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• Saskatoon police stop ‘swerving’ truck, lay impaired driving charge

  03-03-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP notified Saskatoon police that they had received complaints from motorists about a truck driving erratically on Highway 12.
  
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• Ryan Meili wins Sask NDP leadership

  03-03-2018 23:29
  Ryan Meili is the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP.
  
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• Ryan Meili wins Saskatchewan NDP leadership vote

  03-03-2018 23:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Ryan Meili is the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP party.
  In the vote results announced Saturday in Regina, Meili was selected over Regina MLA Trent Wotherspoon to lead Saskatchewan’s official opposition.
  “It’s blowing pretty hard out there,” Meili said, referring to the winter storm outside the Delta Hotel. “It think those might be the winds of change.”
  Out of 10,837 ballots cast, Meili had 5,973 votes to Wotherspoon’s 4,860 — or 55 per cent of
  
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• Sound-proof music room, anyone? What users want in a new central Saskatoon library

  03-03-2018 23:02 via cbc.ca
  People agree on two things: there should be more books, and more spaces for people to break the silence.
  
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• 'Winds of change:' Ryan Meili wins Sask. NDP leadership

  03-03-2018 22:44 via cbc.ca
  The third time turned out to be a charm for Saskatoon Meewasin MLA Ryan Meili, who was chosen as the new Saskatchewan NDP leader on Saturday.
  
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• Ryan Meili the new leader for Saskatchewan's NDP

  03-03-2018 22:44 via cbc.ca
  The third time turned out to be a charm for Saskatoon Meewasin MLA Ryan Meili, who was chosen as the new Saskatchewan NDP leader on Saturday.
  
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• Fire at K2 mine out, workers safe

  03-03-2018 22:39
  The Mosaic Company has confirmed there was a small underground fire at the K2 potash facility around 12 a.m. on Saturday.
  
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• Don’t treat us like North Korea: Canadian aluminum producers offended by Trump

  03-03-2018 21:52
  A group representing Canada’s aluminum producers is angry that a seven-decade trade relationship with the U.S. is being undermined by President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on foreign metals.
  
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• Snowstorm brings drifting snow, reduced visibility to Saskatoon streets

  03-03-2018 20:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  As a snowstorm whistles its way through Saskatoon Saturday, drivers are being reminded to take it easy on the roads.
  Environment Canada is forecasting about 10 centimetres of snow to fall on the city, and warned of periods of “very low visibility in the heavy snow and local blowing snow.”
  The wind was forecast to be blowing from the east at 40 kilometres/hour, gusting to 60 km/h.
  The City of Saskatoon said on Friday it had eight plows and 25 graders ready to clear priority streets an
  
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• Snowstorm brings drifting snow, reduced visibility to Saskatoon streets - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-03-2018 20:47 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Snowstorm brings drifting snow, reduced visibility to Saskatoon streets
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  As a snowstorm whistles its way through Saskatoon Saturday, drivers are being reminded to take it easy on the roads. Saskatoon StarPhoenix. More from Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Published on: March 3, 2018 | Last Updated: March 3, 2018 1:48 PM CST. Share ...
  
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• Bloc Quebecois stands behind embattled leader

  03-03-2018 20:22
  The national office of the Bloc Quebecois threw its support behind its leader on Saturday, days after seven of the party's 10 members of Parliament quit the caucus over Martine Ouellet's leadership style.
  
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  03-03-2018 20:14
  
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  03-03-2018 20:14
  
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• 3rd Annual First Nations Spelling Bee Goes Sunday dlvr.it/QJc5zR https://t.co/wKevkkY702

  03-03-2018 20:14
  
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  03-03-2018 20:14
  
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• Saskatoon Blades lose to Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-3

  03-03-2018 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon lost 5-3 to the Lethbridge Hurricanes at SaskTel Centre on Friday. Derek Bidwell has highlights from the game.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades fall to Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-3

  03-03-2018 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades fell two points behind the Prince Albert Raiders in the hunt for a WHL playoff spot.
  
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• Southern Sask. to get 10 cm of snow today

  03-03-2018 18:15
  Areas in southern Saskatchewan can expect about 10 centimeters of snow today, according to Environment Canada.
  
