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• Handy skills turn junk into 'wonders' at Prince Albert's repair café

  05-05-2018 23:36 via cbc.ca
  A Prince Albert repair café isn’t just a place to come and get broken items fixed, even though that happens there too. It's also about bringing people together to learn from one another and save goods from getting tossed in a landfill, says an organizer.
  
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• Fuel Leak - Faithfull Ave and 60th St E

  05-05-2018 23:00 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Emergency crews are currently on scene of a fuel leak at the intersection of 60th Street and Faithfull Ave. Motorists are requested to refrain from driving in that area until its cleaned up. (Occurrence Number: 18-44386)
  
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• Cyclist struck by vehicle hospitalized in Saskatoon

  05-05-2018 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  A 19-year-old cyclist who was struck by a vehicle is in critical condition at a Saskatoon hospital.
  
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• Video: Regina family wins second lottery home

  05-05-2018 22:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Video: There was a feeling of deja vu for Dwayne Prystupa when he won the 2018 Hospitals of Regina Foundation home lottery this week. Six years ago, he won the STARS lottery show home.
  
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• Traffic Restrictions in Downtown Sunday Morning dlvr.it/QRtFDF https://t.co/SC8qhPF5aP

  05-05-2018 21:27
  
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• Saskatoon mom launches clothing line inspired by daughter's strength in mental health struggle

  05-05-2018 21:14 via cbc.ca
  Amanda Sanderson says there was a phrase that helped her teenage daughter overcome a struggle with mental illness that almost took her life: "Be strong, brave, fearless."
  
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• New Resident in Regina Considered to be a High Risk to Re-offend dlvr.it/QRt7Yy https://t.co/YLWDSHpvSS

  05-05-2018 20:55
  
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• Saskatoon wants to extend restricted drone zones beyond city parks

  05-05-2018 20:52 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon bylaws already prevent drones, model aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles from flying over the city's parks without the city's permission. The city now wants that process to extend to people wishing to fly drones over any land owned by the city.
  
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• Impaired driving charge pending after vehicle driven ‘erratically’ in park: police

  05-05-2018 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  Police say a man will be charged with impaired driving after a vehicle was driving “erratically” in a Saskatoon park.
  
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• REVIEW: Comedic and classy Pride and Prejudice a romantic's dream

  05-05-2018 19:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Bennets raise chickens on their country estate, which inspires a chicken-and-egg question about acting.
  Are some actors born for a part or can they — or the director — make it seem so?
  In other words, what came first, the talent or the effort? You have to wonder as you watch Heather Morrison and Aaron Hursh play Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in Persephone Theatre’s Pride and Prejudice. It’s a perfect pairing, both actors at the top of their game and somehow uniquely
  
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• Vehicle strikes Saskatoon cyclist

  05-05-2018 19:36
  A man is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle.
  
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• Mekayla Bali’s mom says Canada can learn from U.S. about missing child searches

  05-05-2018 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  Mekayla Bali's mother told a Child Find meeting in Saskatoon Friday that Canada could learn from the United States on how to handle missing children cases.
  
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• Man arrested, charged with impaired driving

  05-05-2018 19:33
  A man, 37, has been taken into custody by Saskatoon police and will be charged with impaired driving after an incident at Diefenbaker Park.
  
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• Canadian researchers gather to tackle Saskatchewan’s HIV crisis

  05-05-2018 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  The forum at the University of Saskatchewan was hosted by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.
  
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• Billy Dee Williams, Star Wars' original Lando, to land this fall at Saskatoon convention

  05-05-2018 18:36 via cbc.ca
  Williams will take part in a spotlight panel during the event’s first day this September, as well as the usual autograph and photo opportunities.
  
