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• Majority of Sask. Party candidates would not object to release of 'more substantive' probe report

  05-01-2018 23:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  A majority of Saskatchewan Party leadership candidates say they would not have a problem with the party releasing the full findings of an internal investigation, which could shed light on allegations that debate questions were leaked to a candidate.
  Scott Moe and Gord Wyant — both of whom signed the complaint that triggered the probe — and Ken Cheveldayoff have now said they would not object to the party releasing the document, which has been described as “more substantive&rdqu
  
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• Justice Ministry says fentanyl found in all adult Sask. correctional centres

  05-01-2018 23:35
  Fentanyl has been found in all of the province’s adult correctional centres, according to Saskatchewan’s Justice Ministry.
  
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• Should Regina ban single-use plastic bags?

  05-01-2018 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  As of January 1, the City of Montreal became the first major city in Canada to ban single-use plastic bags. With other cities planning to enact similar bans, it now has some wondering if Regina should follow suit.
  
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• Trucking company to pay $426K over fiery 2012 crash in Stonebridge

  05-01-2018 22:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  An Estevan-based trucking company has been ordered to pay $426,400 to cover the costs of rebuilding two Stonebridge homes that were destroyed in 2012 when one of its vehicles drove off the highway and plowed into them.
  In a written decision issued late last year, Justice Shawn Smith said the court will never know what caused the accident, which left the 32-year-old driver dead. But because the trucking company, Bert Baxter Transport Ltd., cannot prove the damage did not arise through the neglige
  
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• Corey Tochor stepping down as Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly

  05-01-2018 22:43 via cbc.ca
  Corey Tochor, MLA for Saskatoon Eastview, has announced he's stepping down as Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.
  
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• Sask. liquor vendors want in on pot sales

  05-01-2018 22:22 via cbc.ca
  As the debate rages in Saskatchewan about where people should be able to buy pot, liquor vendors are making their pitch.
  
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• Speaker of Saskatchewan legislature Corey Tochor steps down, may challenge for federal seat

  05-01-2018 21:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  Conservative MP Brad Trost may soon face additional competition for his job.
  Saskatchewan Party MLA Corey Tochor stepped down Friday from his role as Speaker of the province’s legislative assembly to consider challenging the incumbent federal Tory for the nomination in the Saskatoon-University constituency. While Tochor told reporters Friday that he will take the weekend to decide whether he will officially announce his challenge, his subsequent statements seemed to make clear his int
  
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  05-01-2018 21:35
  
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• CUPE Members Believe Education Budget Cuts Behind Layoffs And Not Renewing Contracts dlvr.it/Q93Sp7 https://t.co/yUJOXuhz3O

  05-01-2018 21:35
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: risk of mixed precipitation this weekend

  05-01-2018 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  Risk of mixed precipitation Saturday before snow and cold return to Saskatoon’s weather forecast next week. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan times it all out.
  
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• Saskatoon struggles to prepare for legal pot without provincial plan

  05-01-2018 21:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  Restrictions on smoking in Saskatoon should include marijuana once legalization takes effect, and the province needs to release its plan as soon as possible, a new city report says.
  The report, which proposes possible areas that need to be addressed once the Saskatchewan Party provincial government releases its strategy, is on the agenda for a city council committee meeting on Monday.
  “It is essential that the province’s plan for cannabis be released as soon as possible to ensure tha
  
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• Simplifying post-holiday debt reduction

  05-01-2018 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Financial experts say it takes more than a New Year's resolution to whittle down debt.
  
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• Should Saskatchewan raise its minimum wage?

  05-01-2018 20:21 via cbc.ca
  While some business groups are concerned about the prospect of any increase in the minimum wage, "living wage" activists maintain that wages should be increased to meet the cost of living.
  
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• Ontario minimum wage increase puts Saskatchewan pay under microscope

  05-01-2018 20:14
  A boost to the minimum wage in Ontario has some in Saskatchewan wondering what a similar increase could look like in the Prairie province.
  
