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• Saskatoon not yielding on rule barring bike riding on sidewalks

  21-04-2018 23:57 via cbc.ca
  bike riding advocacy group Saskatoon Cycles had asked for more relaxed rules for when roads are too hazardous to ride on.
  
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• Photos: Judo Saskatchewan 2018 provincial championship

  21-04-2018 23:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  Judo Saskatchewan held its 2018 provincial championship Saturday in Saskatoon.
  The tournament was held at Bethlehem High School.
  StarPhoenix photographer Kayle Neis captured some of the action.
  Two fighters wait to compete during the provincial judo championships at Bethlehem High School in Saskatoon, SK on Saturday, April 21, 2018.
   
  Hailey Laturnus (L) competes against Tori Torgerson (R) during the Provincial judo championships at Bethlehem High School in Saskatoon, SK on Saturday, April
  
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• Threat of mudslides, flooding prompts evacuations in B.C.'s Okanagan

  21-04-2018 23:38
  Multiple evacuation orders have been issued to residents of British Columbia's Okanagan region due to threats of mudslides and flooding.
  
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• Person injured in collision between stolen truck, house in northern Saskatchewan

  21-04-2018 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  La Ronge RCMP say a stolen truck collided with a house in northern Saskatchewan.
  
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• Jeanne Walters, prolific Saskatoon volunteer and supporter of the arts, dies at 95

  21-04-2018 22:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  On what would have been Jeanne Walters’s 96th birthday, family and friends will gather in Saskatoon to celebrate her life.
  Walters, who was born April 28, 1922, passed away at Royal University Hospital on April 16. Her funeral will be held at Third Avenue United Church on Saturday at 3 p.m.
  She was a prolific volunteer in the community, involved with 55 different organizations during the past 80 years. Her work has been recognized with dozens of awards including the Saskatchewan Volunteer
  
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  21-04-2018 22:06
  
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  21-04-2018 22:06
  
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• A Second Moose Reported In Saskatoon dlvr.it/QQKcGf https://t.co/dfLPnDPT9E

  21-04-2018 22:06
  
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  21-04-2018 22:05
  
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• Sushiro co-owner says rising costs, construction forced decision to sell after 18 years

  21-04-2018 20:00 via cbc.ca
  The co-owner of a Saskatoon restaurant that is changing hands after 18 years says rising costs and construction in the Broadway district are part of the reason she's leaving the restaurant business.
  
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• Broadway restaurant owner says rising costs, construction forced decision to sell after 18 years

  21-04-2018 20:00 via cbc.ca
  The co-owner of a Saskatoon restaurant that is changing hands after 18 years says rising costs and construction in the Broadway district are part of the reason she's leaving the restaurant business.
  
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• 189,000 visits in Remai Modern's first 6 months have 'blown many of our annual targets out of the water': CEO

  21-04-2018 19:42 via cbc.ca
  "The response has blown many of our annual targets out of the water," says the museum's CEO.
  
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• Strike at CP Railway postponed, commuter and freight service to continue

  21-04-2018 19:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  CALGARY — A rail strike has been temporarily averted after the federal labour minister ordered employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to vote on the company’s final offers, just hours before they were set to walk off the job.
  Statements from both CP Rail and two unions representing workers say the minister’s order to administer a ratification vote on each of the two offers follows advice of federal mediators.
  In a release late Friday, representatives for the unions recommen
  
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• Funeral to be held for Humboldt Broncos assistant coach Mark Cross in Strasbourg

  21-04-2018 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  A funeral for the assistant coach with the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team is to be held Saturday afternoon in his hometown of Strasbourg, Sask.
  
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• Funeral held for Humboldt Broncos assistant coach Mark Cross in Strasbourg

  21-04-2018 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  A funeral for the assistant coach with the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was held Saturday in his hometown of Strasbourg, Sask.
  
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• Video: Bre McAdam's court report for April 20

  21-04-2018 18:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  In a regular feature, StarPhoenix court reporter Bre McAdam talks about some of the cases that went through Saskatoon courts this week.
  This week, she covered the trial of Abdul Rehman Jat, who is charged with extortion, luring and distributing and possessing child pornography. 
  You can read the full story here.
  
