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• Man charged in connection to deadly overdoses granted bail

  21-03-2018 23:56
  A 19-year-old man charged in connection to deadly overdoses in Saskatoon has been granted bail.
  
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• Indigenous youth from across Sask. gather to elect new FSIN youth representatives

  21-03-2018 23:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  Around 300 young people from First Nations across Saskatchewan have gathered in Saskatoon this week to attend the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Youth Legislative Assembly.
  The event promotes leadership, tackles issues important to Indigenous youth and ends with the election of two new youth representatives.
  The pair — scheduled to be named Thursday — will represent young people from Saskatchewan’s 74 First Nations and have the opportunity to make real change
  
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• 'Late in the game' for this season to mandate rail deliveries, says Sask. agriculture minister

  21-03-2018 23:55 via cbc.ca
  Lyle Stewart said he would like to see Bill C-49 passed to modernize the Canadian Transportation Act.
  
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• Grain backlog focus of agriculture minister meeting

  21-03-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Farmer’s across Saskatchewan and Western Canada have been unable to get much of their crop to market due to CP and CN Rail being unable to fill a bulk of the orders.
  
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• Police searching for 2 responsible for Perdue, Sask. theft

  21-03-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP have released surveillance photos from a break-in and theft that occurred at a Perdue gas station on March 10.
  
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• RCMP investigate homicide near Highway 6 north of Regina

  21-03-2018 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  White Butte RCMP and the Major Crimes Unit South have confirmed a sudden death to be a homicide.
  
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  21-03-2018 20:57
  
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• No rest for the retired: Opioid crisis fills empty nests as grandparents step up

  21-03-2018 20:40 via cbc.ca
  The opioid crisis is throwing many grandparents into the demanding role of caregiver at a time when they expected to enjoy more financial freedom and relaxation.
  
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• Breaking up is hard to do: Why leaving Facebook is more difficult than it looks

  21-03-2018 20:17 via cbc.ca
  Facebook's latest privacy scandal, involving Trump campaign consultants who allegedly stole data on tens of millions of users in order to influence elections, has some people reconsidering their relationship status with the social network.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: blast of snow and wind moves in

  21-03-2018 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  Powerful low pressure system plasters the Prairies with snow as strong winds kick into Saskatoon’s weather forecast ahead. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• Sea lion entangled in rope rescued off Vancouver Island

  21-03-2018 20:05
  A sea lion that had a plastic rope tightly wound around its neck was saved over the weekend by a team from the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.
  
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• Fog a factor in crash involving bus carrying Warman elementary students

  21-03-2018 19:29
  Heavy fog was a factor in a collision involving a charter bus carrying several Warman Elementary School students on Highway 16 outside Borden, Sask., according to RCMP.
  
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• Charter bus carrying Warman elementary students crashes on Highway 16

  21-03-2018 19:29
  A class trip to Table Mountain was cut short for about 100 Warman Elementary School students following a bus crash on Highway 16 outside Borden, Sask.
  
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• No opting out: Canadians soon to get emergency alerts on their phones

  21-03-2018 19:07 via cbc.ca
  Officials in Canada will soon be able to send a localized alert compelling compatible phones on an LTE network to emit an alarm — the same shrill beeping that accompanies TV and radio emergency alerts — and display a bilingual text warning in emergencies including Amber Alerts, forest fires, natural disasters, terrorist attacks or severe weather.
  
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• Lawyer and negotiator: Thomas Molloy sworn in as new Saskatchewan lieutenant-governor

  21-03-2018 18:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  REGINA — Lawyer and negotiator Thomas Molloy has been sworn in as Saskatchewan’s 22nd lieutenant-governor.
  Molloy, who is 77 and from Saskatoon, replaces Vaughn Solomon Schofield, who held the position for six years.
  Thomas Molloy is welcomed by Premier Scott Moe to the Legislative Building in Regina, Saskatchewan on Wednesday March 21, 2018. Lawyer and negotiator Molloy has been sworn in as Saskatchewan’s 22nd lieutenant-governor.
  Molloy was chief negotiator for the federal go
  
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  21-03-2018 18:45
  
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  21-03-2018 18:45
  
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• Sask. Rush owner Bruce Urban willing to put up $20M for new downtown arena