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• New Faces New Places: An adrenaline rush for all ages

  05-05-2018 18:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s colourful, fun and only slightly terrifying — but in a good, invigorating way.
  When Aron Cory and his wife Stephanie first met, they bonded over their shared love of climbing, a love they decided to bring to Saskatoon in the form of Clip ‘n Climb — a space filled with different climbing challenges designed not only for beginners but to also test the skills of even the most dedicated climbers. 
  “We really wanted to have a place where we could go and play wi
  
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• New Faces New Places: Providing for home health-care needs with a smile

  05-05-2018 18:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  With a foothold in the health-care product industry since 1980, Schaan Healthcare Products CEO Collin Schaan decided now was the time to expand his business from a distribution model and open a retail store where anyone can shop.
  With help from his product specialists Tam Gunn and Terry Heard, Schaan Home Healthcare opened for business in mid-April, offering everything from compression stockings to wound care to washroom aids and more — both online and in-store.
  “We really want to be
  
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• Man arrested for drunk driving after hitting multiple objects in Diefenbaker Park

  05-05-2018 18:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  A vehicle being driven erratically in Diefenbaker Park eventually got hung up on a wooden post and the 37-year-old male driver was arrested — and will be charged with drunk driving.
  Police responded after they received a report at 5:17 p.m. Friday of a hit and run in the area, according to a Saskatoon Police Service news release.
  The air support unit helped officers locate the suspect vehicle, which struck a number of fixed objects, including another vehicle and a large garbage bin, the ne
  
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• 19-year-old cyclist in critical condition after Friday collision

  05-05-2018 18:08 via cbc.ca
  A 19-year-old cyclist is in critical condition after he was hit by a vehicle in Saskatoon Friday afternoon.
  
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• Ultraviolet extends far beyond marketers' on-trend colour selection

  05-05-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Each year, there is one designated colour that encompasses everything from paints to fashion and even gardens. This year, the hot colour of choice is ultraviolet.
  Now as my family and friends can attest to, I’m not much of a trendsetter — nor a trend follower, for that matter — but I’ve always loved ultraviolet-coloured plants. Ultraviolet plants look terrific all on their own or matched with yellow flowers, a favourite of mine.
  But being the kind of guy who loves plant s
  
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• Romanow: For my farewell column, a toast to you, dear readers

  05-05-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  This is somewhere around my 650th column here. And it is my last. I’m off to Greece in a couple of days to enjoy retirement.
  I have been travelling enough this year that writing the column has become something of a burden if I intend to make my deadlines and not drive my editor nuts. (That IS a temptation, but I’m a better man than that.) 
  I have to tell you, faithful readers, that writing for you has been both interesting and an education in itself
  
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• Homes: Red Lion showcases attention to detail in Aspen Ridge show home

  05-05-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Red Lion Developments recently opened a show home in the new neighbourhood of Aspen Ridge in the city’s northeast. The show home boasts 1,815 square feet in a popular modified bi-level. As you walk in, you are immediately greeted by a tiled entrance way with tiles that go up the wall.
  Owner Chris Fomradas says, “We know it will get a lot of abuse — from shoes to purses to people leaning against it.” The tile will make the wall easier to clean and also eliminate unsightly
  
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• Saturday Sports Schedule dlvr.it/QRsQM4 https://t.co/Li86yJzL6V

  05-05-2018 17:41
  
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• Man allegedly bit son; faces multiple charges following investigation

  05-05-2018 17:15
  Police in Kingston, Ont., say a man is facing multiple charges after allegedly biting his son.
  
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• Driver of car that crashed into garbage bin, wooden post in Saskatoon park facing impaired driving charge

  05-05-2018 17:09 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police will charge a 37-year-old man with impaired driving after a vehicle was seen crashing into fixed objects at Diefenbaker Park.
  
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• 'Highly unusual': Senior dead after possible fall from window at care home

  05-05-2018 17:04
  Ottawa police are investigating the death of an elderly woman who may have fallen out of a window at a long-term care facility.
  
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• New Virtual Reality Simulator From SGI is Making it’s Way Around Saskatchewan dlvr.it/QRs2wW https://t.co/iE3G443nOM

  05-05-2018 16:06
  
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• The Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for May 5, 2018

  05-05-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Stay up to date with the news and stories that matter in Saskatoon and beyond. 
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  Backlog of biopsies worries Sask. doctors
  Doctors are raising a red flag about the backlog of biopsies waiting to be processed at Saskatchewan labs. The issue came up more than once at a question-and-answer session following Health Minister Jim Reiter’s address to the Saskatchewan Medical Association’s Spring Representative Assembly on Friday. Click here to read more…
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• Friday Scoreboard dlvr.it/QRrgWf https://t.co/kVDNfkYvEg

  05-05-2018 14:25
  
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• Hundreds of thousands without power following disastrous windstorm

  05-05-2018 14:23
  Hundreds of thousands of people were still without power across Central Canada on Saturday morning following a windstorm that downed trees and power lines and left two people dead.
  