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• 'You can't say enough about Mark Cross as a person': Funeral to be held Saturday for assistant Broncos coach

  21-04-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Mark Cross was a ferocious competitor when he played hockey, but those who knew him say the assistant coach for the Humboldt Broncos had a calming presence on his players, teammates and friends.
  
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• 'You can't say enough about Mark Cross as a person': Funeral Saturday for assistant Broncos coach

  21-04-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Mark Cross was a ferocious competitor when he played hockey, but those who knew him say the assistant coach for the Humboldt Broncos had a calming presence on his players, teammates and friends.
  
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• 'This world needs more people like Mark': Humboldt Broncos assistant coach remembered at funeral

  21-04-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Mark Cross was a ferocious competitor when he played hockey, but those who knew him say the assistant coach for the Humboldt Broncos had a calming presence on his players, teammates and friends.
  
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• Romanow: Follow the Rhone Valley for wines that please the palate

  21-04-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  When people ask me for recommendations for a house wine, I usually try to give them a label that has both red and white wines, and that I am happy to drink myself. 
  The easiest region for me to name that fills both criteria is the Rhone Valley. From the prestigious Hermitages and Condrieu in the north, down the river to the Cotes du Rhone, Cotes du Rhone Villages, Tavel, all the way to Chateauneuf-du-Pape, the valley is filled with wines with a p
  
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• New Faces New Places: Longtime community thrift shop moves into bigger and better space

  21-04-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The YWCA’s Opportunity Shop has been a fixture in Saskatoon for the last 55 years, but as it continued to grow, the organization decided it was finally time to make the move into a larger space.
  Now, the shop is located only a few doors down from its old space. The larger store means a lot less headaches for the volunteers who run it — some of whom have been with the shop for more than 15 years. 
  Unlike some of the other larger thrift shops in the city, all money raised at the O
  
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• New Faces New Places: A cafe built for children… and their parents

  21-04-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Creating a business that provides a fun play space for kids and a relaxing, laid-back atmosphere for parents can be a tough balancing act, but for the Learn and Play Café it’s all about the details. 
  Deborah Kies and her business partner Jennifer Peters knew they wanted to start a business focused on kids, but they also wanted to bring something a little different to the table that was more than just fried finger foods and kid-centric decor.
  “We wanted a space that (paren
  
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• Book reviews: Teen tale navigates survivor guilt

  21-04-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In Beverly Brenna’s latest young adult novel, Fox Magic (Red Deer Press, $11.95), life for three young teen girls in a small Saskatchewan town had become “just a duplicate day in a long straight line of days, standing like dominoes, waiting until on of them falls and knocks down the others.” That’s why the sun hesitates on the horizon — who wants to go into that day? So, without much life experience they came “to the conclusion that life in this town was impos
  
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• ’Such a great person:’ Funeral Saturday for Broncos assistant coach

  21-04-2018 17:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  STRASBOURG, Sask. — Mark Cross was a ferocious competitor when he played hockey, but the assistant coach for the Humboldt Broncos had a calming presence on his players, teammates and friends.
  “Mark was an incredibly hard worker. He was extremely bright. He was one of the most caring kids you would ever meet,” said Broncos president Kevin Garinger, who has known Cross since he was a boy.
  “You can’t say enough about Mark Cross as a person.”
  Cross, who was 27, wa
  
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• The Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for April 21, 2018

  21-04-2018 16:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  Stay up to date with the news and stories that matter in Saskatoon and beyond. 
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  Not bad, but sick: the scourge and stigma of an opioid addiction
  When Jenny Churchill thinks about her son, he’s a four-year-old who had a pet frog named Hoppy. He’s a young carpentry apprentice who learned from his dad. He’s a determined hockey player who represented Team Canada during a bantam tournament in Prague. Jordan Wakelam was 30 when he died of a suspected fentanyl overdose
  
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• 'Lean on each other': First responder at Broncos' crash says support helps in coping

  21-04-2018 16:42 via cbc.ca
  As hundreds of would-be volunteer firefighters gather in Nipawin for training this weekend, Mitchell Lapchuk is going to hammer home a message he’s learned from years of handling the stress of responding to disasters — that it's OK to ask for help.
  
