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• Saskatoon house fire damages two homes and a car

  29-04-2018 23:51 via cbc.ca
  No one was injured in the blaze on Keeley Crescent in Saskatoon.
  
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• Estevan lacrosse player Teanna Sieben helps Rush close out regular season

  29-04-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Eighteen-year-old Teanna Sieben from Estevan joined the team in the morning shoot around and in warm-ups at Sasktel Centre prior to the ball drop.
  
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• Visual vs. scientific identification: a coroner explains the differences

  29-04-2018 22:55 via cbc.ca
  After a tragedy with mass casualties, it is the painstaking work of coroners or medical examiners to identify the victims.
  
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• 'A mistake is so large': How identification efforts after Humboldt and Toronto were different

  29-04-2018 22:55 via cbc.ca
  Coroners and medical examiners face the painstaking work of identifying victims in the wake of mass casualties.
  
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• Two homes, car damaged in fire on Keeley Crescent in Saskatoon

  29-04-2018 22:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  A fire that damaged two homes and a car in Saskatoon is under investigation.
  The Saskatoon Fire Department received multiple calls about the fire in the 200 block of Keeley Crescent at 9:02 a.m. Sunday, according to a fire department news release.
  Crews encountered heavy smoke and flames involving two homes and a car. They searched for occupants, but the homes had been evacuated before firefighters arrived.
  Crews had the fire under control in 23 minutes, although there was a “small explosi
  
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• Roughnecks lose to the Saskatchewan Rush 11-10 to close out regular season

  29-04-2018 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rush win 11-10 against the Calgary Roughnecks in National Lacrosse League action on Saturday.
  
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• Photos: Saskatchewan Rush vs. Calgary Roughnecks

  29-04-2018 21:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Rush played their final regular season game Saturday against the Calgary Roughnecks. 
  Rush forward Mark Matthews recorded six assists and a goal in the 11-10 victory at SaskTel Centre.
  The Rush, who finished first overall in the league, have a bye into the National Lacrosse League western division final on May 10.
  Saskatchewan Rush defenceman Kyle Rubisch (4) goes down under pressure from Calgary Roughnecks transition Dan MacRae (3) during second quarter action in Saskatoon
  
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• St. Albert Slash wins 2018 Esso Cup over Saskatoon Stars

  29-04-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Stars lost to the St. Albert Slash 2-1 on Saturday in Bridgewater, N.S.
  
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• Suspects stab man, steal vehicle

  29-04-2018 20:03
  A man was taken to hospital after being stabbed.
  
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• Review: Death of a Salesman still stuns with truth and tragedy

  29-04-2018 19:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  Death of a Salesman is a long play by our standards but there isn’t an extraneous word in it.
  Nor is there a doubt once you see Theatre Naught’s production that you’ve heard each and every one of Arthur Miller’s words given the respect they deserve.
  It’s a compelling, caring piece of theatre with which Live Five ends its season, a stunningly powerful play superbly enacted.
  Bruce McKay plays Willy Loman, the old, exhausted travelling salesman who is finally beginning
  
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• Dundurn military base fire contained, air quality advisory for Saskatoon ends

  29-04-2018 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  A fire that prompted an air quality advisory south of Saskatoon has been contained but police say residents could still expect to see large amounts of smoke.
  
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• Sask. residents say accidental military blaze was 'close call' for rural homes

  29-04-2018 19:26 via cbc.ca
  A military training exercise at Dundurn, Sask. sparked an accidental grass fire about 30 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon overnight.
  
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• Military training exercise sparks accidental blaze south of Saskatoon

  29-04-2018 19:26 via cbc.ca
  A military training exercise at Dundurn, Sask. sparked an accidental grass fire about 30 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon overnight.
  
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• Military training exercise sparks accidental blaze at Dundurn, Sask.

  29-04-2018 19:26 via cbc.ca
  A military training exercise at Dundurn, Sask. sparked an accidental grass fire about 30 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon overnight.
  
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• Comedy duo apologizes for 'Indian with STDs' joke at Broncos tribute concert

  29-04-2018 19:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  An American comedy duo is apologizing for a joke they made at a tribute concert for the Humboldt Broncos hockey team that was described as racist and inappropriate by some concertgoers.
  Bruce Williams and Terry Ree, who refer to themselves as “The Indian and the White Guy,” emceed the concert in Saskatoon on Friday.
  At one point, Williams sang a song to Ree which included the line “shake it for the Indian with STDs.”
  Some members of the audience took to social media to ex
  
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• Brother of injured Broncos player to hold hockey tournament to give back

