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• Muenster moose tranquilized, released south of Sask. village

  22-02-2018 23:41
  The wild moose chase in Muenster may officially be over.
  
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• Raymond Cormier not guilty in death of Tina Fontaine, 15

  22-02-2018 23:29 via cbc.ca
  A jury has found Raymond Cormier not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Tina Fontaine, a 15-year-old girl from Sagkeeng First Nation north of Winnipeg.
  
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• Jury finds Raymond Cormier not guilty in death of Tina Fontaine

  22-02-2018 23:29 via cbc.ca
  A jury has found Raymond Cormier not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Tina Fontaine, a 15-year-old girl from Sagkeeng First Nation north of Winnipeg.
  
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• UPDATE: Saskatoon police locate 34-year-old man missing since Monday

  22-02-2018 22:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  Update: 3:48 p.m.: Saskatoon police say Yoseph Tered, the subject of a missing person investigation, has been found safe.
  City police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 34-year-old man who has been missing for roughly three days.
  According to a police news release, Yoseph Tereda was last seen at roughly 6 p.m. when he was dropped off at Place Riel on the University of Saskatchewan campus on Feb. 19.
  Friends and police are concerned due to a recent string of cold temperatur
  
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  22-02-2018 22:26
  
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• Flush with data: StatsCan to test wastewater for drug traces across the country

  22-02-2018 22:01 via cbc.ca
  Six municipalities have already signed on to have their wastewater surveyed for drug traces, but Saskatoon and Regina have yet to be contacted by the federal government or Statistics Canada.
  
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• Saskatoon police looking for 34-year-old man missing since Monday

  22-02-2018 21:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  City police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 34-year-old man who has been missing for roughly three days.
  According to a police news release, Yoseph Tereda was last seen at roughly 6 p.m. when he was dropped off at Place Riel on the University of Saskatchewan campus on Feb. 19.
  Friends and police are concerned due to a recent string of cold temperatures, with a police news release noting it’s unusual for Tereda to be out of contact.
  Believed to be wearing a black jacket
  
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• From demanding gift cards to fake arrest warrants, Saskatoon police warn of fake CRA calls

  22-02-2018 21:12 via cbc.ca
  There has been a recent uptick of Saskatoon residents receiving phone calls from scam artists working under the guise of the Canada Revenue Agency.
  
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• Stymied by regulators, Airbnb looks to luxury vacations, hotels for growth

  22-02-2018 21:04 via cbc.ca
  Airbnb is rolling out new services aimed at attracting travellers looking for luxury accommodations and traditional hotels, the latest move to contend with sputtering growth in its original home-renting business.
  
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• NDP MP Weir unaware of any harassment allegations as deadline for complaints passes

  22-02-2018 20:59
  Federal NDP MP Erin Weir says he remains in the dark about any specific allegations of harassment against him, despite the party's deadline for complaints having come and gone.
  
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  22-02-2018 20:44
  
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• Mixed emotions before sentencing in La Loche school shooting

  22-02-2018 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  La Loche Mayor Robert St. Pierre said there's apprehension among some residents on the eve of sentencing in the La Loche school shooting.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: warmer air finally moves in

  22-02-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  Extreme cold moves out and there’s big warm-up on the way in Saskatoon’s weather forecast ahead. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan explains how mild it will get.
  
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• Persian tea shop in Saskatoon invites customers to slow down

  22-02-2018 20:01 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon's new tea shop, filled with Persian/Western fusion goodies and hearty herb first meals, offers a refuge from the urban bustle of downtown and Riversdale.
  
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• Police pursuit results in recovery of firearms, two youth taken into custody

  22-02-2018 19:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two youth are in RCMP custody and several firearms were recovered following an alleged break and enter and police pursuit in the area of North Battleford.
  On Thursday morning members of the Battlefords RCMP detachment received a complaint of a break and enter in process at a home in the small community of Denholm, according to an RCMP news release.
  Officers were advised the suspects had left the area, reportedly taking with them numerous guns, including high-calibre hunting rifles.
  The RCMP rele
  
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• Liberals to outline long-term Indigenous housing plan in budget, sources say

  22-02-2018 19:41 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Press has learned the federal government will commit hundreds of millions of dollars in long-term funding to Indigenous housing in next week's budget.
  
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• Scam involving CRA, gift cards prompts warning from Saskatoon police

  22-02-2018 19:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  City police are cautioning the public about a scam involving fake representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) demanding gift cards.
  On Thursday, Saskatoon police issued a news release indicating they have received complaints about aggressive and threatening phone calls where a person, claiming to be from the CRA, attempts to bully people into paying a false debt.
  The suspect caller demands payment in the form of gift cards, and victims are instructed to provide authorization codes from th
  
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  22-02-2018 19:38
  
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• Pulse growers call for C-49 amendments to clear grain backlog

  22-02-2018 19:33
  Some farmers in the province are calling on the federal government to take action to clear up a grain backlog.
  
