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• Cashier assaulted during robbery north of Prince Albert, Sask.

  30-01-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  A 28-year-old man is facing charges after a cashier was assaulted during a robbery north of Prince Albert, Sask.
  
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• Official Stamp on Partnership Between CUMFI and Schools dlvr.it/QDKw2M https://t.co/9lHLkmnHD1

  30-01-2018 23:36
  
  Official Stamp on Partnership Between CUMFI and Schools dlvr.it/QDKw2M https://t.co/9lHLkmnHD1
  
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• Lawyers file class-action lawsuit for former patients at Indian Hospitals

  30-01-2018 23:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  EDMONTON — Ann Hardy was 10 years old when she contracted tuberculosis, said goodbye to her Metis family in Fort Smith, N.W.T. and was taken to the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton in 1969.
  Over five months, she was treated for the infectious disease in the segregated facility but said she was also sexually assaulted several times by an X-ray technician.
  An 11-year-old girl she shared a room with also received small gifts and night time visits from an orderly, she says.
  “H
  
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• Gerald Stanley trial: Testimony begins, details unfolding about day of Colten Boushie shooting

  30-01-2018 23:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  BATTLEFORD – Shooting victim Colten Boushie’s mother left the courtroom during testimony from the first witness in the Gerald Stanley murder trial, while a cousin of Boushie’s remained seated and wept silently after an RCMP corporal warned the jurors that images from the crime scene may be disturbing.
  Stanley is accused of fatally shooting Boushie, who was 22, on Aug. 9, 2016 after Boushie and four friends drove onto Stanley’s property in the Rural Municipality of Gl
  
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• Architect Douglas Cardinal still wants to proceed with Cleveland Indians human rights complaint

  30-01-2018 23:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  An Indigenous activist says he’d like to go ahead with human rights complaints against the Cleveland Indians despite a recent announcement that the baseball team would be changing its controversial logo.
  Douglas Cardinal says the decision to remove the image of the fictional Chief Wahoo from a team logo is a step in the right direction, but argues the team’s name is still racist and demeaning to Indigenous people.
  The Ontario-based architect has filed human rights complaints both at
  
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• First Nations left out of marijuana retail plan: FSIN

  30-01-2018 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  Indigenous communities are voicing their concerns about Saskatchewan’s plan for selling marijuana.
  
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• Brad Wall's senior advisor among 1st to switch roles

  30-01-2018 22:37 via cbc.ca
  Three days before Scott Moe won the Saskatchewan Party leadership, the man who stood by Brad Wall’s side during his decade in office switched positions.
  
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• Super blue blood moon lunar eclipse takes place early Wednesday

  30-01-2018 22:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  Early risers may have a chance to view a rare super blue blood moon solar eclipse on Wednesday morning.
  Stan Shadick, a professor of astronomy at the U of S, says while super moons, blue moons, blood moons or lunar eclipses are not considered extremely rare occurrences, what is really special about Wednesday morning’s event will be the combination of all four taking place at once. That hasn’t been seen since 1866.
  The event will take place over several hours, but will begin at 5:48 a
  
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• Roads Worsen as Afternoon Wears On dlvr.it/QDKcJC https://t.co/ggiOFiXcNe

  30-01-2018 22:30
  
  Roads Worsen as Afternoon Wears On dlvr.it/QDKcJC https://t.co/ggiOFiXcNe
  
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• Saskatoon house prices slip, overbuilding continues as new condos and townhouses sit empty

  30-01-2018 22:29 via cbc.ca
  Home prices have softened across the board in Saskatoon, but Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation analysts say overbuilding continues amid high vacancy rates.
  
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• Fresh drunk driving charge against man on trial for alleged impaired double fatal

  30-01-2018 22:19 via cbc.ca
  A B.C. man on trial for allegedly killing two people while drunk driving near Young, Sask. in 2016 had his bail revoked in light of a new drunk driving allegation.
  
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• Memorandum of understanding commits to Metis teachings in Saskatoon Public Schools

  30-01-2018 22:13
  Saskatoon Public Schools is committing to keep Metis teachings.
  
