Saskatoon news

• Photos: Huskies vs Vikes in basketball

  12-02-2018 23:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  The U of S Huskies went against the Victoria Vikes in basketball at the PAC in Saskatoon, February 9, 2018. The Huskies defeated the Vikes 82-80.
  
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• Photos: Fun Winter Olympics

  12-02-2018 23:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  Students at Sylvia Fedoruk Elementary School kicked off their own fun winter Olympics at the school on February 9, 2018.
  
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• Photos: Media event after verdict in death of Colten Boushie

  12-02-2018 23:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  A media event was held at the White Buffalo Youth Lodge in Saskatoon on February 10, 2018, regarding the verdict in the death of Colten Boushie.
  
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• Photos: Boushie rally

  12-02-2018 23:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  A rally for the Boushie family was held at the Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon on February 10, 2018.
  
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• 2 arrested in Lloydminster homicide investigation

  12-02-2018 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  Two people are in custody in Lloydminster, Alta. after what police are calling a homicide.
  
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• RCMP investigating video posted online of jury delivering Stanley verdict

  12-02-2018 22:51
  The Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice says a video posted on social media of a jury delivering the not-guilty verdict in the Gerald Stanley murder trial is in the hands of RCMP.
  
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• False names, messages of support for Gerald Stanley abound on $150,000 online fundraiser

  12-02-2018 22:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  More than 1,350 people, including donors using the names of Canada’s prime minister and the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, have donated in excess of $100,000 to a fundraiser aimed at helping Gerald Stanley’s family pay bills in the wake of his acquittal in the shooting death of Colten Boushie.
  The Gerald Stanley Support Fund — which was set up Friday, the same day a jury found Stanley not guilty of second-degree murder in Boushie’s death —
  
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• Premier Moe Addresses Gerald Stanley Trial dlvr.it/QG561z https://t.co/8rOgmTkjLQ

  12-02-2018 22:48
  
  Premier Moe Addresses Gerald Stanley Trial dlvr.it/QG561z https://t.co/8rOgmTkjLQ
  
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• 'Difficult discussions' must take place following Boushie shooting, Stanley trial: Premier Moe

  12-02-2018 22:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  As difficult as some of the conversations may be to have, the provincial government is committed to an important dialogue following the high-profile murder trial of Gerald Stanley, says Saskatchewan’s premier.
  “We are stronger in this province when we work together,” Moe said during a press conference Monday in Saskatoon.
  “It won’t be quick and it won’t be one solution” he added, but to have those “difficult discussions” is critical.
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• Boushie Family Meets With Ministers, Two More On Tuesday dlvr.it/QG4knM https://t.co/dP11XEKlsC

  12-02-2018 21:42
  
  Boushie Family Meets With Ministers, Two More On Tuesday dlvr.it/QG4knM https://t.co/dP11XEKlsC
  
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• 60th BIRTHDAY BASH / FUNDRAISER / STEAK NIGHT

  12-02-2018 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  I’m doin’ this MY way….. Join me for a Birthday Bash/Fundraiser/Steak Night on February 24th at The Sutherland Bar for steak, grilled chicken breast, veggie burgers and gluten free available if requested (contact [email protected] asap after purchase of tickets with details).  Multiple Fantastic Draws for Everyone to Enter!!!  (one thank you draw for everyone who purchases their...
  
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• ‘Shocked, angered’ but not surprised: Reaction continues after Colten Boushie decision

  12-02-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  Department heads at three Canadian universities say they are angry but not surprised by the Colten Boushie decision. Meanwhile, Indigenous politicians try to turn outrage into change and hope.
  
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• ‘We have a better place to get to’: Premier Moe speaks after Stanley verdict

  12-02-2018 21:23
  Premier Scott Moe spoke on Monday afternoon in Saskatoon following the verdict in the Gerald Stanley murder trial on Friday evening.
  
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• HOUSE CONCERT @GUSTIN HOUSE

  12-02-2018 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Art Placement has had the pleasure to work with Gustin House on collaborative presentations in the past and we are delighted to share news of their upcoming house program on Sunday, February 18th. Joyous music for flute and piano and reflections by a celebrated author open a new season of programs at Gustin House.  Ross...
  
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• Art Exhibit: ARTFUL READINGS @REMAI MODERN

  12-02-2018 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells a fascinating story about four pairs of artists – Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, Freud and Bacon – whose fraught and competitive friendships spurred them to new creative heights.  This event is hosted by Levi Nicholat, a Saskatoon artist and co-owner of The...
  
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• Man convicted in son’s death will no longer speak at wellness expos

  12-02-2018 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta man, David Stephan, convicted in the death of his toddler will no longer be a featured speaker at the Health and Wellness Expos of Canada after public backlash. Rebekah Lesko reports.
  