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• RCMP and Saskatoon police stop dangerous highway driver - News Talk 650 CKOM

  03-03-2018 18:14 via ckom.com
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  RCMP and Saskatoon police stop dangerous highway driver
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  A North Battleford man, 19, and Christopher Lake woman, 22, face several charges after calls to Blaine Lake RCMP Friday evening about a truck that swerved and passed drivers on the shoulder of Highway 12 while speeding. Around 6:30 p.m., as the truck ...and more »
  
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• Because of Gracia to make its Saskatoon debut in April

  03-03-2018 18:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  Many in Saskatoon and area have followed Tom Simes and the making of his inspirational film, Because of Gracia. Since its launch last fall, it has garnered a fistful of awards and generated plenty of buzz.
  Gracia has travelled a lengthy road since it began as a stage play that Simes wrote in 2001 and produced at Castle Theatre.
  “I retooled it into a screen play, really liked how it played out, and decided to shoot the movie myself to see if it would work,” Simes says.
  In the summer o
  
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• With five floor plans, The Oaks is a perfect fit

  03-03-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Grand opening celebrations held last weekend at The Oaks, North Prairie Developments’ newest multi-family community, attracted several hundred people. The big turnout indicated the strong public interest in one of the last condo projects to be built in the popular southeast neighbourhood of Stonebridge.
  Located at 315 Dickson Crescent, The Oaks Craftsman Series is comprised of 50 residences, including single family detached two- and three-storey homes, semi-detached two-storeys and townhom
  
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• Simply Irish: Soda bread a yeast-free classic enjoyed for generations

  03-03-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every time I make Irish soda bread, I wonder why I don’t do so more often.
  It’s a quick, yeast-free bread, with just a handful of ingredients, one looks rustic and tastes delicious. That’s right — this bread is yeast-free, so all of you who want to bake bread but are terrified of baking anything with yeast, this recipe is for you.
  The magic ingredients in soda bread are baking soda and buttermilk. The acid of the buttermilk reacts with the base of the baking soda to provi
  
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• New Faces, New Places: Website connects homeowners with reputable contractors

  03-03-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s like an online dating site that helps match homeowners with the contractor of their dreams.
  Kevin Kindrachuk first came up with the idea of creating an online service helping homeowners find reputable contractors after he bought a new house and ended up with the frustrations of trying to hire licensed contractors with a good reputation. 
  “We didn’t know who to go to and who was good — it was a pretty daunting process,” he recalls.
  With help from co-founder
  
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• New Faces, New Places: Pole dancing focused on fun and inclusivity

  03-03-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Sarah Longpre has been a dancer since elementary school. It didn’t take long after that for her to realize her dream of opening a dance studio of her own.
  But once she started practising fitness pole dancing five years ago, she knew she wanted to focus on it.
  “It really changed my life. It’s been something I’ve always looked forward to,” she said. “When I got to start teaching, it was just something that was amazing to share with other people and to see how it
  
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• Forget Hawaii, fish-friendly whites are closer to home

  03-03-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I was in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago, and needless to say I ate a lot of fish. 
  Unfortunately, the wine lists are aimed at American consumers who never drink anything but Californian. Worse still, the only white they seem to want to order is Chardonnay. The prices ranged from affordable to quite expensive, but the flavour palate was ridiculously uniform. This kind of varietal parochialism is a shame, especially when linked to style homogene
  
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• Explaining garden seed labels: A primer on hybrids and GMOs

  03-03-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Choosing seed for our gardens is usually pretty simple and straightforward.
  Typically, each seed package has a beautiful photograph or drawing of the kind of plant that we hope to see eventually see in our gardens, if we do everything right and Mother Nature co-operates.
  Plus, both the common and varietal names of the seed are always well displayed so that we can easily identify — and hopefully remember from one year to the next — which plants performed well in our gardens.
  However,
  
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• U of Regina Cougars win Canada West women's basketball title at home

  03-03-2018 17:39 via cbc.ca
  The Cougars women's basketball team beat the Saskatoon Huskies 75-55 at home to win the Canada West Final on Friday night.
  
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• Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen steals his way into the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier

  03-03-2018 17:23 via globalnews.ca
  A back and forth game ended in Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen stealing his way into the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, after opposing skip Jason Gunnlaugson’s rock stopped just inches too wide from the pin.
  
