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• Students learn about thunderstorms at SkyTracker weather school

  10-06-2018 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Global News meteorologist Peter Quinlan taught students at St. Peter’s School all about thunderstorms.
  
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• Stantec Consulting recommended to remediate contaminated water lines

  10-06-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon city officials are recommending Stantec Consulting be retained to implement a remediation plan after hydrocarbons were detected in Aspen Ridge.
  
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• Photos: Rush NLL Championship celebration party

  10-06-2018 22:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Rush celebrated their 2018 National Lacrosse League Championship with a party Sunday in the Delta Bessborough Gardens.
  In an exciting Game 3 of the best-of-three championship series, the Rush beat the Rochester Knighthawks 15-10 on Saturday night at SaskTel Cenre. The celebrations started Saturday and continued Sunday.
   
  Max Bolger fist bumps Bruiser the mascot during a celebration rally at the Delta Bessborough Gardens in Saskatoon, SK on Sunday, June 10, 2018.
   
  
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• Spike belt used to stop alleged impaired driver north of Saskatoon Saturday

  10-06-2018 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  Warman RCMP use a spike belt to stop an alleged impaired driver who fled from officers when pulled over on Highway 11.
  
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• Hats fundraiser for paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player takes off

  10-06-2018 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  "There's way too many:" A hat fundraiser to help pay for rehabilitation costs for paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki takes off.
  
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• Saskatoon police dog bites girl during home invasion pursuit

  10-06-2018 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  A girl was injured after a Saskatoon police dog bit her during a home invasion chase.
  
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• Saskatoon police dog bites girl, 6, while tracking home-invasion suspects

  10-06-2018 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  A girl was injured after a Saskatoon police dog bit her during a home invasion chase.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch issued for most of southern Saskatchewan

  10-06-2018 20:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  A wide swath of the southern half of Saskatchewan is under a severe thunderstorm watch, as of Sunday morning.
  The Environment Canada warnings stretch from Meadow Lake in the northwest, down through the Battlefords area, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Regina, to the southeastern corner of the province.
  “A warm and unstable airmass over southern Saskatchewan will combine with a cold front moving through the area to trigger thunderstorms this afternoon,” according to the severe thunderstorm watc
  
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• Sponsorship scandal source 'not impressed' by Saskatoon's draft whistleblower policy

  10-06-2018 20:12 via cbc.ca
  The man who blew the whistle on the Liberal Party sponsorship scandal has taken a look at Saskatoon's draft whistleblower policy and says one section could create "fear" among employees.
  
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• Man charged by Saskatoon police with impaired driving by drug

  10-06-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police have charged a man with impaired driving by drug after receiving calls of a man slumped over the wheel of a van.
  
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• Child injured by police dog in midst of pursuit

  10-06-2018 19:59
  A young girl is in hospital after being injured by a canine during a Saskatoon police pursuit.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch issued in Saskatchewan

  10-06-2018 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada says conditions are favourable for severe thunderstorms to develop in central and southern Saskatchewan.
  
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• Questions at QB as Saskatchewan Roughriders enter 2018 CFL season

  10-06-2018 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  Head coach Chris Jones knows who will be the starting quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders but isn’t announcing it yet.
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush clinch 3rd NLL championship in 4 years

  10-06-2018 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rush defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 15-10 to clinch their third National Lacrosse League championship in four years.
  
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• Saskatoon police dog bites eight-year-old girl while tracking home invasion suspects

  10-06-2018 18:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  An eight-year-old girl was bitten by a Saskatoon police dog after it went around a corner and encountered her.
  The dog was in a harness and on a leash on Saturday at about 5 p.m. when it rounded the corner of a building in the 100 block of Avenue M South and “latched on” to a girl there, according to a Saskatoon Police Service news release.
  “The dog released the female instantly at the handler’s command,” the news release said.
  Officers “immediately aborted&rd
  
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• Chief of Six Nations calls for Indigenous jury members as trial with echoes of Colten Boushie case begins

  10-06-2018 18:34 via cbc.ca
  Chief Ava Hill says she'll be watching to make sure the "same mistakes," that were criticized after a reportedly all-white jury reached a not-guilty verdict in the death of Colten Boushie, aren't made again.
  
