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• Cocaine with fentanyl found in Weyburn

  18-03-2018 23:50
  More drugs laced with fentanyl are being confirmed in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Sask. plans to improve police presence without spending too much

  18-03-2018 23:31
  The Government of Saskatchewan is pushing ahead with a plan to improve police presence in rural Saskatchewan without spending a whole lot of money.
  
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• Weyburn Police Service warning public about cocaine laced with fentanyl

  18-03-2018 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  Police are asking users to turn in the suspected drug to them without fear of arrest or prosecution.
  
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• 'Stressed' about wedding day rides: brides, grooms demand refunds from limo company

  18-03-2018 22:04 via cbc.ca
  Brides who have booked their wedding services through a Saskatchewan limo company are raising alarms that they may not have rides on their wedding day — or the money they’ve put into booking limousines — after social media reports began circulating about the health of the company.
  
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• Lafleche named one of four finalists for Kraft Hockeyville

  18-03-2018 21:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan town of Lafleche is among four finalists for this year’s Kraft Hockeyville title.
  The finalists, which also include High River, Alta., Huntingdon, Que., and Lucan, Ont., were announced live on Saturday night. Lafleche is a community of about 400 people in southern Saskatchewan.
  Lafleche, a small town of 400 people in southern Saskatchewan, is one of four finalists in Kraft Hockeyville 2018. (Screenshot from Facebook video)
  “It’s a farming community, and the win
  
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• Two weekend losses drop men's hockey Huskies from medal podium

  18-03-2018 20:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  FREDERICTON, N.B. — Overtime at the 2018 University Cup hasn’t been kind to the Saskatchewan Huskies.
  It wasn’t the colour of medal the Huskies wanted to play for, but they still wanted one. However, University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds’ Alexandre Goulet’s second goal of the game at the 4:14 mark of overtime spoiled it for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies as they fell 5-4 Sunday at the Aitken Centre in Fredericton, N.B.
  “It is tough. I wanted to end
  
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• Heart-stopping finish to high school girls' city championship

  18-03-2018 20:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  The city championship was tied, with the final seconds ticking away. All Katie Primeau could think, as she received the pass near the left corner by the hoop was, “We need to score really fast here.”
  She dribbled past two defenders and found an opening for a carefully delivered layup that found nothing but net. The Aden Bowman Bears had a 63-61 lead with 2.8 seconds remaining.
  The St. Joseph Guardians had one more chance as Cara Misskey quickly took the ball off the inbound down cour
  
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• Sunday Sports Schedule dlvr.it/QLVbvK https://t.co/cQI3AmiigC

  18-03-2018 19:03
  
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• Government can't access gun dealer record without warrant: Goodale

  18-03-2018 18:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  Canada’s public safety minister says a provision expected to show up in the federal government’s forthcoming gun control bill will not make records of who purchased guns available without a search warrant. 
  The bill has not been tabled, but is likely to include unfulfilled promises dating back to the Liberal Party’s 2015 federal election campaign, including the requirement that gun dealers keep records of sales and inventories. 
  Ralph Goodale said the “key point
  
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• Saskatoon Blades end season with 5-4 win over Prince Albert Raiders

  18-03-2018 18:51 via globalnews.ca
  The Prince Albert Raiders lost to the Saskatoon Blades on Saturday at SaskTel Centre.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades fire head coach Dean Brockman

  18-03-2018 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  The team's disappointing performance in the last month of their season contributed to the decision, according to the Saskatoon Blades hockey club.
  
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• Blades fire head coach Dean Brockman

  18-03-2018 18:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Blades have relieved Dean Brockman of his duties as head coach.
  “While this was a difficult decision for us to make, we felt our performance over the last month of the season was very disappointing and the team did not meet the expectations we set out for them,” Blades general manager Colin Priestner said in a release. “We have been in a playoff position two years in a row coming down the stretch and just haven’t been able to take that next step, w
  
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• Youth squash program teaches kids acceptance and leadership

  18-03-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Ahkamayimo Youth Squash Program not only teaches kids the ins and outs of the game of squash, but it also aims to instil respect, tolerance and leadership skills to last a lifetime.
  Ahkamayimo means “keep going” and that is the message Karen Schofield is continuously intertwining throughout the program in hopes the kids will take it into their everyday lives as a mantra to continue forward no matter how hard the road becomes. 
  “It’s meant to empower youth to
  
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• End of Season Blades Awards Shared by Select Few dlvr.it/QLV3jF https://t.co/xT76WODviE

  18-03-2018 16:53
  
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• Blades Give Large Crowd a Hopeful Send-Off dlvr.it/QLV3gb https://t.co/yLD09zJj9Y

  18-03-2018 16:53
  
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• Q&A with comedian Norm Macdonald on comedy in the Trump era

  18-03-2018 16:00
  Canadian stand-up comedian and former Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor Norm Macdonald joined CTV Question Period to talk about political comedy in an era where Trump is the president of the United States, and whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a talent for getting laughs.
  
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• Trump elevates simmering Mueller, McCabe grievances to boil

  18-03-2018 15:53
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday questioned the impartiality of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and raised doubts about whether a fired top FBI official kept personal memos outlining his interactions with Trump.
  
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• A frustrated Trump lashes out at special counsel Mueller

  18-03-2018 15:53
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday took out his frustrations over the intensifying Russia investigation by lashing out at special counsel Robert Mueller, signalling a possible shift away from a strategy of co-operating with a probe he believes is biased against him.
  
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• Small Saskatchewan town makes Kraft Hockeyville top 4

  18-03-2018 15:39 via cbc.ca
  The town of Lafleche, Sask., is in the running for $250,000 to rebuild and restore their hockey arena.
  