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• Court of Appeal reduces sentence in Saskatoon 'drug rip' home invasion

  30-01-2018 21:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  One of three men sentenced to seven years for a violent ‘drug rip’ home invasion in Saskatoon’s Grosvenor Park neighbourhood has successfully appealed his sentence.
  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal reduced Nicholas Francis MacLeod’s sentence to five and a half years “because the sentence imposed offends the fundamental principle of proportionality in the circumstances of this case,” wrote Justice Neal Caldwell, with Justice Ralph Ottenbreit and Justice Georgin
  
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• Saskatoon housing market less vulnerable as prices slide: CMHC

  30-01-2018 21:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  Canada’s mortgage insurer says that while Saskatoon’s residential housing market continues to show strong evidence of overbuilding, declining prices and surging economic growth have brought the market back into balance. 
  In its latest quarterly housing market assessment released Tuesday, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) said evidence of overvaluation in the city decreased from moderate to low over the last three months. 
  “Overall, the degree of vulnerabili
  
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• Tips for catching rare 'super blue blood moon' in Saskatchewan

  30-01-2018 21:09 via cbc.ca
  Skywatchers across the western half of North America will be drawn out in the early hours of Wednesday morning to catch a glimpse of what's being called a "super blue blood moon."
  
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• Police Seize Drugs, Cash, Weapon and Vehicles dlvr.it/QDK65Z https://t.co/Sft473RyWn

  30-01-2018 20:49
  
  Police Seize Drugs, Cash, Weapon and Vehicles dlvr.it/QDK65Z https://t.co/Sft473RyWn
  
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• Gerald Stanley trial: As testimony begins, mother of shooting victim Colten Boushie wants 'justice for my son'

  30-01-2018 20:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  BATTLEFORD — Shooting victim Colten Boushie’s mother left the courtroom during testimony from the first witness in the Gerald Stanley murder trial, after an RCMP corporal warned the jurors that some of the images from the crime scene may be disturbing.
  Stanley is accused of fatally shooting the 22-year-old on Aug. 9, 2016 after Boushie and four friends drove onto Stanley’s property in the Rural Municipality of Glenside.
  Gerald Stanley, the farmer accused of killing the 22-year-
  
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• Dozens of charges laid in Saskatoon after five-month drug investigation

  30-01-2018 20:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  Four men in Saskatoon are each facing more than 40 charges after a five-month drug trafficking investigation.
  Members of the Saskatoon Combined Forces Special Enforcement unit (CFSEU), and Saskatoon RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime (FSOC) unit on Saturday arrested and charged a 31-year-old man and three 29-year-old men in the 1600 block of Eighth Street East. As well, a residence on Fifth Avenue North and a residence on Victoria Avenue were searched, according to RCMP in a news rele
  
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• Weather warnings: Wind and snow continue to make Saskatchewan roads treacherous

  30-01-2018 20:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  Wind and snowfall warnings remained in place Tuesday afternoon in much of northeast and southeast Saskatchewan, while in Saskatoon drivers were being told by police to use extra caution.
  According to Saskatoon police, wind gusts were expected to reach up to 90 kilometres-per-hour, while freezing rain and flurries were causing slick road conditions and reduced visibility.
  Across the province, wind warnings were issued by Environment Canada in Regina, Carlyle, Oxbow, Carnduff, Bienfait, Stoughton,
  
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• Meth, cocaine seized in Saskatoon after lengthy drug trafficking investigation

  30-01-2018 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  Police seized 5.3 pounds of crystal meth and one pound of cocaine after a five-month long drug trafficking investigation.
  
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• Canada in middle of pack on polar bear protection: World Wildlife Fund

  30-01-2018 19:59
  Canada's polar bear protection is getting good marks from an international conservation group. But the World Wildlife Fund says Canada could do better protecting important habitat and minimizing threats to the iconic predators.
  
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• Police seize 2.4 kg of crystal meth, stolen handgun in Saskatoon drug raid - CBC.ca

  30-01-2018 19:51
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  Police seize 2.4 kg of crystal meth, stolen handgun in Saskatoon drug raid
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  Early Saturday morning, police in Saskatoon seized 2.4 kilograms of crystal meth and almost half a kilogram of cocaine from two homes in the city. Four men have been charged after the major drug bust. Officers also seized $14,000, a stolen handgun and ...
  
