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• Saskatoon Blades bio: Kirby Dach, a promising young forward

  30-12-2017 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Blades forward Kirby Dach may be young, but he has already shown a lot of promise on the ice.
  
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• Masked man flees armed robbery at Saskatoon business

  30-12-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  A masked man fled an armed robbery at a Saskatoon business on Broadway Avenue on Friday, allegedly taking an undisclosed amount of cash with him.
  
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• Sask. RCMP post top 10 list of funny 911 calls

  30-12-2017 20:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan residents apparently get quite worked up when the roads are icy but the highway isn’t closed — so worked up that they call 911.
  According to a Saskatchewan RCMP Facebook post, those calls are among the “Top Ten 911 Calls that Missed the Mark of 2017.”
  Here’s the full list:No Halo for you: A gamer-to-be dialed 911 because they were upset they had to sign up for and pay for Xbox live. Caller also wanted RCMP members to come and set up the Xbox.
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• Masked culprit carries bear spray in Broadway Ave armed robbery

  30-12-2017 18:55 via cbc.ca
  A Broadway Avenue business was robbed by a lone man with a can of bear spray shortly after midnight Friday.
  
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• Four Sask. residents appointed to the Order of Canada

  30-12-2017 18:33
  The Canadian government announced 124 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including four from Saskatchewan.
  
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• Man with bear spray robs Saskatoon business

  30-12-2017 18:20
  A man with a canister of bear spray demanded cash from a Saskatoon business on Friday night, police say.
  
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• Four Saskatchewan residents inducted into Order of Canada

  30-12-2017 18:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  Vianne Timmons, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Regina, is among four Saskatchewan residents in the latest inductees into the Order of Canada.
  Timmons was appointed as an officer of the Order of Canada, which recognizes national service, “for her influential research and field work in literacy and for her leadership in post-secondary education.”
  Fred Sasakamoose, from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, Harold Orr and Karim Nasser, both from Saskatoon, were als
  
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  30-12-2017 18:03
  
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• Romanow: At three times the price, is Dom worth it?

  30-12-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I can count on getting asked two questions regularly. The first is “What’s the best wine you’ve ever drunk and what did it cost?” The second is “Was it worth it?” 
  “Worth it” is a subjective term. I know more than a few rich red wine drinkers who spend lots of money on their favourites and view Champagne, even the prestige cuvees, as rather a waste of money and time. But the need for celebration kee
  
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• SGI’s New Year’s resolution asks everyone to #DriveSober in 2018

  30-12-2017 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  SGI is asking everyone to resolve to drive sober in 2018 and plan a safe ride home on New Year's Eve.
  
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• Saturday Sports Schedule dlvr.it/Q8D6XW https://t.co/QrUnFlofN4

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• Bear spray brandished in armed robbery on Broadway Avenue

  30-12-2017 16:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  A man carrying a cannister of bear spray robbed a business in the 1800 block of Broadway Avenue.
  Saskatoon police were called shortly after 8 p.m. Friday to the business, according to a Saskatoon Police Service news release.
  The man was described as 5-foot-8, Caucasian, wearing a military-type hoodie and a white mask. There were no injuries during the incident, police said.
  Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police at 306-975-8300 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
  
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  30-12-2017 15:53
  
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  30-12-2017 15:53
  
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• A Rollercoaster Year For Interim Leader of Saskatchewan NDP dlvr.it/Q8Clqm https://t.co/oL7Wnv6IXP

  30-12-2017 15:53
  
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• SGI Resolve to Drive Sober dlvr.it/Q8Cbtg https://t.co/WhU7V2orSM

  30-12-2017 15:21
  
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• Broadway Avenue Robbery dlvr.it/Q8CbkN https://t.co/b8moVf4Hjs

  30-12-2017 15:21
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for Dec. 30, 2017

  30-12-2017 15:00 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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  White Boy Posse gang leader sentenced for third slaying
  Joshua Petrin, the man who ordered the attack that mistakenly killed Saskatoon mother Lorry Ann Santos, has been sentenced in Edmonton for a third killing. Click here to read more …
  Joshua Petrin, accused of the first-degree murder of Lorry Santos, enters Queen’s Bench Courthouse in Saskatoon
  
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• Top 10 silliest 911 calls to the RCMP in 2017

  30-12-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  While most emergency calls are no laughing matter, the Saskatchewan RCMP does receive at least a few 911 calls each year that probably shouldn’t have been made.
  