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  03-03-2018 16:49
  
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• More flooding expected as deadly nor'easter moves out to sea

  03-03-2018 16:14
  Coastal areas from Maryland to Maine remain under flood warnings as a powerful nor'easter moves further out to sea after inundating roads, snapping trees and knocking out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses.
  
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• Clark wants to explore skating paths in Saskatoon - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-03-2018 15:01 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Clark wants to explore skating paths in Saskatoon
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  Imagine skating through one of Saskatoon's parks on a trail of ice. Mayor Charlie Clark wants to explore the possibility. Phil Tank, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Published on: March 3, 2018 | Last Updated: March 3, 2018 8:00 AM CST. Share Adjust Comment ...
  
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• Clark wants to explore skating paths in Saskatoon

  03-03-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Imagine skating through one of Saskatoon’s parks on a trail of ice.
  Mayor Charlie Clark wants to explore the possibility.
  Noting similar skating pathways and trails have been developed in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Brampton, Ont., Clark said he wonders if there’s a way to make that work in Saskatoon.
  Mayor Charlie Clark wants to explore the possibility of creating ice-skating trails in Saskatoon parks.
  Clark has long promoted animating Saskatoon in the winter so residents embrace the col
  
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• Trump's stance on guns leaves lawmakers baffled

  03-03-2018 14:36
  In his quest to tackle gun violence, U.S. President Donald Trump has alternated between calling for tougher laws and declaring his fealty to the Second Amendment's right to bear arms, leaving a trail of befuddled lawmakers and advocates in his wake.
  
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  03-03-2018 13:22
  
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• Five-storey condo building planned for City Park - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-03-2018 13:01 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Five-storey condo building planned for City Park
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  North Prairie Developments Ltd. is continuing its efforts to transform City Park into a more dense neighbourhood. Phil Tank, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Published on: March 3, 2018 | Last Updated: March 3, 2018 6:00 AM CST. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current ...
  
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• City proposes two-month limit for residential demolition permits - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-03-2018 13:01 via thestarphoenix.com
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  City proposes two-month limit for residential demolition permits
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  A Saskatoon city council committee will consider drastically reducing the time frame for demolition permits in residential areas. Phil Tank, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Published on: March 3, 2018 | Last Updated: March 3, 2018 6:00 AM CST. Play Video. Play ...
  
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• With playoff spot clinched, Rush move onto the next stage

  03-03-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Rush have a playoff spot in their pocket, and seven more games to prepare for a shot at the title.
  The Rush — who formally clinched a National Lacrosse League playoff spot last Saturday when they beat the Calgary Roughnecks 10-6 at SaskTel Centre — will put their 9-2 record up against the 1-10 Vancouver Stealth on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
  Here’s some key things to know as game time nears.
   
  Saskatchewan’s Jeremy Thompson checks Dan Dawson when he played
  
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• The People Project: Sienna Lily Forsberg

  03-03-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  More than 250,000 unique citizens make up Saskatoon. StarPhoenix photographer Michelle Berg and reporter Jenn Sharp share the many different ways people in the city live, work and create in The People Project, a monthly photo and video series.
  Eleven-year-old Sienna Lily Forsberg’s gymnastic ability is impressive.
  She started the sport at age four and joined Marian Gymnastics Club’s competitive program a year later.
  According to Dana Brass, Marian’s head competitive coach, Sien
  
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• NDP hasn't asked Mulcair to help with coming byelection for his seat

  03-03-2018 13:00
  The federal New Democrats have yet to ask former leader and soon-departing NDP MP Tom Mulcair to help campaign in his Montreal riding when a byelection is called.
  
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• Fuller: Do people really hate us and if so, why?

  03-03-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A week ago, the province’s news media were literally locked out of a murder sentencing in La Loche.
  Just to be clear, this was not 1985 Romania.
  Eventually, with proceedings well underway, one reporter was let in. Before that, the only source of information was a video feed to a courtroom in Meadow Lake that was empty but for a local radio DJ.
  It was, as the formal Latin legal description goes, a gong show.
  As you can imagine, there was no lack of righteous indignation in the StarPhoenix n
  
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• Five-storey condo building planned for City Park in Saskatoon

  03-03-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  North Prairie Developments Ltd. is continuing its efforts to transform City Park into a more dense neighbourhood.
  North Prairie is planning a $10-million, five-storey condominium building on a vacant lot at the southwest corner of Queen Street and Fourth Avenue. The proposed 40-unit project would be built across from North Prairie’s nine-storey, 94-unit building, Shangri-La on Fourth.
  The company has asked for a five-year tax break from the city under a program intended to stimulate develo
  
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• Cuthand: First Nations funding has long been lacking

  03-03-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  First Nations funding in Canada has long been a colonial exercise of underfunding, over-regulation and has provided social programming that, in the words of John Ralston Saul, has the mentality of a Victorian poorhouse.
  First Nations funding is based on warehousing people rather than meaningful development.
  Each year this is the time First Nations across the country are working on budgets for the coming fiscal year. This is an oxymoron since there is no such thing as a budget for a First Nation.
  