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• Report Lists Privatization Initiatives From The Provincial Government Since 2007 dlvr.it/QLTVn0 https://t.co/3VgXR0oTyY

  18-03-2018 14:45
  
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• New Wording Lights Up on Broadway Avenue dlvr.it/QLTVpp https://t.co/WowITO61IZ

  18-03-2018 14:45
  
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• AP Exclusive: Kushner Cos. filed false NYC housing paperwork

  18-03-2018 14:11
  When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighbourhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit.
  
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• Saturday Scoreboard dlvr.it/QLT753

  18-03-2018 13:08
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• 'We had to put it aside to survive', says Holocaust survivor speaking in Saskatoon

  18-03-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Robbie Waisman says he only has good memories of his life in Poland before he and his family were sent to the Nazi death camps during the Second World War.
  
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• Putin calls U.K. accusations over ex-spy poisoning 'nonsense'

  18-03-2018 12:37
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday dismissed British accusations of Russia's involvement in an ex-spy's poisoning as 'nonsense,' but added that Moscow is ready to co-operate with London in the investigation.
  
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• Amid spy row, U.K. accuses Russia of stockpiling a nerve agent

  18-03-2018 12:37
  Britain's foreign minister said Sunday that he has evidence Russia has been stockpiling a nerve agent in violation of international law "very likely for the purposes of assassination."
  
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• Putin overwhelmingly wins another 6 years as Russian leader

  18-03-2018 12:20
  Vladimir Putin rolled to a crushing re-election victory Sunday for six more years as Russia's president, and he told cheering supporters in a triumphant but brief speech that 'we are bound for success.'
  
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• Putin heads for big win in fraud-tainted Russian vote

  18-03-2018 12:20
  Vladimir Putin headed to an overwhelming win in Russia's presidential election Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world's largest country for all of the 21st century.
  
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• Exit polls suggest Vladimir Putin has easily won Russian election

  18-03-2018 12:20
  Exit polls suggest Vladimir Putin has easily won another term, keeping him as Russia's president for 6 more years.
  
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• Greatness abounds as Canadians smash country's Paralympic medal record

  18-03-2018 12:13 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Paralympic Committee's slogan coming into Pyeongchang was "Greatness is Rare" - but for 10 days in South Korea, Canada's 55 athletes, the largest winter delegation ever, proved greatness was abundant.
  
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• Reconciliation amid racism: Is it possible on the Prairies?

  18-03-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The Gerald Stanley and Raymond Cormier trials heightened racial tensions on the Prairies. Now, people are questioning if reconciliation will ever be possible amid such polarization.
  
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• Martensville elementary school teachers, kids seeing benefits after hanging up on cellphones in class

  18-03-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Venture Heights Elementary School in Martensville, Sask., has banned the use of cellphones, and staff and students say it's made life better, both inside the classroom and at home.
  
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• Lyle Sanderson, beloved U of Sask. track coach, to be remembered at Sunday memorial

  18-03-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Jason Reindl, current head coach of the U of S Huskies, competed back when Sanderson was coach. "He wouldn't yell, he wouldn't scream, but when he would say something to me, it spoke volumes," he said.
  
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• Elections Canada launching new initiatives to serve Indigenous voters

  18-03-2018 09:00 via cbc.ca
  Elections Canada is planning early engagement initiatives and cultural training for staff to better serve Indigenous voters at the polls next year.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades end season on three-game winning streak but short of WHL playoffs

  18-03-2018 06:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  Their season filled with an assortment of highs and lows, the Saskatoon Blades finished on a high Saturday night at home before a crowd of 9,624 fans.
  The Blades ended their Western Hockey League season with a 5-4 victory over the wildcard playoff-bound Prince Albert Raiders at SaskTel Centre for a third straight win to close out the season.
  “You can say it’s too little, too late, but we encouraged our guys to play hard right to the end and, you know what, this was a team that always
  
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• Bears break Huskies' hearts yet again at University Cup

  18-03-2018 03:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  FREDERICTON, N.B. — The University of Alberta Golden Bears found a way to break the hearts of the Saskatchewan Huskies once again at a national championship.The two fierce rivals always seem to put on a classic matchup any time they meet in a national championship, and this time the Huskies are forced to once again have a bad memory at the hands of Alberta.Trevor Cox scored the overtime winner at the 3:15 mark to complete the 3-2 comeback for Alberta. The loss especially stings for the Hus
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies hockey teams playing for bronze

  18-03-2018 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  Both of the Saskatchewan Huskies hockey teams will play for bronze at their national championships on Sunday.
  
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• Young Indigenous athletes up their game with personal trainers

  18-03-2018 01:37 via cbc.ca
  A new program is giving Indigenous youth personal fitness training they might not otherwise get.
  
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• Workshop for youth focused on reconciliation

  18-03-2018 01:34
  Dozens of students and community members discussed reconciliation at the "Going Beyond Words: Honouring Our Children and Youth" workshop in Regina on Saturday.
  
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• Local group highlights the importance of music on St. Patrick’s Day

  18-03-2018 01:17
  A local group is promoting the importance of music on St. Patrick’s Day.
  
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• Saskatoon celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

  18-03-2018 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon was a sea of green, as residents celebrated St. Patrick's Day.
  
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• Global News at 6: March 17

  18-03-2018 01:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Saturday, March 17, 2018 edition of Global News at 6 with Angie Seth on Global Saskatoon.
  
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• ’60s Scoop rally in Saskatoon

  18-03-2018 00:36 via globalnews.ca
  Around 100 people gathered in downtown Saskatoon in a show of solidarity with survivors of the ’60s Scoop.
  
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