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• Friday Scoreboard dlvr.it/Q8BzLf https://t.co/ALYijmRwJm

  30-12-2017 13:09
  
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• Year in review: July saw the brutal beating of a disabled man in downtown Saskatoon

  30-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In our Year in Review series, The Saskatoon StarPhoenix looks back on the stories that affected residents the most in 2017.
   
  Girl abducted, assaulted
  An eight-year-old girl abducted in Prince Albert was released in a wooded area outside the city after an Amber Alert was issued, then walked by herself to a rural property for help.
  The girl was reported missing from a Prince Albert playground on July 4 around 3:30 p.m. Her mother said the girl’s grandmother had been watching her, but t
  
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• What's open, what's closed on New Year's Day

  30-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Parking will be free downtown on New Year’s Day, and Saskatoon Transit will operate on a holiday schedule.
  Here is a list of what is open and closed on Jan. 1:
  Open:Remai Modern: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo: (zoo) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., (park) 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre: noon to 9 p.m. (but fitness classes are cancelled)
  Lakewood Civic Centre: Noon to 9 p.m. (childminding, fitness classes and indoor playground are cancelled)
  Lawson Civic Cen
  
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• 'The closure of STC was kind of a catastrophe to me': Former bus riders still seeking transportation options

  30-12-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Some residents in the province say they're still struggling to find an adequate replacement for the Saskatchewan Transportation Company's services.
  
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• New Faces, New Places: Barber makes friends the old-fashioned way — one haircut at a time

  30-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Eddy Mesho likes making friends.
  These days, Mesho is looking for some new friends after opening his traditional barber shop last month in the city’s Broadway area.
  The transplanted Mesho arrived in Saskatoon in late summer from the West Coast and knew he wanted to continue his career of cutting hair — specifically, men’s hair. He has been working in barbershops since 2003 and knows his way around a head of hair.
  “I enjoy it. I still enjoy it,” says Mesho. “Th
  
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• Mitchell: Wickenheiser, robots and an empty-netter made marks in 2017

  30-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  StarPhoenix sportswriters are looking back on their coverage highlights of 2017. Today, Kevin Mitchell reflects on the year that was.
  FAVOURITE STORY“Favourite” might not be the right word here, but I went to Moose Jaw and covered the last day, ever, in the history of a newsroom that was around more than a century. The shutting down of that newspaper hit me personally, given that I once worked there, so it was special to be there one more time.
  And, to bring this around to sports, in
  
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• Memorable story: Intensely personal account of '60s Scoop reached wide audience

  30-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  As 2017 came to a close, StarPhoenix staff reflected on the stories that struck a personal chord with them this year.
  I awoke on the morning of Saturday, April 29, to the sound of a cell phone ding indicating an email.
  It was from a woman I’d never met, and it began, “I’m on the subway in Toronto and I’m crying.”
  The woman was contacting me because she’d just read “Scooped: how I lost my mother, found my family and regained my identity,” in the Nat
  
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• Cuthand: Gerald Stanley's murder trial in death of Colten Boushie will have Canada's attention in 2018

  30-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Now is the time for pundits and prognosticators to sift through the ashes of the previous year, and like oracles of old, comment on the entrails. I, on the other hand, am reminded of a friend who drove an old rez truck and when the rearview mirror fell off he remarked that it was fine because he wanted to see where he was going and not where he had been.
  I prefer to look at the year ahead because it should be an eventful year.
  In January the trial of Gerald Stanley in the death of Colten Boushie
  
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• Becker helps to establish hockey roots throughout the world

  30-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Lee Becker keeps going places, thanks to hockey.
  Becker — an ex-pat from Saskatoon who runs a beach resort in Indonesia with his Swiss-born partner, Anna — has helped deepen hockey roots in non-traditional places such as the United Arab Emirates and Thailand.
  “I’d never pass up any opportunity to pass on knowledge and still be a part of a game that I’ll love forever,” says the 40-year-old hockey enthusiast, who still checks scores and updates on National Hocke
  
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• Saskatoon's weather for Saturday: High -29 C

  30-12-2017 12:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  The deep freeze continues.
  The forecast for today is a high of -29 C, with an extreme wind chill of -48.
  Overnight tonight we can expect a low of -34, according to Environment Canada, with a wind chill of -45.
  Friday’s afternoon high of -29 was a far cry from the average high for Dec. 29 of -11.3, but at least we didn’t get as low as the historical record of -41.1, reached in 1968. Or at least, as of 10 p.m. when this post was written, we hadn’t yet. We were at -34 and dropping
  
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• Armed Robbery - 1800 of Broadway Ave

