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• Photo - Arrest Warrant Issued

  01-06-2018 23:35 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
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• SANTIAGO – High Tech

  01-06-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  SATURDAY, JUNE 9th and JUNE 10th – 7:30pm (doors open 7:00pm).  TICKETS $20.00  ontheboards.ca Dystopian Sci-fi from Chile; Nudity, Adult Themes, Suicide.  Mitchell Larsen, Kyle Syverson, Danylo Puderak, Rosa Del Rio, Miki Mappin. Guided by his mothers and his lovers, a young man searches for meaning in the multileveled Alameda Lane in a futuristic Santiago.  As...
  
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• Lawyer, Fat Badger restaurateur, business student all chosen for Saskatoon pot shops

  01-06-2018 22:37 via cbc.ca
  "My mind is racing in a million directions," says 23-year-old Cierra Sieben-Chubac.
  
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• Saskatoon Transit offers new route to medical and health facilities

  01-06-2018 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  A new Saskatoon Transit route aims to make medical and health facilities more accessible to riders.
  
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• Expert says Burnouf inquest shows jail staff is trapped by lack of resources and the Sask. health system

  01-06-2018 22:29 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon addiction expert who testified at the Gerald Burnouf inquest this week says the jurors' recommendations strike to the heart of the how the 49-year-old died in jail.
  
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• Arrest Warrant Issued Following Purse Robberies

  01-06-2018 22:05 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Saskatoon Police are searching for a woman wanted in connection with at least eight recent robberies in which women were robbed of their purse.  Many of the robberies took place in the area of St. Paul's Hospital on 20th Street West.Brittany Ben, DOB 1990/10/16, is wanted on numerous criminal charges including robbery, attempted robbery, and defrauding the robbery victims. Brittany Ben is described as 5'5" in height, 140 lbs, with brown eyes and long, straight brown hair.  A photo
  
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• RCMP make arrest in suspicious Cochin, Sask., death

  01-06-2018 22:01 via cbc.ca
  RCMP say they have a person of interest in custody after a suspicious death in Cochin, Sask., on Thursday.
  
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• Meth found on woman sleeping in Prince Albert, Sask. apartment building hallway

  01-06-2018 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  A woman has been charged with meth possession after being caught sleeping in the hallway of a Prince Albert apartment building.
  
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• Photos: Editorial Cartoons: May 26 – June 1

  01-06-2018 21:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here’s a compilation of the StarPhoenix’s editorial cartoons from the past week.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: round of rain rings in June

  01-06-2018 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  Wet and cool start to June in Saskatoon’s weather forecast after a warm, dry May. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan with how much more is on the way.
  
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• The summit’s back on: U.S. President Donald Trump says he will meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un

  01-06-2018 21:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  WASHINGTON — Ending weeks of uncertainly, President Donald Trump announced Friday that his historic summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is back on for June 12 in Singapore.
  Trump made the announcement, just a week after he cancelled the summit, after an hour-long meeting with a top North Korean official who delivered a letter from the North Korean leader.
  “We’re going to deal,” Trump told reporters moments after the meeting ended. He also said it was likely that
  
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• No serious injuries reported after crash involving school bus in Battleford

  01-06-2018 20:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP is investigating after a collision between an SUV and a school bus on Friday.
  At roughly 8:30 a.m., Battlefords RCMP were called to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 4 and 29th Street in the town of Battleford, according to an RCMP news release.
  RCMP indicated that passengers on the school bus, five students and a driver, were not injured as a result of the crash.
  The driver of the SUV was assisted out of the vehicle by fire services, as RCMP said the vehicle’s po
  
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• Remembering veterans on Decoration Day in Saskatoon

  01-06-2018 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon is one of several communities in Canada that still celebrates Decoration Day.
  
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• Athletics program cut at Sask. Polytechnic

  01-06-2018 20:39
  Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s athletics program has been cancelled, officials with the post-secondary institution confirm.
  
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• Juggling on the run puts Saskatoon man into 'peaceful headspace'

  01-06-2018 20:28 via cbc.ca
  Julian Tam juggled through the entire five-kilometre race at the Saskatchewan Marathon last weekend in Saskatoon.
  
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• Suspicious death on rural property near Cochin, Sask.

  01-06-2018 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  The death of a man on a rural property near Cochin, Sask., has been called suspicious by police.
  