  29-04-2018 19:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  The brother of a Humboldt Broncos player who was injured in a Saskatchewan bus crash that killed 16 people is organizing a hockey tournament to show his gratitude to the community.
  Ryan Gobeil, who works for the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League, plans to hold a four-on-four fundraising hockey tournament at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current in May.
  “We had a lot of support from groups around Saskatoon and the province and Canada,” said Gobeil, referring to orga
  
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• Fire starts during military training exercise at Dundurn, now under control

  29-04-2018 18:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  A fire that started during a military training exercise near Dundurn resulted in parts of Saskatoon experiencing large amounts of smoke on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
  The fire started at Canadian Forces Detachment (CFD) Dundurn on Saturday but was away from public and private property, according to a news release from the Department of National Defence.
  A Saskatoon Police Service news release, issued shortly after midnight, said residents of Saskatoon and surrounding areas could experienc
  
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• 'Makes us stronger': Van attack witness says Toronto vigil brought city together

  29-04-2018 18:34
  Thousands of mourners attended Sunday night’s ‘Toronto Strong’ vigil for the victims of last Monday’s deadly van attack.
  
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• Councillor says 'Toronto Strong' vigil is chance for city to express grief, resilience

  29-04-2018 18:34
  John Filion, Toronto city councillor says that tonight's vigil for the victims of Monday's deadly van attack will be a chance for the city to "come together to express their collective grief, but also their collective hope and resilience.”
  
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• Anderson rink on top of the world after seniors curling win

  29-04-2018 18:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  Sherry Anderson’s remarkable curling campaign had a golden, globe-topping finish this weekend in Sweden.
  Anderson — who earlier this winter skipped Saskatchewan’s entry at the national Scotties and captured her second-straight Canadian seniors crown — won the world seniors championship Saturday in Oestersund, edging Margie Smith of the United States 5-4 in the final.
  “Your ultimate goal, if you play competitively at all, is to get to the top of whatever you’re
  
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  29-04-2018 18:22
  
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• Saskatoon Stars suffer first loss since Jan. 7, settle for silver at Esso Cup

  29-04-2018 17:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Stars could not have picked a worse time to lose their very first game of the 2018 playoffs.
  The Stars — who had rattled off 16 straight wins in the post-season and hadn’t lost a game since January 7 — dropped a 2-1 decision to the defending Esso Cup champion St. Albert Slash in the 2018 national female midget AAA hockey championship final Saturday at Bridgewater, N.S.
  Saskatoon, which had earlier defeated St. Albert 4-1 in round-robin and tied the Slash earlier i
  
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• More Than 10 Thousand Packed SaskTel Centre for Broncos Tribute Concert dlvr.it/QR9z2v https://t.co/nVUAM5DUFt

  29-04-2018 16:46
  
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• Saskatoon Police Investigating Early Saturday Morning Shooting dlvr.it/QR9yzt https://t.co/ISwQVPIalT

  29-04-2018 16:45
  
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• 'There's no one size fits all': How to talk to kids about tragedy

  29-04-2018 16:38 via cbc.ca
  A psychologist offers advice on talking to kids about tragedies after the recent Humboldt bus crash and Toronto van attack.
  
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  29-04-2018 16:13
  
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  29-04-2018 16:13
  
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• Rush Close Out the Regular Season Schedule With a Win dlvr.it/QR9sCl https://t.co/E2X1NtsU3j

  29-04-2018 16:13
  
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• April 28th, a Day to Honour Those Killed or Injured on the Job dlvr.it/QR9s5J https://t.co/aRRdGnwvEq

  29-04-2018 16:13
  
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• Flooded-out rivers continue to threaten N.B.

  29-04-2018 15:38
  Authorities in flood-ridden New Brunswick are warning rivers could remain swollen until late Monday.
  
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  29-04-2018 14:38
  
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• B.C.'s bitumen dispute likely to end up at Supreme Court: lawyers

  29-04-2018 13:08
  British Columbia's court case over the flow of heavy oil through the province could be damaged by the NDP government's previous positions against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, says a legal expert.
  
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• Widow appeals to Ottawa for mandatory truck driver training

  29-04-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The widow of a man killed in a crash with a semi-trailer last year in B.C. is pushing for changes following the Humboldt Broncos tragedy.
  
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• Toronto to honour victims of Yonge Street attack with #TorontoStrong vigil tonight

  29-04-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gov. Gen. Julie Payette, Premier Kathleen Wynne and Mayor John Tory are expected to be some of the dignitaries at a Sunday evening vigil to honour the victims of Monday's van attack in Toronto.
  
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• Toronto honours victims of Yonge Street attack with #TorontoStrong vigil

  29-04-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Thousands of people have gathered at a vigil to honour the victims of a deadly van attack in Toronto's north end.
  
