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• Waving figures seem to swim at night in Remai world premiere

  09-05-2018 23:52 via thestarphoenix.com
  Remai Modern launches a world premiere exhibition by New York artist Paul Chan.
  Paul Chan: Bathers at Night runs from Friday, May 11 to the end July.
  Chan says this is the most complex installation of his “breathers” sculptures to date. They are reminiscent of the fan-driven cloth “tube men” sometimes seen on car lots.
  “Each breather is composed of a fabric body designed by Chan and attached to one or more specially modified fans,” Remai says in a release. &ld
  
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• Saskjobs.ca to exist for another 6 months after extended transition period

  09-05-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  On May 5, the government announced that the transition period of saskjobs.ca, one of the province’s biggest job boards, has been extended another six months.
  
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• Class action suit says Canada used Indigenous people as medical 'guinea pigs'

  09-05-2018 23:35 via cbc.ca
  Tony Merchant, the principal at Regina-based Merchant Law group, says the suit ties together experiences affecting thousands of Indigenous people in Canada.
  
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• Police arrest 25-year-old carrying large knife on 20th Street West

  09-05-2018 23:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 25-year-old man has been charged after police were called to the Riversdale neighbourhood for reports of a man carrying a large knife.
  Police responded to the intersection of 20th Street West and Avenue H South at around 6:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning and when officers arrived, they found a man wearing a bandana on hid face, carrying a large hunting knife, according to a police news release.
  Police and the man engaged in a verbal confrontation, as the release indicated he wasn’t listening
  
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• Province temporarily restoring Saskjobs.ca

  09-05-2018 23:27
  The provincial government will be bringing back its online job listing temporarily after employer complaints over the move to the National Job Bank.
  
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• RCMP search for suspects after oilfield office broken into north of Lloydminster

  09-05-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Maidstone RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying one, or multiple individuals after an office, owned by a local oilfield company, was broken into on Sunday, May 6 at roughly 9 p.m.
  
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• Major traffic delays expected at Royal University Hospital next week

  09-05-2018 22:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  Visitors to Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital (RUH) should give themselves a little extra travel time next week, as the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is expecting major traffic delays.
  According to a public service announcement (PSA) issued Wednesday, the College Drive entrance and exit to the RUH parkade will be temporarily closed starting May 14.
  Traffic will be directed through the University of Saskatchewan campus to a single entrance gate located between RUH and the Saskatoo
  
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• 'So tinder dry:' Trains suspected in some grass fires in prairie communities

  09-05-2018 22:38
  An extremely dry spring in the eastern Prairies has meant an early start to fire season and in some cases trains are being suspected as the cause.
  
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• Many users say they didn't recieve Sask. emergency test alert

  09-05-2018 22:33
  A test of the Canada-wide system known as Alert Ready did not go smoothly in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Many say no emergency alert received; province calls test a success

  09-05-2018 22:33
  The province is calling a test of the emergency alert system in Saskatchewan on Wednesday a success, despite the fact that many Saskatchewan residents say they received the alert late, or not at all.
  
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• Weapon Complaint/Arrest - 20th St. W & Ave. H S

  09-05-2018 22:09 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police arrested a man yesterday after receiving reports of a male seen with a large knife.At approximately 6:15 a.m., May 8, 2018, Patrol members were dispatched to the intersection of 20th Street West and Avenue H South. Upon arrival, officers located a man wearing a bandana on his face holding a large hunting knife. He was noncompliant with Police, engaging in verbal confrontation. He eventually surrendered the knife and was arrested after a brief, physical altercation.A 25 year old
  
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• Main parking gate closure at Royal University Hospital to cause 'major traffic disruptions'

  09-05-2018 22:03 via cbc.ca
  Patients and family members visiting Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital are being asked to budget extra time for parking next week.
  
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• Loblaws gift card donations vary in Sask.

  09-05-2018 21:56 via cbc.ca
  Early this year a social media push encouraged people to donate their $25 gift cards to local charities. While most only received a few, Regina's food bank received about $2,000 in card donations.
  
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• Group selling fake gold jewelry in Saskatoon: police

  09-05-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police have issued a public advisory about the sale of fake gold jewelry around the city.
  
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• NDP leader says investigation into MP Moore will follow same process that MP Weir called flawed

  09-05-2018 21:28
  Speaking for the first time since announcing he was suspending NDP MP Christine Moore’s caucus duties and launching an investigation into her alleged behaviour, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he plans to use the same process used to investigate allegations against now-former NDP MP Erin Weir.
  
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• Search underway after dog escapes from SPCA

  09-05-2018 21:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is asking for the public’s help tracking down an escaped dog.
  Calling the escape an “unfortunate” and “rare” incident in a post on its Facebook page, the Saskatoon SPCA said the dog, a tan intact male pit bull-lab mix named George, escaped from the organization’s lost and found area over the weekend.
  “An outside security camera captured footage of him around the perimeter of the facili
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: cool down lingers until weekend

  09-05-2018 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  Temperatures will stay in the low teens for the rest of the work week with a chance of rain, before a weekend warm up. Rebekah Lesko tells us what’s in store for the rest of the week.
  