  30-12-2017 07:19 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are investigating an armed robbery which took place in the 1800 block of Broadway Ave tonight.Shortly after 8 p.m. police were called to a business in the 1800 block of Broadway Ave where a lone male entered the premises with a cannister of bear spray, his face covered and demanded cash. The male left on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.The male was described as wearing a military type hoodie, 5'8", caucasian, and a white mask. This male had ran off prior to police
  
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• Edmonton ceremony honours Order of Canada appointment for Fred Sasakamoose, first Indigenous NHL player

  30-12-2017 06:28 via globalnews.ca
  Hours after Fred Sasakamoose was officially appointed to the Order of Canada, the National Hockey League's first Indigenous player was honoured at a special ceremony in Edmonton on Friday.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades bio: Kirby Dach

  30-12-2017 05:35 via globalnews.ca
  While rookie Kirby Dach left Wednesday’s game with an upper body injury and is listed as week-to-week, this gave Global’s Ryan Flaherty a chance to catch up with the promising forward.
  
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• What wind chill and weather warnings really mean, according to a meteorologist

  30-12-2017 05:16 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada meteorologist Brian Proctor explains exactly how weather warnings get issued, and how they work.
  
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• Global News at 6: Dec 29

  30-12-2017 04:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, December 29, 2017 edition of Global News at 6 with Nicole Stillger on Global Saskatoon.
  
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• Year in review: Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark

  30-12-2017 03:37 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been a memorable year for city council. Global’s Ryan Kessler has a look back at 2017 with Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark.
  
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• Saskatoon services keeping up with extreme cold weather

  30-12-2017 03:22 via globalnews.ca
  With the extreme cold warning in effect for most of Saskatchewan, services around the Saskatoon are trying to keep business as usual despite the bitter cold. Rebekah Lesko reports.
  
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• 10 things we learned from PM Trudeau's interview with Lisa LaFlamme

  30-12-2017 03:00
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and CTV Chief News Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme discussed the top 10 defining issues of 2017, based on thousands of questions from CTV viewers.
  
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• Saskatoon services keeping up despite extreme cold weather

  30-12-2017 02:44 via globalnews.ca
  Winter might bring new challenges to getting things done in the city, but most services are managing to keep on top of demand.
  
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• Saskatoon police warning about counterfeit $50 bills

  30-12-2017 01:57 via cbc.ca
  You might want to take a closer look at the $50 bills in your wallet before you use them.
  
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• Saskatchewan wildfire victims recovering at Calgary hospital tell story of survival and recovery

  30-12-2017 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Dec 29: Last October, several towns and villages in Alberta and Saskatchewan were evacuated because of wildfires. Now, a man badly injured by a fire near his Saskatchewan ranch is sharing his story. Sarah Offin reports.
  
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• Minute at the Movies: Dec. 29

  30-12-2017 01:22 via globalnews.ca
  In the latest edition of Minute at the Movies, Todd James reviews All the Money in the World and Downsizing.
  
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• Saskatoon’s first responders braving the cold

  30-12-2017 01:19 via globalnews.ca
  It’s business as usual for Saskatoon’s emergency services as extremely cold temperatures persist.
  
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• Curlers ready to hit the ice in Melfort for Viterra Scotties provincials

  30-12-2017 01:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  Curlers will be looking to shoot the lights out at Melfort’s Northern Lights Palace when the 2018 Viterra Scotties provincial women’s curling championship is played Jan. 2-7.
  A total of nine teams will be vying for a chance to represent Saskatchewan at the national Scotties in Penticton, B.C., with defending provincial champion Penny Barker from Moose Jaw seeded No. 1 by fellow Saskatchewan competitors.
  Here are five things to know as curlers from across Saskatchewan prepare for thei
  
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• Aurora Cannabis purchases 450K shares of CanniMed Therapeutics

  30-12-2017 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  Aurora Cannabis says it's allowed to buy up to about five per cent of CanniMed Therapeutics' stock on the open market.
  
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• World juniors: U.S. beats Canada 4-3 in shootout

  30-12-2017 00:44
  Kieffer Bellows and Brady Tkachuk scored in the shootout as the United States beat Canada 4-3 on Friday in the first outdoor game in world junior hockey championship history.
  
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• SGI urges Sask. residents to resolve to drive sober in 2018

  30-12-2017 00:26 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan’s rate of impaired drivers has been the highest in Canada. In 2016, 57 people were killed in collisions involving alcohol or drugs on Saskatchewan roads.
  
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• Aurora Cannabis purchases 450,000 shares, or 1.8%, of Saskatoon-based CanniMed

  30-12-2017 00:12
  Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) says it has purchased 450,000 common shares of CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:CMED), equivalent to about 1.8 per cent of the company.
  
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