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• Last Victim of Broncos Bus Tragedy to be Laid to Rest Saturday dlvr.it/QQJJwq https://t.co/PyVJoRyZwW

  21-04-2018 16:12
  
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• The Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for April 21, 2018 - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  21-04-2018 16:00
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  The Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for April 21, 2018
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  Stay up to date with the news and stories that matter in Saskatoon and beyond: The Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for April 21, 2018. Hannah Spray, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Published on: April 21, 2018 | Last Updated: April 21, 2018 8:47 AM CST ...
  
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• PM Trudeau, Hehr attend harassment session at Liberal convention

  21-04-2018 15:44
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a handful of Liberal MPs, including Kent Hehr, attended a session on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace at the Liberal Party convention.
  
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• SaskTel Helping Women Who Are Escaping Violent Relationships dlvr.it/QQJ9vQ https://t.co/gwgLrG9UuL

  21-04-2018 15:37
  
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• Humboldt Broncos player Matthieu Gomercic given standing ovation at Winnipeg Jets game

  21-04-2018 14:48 via globalnews.ca
  The crowd rose to their feet and cheered after the P.A. announcer asked the audience to "please give a warm welcome to Matthieu Gomercic and his family."
  
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• Vinland Homes enters starter home market in Rosewood

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A new show home by Vinland Homes at 406 Stilling Way is open for viewing in the popular Rosewood neighbourhood. The show home is 1,306 square feet over two floors, with three bedrooms upstairs, and a delightful veranda on the front. 
  “Vinland Homes bought the whole city block, so these alley-access lots are a very high demand segment. This is one of our flagship models — the Borden,” says Brandon Moore, chief marketing officer for Vinland.Listed at $354,900, Moore says the
  
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• Saskatchewan government flushes proposal to ban excrement storage in mines

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The provincial government refused to implement a proposed regulation, brought forward by unhappy potash miners, that would have prohibited the storage of human excrement in large pits deep underground. 
  “I’m definitely disappointed,” said Perry Bubnick, who chairs Unifor Local 892’s health and safety committee at Mosaic Co.’s Esterhazy mine, where waste has been stored underground since 2008, rather than pumped to the surface.
  “All the workers in the mine
  
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• MacKenna Parker leads Esso Cup-bound Stars, wins Hockey Canada award

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon Stars captain MacKenna Parker has the ability to carry her team on her back.
  She often takes on the weight of the opposing team, too.
  “With the numbers she puts up, obviously every coach that we coach against has her marked,” says Stars head coach Greg Slobodzian, whose team is the West representative at the 2018 Esso Cup national female AAA hockey championship in Bridgeport, N.S..
  “Their best defence, their best forwards, are all over her. She’s usually double-
  
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• LGBTQ seniors gather to create positive change

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Jan Harvey and Erin Shoemaker will celebrate their 20th anniversary this year.
  It wasn’t all that long ago when these women were forced to hide their true identities to avoid prejudice — not only in their everyday dealings, but also in federal government policies.
  For decades, the Canadian government discriminated against the country’s LGBTQ community, imprisoning people for participating in consensual sex and sidelining or ending the careers of LGBTQ Canadians working in the p
  
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• Letters to the editor April 21, 2018 - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  21-04-2018 14:00
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  Letters to the editor April 21, 2018
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  Letter to the editor: "The powers that be have found a new way to rip off the sick and ailing and their families," says one letter writer about Saskatoon's hospital parking system. Reader Letters. Published on: April 21, 2018 | Last Updated: April 21 ...
  
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• Letters to the editor April 21, 2018

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Tax miners
  Our government’s solution to any issue is to make more money. Carbon taxing has no effect on reducing our environmental impact; ‎increasing tax and cost of living has never resulted in less of something except money in your pocket.
  If we simply look back to our grandparents and great-grandparents we see that increased tax and cost of living caused a family with one car to suddenly require two and double the people in the workforce, both working longer and retiring later.
  Inc
  