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• Police investigate racist tirade at Alberta Denny's

  09-05-2018 20:47
  Police are investigating after a woman at a Denny’s in Alberta was caught on video shouting at other patrons to go back to your own country and threatening to 'leap across the table' and punch them.
  
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• Child Find ID clinic offers parents some peace of mind if a child goes missing

  09-05-2018 20:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  Having a missing child is a nightmare no parent wants to face. If it does happen, being prepared with detailed information helps police act quickly.
  May is Missing Children’s Month. Ixtapa Travel in Saskatoon will host a Child Find All About Me ID clinic at its Eighth Street office on Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., helping parents prepare booklets of information and identifying features for their children.
  All parents need to do is bring the child and two pieces of government issued I
  
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• Familiar foes meeting in NLL West Division Final

  09-05-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rush and Calgary Roughnecks will renew their rivalry in the NLL West Division Final.
  
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• 24 projects worth estimated $65M tendered to improve Saskatchewan highways

  09-05-2018 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  Safety is the focus of highway construction projects released in the Saskatchewan government’s 2018 spring tender schedule.
  
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• Saskatchewan casts wider net to fend off aquatic invasive species

  09-05-2018 20:14
  The Saskatchewan government says a total of six mobile watercraft decontamination units will be used this year to prevent aquatic invasive species from making a home in the province's lakes and rivers.
  
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• Arbitrator orders government to pay former STC employees nine weeks lost salary and benefits

  09-05-2018 20:02 via cbc.ca
  ​In a recent ruling, a Saskatoon arbitrator says former STC employees should receive almost nine weeks of salary.
  
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• Arbitrator orders government to pay former STC employees 9 weeks lost salary and benefits

  09-05-2018 20:02 via cbc.ca
  ​In a recent ruling, a Saskatoon arbitrator says former STC employees should receive almost nine weeks of salary.
  
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• Sask. Attorney General to intervene in B.C. pipeline case

  09-05-2018 19:53
  Saskatchewan’s Justice Minister and Attorney General, Don Morgan, will participate in the Trans Mountain reference case currently before British Columbia’s Court of Appeal.
  
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• Sask. Attorney General applying to participate in B.C. pipeline case

  09-05-2018 19:53
  Saskatchewan’s Justice Minister and Attorney General, Don Morgan, is applying to participate in the Trans Mountain reference case currently before British Columbia’s Court of Appeal.
  
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• Video: Up Front episode focuses on the challenges Indigenous athletes face in sports

  09-05-2018 19:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  Up Front is a collaboration between the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Shaw TV.
  This episode — with StarPhoenix sports editor Kevin Mitchell, basketball player Michael Linklater, who will be on Canada’s 3X3 team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo,  and hockey player Craig McCallum, a former Western Hockey League and CIS player with the U of S Huskies — looks at the obstacles Indigenous athletes face in the sporting world.
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  http://thestarphoenix.com/feature/life-hoc
  
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• Teenagers charged following alleged robbery in early May

  09-05-2018 19:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two teenagers are facing charges after they were arrested in connection to a robbery that occurred earlier in May.
  Saskatoon police say the boys, both 14, were arrested on Tuesday after a complainant reported seeing two people he believed had robbed him earlier, according to a police news release.
  The incident took place on May 4 when the victim was approached at the bottom of a pedestrian bridge near the 200 block of Dickey Crescent. Police say that’s when two males pulled a knife on the
  
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• Nutrien blames late spring, rail delivery woes for $1M net loss

  09-05-2018 19:38 via cbc.ca
  A severe winter that slowed potash shipments to Canadian ports and caused a late start to planting season in Canada and the U.S. is responsible for a first-quarter net loss of $1 million, Nutrien Ltd. said Tuesday.
  
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• Public cautioned after police receive several reports of fake gold fraud

  09-05-2018 19:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  City police are cautioning the public about a group of people selling fake gold jewelry in the city.In the last week, city police report they have received roughly a dozen reports of people being approached to buy the gold, or in some cases, purchasing the gold to later find out it was fake.
  The incidents have taken place all over Saskatoon and in most cases the suspects — described as a man and a woman believed to be 40 to 50 years old with heavy accents — have relayed a story about
  
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• RCMP searching for truck stolen in Unity, Sask.

  09-05-2018 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  Members of the Unity, Wilkie and Macklin RCMP units are asking for help in locating stolen truck.
  
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• Oil prices spike to highest level since 2014 after Trump exits Iran deal

  09-05-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled out of a 2015 international deal with Iran, making investors nervous about rising risks of conflict in the Middle East and about oil supplies in a tight market.
  
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• Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness week proclaimed in Saskatchewan

  09-05-2018 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness week was proclaimed by the Saskatchewan government to run from May 6–12 to raise awareness of the risks to the bodies of water in the province.
  