  21-03-2018 18:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  In his support for a new arena in downtown Saskatoon, the owner of the Saskatchewan Rush is willing to put his money where his mouth is.
  Bruce Urban, who owns the National Lacrosse League team that plays its home games at SaskTel Centre, said in an interview Tuesday that he would contribute as much as 10 per cent to the cost of a new downtown facility.
  Urban estimated that would amount to about $20 million, based on a consultants’ report presented to Saskatoon city council Monday.
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• Saskatoon police find missing woman safe

  21-03-2018 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police are no longer searching for Julia McCallum.
  
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• Lajray Gordon guilty of manslaughter in 2016 stabbing of David Merasty

  21-03-2018 18:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  It took a Saskatoon jury just over 10 hours to find Lajray Orlando Redman Gordon guilty of manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of David Merasty on a warm summer day in 2016.
  Gordon stared straight ahead, expressionless, as the verdict was read Wednesday morning in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench and the jury members were polled. He was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon.
  Merasty, 24, died in hospital on June 18, 2016, about half an hour after getting into a fight with Gordon on
  
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• W. Thomas Molloy sworn in as Saskatchewan’s 22nd Lieutenant Governor

  21-03-2018 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  W. Thomas Molloy has officially been sworn in as Saskatchewan's 22nd Lieutenant Governor.
  
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• Saskatoon jury finds Lajray Gordon guilty of manslaughter

  21-03-2018 18:17 via globalnews.ca
  Jurors have found Lajray Gordon guilty of manslaughter in the death of David Merasty in June 2016.
  
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• Watch as a Saskatchewan woman saves the day for a perplexed porcupine

  21-03-2018 18:02 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatchewan woman's helping hand — or window scraper — has gone viral this week, with a video showing her assist a beleaguered porcupine garnering more than 1.2 million views on Facebook.
  
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• New Sask. lieutenant-governor sworn in

  21-03-2018 17:47
  Thomas Molloy has been officially sworn in as the new lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan on Wednesday.
  
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• Police Search for Missing 13 Year Old dlvr.it/QLtZfZ https://t.co/PM7aKYYiDl

  21-03-2018 17:41
  
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• Chief coroner rules death of Saskatoon student, 5, who drowned ‘accidental’

  21-03-2018 17:32 via globalnews.ca
  The office of the chief coroner has completed its investigation into the death of a five-year-old student who drowned in a Saskatoon pond.
  
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• Saskatchewan's 22nd lieutenant-governor sworn in

  21-03-2018 17:28 via cbc.ca
  The province’s twenty-second lieutenant-governor W. Thomas Molloy was sworn in during a ceremony at the Legislative Building in the Chamber on Wednesday.
  
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• Lajray Gordon receives 7-and-a-half-year sentence for fatal stabbing in Saskatoon

  21-03-2018 17:23 via cbc.ca
  The jury found Lajray Gordon guilty of manslaughter for the killing of David Merasty on a street in Riversdale in 2016.
  
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• Lajray Gordon found guilty of manslaughter in fatal stabbing

  21-03-2018 17:23 via cbc.ca
  David Merasty died after being stabbed near an alley off Avenue E in Saskatoon in June 2016.
  
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• Lajray Gordon found guilty of manslaughter in 2016 fatal stabbing of David Merasty

  21-03-2018 17:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  After approximately 10 hours of deliberations, an 11-person jury has found Lajray Orlando Redman Gordon guilty of manslaughter in the 2016 stabbing death of David Merasty on Saskatoon’s west side.
  Merasty died in hospital on June 18, 2016, about half an hour after getting into an altercation with Gordon on Avenue E South near 20th Street. Gordon was arrested and charged approximately five months after the incident.
  Court exhibit photos from the second-degree murder trial of Lajray Orlando
  
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• Coroner Makes Recommendations After Five Year Old's Death dlvr.it/QLtMHt https://t.co/IQLKRABVpm

  21-03-2018 17:05
  
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• Scott Moe and John Horgan top list of most popular premiers: survey

  21-03-2018 16:47 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and British Columbia Premier John Horgan are the two most popular provincial leaders in Canada, according to the latest survey from the Angus Reid Institute.
  