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• Typical flu season so far for Saskatoon and area

  05-01-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  Health officials said it has been a typical flu season so far in Saskatoon and the surrounding region.
  
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• Terror Squad gang founder sentenced for cocaine trafficking

  05-01-2018 20:01 via cbc.ca
  The man who founded the Terror Squad street gang was fined $75,000 in Saskatoon's Court of Queen's Bench and sent to prison for cocaine trafficking.
  
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• Blades Chase "Six-Pack" of Consecutive Wins dlvr.it/Q92t1Z https://t.co/7dQp0dh4tP

  05-01-2018 19:57
  
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• Icy blast keeps Saskatoon crews scrambling with water main breaks

  05-01-2018 19:43 via cbc.ca
  The frigid weather over the holiday break hit Saskatoon water mains hard, causing 16 breaks in five days.
  
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• Neighbours rally to help Sask. man left in 'a thousand pieces' after New Year's Eve house fire

  05-01-2018 19:41 via cbc.ca
  Paul Botts' world went up in flames New Year's Eve, when his Elfros, Sask., home burned down with all of his — and his late wife's — possessions inside.
  
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• Sask. senator says Canadians need to speak out against 'racist, hurtful' comments on Sen. Lynn Beyak's website

  05-01-2018 18:47 via cbc.ca
  Just prior to Sen. Lynn Beyak's dismissal, Saskatchewan Liberal senator and chair of the Aboriginal Peoples committee Lillian Dyck spoke out against Beyak’s comments.
  
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• Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature resigns

  05-01-2018 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  Corey Tochor has resigned as Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature, effective immediately, but will keep his seat as MLA for Saskatoon Eastview.
  
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• Residential school survivor says he told Andrew Scheer about Lynn Beyak's letters months ago

  05-01-2018 18:11 via cbc.ca
  An Order of Canada recipient says he warned Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer in September about the letters on Sen. Lynn Beyak's Senate website.
  
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• Man Follows His Own Stolen Vehicle dlvr.it/Q922h1 https://t.co/b94FbnkP7L

  05-01-2018 17:45
  
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• Second line providing scoring punch for Saskatoon Blades

  05-01-2018 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades second line has found chemistry after being put together just before Christmas.
  
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• Tories want PM to testify on ethics breach

  05-01-2018 17:03
  In the middle of a parliamentary break, the House of Commons Ethics Committee is set to hold two meetings: one to discuss calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify on him being found in contravention of federal ethics rules, and the second, to hear from the commissioner who found him to have breached the Conflict of Interest Act.
  
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• Editorial: Health minister must keep promise on frontline care

  05-01-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  There is no single area of government the Saskatchewan public holds more dear than health care.
  Our Canadian universal system has roots in the province, and making sure it remains accessible for all equally is important to voters. Thus, Leader-Post reporter Pam Cowan’s year-end interview with Health Minister Jim Reiter was important and undoubtedly read closely by audiences.
  This is a year of immense change in health care for Saskatchewan. Following the lead of Alberta, government is
  
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• Cameco, poster campaign and Jack Grover were big stories in November

  05-01-2018 16:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  In our Year in Review series, The Saskatoon StarPhoenix looks back on the stories that affected residents the most in 2017.
  Profanity by coach protested
  Officials with a Yorkton midget AAA hockey team said the language its coach used in speaking to a 16-year-old player was not acceptable — even though the message was.
  Kevin Rawlick, the head coach and general manager of the Yorkton RawTec Maulers, was placed on probation for the rest of the 2017-18 Saskatchewan midget AAA league season, th
  
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• Gas prices expected to hit four-year high

  05-01-2018 16:24
  People across Canada are set to shell out more money at the pumps this year, according to GasBuddy’s 2018 forecast.
  
