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• 'Be prepared to charge me,' says Sask. chief after gov't restricts when people can hunt on certain lands

  24-05-2018 23:43 via cbc.ca
  The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is speaking out against a Saskatchewan government policy reversal that restricts when people can hunt on certain lands in the province.
  
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• Regina Missing Child

  24-05-2018 23:36 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The following information is being shared on behalf of the Regina Police Service.  Investigators believe Sidney Pelletier may have travelled to Saskatoon.  Saskatoon Police can be notified by calling 306-975-8300. The Regina Police Service is asking the public for their help in locating a 12 year-old youth.Twelve year-old Sidney PELLETIER was last seen on the 1300 block of Fleet Street in Regina at approximately 7:30 am on May 16, 2018. PELLETIER is described as male, Indigenous,
  
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• Preliminary data shows Saskatchewan impaired driving deaths down in 2017: SGI

  24-05-2018 23:14
  Saskatchewan's Crown-owned insurance company is reporting a sharp drop in impaired driving deaths.
  
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• Martensville Veterinary Hospital’s 7th Annual MICROCHIP EVENT

  24-05-2018 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  Martensville Veterinary Hospital wants to help reunite more lost pets and owners through it’s annual Microchip Day Event.  Having a microchip greatly increases the likelihood of the animal being reunited with their owner, in the event it goes missing. Microchips will be implanted for only $20.00 each with all proceeds from the event being donated to the Saskatoon...
  
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• Police investigating three different stabbings in 24-hour period

  24-05-2018 22:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police say they are investigating after three people were stabbed in a 24-hour period.
  Officers were first called around 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon to City Hospital, where a 20-year-old woman had sought help for a stab wound following an altercation in the 100 block of Avenue I South, police said in a news release.
  The victim and the suspect in that incident were known to each other, according to a police news release.
  About eight hours later, officers were called to St. Paul’
  
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• RCMP searching for missing piece of farm equipment

  24-05-2018 22:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP are asking for the public’s help locating a piece of farm equipment that went missing from the Landis area on May 24.
  On Thursday, RCMP received a report that an auger had been stolen. The piece of equipment is a Brandt SL 10×70 and is blue in colour, according to a news release from Unity RCMP.
  RCMP say the augur was stolen during the night of May 23. Police note the auger, which is valued at roughly $8,000, had a modified frame which would make it stand out.
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• Three charged after police seize meth, sawed-off rifle

  24-05-2018 22:52 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police say three people face more than 30 charges after drugs and weapons were seized following a traffic stop on Thursday morning.
  Around 3 a.m., officers stopped a car in the 1600 block of 20th Street West, according to a police news release.
  Inside the vehicle, they found 8.9 grams of methamphetamine, a loaded sawed-off rifle, two knives and three cans of bear spray in a backpack.
  Police said two men, ages 30 and 24, and a 27-year-old woman are charged with possession of a weapon da
  
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• 'Trademark squatting' hurts artists and small businesses and it's coming to Canada

  24-05-2018 22:48 via cbc.ca
  Trademarking simple words like rebellion and cocky could soon be commonplace in Canada. What does this mean for small businesses and artists?
  
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• Saskatchewan expected to pass ride-sharing legislation next week

  24-05-2018 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  To help combat impaired driving, the Saskatchewan government is expected to pass legislation to allow ride-sharing sometime next week.
  
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• Province expected to pass ride-sharing legislation next week

  24-05-2018 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  To help combat impaired driving, the Saskatchewan government is expected to pass legislation to allow ride-sharing sometime next week.
  
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• Signed 'Humboldt Jersey' makes stop in Regina for Memorial Cup

  24-05-2018 22:09 via cbc.ca
  The jersey was created in Florida. On the back is the number 16, in honour of those lost in April when a bus carrying the carrying the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Humboldt Broncos collided with a semi at a rural Sask. intersection.
  
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• Legal action from FSIN possible after reversal of hunting rules

  24-05-2018 20:57
  The FSIN is debating legal action after the province reversed a rule allowing First Nations and Metis hunters to hunt year-round on provincial pasture land.
  
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• Court throws out Trans Mountain pipeline challenge from City of Vancouver and Squamish Nation

  24-05-2018 20:57 via cbc.ca
  B.C.'s Supreme Court has dismissed legal challenges to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion project from the City of Vancouver and the Squamish Nation.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: hot and humid days

  24-05-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon area will continue to see cloudy skies with the chance of showers in the forecast until early Friday. 
  
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• New FSIN suicide prevention strategy calls for more mental-health care, better screening for those at risk

  24-05-2018 20:42 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan's high Indigenous suicide rates call out for a co-ordinated,community-runapproach to bring them down, says a plan from the organization that represents the province's First Nations.
  