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• Police seize 2.4 kg of crystal meth, stolen handgun in Saskatoon drug raid

  30-01-2018 19:49 via cbc.ca
  Four men have been charged after a major drug bust in Saskatoon. Police seized hundreds of grams of crystal meth and cocaine.
  
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• Emotions high as first witness testifies at Gerald Stanley’s murder trial

  30-01-2018 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  Colten Boushie’s family overcome with emotion as first witness called in Gerald Stanley’s second-degree murder trial.
  
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• Emotions high as 1st witness testifies at Gerald Stanley’s murder trial

  30-01-2018 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  The first witness took the stand at the second-degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley, charged in the death of Colten Boushie.
  
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• Artsy huts arrive to warm hearts in Saskatoon - CBC.ca

  30-01-2018 19:34
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  Artsy huts arrive to warm hearts in Saskatoon
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  Maybe a January day with cold gusty winds in Saskatoon is not the best time to try and pitch the idea that we should be getting outside and celebrating winter. 'Don't pooh-pooh it — just give it a chance, because you never know how things will evolve ...
  
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• Métis history to be taught to all Saskatoon Public Schools students

  30-01-2018 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  A partnership has been signed to bring Métis history to all students in the Saskatoon Public Schools division.
  
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• Artsy huts arrive to warm hearts in Saskatoon

  30-01-2018 19:31 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon is testing out Winnipeg’s warming huts to see if they can be an integral part of the city's attempt to better embrace the outdoors during winter.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: arctic invasion after blast of wind

  30-01-2018 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  Behind a blast of wind and blowing snow is an arctic invasion in Saskatoon's weather forecast ahead.
  
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• Saskatoon’s Junos bid low on cash

  30-01-2018 19:04
  Saskatoon’s bid for the 2019 Juno Awards was short on cash, according to the city’s tourism bureau.
  
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• New website about menstruation aims to take stigma out of periods

  30-01-2018 19:00 via cbc.ca
  A new Canadian website, YourPeriod.ca, has been launched to answer all your questions about menstruation, from puberty to menopause.
  
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• CFSEU/FSOC Drug Trafficking Investigation/Arrests

  30-01-2018 18:39 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  On Jan 27, 2018 members of the Saskatoon Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), and the Saskatoon Royal Canadian Mounted Police Federal Serious and Organized Crime (FSOC), concluded a five month drug trafficking investigation.A 31 year old man and three 29 year old men were arrested and charged early Saturday morning in the 1600 block of 8th Street East. The charges include:-        12 x Possession for Purpose of  Trafficking a controlled substa
  
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• Prince Albert Police Make Drug and Robbery Arrests dlvr.it/QDJGF8 https://t.co/yw35RRZ6RK

  30-01-2018 18:33
  
  Prince Albert Police Make Drug and Robbery Arrests dlvr.it/QDJGF8 https://t.co/yw35RRZ6RK
  
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• Saskatoon house fire deemed accidental - Globalnews.ca

  30-01-2018 18:22
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  Saskatoon house fire deemed accidental
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  Firefighters were called to the home at 121 Ave. G North early Monday evening for a report of smoke in the attic. READ MORE: Fire at Saskatoon business started in a semi. Crews arrived to find no flame or smoke coming out of the two-and-a-half storey ...
  
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• Saskatoon house fire deemed accidental

  30-01-2018 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Fire Department said damage is estimated at $60,000 in a house fire.
  
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• Prince Albert Police Weekend: Accident, DUI, Disturbances dlvr.it/QDJ1wD https://t.co/gRiUAHSyBW

  30-01-2018 18:00
  
  Prince Albert Police Weekend: Accident, DUI, Disturbances dlvr.it/QDJ1wD https://t.co/gRiUAHSyBW
  
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• Premier-Designate Looks Forward to Formally Taking the Reins of Power dlvr.it/QDJ25x https://t.co/KB2VQbAqe3

  30-01-2018 18:00
  
  Premier-Designate Looks Forward to Formally Taking the Reins of Power dlvr.it/QDJ25x https://t.co/KB2VQbAqe3
  
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• $1.1B lawsuit alleges horrors at Canada's 'Indian hospitals'

  30-01-2018 17:47
  A $1.1-billion class-action lawsuit alleges the federal government is liable for the suffering and mistreatment of Aboriginal patients admitted to 29 “Indian hospitals” between 1945 and 1981.
  