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• Kayle Neis / Saskatoon StarPhoenix - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  21-04-2018 14:00
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  Team chaplain Sean Brandow delivered a perfect and impassioned message during Sunday's prayer vigil at Elgar Petersen Arena. He'd come upon the crash scene while driving to the game. His close friend, Broncos' head coach Darcy Haugan, died on-site ...
  One Humboldt Broncos player leaves Saskatoon hospital for Calgary620 CKRM.com
  RCMP seek wanted woman who may be in SaskatoonNews Talk 650 CKOMall 78 news articles 
  
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• Humboldt has shown its best side during two traumatic weeks

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s been two weeks, nearly half a month, since a bus intersected with a semi on a prairie highway and ripped Saskatchewan’s heart to pieces.
  It feels like a year ago. It feels like a day ago. It feels like a minute ago.
  We’ve learned, all over again, how small we are. These bodies we possess are so fragile: An 18-year-old kid ate Froot Loops in the morning, lugged an equipment bag to the bus in the afternoon, and was mourned in the evening.
  Sixteen people on the Humboldt Bronc
  
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• Fuller: To have and to hold, ‘til snoring do you part

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Is it time for separate beds?
  I mean, do couples have to sleep together all night, every night, forever?
  Who says so? The mattress industry, maybe. But you’d think there would be more money to be made selling mattresses to every member of a household rather than having two use one. We’re talking sleep here, not ride sharing. And sleep is uber-important. In fact, it’s the most important thing in the world — after oxygen and before Vietnamese food.
  And yet, counterintuitive
  
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• Cuthand: Summer will always come

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  This week Saskatchewan passed six months with snow on the ground and below zero temperatures.
  “When will this end?” people complain to me, as if I could do something about it. The feeling among prairie residents is grim as we trudge through the longest, coldest winter in decades.
  But don’t despair, summer will get here eventually; it always does.
  The explanation is simple but complicated at the same time.
  We must go back to our Cree legends about the creation of the world we in
  
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• City's response varies on parking payment licence plate typos - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  21-04-2018 14:00
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  City's response varies on parking payment licence plate typos
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  Annette Galbraith was puzzled five months ago when she returned to the vehicle she parked on 20th Street to find a ticket. "I put enough money in. I was shocked." Phil Tank, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Published on: April 21, 2018 | Last Updated: April 21 ...
  
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• City's response varies on parking payment licence plate typos

  21-04-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Annette Galbraith was puzzled five months ago when she returned to the vehicle she parked on 20th Street to find a ticket.
  “I was like, ‘Why did I get a ticket?’ ” the Saskatoon care home worker said in an interview on Friday. “I put enough money in. I was shocked.”
  Galbraith called the city and found out she had entered the wrong licence plate number.
  She and her daughter had registered their vehicles on the same day and received sequential licence plates wit
  
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  21-04-2018 13:59
  
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• Jets fans give Humboldt Broncos player Matthieu Gomercic a standing ovation during Game 5

  21-04-2018 13:41 via globalnews.ca
  Humboldt Broncos player Matthieu Gomercic, one of the survivors of the tragic bus crash, was in attendance as Jets fans paid tribute to him with a standing ovation during game 5 of their playoff series against the Minnesota Wild.
  
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• Saskatoon medical health office speaks out against special rules for Broadway pot shop

  21-04-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The Medical Health Office in Saskatoon is speaking out against a proposed relaxing of rules that would allow a future pot shop on Broadway Avenue despite nearby schools.
  
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• Health Authority speaks out against special rules for Broadway pot shop

  21-04-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is speaking out against a proposed relaxing of rules that would allow a future pot shop on Broadway Avenue despite nearby schools.
  
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• B.C. Green Party leader calls Alberta and Saskatchewan oil bans a bluff

  21-04-2018 13:00
  B.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver says Alberta and Saskatchewan’s threats to cut off oil and gas his province are just tough talk and nothing more.
  
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• Obituary website sells memorials for Humboldt victims without family permission

  21-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Obituaries for victims of the Humboldt Broncos crash have appeared on a website that aggregates death notices from across Canada, while adding offers to purchase gifts and memorials, without the involvement or permission of the families.
  
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• Winnipeg Jets advance to second round of playoffs with 5-0 win over Wild

  21-04-2018 04:14
  Vezina Trophy finalist Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves and the Winnipeg Jets scored four goals in the first period to eliminate the Minnesota Wild with a 5-0 victory in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series Friday.
  
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