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• Crime Stoppers Brings Attention To Animal Welfare Case dlvr.it/QG4KSR https://t.co/R474RnYAj5

  12-02-2018 20:36
  
  Crime Stoppers Brings Attention To Animal Welfare Case dlvr.it/QG4KSR https://t.co/R474RnYAj5
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -40 wind chills hit, roller-coaster week ahead

  12-02-2018 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  -40 wind chills move out, but hang on tight – a roller-coaster week is on the way in Saskatoon’s weather forecast ahead. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• 'We want things done right': Colten Boushie family meeting with feds after Gerald Stanley acquittal

  12-02-2018 20:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  Members of Colten Boushie’s family are in Ottawa to talk with federal ministers after a jury found Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley not guilty in the 2016 shooting death of Boushie.
  Boushie’s cousin, Jade Tootoosis, said Monday the family has no specific goal beyond building relationships with people who have the power to change the way First Nations people are treated in the criminal justice system.
  “We’re not in a rush because we want things done right,” Tootoos
  
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• Sask. Premier Scott Moe welcomes 'difficult discussions' on racism following Gerald Stanley verdict

  12-02-2018 20:30 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province has "difficult discussions" ahead on racism, the justice system and rural crime.
  
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• Sask. Premier Scott Moe speaks to reporters on Gerald Stanley verdict

  12-02-2018 20:30 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe spoke with reporters in Saskatoon regarding the not guilty verdict for the man charged in the death of Colten Boushie.
  
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• Boushie case looms over Quebec Indigenous inquiry as Montreal hearings begin

  12-02-2018 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  An inquiry that has been examining the relations between Indigenous Quebecers and the public service has begun two weeks of hearings in Montreal.
  
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• GoFundMe page for Gerald Stanley draws fury amid protests, calls for appeal

  12-02-2018 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  Gerald Stanley was found not guilty in the death of a 22-year-old Indigenous man named Colten Boushie Friday.
  
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• RCMP investigating online comments after Stanley verdict

  12-02-2018 20:00
  Saskatchewan RCMP say it’s looking into complaints of what it calls concerning online behavior in the wake of the verdict in the Gerald Stanley trial.
  
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• Video showing jury delivering Gerald Stanley verdict taken down from Facebook

  12-02-2018 19:46 via cbc.ca
  A video posted online Friday of a Saskatchewan jury delivering its not guilty verdict in Gerald Stanley's murder trial has been taken down after it sparked "grave concern" at the province's Ministry of Justice on Monday.
  
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• Online video showing jury delivering Gerald Stanley verdict 'of grave concern,' says Sask. justice ministry

  12-02-2018 19:46 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice has asked the RCMP to take action after a video surfaced online Friday of the jury delivering its verdict in the Gerald Stanley murder trial.
  
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• Saskatchewan Content at Winter Olympics and Paralympics dlvr.it/QG3tpg https://t.co/aSNuESYWaF

  12-02-2018 19:23
  
  Saskatchewan Content at Winter Olympics and Paralympics dlvr.it/QG3tpg https://t.co/aSNuESYWaF
  
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• ‘We will never know’: Would an Indigenous juror have influenced Boushie trial differently?

  12-02-2018 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  Colten Boushie’s family accused Gerald Stanley’s lawyers of feeling “threatened” at the prospect of having an Indigenous person on the jury, which they believe symbolized systematic racism against First Nations.
  
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• False names, messages of support for Gerald Stanley abound on $100,000 online fundraiser

  12-02-2018 18:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  Nearly 1,200 people, including donors using the names of Canada’s prime minister and the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, have donated tens of thousands of dollars to a fundraiser aimed at helping Gerald Stanley’s family pay bills in the wake of his acquittal in the shooting death of Colten Boushie.
  The Gerald Stanley Support Fund — which was set up Friday, the same day a jury found Stanley not guilty of second-degree murder in Boushie’s death &mda
  
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• Boushie family thankful for messages from Trudeau, MPs

  12-02-2018 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  Family members of Colten Boushie said Monday that they appreciated messages of support from Prime Minister Trudeau and other MPs, but said the messages didn’t help restore faith in the justice system.
  
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• Boushie family more ‘hopeful’ after meeting with federal ministers

  12-02-2018 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  Members of Colten Boushie’s family met with federal ministers in Ottawa on Monday, just days after a jury found Gerald Stanley not guilty in the 2016 killing of the 22-year-old Indigenous man.
  
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• COMMENTARY: ‘Clearing the plains’ continues with the acquittal of Gerald Stanley

  12-02-2018 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  David MacDonald of the University of Guelph says the acquittal of Gerald Stanley for the death of Colten Boushie means 'settlers' must step up and stand with Indigenous peoples to ensure they can implement their own justice systems.
  
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• Boushie's family meets federal ministers after acquittal in murder trial

  12-02-2018 18:14
  Colten Boushie's family is in Ottawa to meet federal ministers after a Saskatchewan farmer accused of killing him was acquitted late last week.
  