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• City proposes two-month limit for residential demolition permits

  03-03-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A city council committee will consider drastically reducing the time frame for demolition permits in residential areas of Saskatoon.
  A report from the city administration proposes reducing the amount of time allowed for residential demolition to two months from two years.
  Last fall, residents raised concerns about a house at the corner of 34th Street and Avenue B in the Mayfair neighbourhood that remains partly demolished. This week the property was still surrounded by a fence adorned with asbes
  
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• Changes made after Sask. Pen escapes: CSC

  03-03-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Correctional Service Canada representatives say the national prison service has made several changes to its policy for handling inmate escapes, as well as the way low- to high-risk inmates are classified, since 2015.
  Two CSC spokespeople who outlined the changes did not link them to the escape of a murderer in January 2015, however.
  Kevin Michael Sheets was the first of six inmates to escape the minimum security unit at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary between the beginning of 2015 and the fall of
  
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• Saskatchewan NDP leader decided today

  03-03-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  NDP members in Saskatchewan will find out who their new leader is Saturday afternoon in Regina.
  
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• Listen to episode 7 of CBC Saskatchewan's original podcast 'Boushie'

  03-03-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  CBC Saskatchewan has launched "Boushie", a podcast series that chronicles the story of Colten Boushie and the white farmer, Gerald Stanley, who was charged with second-degree murder and found not-guilty in connection to his death.
  
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• Winter storm warning for Saskatoon: Snow forecast to start Friday night, amidst heavy winds

  03-03-2018 05:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  A winter storm is forecast to move toward Saskatoon from Alberta Friday night, with 10 to 15 centimetres of snow expected to fall during the weekend.
  Easterly winds of 40 to 50 km/h will produce poor visibilities in blowing and drifting snow, Environment Canada said in its winter storm warning that’s in effect for a swath of central Saskatchewan stretching west to east from Kindersley to Wadena.
  “Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve,” Environment Ca
  
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• Huskies drop Game 1 in Canada West hockey finals

  03-03-2018 05:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  Both University of Saskatchewan hockey teams are down 1-0 in their respective Canada West hockey finals.
  The U of S women dropped a heart-breaking 1-0 decision in overtime to the University of Manitoba Bisons to fall behind 1-0 in their best-of-three Canada West women’s hockey final. Bisons captain Caitlin Fyten scored at 9:52 of overtime for the game-winner.
  Manitoba out-shot Saskatchewan 33-25 as Canada West player of the year Jessica Vance made 32 saves for the Huskies.
  At Edmonton, the
  
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• Blades run into hot goalie in former teammate Flodell during 5-3 loss to Lethbridge Hurricanes

  03-03-2018 05:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  A former teammate made the Saskatoon Blades pay on Friday night.
  Despite firing 46 shots on net, the Blades dropped a 5-3 decision Friday night to the Lethbridge Hurricanes at SaskTel Centre.
  Former Blades goalie Logan Flodell came up big in the Hurricanes net with 43 saves for the victory.
  Saskatoon out-shot the Lethbridge 46-32, including a 18-9 margin in the third period.
  The Blades fell to 31-30-2-1 and failed to gain any ground on the Prince Albert Raiders in the Western Hockey League&rsquo
  
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• Cougars dethrone Huskies as Canada West champions

  03-03-2018 04:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  REGINA — There’s no place like home in the Canada West women’s basketball final.
  For the third consecutive year, the host team has won a championship showdown between the University of Regina Cougars and University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
  The Huskies won the 2016 and 2017 titles by 11-point margins in Saskatoon before the host Cougars flipped the script Friday with a 75-55 victory.
  “It’s great to see these women being supported this way,” Huskies head coach L
  
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