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• Rewriting Canada’s memory banks: Archivists ’decolonize’ collections

  19-02-2018 23:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  Reconciliation is rewriting Canada’s memory banks as archivists across the country work to make their collections more open to and sensitive towards Indigenous people.
  Library and Archives Canada is leading the way with a $12-million project to hire Aboriginal archivists to work in First Nations communities and to give more control over materials gathered there to the people who created them.
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• Porch lights turn on across continent for N.B. teen behind good-deed movement

  19-02-2018 23:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  Porch lights have been turning on across North America in honour of a New Brunswick teenager who turned a terminal prognosis into an online movement that inspired acts of kindness around the globe.
  Rebecca Schofield died of brain cancer in Moncton on Saturday evening at the age of 18.
  Hundreds of members of a Facebook group dedicated to her #BeccaToldMeTo movement said they were turning on their porch lights Sunday evening in her honour, in places like California, Texas, Florida and across Canad
  
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• CRTC’s dilemma: balance consumer and telecom’s feelings on broadcast’s future

  19-02-2018 23:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  TORONTO — A warning from Canada’s biggest media companies that their survival is under threat from unregulated foreign rivals and illicit content pirates has sparked a massive influx of submissions to the federal telecommunications regulator from consumers with little sympathy for their cause.
  Midway through a 30-day public consultation that is open until March 1, more than 5,440 responses have been posted with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — p
  
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• 3 facing charges in Saskatoon after cocaine, marijuana seized

  19-02-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  Three people are facing drug charges in Saskatoon after a police investigation.
  
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• Prison tattoo and needle programs would help curb hepatitis: internal memo

  19-02-2018 23:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  OTTAWA — The federal prison service says setting up tattoo parlours and needle-exchange programs behind bars would help reduce the spread of hepatitis C.
  A Correctional Service memo obtained under the Access to Information Act advises Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale the proposals “warrant consideration” to round out existing and planned measures to fight hepatitis and HIV in prison.
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• Chief justice denied media request to film portions of Stanley trial

  19-02-2018 23:29
  A request from a group of media companies to film and broadcast portions of Gerald Stanley’s second-degree murder trial was denied last month by the chief justice of Saskatchewan’s Court of Bench, who argued the trial was not the right case with which to experiment.
  
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• International petition wants GoFundMe to drop fundraiser for Gerald Stanley's family

  19-02-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  An international advocacy group says it has collected thousands of names in a campaign calling for GoFundMe to remove a page that's raising funds for Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley's family.
  
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• Calgary company answering Sask. decision makers marijuana questions

  19-02-2018 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  Legal recreational marijuana may have been pushed back to August or September, but that doesn’t mean local decision-makers don’t have a lot of work to do.
  
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• Racism no match for resilience at Indigenous women's business conference

  19-02-2018 20:21 via cbc.ca
  Indigenous women turned emotional hurt into motivation at a business conference in Saskatoon on Friday, where the issue of racist comments following the Gerald Stanley trial verdict permeated discussions.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: frigid Family Day, some relief ahead

  19-02-2018 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  A frigid Family Day, but some relief is on the way in Saskatoon’s weather forecast. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan explains when.
  
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  19-02-2018 20:13
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies weekend wrap: basketball and volleyball

  19-02-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s how the Saskatchewan Huskies’ basketball and volleyball teams did this past weekend.
  
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• Teach-in focuses on systemic injustices towards Indigenous people in wake of Stanley verdict

  19-02-2018 20:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It had been a long time since Saskatoon lawyer Donald Worme last saw the documentary film Two Worlds Colliding, about Saskatoon’s notorious starlight tours police scandal.
  But when the film was screened once again Saturday afternoon at the Roxy, Worme said watching it brought back the same feelings — “the incandescent rage that just burned.”
  He teared up.
  There were more than a few tears — and palpable feelings of anger and frustration among the roughly 200 people i
  
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• B.C. launches challenges of Alberta's ban on wine

  19-02-2018 19:40
  The British Columbia government has launched a formal challenge against Alberta's ban on its wines.
  
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• B.C. challenges Alberta's ban on wine over pipeline expansion dispute

  19-02-2018 19:40
  British Columbia has turned up the heat in a simmering trade dispute by launching a formal challenge against Alberta's ban on its wines.
  
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• International group calls on GoFundMe to drop Gerald Stanley fundraiser

  19-02-2018 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  Petition by International group SumOfUs calls on GoFundMe to drop a fundraiser for Gerald Stanley’s family.
  
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• Riders sign Charleston Hughes to contract extension

  19-02-2018 18:55
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive lineman Charleston Hughes to a contract extension that will keep him with the team through 2019.
  
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• Bringing family to India coming 'full circle': PM

  19-02-2018 18:51
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s "nice to come full circle" having his family accompany him on the Canadian government's trip to India.
  
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• Quebec man arrested in 2002 Alberta slaying

  19-02-2018 17:43
  A Quebec man has been arrested in the slaying of a 21-year-old woman 16 years ago.
  
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• Fergie's 'Star-Mangled Banner' hits a sour note at NBA All-Star Game

  19-02-2018 17:35
  Pop superstar Fergie put on a less-than-stellar performance of the U.S. national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game Sunday night, drawing laughter from the players and mockery on social media.
  
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• Hedley withdraws from Junos, plans to discuss 'how we have let some people down'

  19-02-2018 17:29
  The members of the embattled rock band Hedley say they have withdrawn from consideration for three awards at this year's Junos and plan to 'talk about how we have let some people down, and what we intend to do about it.'
  
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• Saskatchewan Hospital closing its doors after 100 years

  19-02-2018 16:53 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Hospital, the first mental hospital in the province, is closing its doors later this year after 100 years of treating patients.
  