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• Gerald Stanley trial: Mother of shooting victim wants 'justice for Colten'

  30-01-2018 17:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  BATTLEFORD — With wind howling and snow swirling outside, the mother of Colten Boushie entered a Battleford courthouse to hear the Crown’s opening remarks in the murder trial for the man accused of killing her 22-year-old son.
  Debbie Baptiste on Tuesday said only that she wants “justice for Colten,” who died on Aug. 9, 2016, after a shooting on a farmyard in the RM of Glenside.
  Gerald Stanley
  Gerald Stanley is accused of fatally shooting Boushie on Aug. 9, 2016 after Bous
  
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• Slippery driving conditions in Saskatoon - Globalnews.ca

  30-01-2018 17:28
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  Slippery driving conditions in Saskatoon
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  A wind warning is in place for Saskatoon for Tuesday, with gusts up to 90 km/h possible. READ MORE: Wind, snowfall warnings across Saskatchewan. Story continues below. Saskatoon police said the wind, along with blowing snow, flurries and freezing rain ...and more »
  
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• Slippery driving conditions in Saskatoon

  30-01-2018 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  Poor driving in Saskatoon as wind, snow, blowing snow, freezing rain create slippery conditions.
  
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• Police encourage caution after wind warning issued in Saskatoon

  30-01-2018 17:10
  Police in Saskatoon are encouraging drivers to use extra caution on the roads after a wind warning was issued by Environment Canada on Tuesday.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Rights protection reason for pride

  30-01-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Our Minister of International Trade took an important step to make Canada a leader in responsible business and human rights protection.
  The minister’s commitment to appoint an ombudsperson with the tools to bring the truth to light will help us live up to the Canada brand.
  Now we must ensure independent and strong investigative powers are in place to make this office credible and effective in offering remedy to communities around the globe negatively impacted by Canadian operations in the
  
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• Public Advisory: Poor Driving Conditions

  30-01-2018 16:54 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police are urging drivers to use extra caution while on the roads today, January 30, in and around Saskatoon. Environment Canada has issued a wind warning with wind gusts expected to reach 90km/hr this morning. Freezing rain and flurries are causing very slick road conditions. Reduced visibility is expected with potentially blizzard-like conditions.Fortunately, Police have only been dispatched to two minor collision this morning. The SPS would encourage motorists to continue to use
  
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• No Injuries in House Fire dlvr.it/QDHZpd https://t.co/1RcfyATr2V

  30-01-2018 16:54
  
  No Injuries in House Fire dlvr.it/QDHZpd https://t.co/1RcfyATr2V
  
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• Truck used in Prince Albert, Sask. handgun theft may have been caught on video

  30-01-2018 16:42 via globalnews.ca
  Prince Albert police believe a truck used in the recent theft of numerous handguns was captured on video surveillance.
  
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• Saskatoon smoking bylaw now covers marijuana - CBC.ca

  30-01-2018 16:42
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  Saskatoon smoking bylaw now covers marijuana
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  Marijuana users in Saskatoon will have to follow the same rules as cigarette smokers after legalization. At their regular monthly meeting on Monday, councillors voted unanimously to add marijuana to its current smoking bylaw. As a result, marijuana ...
  
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• Saskatoon smoking bylaw now covers marijuana

  30-01-2018 16:42 via cbc.ca
  Marijuana users in Saskatoon will have to follow the same rules as cigarette smokers after legalization.
  
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• Valarie sasknow.ca/pets-of-the-we…

  30-01-2018 16:36
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• Clark wants collaborative relationship with new premier - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  30-01-2018 16:05
  Clark wants collaborative relationship with new premier
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  Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark wants to end the idea of a rural-urban divide as he forges a relationship with Saskatchewan's new premier. Phil Tank, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Published on: January 30, 2018 | Last Updated: January 30, 2018 9:00 AM CST. Play ...and more »
  
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