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• Saskatchewan government to continue long-term care home survey

  22-02-2018 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government will continue with the resident and family experience survey in long-term care homes.
  
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• 'The world is watching': La Loche, Sask., braces for decision on fate of school shooter

  22-02-2018 19:30 via cbc.ca
  Almost precisely 25 months since Charlene Klyne saw a teenager open fire through the doorway of the classroom where she was standing, a judge will decide if the shooter should be sentenced as a youth or an adult.
  
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• Battlefords RCMP recover stolen guns after police chase

  22-02-2018 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  Several youth are in custody after Battleford RCMP recover stolen guns following a police chase.
  
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• Police Warn About Phone Scam dlvr.it/QHQVB8 https://t.co/cfaHUJygP6

  22-02-2018 19:04
  
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  22-02-2018 19:04
  
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• La Loche shooter to be sentenced Friday in home community

  22-02-2018 18:52
  A teen who carried out a deadly shooting in La Loche two years ago is expected to learn his sentence Friday in the community where it happened.
  
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• Long-Term Care Residents Satisfied With Their Homes dlvr.it/QHQFzb https://t.co/1xztzf7psz

  22-02-2018 18:30
  
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• Video: New in theatres Feb. 23

  22-02-2018 18:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a look at some clips from the movies hitting theatres February 23.
  
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• Good news, ladies: Carbs not linked to PMS

  22-02-2018 18:10 via cbc.ca
  The amount of foods containing sugars or other carbohydrates that a woman eats has nothing to do with whether she will start experiencing premenstrual syndrome (PMS), researchers say.
  
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• RCMP investigating following fatal crash near Lloydminster

  22-02-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  One person is dead and two people are injured following what RCMP called a “serious” collision near Lloydminster, Sask. on Wednesday afternoon.
  Maidstone RCMP were dispatched to the area of Highway 16 at Range Road 3280 for a two vehicle collision at around 3:30 p.m., according to an RCMP news release.
  RCMP report a half-ton truck travelling eastbound on Highway 16 collided with a southbound car.
  A passenger in the car died on scene while the driver was transported to hospital with i
  
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• No injuries reported following Sutherland kitchen fire

  22-02-2018 17:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  There were no injuries following a reported grease fire at a Sutherland restaurant on Thursday morning.
  At roughly 1 a.m., fire crews received a 911 call about a fire in the kitchen at a restaurant located at 900 Central Avenue.
  Fire crews, including four fire engines, an aerial ladder truck and one rescue unit, were dispatched to the call, with the first engine arriving on scene within three minutes.
  After locating the fire in the kitchen of the restaurant, crews were able to contain it and ext
  
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• Fraud Advisory - CRA/Gift card scam

  22-02-2018 17:36 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service is advising the public of a recent increase in complaints regarding the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scam. Police have recently received a few complaints of people advising they have received phone calls using threatening and aggressive language to frighten and bully the complainants into paying fictitious debt. The caller, claiming to be a CRA representative, demands payment in gift cards. The victim is then instructed to provide the authorization
  
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• Final financial disclosures released for Saskatchewan NDP race

  22-02-2018 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan NDP has released final financial disclosures from the two men running for the leadership of the party.
  
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• Life as a 'road dog' suits Terra Lightfoot

  22-02-2018 17:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  Terra Lightfoot definitely is not afraid of a little hard work.
  The singer/songwriter has been playing up to 250 shows a year.
  “It’s been a little nuts. I’m a little bit crazy at this point as I’ve gone full-tilt into this profession. It’s the best life I could ask for, it’s so much fun,” Lightfoot said in a recent telephone interview from Kansas City, where she was attending the Folk Alliance International conference.
  “I might be a road dog, actua
  
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• Letter of the Day: Food bank says thanks to city

  22-02-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  With the holiday season behind us, we at the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre want to extend our biggest thanks to the people and communities of our lovely city. It is because of your generosity that the more than 20,000 people who rely on donations from the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre did not go hungry this year.
  And for those who made cash and food contributions at Your Independent Grocer, No Frills or Real Canadian Superstore locations you have helped raise more than $1
  
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• Grease fire sends Saskatoon restaurant's kitchen up in flames

  22-02-2018 16:54 via cbc.ca
  Fire crews were called to 900 Central Ave. in the Sutherland neighbourhood around 1 a.m. CST.
  