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• RCMP have 'person of interest' in custody in connection to death of man, 59, near Cochin

  01-06-2018 20:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP have a “person of interest” in custody and no charges have been laid in connection to the death of a 59-year-old man, found at a rural property southeast of Cochin, which police have called “suspicious.”
  RCMP received a report on Thursday at 9:30 a.m., which led officers to go to the property where they located the man dead, according to a media release. A police spokesman says that RCMP located the man at 11:48 a.m.
  The death has been deemed suspicious by RCMP, foll
  
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• Saskatoon on shortlist for $10M prize to address incarceration of Indigenous youth

  01-06-2018 19:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon has made the shortlist for a $10 million dollar prize in a national competition to address the cycle of Indigenous youth incarceration.
  The city has been awarded $250,000 as being one of the finalists for the Smart Cities Challenge. This will go toward developing Saskatoon’s proposal more fully.
  The challenge seeks entries that use innovation, data and technology to address an enduring problem. Saskatoon’s application brought together agencies and community organizations wo
  
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• One in custody after suspicious death near Cochin, Sask.

  01-06-2018 19:36
  One person is in custody as RCMP investigate what they consider a suspicious death in north-central Saskatchewan.
  
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• First Nations hockey team subjected to racist chants at youth tournament

  01-06-2018 19:30
  Video has emerged of the First Nation Elites Bantam AAA being subjected to racist comments from the opposing team and those in the stands of the Coupe Challenge Quebec AAA tournament, held from May 25-27.
  
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• Police receive numerous reports of moose on the loose

  01-06-2018 19:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police say a moose has been spotted in the city.
  At roughly 9 a.m. on Friday, city police received several calls about a moose running west on 17th Street West near the Meewasin trials, according to a police news release.
  A patrol officer arrived on scene and witnessed the moose leaving the area. Police note around 9 a.m., there were no further reports of the animal.
  Saskatoon police say officers with the Ministry of Environment have also been notified about the animal.
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• Your Saskatchewan – Saskatoon: June 2018

  01-06-2018 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  Global Saskatoon features a viewer submitted photo for Your Saskatchewan daily on Global News at 6 and Global News at 10.Your Saskatchewan
  
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• New Saskatchewan Jazz Fest merchandise available

  01-06-2018 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  A look at some of the new merchandise available for Saskatchewan Jazz Fest 2018.
  
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• Feds ask for judicial review of STC arbitration ruling

  01-06-2018 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government has applied for a judicial review of a decision that found the Saskatchewan Transportation Company violated the Canadian Labour Code.
  
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• Massage therapist Mark Donlevy to stand trial

  01-06-2018 18:45
  A Saskatoon massage therapist facing nearly a dozen sexual assault charges is headed to trial.
  
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• Ituna residents advised to boil water before consuming

  01-06-2018 18:44
  A water conservation advisory in Ituna has been upgraded to a boil water advisory.
  
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• Saskatchewan selects retailers for cannabis stores

  01-06-2018 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan has chosen the 51 owners who will operate cannabis retail stores in the province.
  
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• Saskatchewan's cannabis retailers announced

  01-06-2018 18:22
  Saskatchewan’s 51 cannabis retailers have now been selected. The successful applicants will be the only ones granted permits to legally sell marijuana to the public once it is legalized later this fall.
  
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• 'That's just what came out of the draw': 5 entities win 33% of Sask.'s 51 pot retail permits

  01-06-2018 18:07 via cbc.ca
  One-third of the 51 available permits for selling legalized marijuana in Saskatchewan will be in the hands of one of five companies.
  
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• Minister to speak after Sask. announces winners of 51 pot shop permits

  01-06-2018 18:07 via cbc.ca
  More than two-thirds of the people chosen are from Saskatchewan or have operations in the province, according to the government.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Government waste

  01-06-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I received a parking ticket last winter for $50 for parking on private property in a mall parking lot that had no notice that it was a private parking spot. I decided to go to court to plead not guilty.
  I received a letter explaining that I must attend court in May and if I failed to attend a warrant would be issued for my arrest and I would have to pay an additional $40.
  I went to court along with a couple dozen others, who (for the most part) were there to plead not guilty.
  In order to get int
  
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• Moose sighting - 17th Street West and Spadina Crescent

  01-06-2018 17:30 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Shortly before 9:00 a.m. this morning, Saskatoon Police Communiations received multiple calls regarding a moose running west on 17th Street near the Meewasin trails.A Patrol officer attended and observed the moose leaving the area. There have been no further reports of the moose in approximately half an hour.Officers with the Ministry of Environment have also been notified.(Occurrence Number: 18-55073)
  
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• SGEU wants audit of defunct Saskatchewan Transportation Company

  01-06-2018 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  One year after the government shut down the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, SGEU is calling for an audit on the impact on the public.
  
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• Gardening Tips: tomatoes and flowering plants

  01-06-2018 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  Jill from Dutch Growers in Saskatoon with a little-known tomato planting tip and how to keep flowering plants blooming all summer long.
  
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• First responder at Quebec mosque shooting dies by suicide

  01-06-2018 15:39
  The family and friends of a Quebec City paramedic who died by suicide following a 2017 mosque shooting are calling for improved mental health services for first responders.
  