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• Saskatchewan to intervene in B.C. pipeline court case

  09-05-2018 19:17 via cbc.ca
  The province of Saskatchewan will be participating in a court battle over the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Saskatchewan applying to intervene in B.C. pipeline court case

  09-05-2018 19:17 via cbc.ca
  The province of Saskatchewan will be participating in a court battle over the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Saskatchewan to intervene in B.C. case to restrict increased bitumen flows

  09-05-2018 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. launched a reference case on April 26 to see if they could pass legislation allowing them to mandate permits for companies looking to increase the flow of oil into the province. Saskatchewan will now be getting involved in that case.
  
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• Saskatchewan to apply to participate in B.C. case to restrict increased bitumen flows

  09-05-2018 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. launched a reference case on April 26 to see if they could pass legislation allowing them to mandate permits for companies looking to increase the flow of oil into the province. Saskatchewan will now be getting involved in that case.
  
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• Public Advisory: Fraudulent Gold Sales

  09-05-2018 18:55 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service is advising the public to be aware of a certain group of people selling imitation gold jewelry.SPS has received nearly a dozen reports in the last week of people either being approached to buy the jewelry or having bought the jewelry and later discovering it is not real. The reports vary with women and men attempting to make the sale, sometimes on foot, other times from a vehicle with an Ontario licence plate. The incidents have occurred all over Saskatoon. In most c
  
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• Armed Robbery Suspects Arrested - 200 block of Dickey Cr.

  09-05-2018 18:44 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police arrested two teens yesterday in connection with a reported armed robbery last Friday.At approximately 4:00 p.m., May 8, 2018, Patrol members were dispatched to the 100 block of Kensington Boulevard. The complainant reported seeing two males who he believed had robbed him a few days before. During that incident at approximately 4:00 p.m. on May 4, 2018, the victim was approached by two males at the bottom of the pedestrian bridge near the 200 block of Dickey Crescent. They were r
  
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• Government tendering 24 projects to improve highway safety

  09-05-2018 18:41
  The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure has tendered 24 projects worth around $65 million to improve highway safety in the province.
  
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• 2 moose captured after adventure in Saskatoon industrial park

  09-05-2018 18:28 via cbc.ca
  Two moose will be transported safely out of the city after leading conservation officers on a chase through the north end of Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon curling clubs ask for support from city hall

  09-05-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  Curl Saskatoon’s idea is to perhaps offer tax relief to the four clubs. Right now, the clubs are paying about $130,000 a year, money that could go a long way towards addressing some of the repairs that are needed.
  
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• Sask. Highways announces $65M in new projects

  09-05-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan's Ministry of Highways has announced millions of dollars worth of new road projects for 2018.
  
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• Two moose captured in Saskatoon's north end

  09-05-2018 18:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  City police say two moose that were roaming the city’s north end have been transported to safe place. 
  Motorists were advised to drive with extra caution during their commute on Wednesday after the two animals were spotted around area of Circle Drive and Ave C North at roughly 5 a.m.
  Police worked with conservation officers to capture the moose and say both animals have been transported to safety.
  This is the second time city police have had to deal with a moose on the loose in t
  
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• Letter of the Day: Guaranteed income and poor diet

  09-05-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  When I indulge in an Egg McMuffin, I toss half the muffin. In my case, it is better wasted than waisted. What about a student from a food insecure family? They eat to stop the pain of hunger. If hunger remains, they will be consumed by thoughts of food and unable to focus on schoolwork.
  In one decade, the price of whole food rose by 40 per cent. The price of processed food? It dropped by 40 per cent.
  Big Food’s mantra is that processed food is fine if you have a balanced diet. The 2016 Sen
  
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• Trudeau regrets Trump decision to pull out of Iran nuclear agreement

  09-05-2018 17:41
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has delivered a thinly veiled rebuke to the Trump administration and Israel over their opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, setting the stage for a divisive G7 summit next month.
  
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• B.P.W. SASKATOON’S ACCESSORY TO A CHANGE

  09-05-2018 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  BPW Saskatoon is thrilled to announce it’s annual Accessory To A Change Sparkly Soiree on June 7th!  Rock out with philanthropist, Sara Agah Franti, be moved by Indigenous slam poet, Zoey Pricelys Roy – all while enjoying a variety of tantalizing food stations via our famous strolling dinner.  Do some purpose-driven shopping at the silent auction, which...
  
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• Art Exhibit: REVERIE IN DARKNESS (Jennifer Crane)

  09-05-2018 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  OPENING RECEPTION:  SATURDAY, MAY 12th at 2:00pm. EXHIBITION RUNS:  MAY 12th through JUNE 21st. Art Placement is pleased to present REVERIE IN DARKNESS, Jennifer Crane’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.  Crane is an artist based in Saskatoon whose work investigates the relationship between the body and the lens in both historical and contemporary photography. ...
  
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• Update: Moose captured

  09-05-2018 17:20 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Both moose have been captured by conservation officers and will transferred to a place of safety.(Occurrence Number: 18-45827)
  
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• George Canyon performs ‘Better Off in Love’

  09-05-2018 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  George Canyon discusses his new album “Southside of Heaven” and performs his new single “Better Off in Love” on Global News Morning Saskatoon.
  
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