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• 'Tonight we stand together': #TorontoStrong vigil honours victims of van attack

  29-04-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Thousands of people gathered at a vigil in north Toronto to honour victims of a deadly van attack that rattled Canada's largest city.
  
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• Why the 'hard things' (like pipelines and carbon pricing) won't get easier for Trudeau

  29-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  For Justin Trudeau, the best-case scenario on Trans Mountain and carbon pricing may be persevering - and taking the punishment in the meantime.
  
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• Our home on Native-Land.ca: website lets users explore Indigenous ancestral territories

  29-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A website attempting to outline the boundaries of Indigenous ancestral territories in North America, and the world over, could become a valuable educational resource, says its self-described "settler" web developer.
  
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• Controlled Burn Advisory - Canadian Forces Base Dundurn

  29-04-2018 08:21 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Canadian Forces Base Dundurn are currently conducting controlled burns within the military base. Residents of Saskatoon and surrounding areas may experience large amounts of smoke while the controlled fires burn.
  
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• Stabbing - 18th Street and Ave X South

  29-04-2018 08:08 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police and Emergency Services attended to 18th Street and Ave X South for a 35 year male who had been stabbed just before midnight on April 28, 2018. After the stabbing occurred, the victims vehicle was taken by the assailants. The victim's injuries are undetermined at this time and was transported to the hospital by EMS. The investigation continues. (Occurrence Number: 18-41645)
  
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• On a record-breaking night, Rush ponder what comes next

  29-04-2018 07:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Mark Matthews — record-breaker, pace setter — blinked into the bright lights Saturday night and talked about his starry evening.
  The Saskatchewan Rush veteran had just broken the National Lacrosse League’s single-season assists record, and clinched his first-ever league scoring title. Tell us all about it, Mark!
  “Did I?” Matthews said quietly when a reporter told him he’d nailed down the scoring title during Saturday’s 11-10 victory over the visiting Cal
  
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• Rush find meaning in final NLL regular-season tilt

  29-04-2018 07:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saturday’s game may have been meaningless in the National Lacrosse League standings, but the Saskatchewan Rush and Calgary Roughnecks still played to win.
  “It was far from a mean-nothing game,” stressed Rush forward Mark Matthews, who recorded six assists and a goal in a 11-10 victory over the visiting Roughnecks before a crowd announced at 14,671 at SaskTel Centre.
  While the Rush will head into the 2018 NLL playoffs on a winning note after a hard-fought victory, the rival Roug
  
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• Broncos' tribute concert shows families 'we're not in this alone,' says grieving father

  29-04-2018 06:08 via cbc.ca
  A tribute concert on Friday night felt like the culmination of weeks of “wonderful gestures,” and offered the hope that maybe something good could come out of a tragic crash yet, said the father of one of the Humboldt Broncos’ victims.
  
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• Saskatoon Stars settle for silver at Esso Cup, suffer first loss since Jan. 7

  29-04-2018 04:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Stars could not have picked a worse time to lose their very first game of the 2018 playoffs.
  The Stars — who had rattled off 16 straight wins in the post-season and hadn’t lost a game since January 7 — dropped a 2-1 decision to the defending Esso Cup champion St. Albert Slash in the 2018 national female midget AAA hockey championship final Saturday at Bridgewater, N.S.
  Saskatoon, which had earlier defeated St. Albert 4-1 in round-robin and tied the Slash earlier i
  
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• Saskatoon Stars settle for silver at Esso Cup

  29-04-2018 03:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Stars could not have picked a worse time to lose their very first game of the 2018 playoffs.
  The Stars — who had rattled off 16 straight wins in the post-season and hadn’t lost a game since January 7 — dropped a 2-1 decision to the defending Esso Cup champion St. Albert Slash in the 2018 national female midget AAA hockey championship final Saturday at Bridgewater, N.S.
  Saskatoon, which had earlier defeated St. Albert 4-1 in round-robin and tied the Slash earlier i
  
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• ‘We felt sick’: concert goers upset with emcees at Broncos charity concert

  29-04-2018 02:42 via globalnews.ca
  A joke by comedy team Williams and Ree is raising online criticism after they emceed the Humboldt Broncos tribute concert on Friday at Saskatoon’s SaskTel Centre.
  
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• Dozens gather at Regina City Hall for National Day of Mourning

  29-04-2018 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  Regina joined several cities across the country Saturday, honouring workers who have been injured or killed on the job as part of the National Day of Mourning.
  
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• Fred Sasakamoose honoured at local tournament

  29-04-2018 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  Nearly 30 teams from across Canada are in Saskatoon for the tournament, which showcases Aboriginal hockey talent.
  
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