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• Rush out to silence the Swarm in Georgia dlvr.it/Q91LjL https://t.co/phwnj9YkhM

  05-01-2018 16:04
  
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• Afghanistan War plaque proposed for Saskatoon Cenotaph

  05-01-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The longest war in Canada’s history could soon be commemorated with a plaque on the Saskatoon Cenotaph.
  The North Saskatchewan Regiment, which participated in Canada’s 13-year mission in Afghanistan, applied to the city to add a plaque to the monument commemorating the war, a City of Saskatoon report says.
  A five-person committee was struck to review whether the plaque was appropriate for Canada’s longest combat mission. The cenotaph, which was built in 1929, already includes p
  
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• New president for Sask. francophone group elected following vote controversy

  05-01-2018 15:57 via cbc.ca
  After the president of the francophone organization Assemblée Communautaire Fransaskoise was elected by a margin of 11 votes, a recount will be requested by a defeated candidate.
  
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• Hursh: Don't count on agriculture to propel Sask. economy in 2018

  05-01-2018 15:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Dec. 14 Saskatchewan government news release proclaimed, “Saskatchewan Projected to Lead Canada in Economic Growth Over Next Two Years.” It was based on a forecast from RBC Economics, and cited agriculture as one of the main positive factors.
  Unfortunately, the RBC analysis, at least on agriculture, is shallow at best.
  RBC correctly notes that “unusually dry weather weighed on Saskatchewan’s economic performance in 2017.” However, for some reason the analysis fail
  
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• Saskatoon Shakespeare Lab performing Henry IV

  05-01-2018 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Shakespeare Lab is undertaking an ambitious performance during January – parts one and two of Henry IV.
  
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• Saskatchewan adds 5K jobs in December: Statistics Canada

  05-01-2018 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate rose in December to 6.4 per cent as more people entered the labour force.
  
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  05-01-2018 15:06
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for Jan. 5, 2018

  05-01-2018 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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  Fentanyl has been located in all Sask.’s adult jails
  Fentanyl has been found within all the province’s adult correctional centres, a provincial spokesman has confirmed. The drug has made the news repeatedly, blamed for a rash of deaths throughout the country. As with other trends in the illegal drug world, Saskatchewan has been far from immune, hav
  
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• From a Blades game to a Ukrainian Christmas buffet: Five things to fill your weekend, Jan. 5-7

  05-01-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  With this first full weekend of 2018 here, let’s look at a few things to keep us occupied.
  If you haven’t made the trek to the BHP Enchanted Forest, you’d better find some time this weekend. The Forest will be open for drive-through traffic, including Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Saskatchewan Blue Cross Push2Play Light Walk on Sunday is the last opportunity for visitors to experience the 19th edition of the light show. The walk is open 5:30 p.m. to
  
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• Creating a plan to decrease debt

  05-01-2018 14:53 via globalnews.ca
  Jasmin Calyniuk from BDO Canada with advice on how people can create a plan to lower their debt.
  
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• Unemployment falls to lowest in 40 years: StatsCan

  05-01-2018 14:41
  The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than 40 years as Canada closed out a calendar year that saw it produce jobs at a pace not seen since 2002.
  
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• U of S Huskies: Teams return to action in 2018

  05-01-2018 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  They’re back at the books and back in action on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
  The U of S Huskie men’s and women’s volleyball teams will be at home this weekend hosting a pair of matches against the provincial rival University of Regina Cougars at the PAC. Meanwhile, the U of S women’s hockey team will face the visiting University of Lethbridge Pronghorns at Rutherford Rink.
  The odds are stacked in the Huskies’ favour this weekend as they look for their firs
  
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• Bridges Events Jan. 5-11

  05-01-2018 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to [email protected].
  # MUSIC
  Fri., Jan. 5
  Piano Friday: Brett BalonOliver the CrowThe Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N.
  SlypstremeBuds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.
  Wires & WoodMcNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.
  Good Nature w/ The Great Fuss and Soft CottonVangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave.
  Crooked
  
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• Sask. Indigenous designer heading to Hollywood

  05-01-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Accessory designer Helen Oro is making a name for herself internationally with her work. She’s travelled to Australia's and New York City's fashion weeks, and now the entrepreneur and mother of two is headed to Hollywood.
  