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  19-02-2018 16:42
  
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• Rural home near Battlefords shot at on Sunday morning

  19-02-2018 16:24
  Police are investigating after a home west of Battleford was shot at on Sunday morning.
  
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• RCMP investigating break and enter, firearm discharge near Battleford

  19-02-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Battlefords RCMP detachment is investigating a break and enter at a rural property near Battleford where a shot was fired.
  At around 5 a.m. on Sunday, the RCMP went to a home west of Battleford to respond to a break and enter complaint. There, they found that an unidentified person had been observed breaking into an “outbuilding”, police said in a media release.
  Police say the same suspect fired a shot from a firearm once at the home, which resulted in a broken window. No injurie
  
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  19-02-2018 15:24
  
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• Shot fired at a rural home near Battleford, Sask.

  19-02-2018 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  A shot was fired at a rural home west of Battleford during a break and enter.
  
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• Shot fired a rural home near Battleford, Sask.

  19-02-2018 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  A shot was fired at a rural home west of Battleford during a break and enter.
  
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• 'Nerves of steel': French skater finishes routine despite wardrobe malfunction

  19-02-2018 15:13
  There are no good slips in figure skating, but French skater Gabriella Papadakis suffered perhaps the most embarrassing kind of slip when her breast emerged from her costume during a pairs routine in Pyeongchang on Sunday.
  
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• 'Nerves of steel': French skater finishes routine despite nipple slip

  19-02-2018 15:13
  There are no good slips in figure skating, but French skater Gabriella Papadakis suffered perhaps the most embarrassing kind of slip when her breast emerged from her costume during a pairs routine in Pyeongchang on Sunday.
  
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• Canada, Germany tie for gold in two-man bobsled

  19-02-2018 14:48
  Canada's Justin Kripps and Germany's Francesco Friedrich tied for gold in men's two-man bobsled at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Monday.
  
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• Shymr nets 3 in Saskatoon Blades win over Calgary Hitmen

  19-02-2018 14:37 via globalnews.ca
  Braylon Shmyr’s hat trick powers the Saskatoon Blades over the Calgary Hitmen.
  
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• Saskatoon police charge Brandin Brick with murder, kidnapping in connection with homicide

  19-02-2018 14:36 via cbc.ca
  A 26-year-old Saskatoon man will make his first court appearance on Tuesday in connection with a homicide last week.
  
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• Man wanted for first-degree murder arrested by Saskatoon police

  19-02-2018 14:03 via globalnews.ca
  Brandin Cole Brick, wanted for first-degree murder in the death of James Chaisson, has been arrested.
  
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• Saskatchewan’s first mental hospital closing its doors after 100 years

  19-02-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  NORTH BATTLEFORD — At its peak, the massive red-brick complex with a scenic view of the North Saskatchewan River was a community unto itself.
  Saskatchewan Hospital, which first opened to patients in 1914, had its own barns, cattle, grain field, school and chapel — even a curling club and legion.
  For more than a century, it has provided care for thousands of mentally ill patients who were untreatable, abandoned and alone.
  “We get the worst of the worst individuals in the provinc
  
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• Regina Police Investigate Death of a 40 Year Old dlvr.it/QGyDZK https://t.co/ws4g2yeTVj

  19-02-2018 13:49
  
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  19-02-2018 13:49
  
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  19-02-2018 13:49
  
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  19-02-2018 13:15
  
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• Saskatoon family crowdfunding for son’s ‘bucket list’ after brain cancer returns

  19-02-2018 13:11 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatoon family’s GoFundMe page has already raised $18,000 towards Ben Sawatzky’s goals, which include skiing at Lake Louise and seeing the Oilers play. Rebekah Lesko with the story.
  
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• Anger over Colten Boushie case being channelled in constructive ways: gang outreach worker

  19-02-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The recent acquittal of Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley in the death of Red Pheasant Cree Nation man Colten Boushie has angered young Indigenous men, says a gang outreach worker, but it has also focused them on pushing for change.
  
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• Gerald Stanley murder trial was 'not the right case' for cameras in the courtroom: judge

  19-02-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Media outlets including CBC News made a rare request to broadcast and live stream portions of a murder trial, but the judge in the Gerald Stanley case denied the request.
  
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• RCMP searching for suspect after attempted break-in, gunshot on farm west of North Battleford

  19-02-2018 07:19 via cbc.ca
  Battleford RCMP responded to a call on a rural property west of North Battleford, where the homeowners say someone trespassed on their property and nearly shot the husband in the head.
  
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  19-02-2018 04:13
  
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• 'I think mistakes are wonderful': Terra Lightfoot, Canadian singer/songwriter, gets set to hit the prairies

  19-02-2018 03:21 via cbc.ca
  Terra Lightfoot’s second album, 'New Mistakes', came out in 2017.
  
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• Rosthern, Sask. farmers tap in to malt market

  19-02-2018 01:43 via globalnews.ca
  A group of Rosthern farmers have recently opened a craft malting facility, using the barley directly off their fields.
  
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• NDP leadership hopefuls make final push

  19-02-2018 01:33
  The final countdown is on to the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership vote and the two candidates say they can hardly wait.
  
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• Petition wants GoFundMe to drop fundraiser for Gerald Stanley's family

  19-02-2018 01:19
  An international advocacy group says it has collected thousands of names in a campaign calling for GoFundMe to remove a page that's raising funds for Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley's family.
  
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• Local artists help musician following house fire

  19-02-2018 01:13
  Saskatchewan artists are stepping up to help musician Gillian Snider and her roommates recover from a house fire last month.
  
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• Saskatchewan Winter Games bringing communities together in North Batttleford, Sask.

  19-02-2018 00:11 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Winter Games are set to begin in North Battleford, which sees almost 2,000 athletes from across the province competing in a multi-sport event.
  
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