec Cote, Jennifer Crane, Jordan Danchilla, Cameron Forbes, Graham Fowler, Lynne Graham,...
  
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• Your Saskatchewan – Saskatoon: December 2017

  01-12-2017 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  Global Saskatoon features a viewer submitted photo for Your Saskatchewan daily on Global News at 6 and Global News at 10.
  
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• A single decision — to get in a truck with a drunk driver — brings a lifetime of loss

  01-12-2017 18:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  One decision resulted in 20 surgeries over 20 years for Chauna Welder Leek.
  Two years ago, her right leg was amputated below the knee.
  An impaired driving crash in the early months of her Grade 12 year has thrown a long shadow over the life of this mother of two, and stepmother to two more.
  She is still puzzled over what prompted her younger self to set aside her usual caution about drinking and driving at a birthday party for a schoolmate, and take a seat on a tool box between a truck’s b
  
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• Sask. Party leadership hopeful Rob Clarke proposes hiking PST to 7%

  01-12-2017 18:02 via cbc.ca
  Former Conservative MP and Mountie Rob Clarke says other Saskatchewan Party candidates don't have a plan to stimulate the economy.
  
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• Sask. 2nd highest province for fentanyl prescriptions

  01-12-2017 18:00 via cbc.ca
  In 2016, Saskatchewan pharmacists dispensed more fentanyl prescriptions than almost every other province in the country, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
  
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• What Are We Thinking? Lawyer says many drunk drivers 'aren't thinking'

  01-12-2017 17:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  “I wasn’t thinking.”
  Leslie Sullivan has heard that phrase a lot in her career. The Saskatoon defence lawyer says many drunk drivers she’s represented actually aren’t thinking when they decide to drink and drive. 
  Sitting in her downtown office, she describes the type of person who is so intoxicated they have no recollection of “deciding” to drive, and those who make conscious decisions to drive after consuming alcohol based on a belief that th
  
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• Unemployment rate inches up to 6% in Saskatchewan during November

  01-12-2017 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate was 6.0 per cent in November as 600 part-time jobs were lost during the month.
  
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• Teen shot in August now out of hospital

  01-12-2017 17:12
  A 16-year-old boy is now out of hospital after he was shot back in August.
  
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• Jury expected to deliver recommendations in teen overdose case

  01-12-2017 17:05 via cbc.ca
  How could the death of a 17-year-old who overdosed inside his cell at Kilburn Hall Correctional Centre been prevented? A six person jury is expected to offer recommendations today in an effort to answer that question.
  
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• Family of teen who overdosed in cells wants better training, overdose prevention in youth jails

  01-12-2017 17:05 via cbc.ca
  The family of a teen who overdosed inside his cell at Kilburn Hall wants better training, more overdose prevention kits, more body scanners and a specific detox unit at Kilburn Hall.
  
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• 'A weight has been lifted': Family reacts to recommendations coming out teen's death inquest

  01-12-2017 17:05 via cbc.ca
  The family of a teen who overdosed inside his cell at says they are pleased there could soon be better medical training and more nurses working at Kilburn Hall.
  
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• 'A weight has been lifted': Family reacts to recommendations coming out of teen's death inquest

  01-12-2017 17:05 via cbc.ca
  The family of a teen who overdosed inside his cell at says they are pleased there could soon be better medical training and more nurses working at Kilburn Hall.
  
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