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• Group home workers, management return to bargaining table after strike notice

  22-02-2018 16:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  A labour dispute that began last week when about 75 group home employees who have gone four years without a raise issued a strike notice and subsequently stopped providing some services could be nearing an end.
  Elmwood Residences Inc. responded by filing an unfair practices complaint against Service Employees International Union (SEIU-West) with the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board, but the two groups have now agreed to meet.
  “Elmwood and SEIU-West have agreed to meet. We are currently
  
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• Overnight kitchen fire damages Saskatoon restaurant

  22-02-2018 16:19
  Fire investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a grease fire at a Saskatoon restaurant early Thursday morning.
  
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• Cabela's closes Moncton store but no plans to close other Canadian locations for 'foreseeable future'

  22-02-2018 16:19 via cbc.ca
  Cabela's in Moncton closed on Thursday, after less than three years, but the hunting and fishing retail giant has no plans to close any of its other Canadian locations "for the foreseeable future," according to a company spokesman.
  
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• Letters to the editor, Feb. 22, 2018

  22-02-2018 16:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  Thank you, Saskatoon
  With the holiday season behind us, we at the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre want to extend our biggest thanks to the people and communities of our lovely city. It is because of your generosity that the more than 20,000 people who rely on donations from the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre did not go hungry this year.
  And for those who made cash and food contributions at Your Independent Grocer, No Frills or Real Canadian Superstore locations you have help
  
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• Sask. cities, towns seeking more collaboration under Premier Moe

  22-02-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The president of the organization that represents Saskatchewan’s cities and towns wants a more collaborative relationship with Premier Scott Moe’s new provincial government.
  “So far, so good,” Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) president Gordon Barnhart said in an interview on Wednesday. “I think that they’ve been saying they want to have consultation before decisions are made and I think that’s a step in the right direction.”
  Moe
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Taco needs a new home

  22-02-2018 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  Meet Taco, a year-old Chihuahua mix who came to the Saskatoon SPCA as a stray and is looking for a new home.
  
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• New community grocery store to open this summer in Riversdale

  22-02-2018 15:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  A former liquor store in the heart of Riversdale is expected to reopen this summer as a store its owners describe as a community grocer with the basics and a focus on healthy food. 
  The property at the corner of 20th Street and Avenue D once housed a Safeway. Soul Foods co-owner Mallory Guenther said her company’s expansion into the space beginning in June will benefit the neighbourhood. 
  “We do have some of the basic grocery items now but as we expand into the new Soul Foo
  
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  22-02-2018 15:08
  
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  22-02-2018 15:08
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for Feb. 22, 2018

  22-02-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  La Loche school shooter to learn fate Friday
  Friday can’t come soon enough for Phyllis Longobardi. The former assistant principal at La Loche Dene High School has been waiting more than two years to learn whether the teen who shot her during a deadly school shooting spree will face life behind bars. “It just drags on and on and on. And there’
  
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• Carson Stadnyk establishes himself among Huskies' hockey Green Men

  22-02-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Blame it on the little green men, flying-saucer passes and the unexplained at Rutherford Rink.
  While not abducted by aliens, Carson Stadnyk makes a good case for hockey’s X-files.
  “A Martian took his skills for about eight months (last season) and then gave them back,” quips University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey head coach Dave Adolph, whose team plays host to the Canada West men’s hockey semifinal best-of-three series Thursday, Friday, and, if necess
  
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• Teen pleads not guilty in stabbing at RM of Buckland party

  22-02-2018 14:43 via globalnews.ca
  A teen has pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault after a girl was stabbed multiple times at a party in the RM of Buckland.
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Blizzard

  22-02-2018 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives.
  Today, we have a photo of a police officer directing traffic in a blizzard, from Feb. 22, 1955.
  (Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B3082-1) 
  
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• 'I think people have felt like it's colder': Frigid February far from extreme, Environment Canada says

  22-02-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Jamie Marushak knows cold weather better than most people.
  A Downtown Saskatoon Business Improvement District employee, the jovial 52-year-old spends seven or so hours each day outdoors, cleaning up garbage, clearing away snow and removing graffiti — whatever needs to be done.
  “You get used to the cold,” he said with a laugh during a lunch break interview on Thursday. “I find it worse going through warm spells and then going back to cold. When it hits -30 C again, it seem
  
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• Moir gets vocal and goes viral at women's hockey final

  22-02-2018 13:41
  Canadian ice dancing star Scott Moir was celebrated once again on Twitter on Thursday night -- this time as a spectator instead of an athlete.
  
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