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• Colten Boushie family in Ottawa to meet with federal government after Gerald Stanley acquittal

  12-02-2018 17:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  Members of Colten Boushie’s family are in Ottawa to talk with federal ministers about their experience with the justice system after a jury found Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley not guilty in the 2016 shooting death of Boushie.
  Boushie’s relatives were scheduled to meet Indigenous Relations Minister Jane Philpott and Indigenous Services Minister Carolyn Bennett on Monday, as well as Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould on Tuesday. Fed
  
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• Found not guilty in Colten Boushie death, Gerald Stanley still faces firearm charges next month

  12-02-2018 17:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  Though Gerald Stanley was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2016 shooting death of Colten Boushie, the Saskatchewan farmer’s legal battles are not completely over.
  Stanley still faces two charges of unsafe storage of a firearm. He is scheduled to appear March 19 in North Battleford provincial court.
  He was formally charged in November 2016 “in relation to events that occurred on (Aug. 9, 2016),” RCMP said in a news release issued after Stanley’s in
  
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• Boushie family in Ottawa to meet federal ministers after Stanley acquittal

  12-02-2018 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  A jury delivered a not-guilty verdict on Friday for Gerald Stanley in the 2016 killing of Boushie.
  
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• Figure skaters sing new lyrics to 'O Canada' after gold-medal win — sort of

  12-02-2018 17:03
  Canada's Olympic gold medal-winning athletes are still getting used to their national anthem's new gender-neutral lyrics.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Push for guaranteed annual income

  12-02-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  “Negative income” is an oxymoron — a phrase that combines contradictory ideas. Does “philanthropic millionaire” qualify as an oxymoron? Author John Steinbeck thought so. He wrote, “One has only to remember some of our wolfish financiers who spend two-thirds of their lives clawing fortunes out of the guts of society and the latter third pushing it back.” He then added, “giving can bring the same sense of superiority as getting does, and philanthropy
  
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• Colten Boushie family heading to Ottawa to meet with federal government after Gerald Stanley acquittal

  12-02-2018 16:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  Members of Colten Boushie’s family are travelling to Ottawa to talk with federal ministers about their experience with the justice system after a jury found Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley not guilty in the 2016 shooting death of Boushie.
  Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron will also be in attendance. The group is expected to talk with Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale.
  Colten Boushie’s mother Debbie
  
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• Tank: Saskatoon city hall could consult journalists on transparency

  12-02-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Public officials can always find ways to be more transparent. Saskatoon Coun. Hilary Gough proved that at last month’s city council meeting.
  Gough asked whether more detail could be provided for council’s travel expenses to mirror that of council’s communications spending.
  Her request was made at the same meeting where council considered a report that seemed to show council was meeting behind closed doors for fewer hours.
  The three-year study was deemed inconclusive by its
  
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• Controversy Over Health and Wellness Expos in Western Canada dlvr.it/QG2V7D https://t.co/Gr5oHBjxtO

  12-02-2018 15:40
  
  Controversy Over Health and Wellness Expos in Western Canada dlvr.it/QG2V7D https://t.co/Gr5oHBjxtO
  
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• FSIN vice-chief on Gerald Stanley verdict

  12-02-2018 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) vice-chief David Pratt speaks with Jackie Wilson about the Gerald Stanley verdict.
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for Feb. 12, 2018

  12-02-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Decolonization through peaceful diplomacy needed after not guilty verdict, rally hears
  The acquittal of Gerald Stanley tells Mylan Tootoosis the time has come for decolonization, through peaceful political means. “As Indigenous people we live in a colonial time. We live in a time where injustice is the norm, where injustice is to be expected,”
  
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• 'I thought I was never going to get one': Kidney recipient hopes to inspire people to sign their organ donation card

  12-02-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The difference between spending the rest of his life on dialysis or finally receiving a new kidney all came down to a short 10-minute window for Carl Harris. 
  When Harris, a Lloydminster man who had spent five years on the provincial transplant list, first found out his diabetes was causing kidney failure he was scared of what the future would bring.
  The diagnosis not only brought an end to his career as an electrician but also an end to his freedom — keeping him in stasis as he spent
  
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• The Future of Garbage Disposal dlvr.it/QG2D9L https://t.co/G9PV4kyfXR

  12-02-2018 14:54
  
  The Future of Garbage Disposal dlvr.it/QG2D9L https://t.co/G9PV4kyfXR
  
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• FSIN and Colten Boushie's Family Meet in Ottawa dlvr.it/QG2DHW https://t.co/MvdLZgtZS2

  12-02-2018 14:54
  
  FSIN and Colten Boushie's Family Meet in Ottawa dlvr.it/QG2DHW https://t.co/MvdLZgtZS2
  
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• Team Laycock going to the Brier

  12-02-2018 14:53 via globalnews.ca
  Kirk Muyres and Steve Laycock are in studio talking with Nicole Stillger about the curling team getting ready to compete in the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina.
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush down Vancouver Stealth 16-9

  12-02-2018 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rush downed the Vancouver Stealth 16-9 this past weekend in B.C.
  
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• Gold for Canada's Mikael Kingsbury in men's moguls

  12-02-2018 14:24
  Canada's Mikael Kingsbury captured his first Olympic title Monday, winning gold in the men's moguls at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
  
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• Lawyer Brian Pfefferle on Gerald Stanley verdict

  12-02-2018 14:23 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon lawyer Brian Pfefferle joins Jackie Wilson in studio to talk about the Gerald Stanley verdict.
  
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