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• City removes rubber speed bumps installed by Caswell Hill residents to slow drivers down

  24-05-2018 20:30 via cbc.ca
  The City of Saskatoon has removed unsanctioned rubber speed bumps installed by frustrated residents at a Caswell Hill crosswalk.
  
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• Caswell Hill residents send bumpy plea for road safety to Saskatoon city hall

  24-05-2018 20:30 via cbc.ca
  Caswell Hill residents took action and installed rubber speed bumps at a crosswalk at Avenue D North and 31st Street, so that children would have a safe route into the park.
  
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• Traffic Stop Results in Seizure of Sawed-Off Rifle/Methamphetamine

  24-05-2018 20:18 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Three people are facing more than 30 charges following a traffic stop early this morning during which Police located a loaded, sawed-off rifle and methamphetamine.At approximately 3:00 a.m., May 24, 2018 Patrol Officers conducted a traffic stop of a Pontiac Grand Prix in the 1600 block of 20th Street West.  Inside the vehicle they located the loaded gun, two knives, three cans of bear spray and 8.29 grams of methamphetamine in a backpack.  Two men, ages 33 and 24 and a woman age 27 are
  
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• Beyond 94 teacher's guide now available for classroom studies on truth and reconciliation

  24-05-2018 20:15 via cbc.ca
  CBC has launched a new teaching guide to help educators talk to their students about residential schools and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 calls to action.
  
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• FSIN releases suicide prevention plan

  24-05-2018 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  Indigenous people in Saskatchewan - especially northern Saskatchewan - are afflicted with some of the worst suicide rates in Canada.
  
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• 'Something has to be done': FSIN expected to ask feds for 'major investment' to prevent First Nation suicides

  24-05-2018 19:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan are expected to ask the federal government for a “major investment” to implement a suicide prevention strategy in the province.
  Federation of Saskatchewan Indigenous Nations second vice-chief David Pratt said on Thursday that it’s likely members of the FSIN will vote unanimously to support the First Nations suicide prevention strategy, which was released on Thursday.
  Speaking at the spring session of the FSIN legislative assembly, Pratt sai
  
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• Saskatchewan sees significant decline in impaired driving deaths

  24-05-2018 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  SGI said there were 39 impaired driving deaths in Saskatchewan last year, down from the five-year average of 57 deaths.
  
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• Stabbings - Three Incidents Investigated

  24-05-2018 19:23 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police were called to three separate incidents in which a person suffered stab wounds in the last 24 hours.At approximately 5:00 p.m., May 23, 2018, officers were called to City Hospital where a 20 year old woman was seeking treatment for a stab wound believed to be minor in nature.  It was reported the injury occurred during an altercation in the 100 block of Avenue I South, with someone who is known to her.  At approximately 1:30 a.m., May 24, 2018, Police respond
  
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• Morgan Freeman apologizes in wake of harassment accusations

  24-05-2018 19:23
  Morgan Freeman is apologizing to anyone who may have felt "uncomfortable or disrespected" by his behaviour.
  
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• Government releases final report from Domestic Violence Death Review Panel

  24-05-2018 19:17
  The government says it plans to implement Clare’s Law – a domestic violence disclosure process – following the final report from Saskatchewan’s Domestic Violence Death Review Panel.
  
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• Sask. impaired driving deaths down 32% in 2017: SGI

  24-05-2018 19:03 via cbc.ca
  There was a 32 per cent decrease in impaired driving-related deaths on Saskatchewan roads in 2017, according to Saskatchewan Government Insurance.
  
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• Councillor says Regina should examine influence of corporate donations after Saskatoon quashes proposed ban

  24-05-2018 18:56 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon councillors quashed an effort to ban corporate and union donations in civic elections, but Regina councillor Andrew Stevens said the discussion around it should not stop in the province.
  
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• Sask. Human Rights commissions report says landlords discriminate against low-income, Indigenous renters

  24-05-2018 18:30 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission has released a report on its consultations with Saskatoon renters, and it identifies discrimination against single mothers, those on social assistance and Indigenous people by landlords in the city.
  
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• Seeding now 70% complete in Saskatchewan

  24-05-2018 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  Crops are slowly emerging in Saskatchewan, but rain is needed to replenish topsoil moisture.
  
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• Video: New in theatres May 25

  24-05-2018 18:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a look at some clips from the movies hitting theatres May 25.
  
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• Sask. Domestic Violence Death Review calls for broad-based strategies to address high violence rates

  24-05-2018 18:10 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan has the highest rate of domestic partner violence among the provinces. The Domestic Violence Death Review Panel has put forward 19 recommendations aimed at starting to reduce that figure.
  