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• Why Saskatoon first responders don’t rely on Narcan nasal spray

  21-03-2018 16:37 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon first responders say Narcan nasal spray has limitations. Meaghan Craig reports.
  
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• Pond death of 5-year-old Saskatoon boy accidental: chief coroner

  21-03-2018 16:34
  Saskatchewan's office of the chief coroner has ruled that the drowning death of a five-year-old boy last fall in Saskatoon was accidental.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades president on recent season

  21-03-2018 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  President of the Saskatoon Blades, Steve Hogle, joins Nicole Stillger in studio to go over the 2017-18 season that was.
  
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• Blades owner Mike Priestner stands behind decision to fire Brockman

  21-03-2018 16:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon Blades team owner Mike Priestner stands by the decision to part ways with Dean Brockman.
  It was nothing personal. Just business.
  Priestner admits he had his doubts whether Brockman could get them over the hump and to the next level as one of the elite teams in the Western Hockey League.
  “I like Dean,” Priestner stressed Tuesday. “I mean, it’s one of those things where I’ve got 40-some businesses and when you have to move somebody you don’t really lik
  
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• Real Estate YXE: spring outlook

  21-03-2018 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  This edition of Real Estate YXE has a spring outlook and looks at some properties around Saskatoon.
  
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• Dundonald School drowning death ruled an accident by coroner

  21-03-2018 16:14 via cbc.ca
  The office of chief coroner has ruled that the drowning death of a 5-year-old boy in Saskatoon was an accident. The boy drowned in a pond at Dundonald School in September 2017.
  
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• Coroner makes recommendations on public ponds in wake of Saskatoon school drowning death

  21-03-2018 16:14 via cbc.ca
  The office of the chief coroner has ruled that the drowning death of a five-year-old boy in Saskatoon was an accident. The boy drowned in a pond at Dundonald School in September 2017.
  
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• 5-year-old's drowning death 'a tragedy of unfathomable magnitude,' says Saskatoon Public Schools report

  21-03-2018 16:14 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Public Schools has released a report into the drowning death of a five-year-old boy in Saskatoon, in September 2017.
  
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• No inquest to be held, coroner's office issues recommendations after student drowning near Dundonald School

  21-03-2018 16:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  No inquest will be held into the death of a five-year-old boy who drowned in a storm pond near Dundonald School during his first week of Kindergarten this past September, the provincial coroner’s office has ruled.
  In a media release issued Wednesday, the Office of the Chief Coroner said it had completed its investigation into the death and determined no inquest was necessary.
  Hussein Elmmi holds his daughter Samira Elmmi on Sept. 12, 2017 during a group prayer at the Islamic Associati
  
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• NAFTA: U.S. says auto irritant nearly solved, other irritants remain

  21-03-2018 16:04
  The United States confirmed Wednesday there has been a breakthrough over a leading irritant in the NAFTA negotiations.
  
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  21-03-2018 16:00
  
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• CFL Players' Association files grievance against league over safety

  21-03-2018 15:59 via cbc.ca
  The CFL Players' Association has filed a grievance against the CFL related to player safety and rehabilitation.
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for March 21, 2018

  21-03-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Rush owner willing to put up $20M for new downtown arena
  In his support for a new arena in downtown Saskatoon, the owner of the Saskatchewan Rush is willing to put his money where his mouth is. Bruce Urban, who owns the National Lacrosse League team that plays its home games at SaskTel Centre, said in an interview Tuesday that he would contribute as much as 10 per cent to the cost of a new downtown facility
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg sorry for 'major breach of trust'

  21-03-2018 14:31
  Breaking five days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a "major breach of trust," admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg apologizes for 'major breach of trust'

  21-03-2018 14:31
  Breaking five days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a "major breach of trust," admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg admits mistakes, outlines fixes in light of privacy scandal

  21-03-2018 14:31
  Breaking more than four days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.
  
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  21-03-2018 14:25
  
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• Fog affecting highway visibility around much of south Sask.

  21-03-2018 14:15 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada has not issued an advisory but the Highway Hotline is notifying drivers that the fog is reducing visibility.
  
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