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• Gormley: Alanna Koch closest to Wall legacy

  05-01-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  As the Saskatchewan Party chooses a new leader later this month — the winner to be sworn in as Saskatchewan’s 15th premier — an interesting and often confusing divide has emerged between Sask. Party members and some commentators in the chattering classes.  
  The pundits’ narrative goes like this: Brad Wall defined the Sask. Party. His brand is the party’s brand. The candidate who will stand the best chance of changing the Sask. Party and ensuring its politi
  
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• Former Sask. coroner details job, cases in new book

  05-01-2018 13:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Dr. Barry Heath usually deals with animals — but for 24 years, the Saskatchewan veterinarian was called out to many deaths involving people. The former community coroner spoke with reporter Bre McAdam about some of the topics in his most recent book, “Saskatchewan Coroner.”
  Q: Why did you write the book?
  A: People don’t know what a coroner does. My aunt, she had no clue that anybody could be a coroner; she thought doctors had to be coroners. I wanted people to know what c
  
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• Sask. RCMP response to missing Indigenous man later found dead under review

  05-01-2018 13:12 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP say their response to a missing Indigenous man later found dead near Prince Albert “may not have been sufficient.”
  
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• Wine World: Domaine Chanoine punches above its price point

  05-01-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In Europe, where laws tend to be a little less driven by nutbar teetotallers, the biggest liquor retailers are of course the grocery stores. (Yep, within both the reach and sight of little Johnny, stunting his emotional development forever.) One of the very largest liquor retailers is the British chain, Tesco. They buy in bulk, and keep the markup low. In fact they’re famous for introducing all sorts of new grapes to the Brits, because by buying obscure red and white grapes they can keep p
  
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• Siera Bearchell: Driven to help

  05-01-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Siera Bearchell draws on her own experiences to help others.
  After losing her home to a fire as a teenager, she became an advocate for the Red Cross, which had been instrumental in her family getting back on its feet. After experiencing online harassment and body shaming during her run to becoming Miss Universe Canada, Bearchell has become a vocal anti-bullying advocate, speaking to young people about loving who they are and respecting others.
  “That has been the most rewarding, speaking to
  
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• Read my Book: Cannington Manor Comes Back to Life

  05-01-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  By Allison Kydd
  Did your family go for Sunday drives when you were young? If so, you may have heard of Cannington Manor or perhaps even visited the site. You will also know that it was not a house but a town that died.
  In the 1950’s, little was left of the settlement’s former glory, but my siblings and I could imagine the British aristocrats and their stately houses—the balls, the race horses and the scarlet-coated riders meeting for a hunt—all part of the Cannington
  
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• Poundmaker Cree Nation leadership considers copyright to protect historic chief's likeness, name

  05-01-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A councillor from Poundmaker Cree Nation says the use of the likeness of Chief Poundmaker in an upcoming release of an instalment of a popular video game is a “lesson learned” that the band may need to use copyright laws to protect his image and story.
  Milton Tootoosis said he was caught off guard Wednesday when he learned that Chief Poundmaker’s likeness would be used in Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, to be released on Feb. 8. After looking into the game’s promotion, he
  
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• Gardening: Tough-as-nails houseplants

  05-01-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  As I look out at leafless trees and snow, I am not the least surprised that houseplants have been popular for centuries. And it doesn’t take snow on the ground to want to bring a little natural colour into our homes.
  No plant ever developed naturally to survive in a home. Compared to much of the outside world, houses are dark, dry and occasionally drafty. And rarely does it rain in your house unless the upstairs bathtub overflows. Thus, potted plants rely on a human to supply all essential
  
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