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• Military aircraft help fly 1,400 people from raging Manitoba wildfires

  24-05-2018 18:04
  More than 1,000 people have been flown to safety as powerful wildfires in northern Manitoba tore through swaths of land more than three times the size of Manhattan and destroyed homes across the region.
  
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• Military aircraft help fly 1,100 people from raging Manitoba wildfires

  24-05-2018 18:04
  More than 1,000 people have been flown to safety as powerful wildfires in northern Manitoba tore through swaths of land more than three times the size of Manhattan and destroyed homes across the region.
  
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• Saskatchewan's 1st domestic violence report says every death should be officially reviewed

  24-05-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  A long-awaited Saskatchewan Domestic Violence Death Review Report was released today. It's the first review of its kind for Saskatchewan, which has the highest rate of domestic violence of all the provinces.
  
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• Sask. government accepts 19 recommendations in domestic violence report but won't commit to extensive reviews

  24-05-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  A long-awaited Saskatchewan Domestic Violence Death Review Report was released today. It's the first review of its kind for Saskatchewan, which has the highest rate of domestic violence of all the provinces.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Litany of tax evaders in Canada

  24-05-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Greg Fingas in his opinion piece “Canada is too far behind on dealing with tax evaders” (SP, May 10) hits the nail on the head.
  We have a litany of tax evaders in this country who are sucking wealth out of Canada that could be used for social and economic development. Fingas points out that the Trudeau government has been a “global laggard” in “corporate transparency and offshore tax recovery.”
  In Saskatchewan, we have our own story with Cameco who owe an esti
  
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• Every domestic death in Sask. should be officially reviewed, panel says

  24-05-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  On Thursday, Saskatchewan's first-ever domestic death review was released.
  
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• Province says 3.5% MLA wage cut was always a 1-year plan after salaries increase

  24-05-2018 17:01 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan government is defending itself after a 3.5 per cent wage cut for the province's MLAs has expired and salaries are back up.
  
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• Residents upset that controlled burn near Prince Albert went awry

  24-05-2018 16:54 via cbc.ca
  Some Saskatchewan residents are upset after Parks Canada staff started a controlled burn in the Prince Albert National Park that quickly became uncontrolled.
  
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• Residents upset that controlled burn in Prince Albert National Park went awry

  24-05-2018 16:54 via cbc.ca
  Some Saskatchewan residents are upset after Parks Canada staff started a controlled burn in the Prince Albert National Park that quickly became uncontrolled.
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Emilia looking for her new home

  24-05-2018 16:35 via globalnews.ca
  Meet Emilia, an active and energetic kitten who is looking to be adopted from the Saskatoon SPCA.
  
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• Nick Henry scores hat trick as Pats eliminate Broncos from Memorial Cup

  24-05-2018 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  Regina exacted revenge on the Broncos on Wednesday night by defeating them 6-5 in the round-robin finale to eliminate Swift Current from the Canadian major junior championship.
  
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• Saskatoon summer programs

  24-05-2018 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  Jody Hauta looks at some of the programs being offered by the City of Saskatoon this summer for kids of all ages.
  
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• Trump cancels summit, citing 'tremendous anger' and 'hostility' by North Korea

  24-05-2018 15:51
  In a dramatic diplomatic turn, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off next month's summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, calling the cancellation a "tremendous setback" for peace and stressing that the U.S. military was ready to respond to any "foolish or reckless acts" by the North.
  
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• Trump cancels on Singapore summit in letter to Kim

  24-05-2018 15:51
  In a dramatic diplomatic turn, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off next month's summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, calling the cancellation a "tremendous setback" for peace and stressing that the US military was ready to respond to any "foolish or reckless acts" by the North.
  
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• Travel Tips: West Jet, Air Transat and volcanos

  24-05-2018 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Barb Crowe from Ixtapa Travel in Saskatoon discusses the impact of an impending West Jet strike, Air Transat pulling out of Saskatchewan and the Kilauea volcano eruption.
  
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• 6 people awarded Saskatchewan Order of Merit

  24-05-2018 15:39 via cbc.ca
  A handful of people have been awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in recognition of their contributions to the province
  
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• Third person charged in 2017 Saskatoon shooting death

  24-05-2018 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  A third person is charged with manslaughter in the 2017 shooting death of Tyler Applegate.
  
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• Sask. sexual assault centre reducing services due to lack of funding

  24-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre will be cutting some of its services at the end of June due to a lack of provincial funding.
  
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• Powerlifting at the YMCA promotes personal growth (and muscle growth) in Saskatoon

  24-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  When personal trainer and Saskatoon YMCA adult fitness co-ordinator Bobbi Janzen started power lifting, someone told her she couldn't do it because she is visually impaired, small in stature and female. They didn't know Janzen very well.
  
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