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• Video: Saskatoon's missing persons — Peter McKay, Shirley Lonethunder, Ricky Riopel and Jordan Walker

  05-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan has proclaimed this week as Missing Persons Week. Saskatoon Police constable Ryan Ehalt, the Saskatoon Crime Stoppers coordinator, talks about some of the historical missing people, including Peter McKay, Shirley Lonethunder, Ricky Riopel and Jordan Walker.
  
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• 'Today seemed like the day to stop': The Humboldt Broncos crash site, four weeks later

  05-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s a restless corner.
  Cars drive past, passenger necks craned. Kids peek out the window as a school bus makes its daily pass. People stop, exit, wander through paths carved out beside piled hockey sticks, flowers, brightly-spinning pinwheels.
  A big Manitoulin Transport semi rolls up to this place at the Saskatchewan junction of Highways 35 and 335. Darwin McLeod steps out, and walks quietly. He looks and thinks about the Humboldt Broncos and those lost lives — about the bus crash t
  
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• Rural airports, air ambulance deserve attention in Saskatchewan

  05-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s time to review the facilities available at rural Saskatchewan airports.
  As Alex MacPherson’s reporting showed in a story on Monday, aviation has become an increasingly important part of disaster response in Saskatchewan. Of the 30 people involved in the Humboldt Broncos team bus crash on April 6, all but the semi driver were either killed or injured. Eleven were flown to Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital.
  Travis Karle, who owns Accumark Airspray and runs the airport fu
  
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• Report finds 57 Canadian women killed in first four months of 2018

  05-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Fifty-seven women were killed in Canada during the first four months of 2018, according to a report published this week.
  Experts with the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability compiled information from published media reports between Jan. 1 and April 30. The CFJOA, launched on Dec. 6, 2017, is an online-based research and information centre. In the report, the CFJOA says it considers the 57 deaths to be a minimum estimate because some deaths may not have yet been reported
  
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• Letters to the editor May 5, 2018

  05-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Fight for 15 in Saskatchewan
  The Fight for 15 — a workers’ movement with the goal of achieving a $15 minimum wage — is gaining momentum here in Saskatchewan.
  At $10.96/hour, Saskatchewan has the lowest minimum wage in Canada. Some might argue that attracts business. To that I say shame.
  Why? Firstly, not only do we have the lowest minimum wage in Canada, we also have the second highest unemployment rate in Canada. Evidently, a low minimum wage does not help job growth. Seco
  
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• Fuller: Now playing, Death of an Attention Span

  05-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  If you don’t use certain muscles, they lose their strength. The boredom muscle is one of them.
  We don’t use boredom anymore. We avoid it as if it’s been eradicated, like smallpox or the career of Robin Thicke.
  Distractions trick us into thinking we’ve conquered boredom. Faced with three minutes and nothing to do, one grazes on social media. Can’t stand TV commercials? Try Netflix. Need to endure the next 90 seconds at a stop light? Check your phone.
  What’s los
  
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• Cuthand: First Nations' support bolsters pipeline fight

  05-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The growing opposition to oilsands development and the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline just got stronger.
  This week the Chiefs of Ontario, an organization that represents 133 chiefs, joined a nationwide treaty alliance that wants to put a stop to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline and further development of the Athabasca tarsands.
  This organization got its start during the opposition from First Nations people all across Canada to the eastern pipeline that would have transported cr
  
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• Amid pot legalization border uncertainty, feds' advice? Don't lie

  05-05-2018 13:00
  As marijuana legalization draws near and questions linger about what Canadians can expect at the U.S. border, the federal point-man on pot, Bill Blair, has some advice: Don’t lie.
  
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• 'I want to be able to hug the families and say sorry': Key witness recounts Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  05-05-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Kelsey Fiddler was travelling with her two boys to Nipawin, Sask., on April 6 when she saw the charter bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos collide with a semi-trailer just a few metres from them.
  