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• Bridges Events June 1-7

  01-06-2018 15:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to [email protected].
  # MUSIC
  Fri., June 1
  Piano Friday: Martin JanovskySonia Reid NobleThe Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N.
  Sonia Reid Nobel plays The Bassment June 1.
  The Gong ShowBuds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.
  Billy BobArmy & Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N.
  William and the ShadowsFairfield Seniors
  
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• Trump slams Canada on Twitter, suggests replacing NAFTA with separate deals

  01-06-2018 15:29
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized Canada for being "highly restrictive on trade,” then suggested replacing NAFTA with separate deals for his northern neighbour and Mexico, as Canada filed a legal challenge over steel and aluminum tariffs.
  
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• Trade war? Trump blasts Canada on Twitter

  01-06-2018 15:29
  U.S. President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter criticizing Canada for being "highly restrictive on trade." In a 274-character comment on Friday, Trump took aim at Canada, imploring his neighbour to the north to open their markets and take down its trade barriers.
  
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• Roughrider DB Ed Gainey aiming higher in 2018

  01-06-2018 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Ed Gainey credits a pep talk for turning his outlook and season around last year and is aiming evening higher this season. Derek Bidwell reports from Riders training camp.
  
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• SPCA offers option to pick the price on adoptable cats

  01-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon SPCA is overrun by adorable cats and kittens. To make room for more, the organization is offering interested adopters the opportunity to pick what they pay to adopt a furry feline.
  The SPCA facility has about 100 cats, kittens and barn cats — more than 50 of which are available to leave right away. Spokeswoman Heather Sutherland said the building physically can’t house any more.
  “We’ve filled our last kennel, so we are at the point where we have to use carri
  
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• She will roam: Stephanie Clovechok's journey brings her to Saskatoon

  01-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  At the end of her tours — but before parting ways with groups she guided from Alberta to British Columbia or Ontario to Quebec, or through parts of Alaska — Stephanie Clovechok would take a few moments and recite ‘The Station.’
  “The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream,” author Robert Hastings wrote in one passage of his 2003 poem.
  “So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream,
  
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• Sanctum helps HIV-positive homeless people

  01-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Mike’s longtime drug habit had taken over his life, and his unmanaged HIV had turned a spider bite into an infection that put him into a four-day coma last winter.
  By 58, his lifetime of trauma and struggle had led to years of self-medicating with drugs.
  “I was in survival mode. You gotta do what you gotta do,” he said.
  When Mike (not his real name) awoke in the hospital, he was dope sick, fighting infection and on the verge of death. He didn’t have anyone to get his welf
  
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• Net gain: Kirk chases his first NLL title as Rush head to Rochester

  01-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Evan Kirk stopped a lot of balls, won a lot of games, suffered the aches and pains of playing goal in the National Lacrosse League for a lot of years.
  But he’s never jumped around, clutching a trophy when the season ends. That could change Saturday, if his Saskatchewan Rush beat the Rochester Knighthawks south of the border.
  “I haven’t been in the game, on the floor, when you win the Cup. But I’ve seen people do it,” Kirk said Thursday. “This is the biggest tr
  
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• Gormley: Pipeline purchase decision is Trudeau's folly

  01-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Ottawa will buy a struggling oil pipeline project for $4.5 billion in a bid to save it. The politics are even more bizarre than the economics.
  After personally killing the Northern Gateway pipeline and arbitrarily changing the rules which caused the cancellation of Energy East, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau naively thought that he could do two things at once, repeatedly chanting “the economy and the environment go hand-in-hand.”
  As he encouraged virulent anti-oil carbon activists who
  
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• Get your motor running: 5 Things to fill your weekend, June 1-3

  01-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  June has arrived and the days are longer this month than any other in the year. So we need to get out and celebrate these long days. Here’s some options for you this weekend:
  1 — Beginning Saturday and lasting through June 5, take your kids and head to the Nutrien Children’s Festival of Saskatchewan. Located in Kinsmen Park, the whole affair is aimed at putting a smile on your child’s face. On Saturday and Sunday, the event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  2 — Actor an
  
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• Gardening: Container gardens offer endless possibilities

  01-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Many urban dwellers may lack either the proper growing environment or the space to successfully grow vegetables or flowers.
  If you live in an apartment or condo or your tiny backyard is rather shady, that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy gardening. Containers provide an excellent environment in which to produce your own food or brighten your surroundings with fresh flowers.
  Any container that is free of contaminants, food safe, holds moist soil and provides drainage for excess water can
  
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• Food: Honey mustard salmon in foil

  01-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  There seems to be a direct correlation between how hot it gets outside and how much cooking I want to do inside.
  Our summer hasn’t even officially begun yet and already I find myself not wanting to use the oven, and I’m cursing the lack of air conditioning in my house. One thing is for certain: homes built almost 100 years ago are like giant ovens themselves, and for a good portion of the summer, I feel like I’m stuck in a juicy braise of sweat and exasperation.
  To accommodate
  
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