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• Impaired Driver - Diefenbaker Park

  05-05-2018 09:56 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 37 year old Saskatoon man was taken into custody and will be charged with Impaired Driving after an incident at Diefenbaker Park.On May 4, 2018 at 5:17 p.m. Police received a complaint of a hit and run in the area of Diefenbaker Park.
  Patrol Members responded and with the assistance of the Air Support Unit the suspect vehicle was located driving erratically in the park. During the incident the vehicle struck a number of fixed objects including another vehicle and a large garbage bin.
  
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• Traffic Restrictions Lifted / Cyclist Motor Vehicle Collision - Taylor St. E & Arlington Ave

  05-05-2018 05:46 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A Saskatoon man is in critical condition in hospital after being struck by a vehicle today.At approximately 4:22 p.m., May 4, 2018 Police were dispatched to the intersection of Arlington Avenue and Taylor Street East for a report of a cyclist that had been struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival, officers located an injured 19 year old male. The male was rushed to hospital by Medavie Health Services and is in critical condition.The Saskatoon Police Service Collision Analyst Unit attended and is curren
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos’ Rory Kohlert calls it a career after 6 CFL seasons

  05-05-2018 04:40 via globalnews.ca
  Eskimos receiver Rory Kohlert is calling it a career.
  
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• Final witness testifies in Faucher manslaughter trial

  05-05-2018 02:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  Beverly Littlecrow struggled to maintain her balance and occasionally stumbled for no apparent reason, according to a friend of the man accused of causing her death.
  Testifying on the final day of a two-week manslaughter trial in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench, Bob Freeborn said Gabriel Joseph Faucher told him Littlecrow banged her head in a fall on the steps outside their home in Kinley, Sask. “a few days” before she died on Jan. 24, 2016. 
  “She just wasn’t
  
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• Wesley Veit sentenced for second-degree murder in wife's death on Wilkie-area farm

  05-05-2018 02:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  BATTLEFORD — A teenage son’s poignant words, written to his slain mother, brought tears to the eyes of everyone in the courtroom — including the presiding judge. 
  “I remember the gunshot. That sound will never leave my thoughts,” he wrote in a victim impact statement about the death of Heidi Veit, who was shot in front of him on the farm where they used to live near Wilkie. 
  He performed CPR, desperately trying to save his mom, court heard. Medical ev
  
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• Photos: U of S Huskies football spring camp

  05-05-2018 02:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  The University of Saskatchewan Huskies football team is holding its spring camp this weekend. They practise Saturday at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., and wrap things up with their Green and White scrimmage Sunday at 10:30 a.m. 
  Huskies football quarterback Ethan Watson during Spring Camp at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 3, 2018.
   
  Huskies football receiver Jesse Kuntz during Spring Camp at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 3, 2018.
   
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• Missing persons week: Kandice Singbeil and the other 125 long-term cases in Sask.

  05-05-2018 02:30
  There are 126 long-term missing persons cases in Saskatchewan and 16 in Saskatoon, all of which remain open.
  
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• Mekayla Bali's mom says Canada could learn from U.S. about searches for missing children

  05-05-2018 02:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  The mother of a teen who went missing from her home community of Yorkton two years ago says Canadian authorities need to do more during searches for children.
  Mekayla Bali was 16 when she last seen at the Yorkton bus depot in April 2016.
  Since then, there have been lots of tips but no solid leads about her whereabouts.
  Her mother, Paula Bali, told a Child Find meeting in Saskatoon on Friday that Canada could learn from the United States on how to handle missing children cases.
  She says in the U.
  
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• Global News at 6: May 4

  05-05-2018 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, May 4, 2018 edition of Global News with Marney Blunt on Global Saskatoon.
  
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• Man accusing Saskatoon police of conducting a ‘starlight tour’ hires lawyer experienced with the allegation

  05-05-2018 01:36
  A man accusing Saskatoon police officers of detaining him and then dropping him off along a highway has hired lawyer Donald Worme.
  
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• Scholarship named after Humboldt Bronco’s play-by-play announcer

  05-05-2018 01:30
  The Western Academy of Broadcasting College has set up a new scholarship in honour of the Humboldt Bronco’s play-by-play announcer who died in the team bus crash.
  
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