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• New opera brings story of disappeared Indigenous tribe to the stage

  10-06-2018 18:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — In 1829, a uniquely important young woman died of tuberculosis in St. John’s.
  Shawnadithit was the last living member of the Beothuk — Newfoundland’s lost Indigenous tribe, who died out after Europeans brought violence and disease to the island.
  She left behind drawings and records that constitute most of what we know about her people.
  It is the stuff of operas — and is now becoming one.
  A libretto based on her life is being developed as a c
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush surge to third national title in four seasons

  10-06-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rush downed the Rochester Knighthawks 15-10 in a series-deciding Game 3 of the NLL championship series on Saturday before 13,645 spectators at the SaskTel Centre.
  
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• This one goes to 11: Nadal beats Thiem for French Open title

  10-06-2018 18:11
  Rafael Nadal needed less than a set to take command of the French Open final and overcame a late problem with his racket-holding hand to earn a record-extending 11th championship at Roland Garros by beating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday.
  
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• Nadal wins 11th French Open title by beating Thiem in 3 sets

  10-06-2018 18:11
  Rafael Nadal needed less than a set to take command of the French Open final and overcame a late problem with his racket-holding hand to earn a record-extending 11th championship at Roland Garros by beating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday.
  
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• Bringing it home: Rush win a title, and ponder an off-season of change

  10-06-2018 17:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Smoke swirled around Jeff Shattler’s head Saturday night deep in the bowels of SaskTel Centre. He clenched a stogie in his teeth, as city bylaws tumbled.
  He’d just won a championship, hugged it out in a confetti shower, discovered with teammates that there really was no way to drink out of the National Lacrosse League’s brand new, impossibly shiny NLL Cup.
  “Apparently, we can’t,” said Saskatchewan Rush head coach Derek Keenan. “Apparently if you do, you
  
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• Severe thunderstorm expected in parts of Saskatchewan

  10-06-2018 17:03 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm in Saskatchewan Sunday.
  
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• Reduce waste by keeping your fruits and veggies fresh

  10-06-2018 16:57 via cbc.ca
  The average Canadian consumer throws out an estimated 170 kilograms of food a year, and vegetables and fruit account for the largest percentage of the types of food that are thrown away.
  
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• Girl bitten by Saskatoon police dog during home invasion chase

  10-06-2018 16:39 via cbc.ca
  An 8-year-old girl was sent to hospital in Saskatoon on Saturday after being bit by a police dog.
  
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• 'There's way too many': Hats fundraiser for paralyzed Broncos player takes off

  10-06-2018 16:10
  A couple making baseball caps to make money to help with the costs ofHumboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki's rehabilitation said they couldn't keep up when thousands of requests started rolling in.
  
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• Saskatoon man charged with driving while impaired by a drug

  10-06-2018 15:48 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 56 year old Saskatoon man is facing impaired driving charges after police received several related calls Saturday afternoon.  The first call came in to police communications shortly before 1:30 PM when a motorist called in to report a green van that had rolled through a red traffic signal on 25th Street and was now going east up the University Bridge.  The witness indicated the van had bounced off a curb and almost struck a pedestrian. Patrol units moved into the
  
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• B.C. volunteer given $167 ticket for running red light on closed parade route

  10-06-2018 15:30
  A B.C. man is fighting a $167 ticket from a red light camera he says he got while driving along a closed parade route while volunteering at the event.
  
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• Trump's aggression against G7 and Canada: five questions about what's at stake

  10-06-2018 14:01
  When Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in Quebec and whisked his way to Singapore on Saturday, he left behind a stormy wake of mixed signals that bordered on rage.
  
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• Trump, Kim in Singapore for high-stakes summit

  10-06-2018 13:24
  U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un converged on this island city-state Sunday ahead of one of the most unusual and highly anticipated summits in recent world history, a Tuesday sit-down meant to settle a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal.
  
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• Saskatoon honouring hometown icon Joni Mitchell on Sunday

  10-06-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Mitchell won't be present for the naming of a riverfront walkway and the unveiling of plaques in her honour, but "we will be watching the livestream," says her assistant.
  
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• Joni Mitchell Promenade walkers to trace same path taken years ago by music icon

  10-06-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Mitchell won't be present for the naming of a riverfront walkway and the unveiling of plaques in her honour, but "we will be watching the livestream," says her assistant.
  
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• 'A long time coming': Joni Mitchell honoured in her hometown of Saskatoon

  10-06-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Joni Mitchell, 74, watched a livestream of the plaque unveilings Sunday at her home with tea and scones.
  
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• McDonald's drops grilled cheese from Happy Meals for 'nutrition' reasons, keeps less healthy cheeseburger

  10-06-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Eleven years after introducing grilled cheese sandwiches as a vegetarian option in Happy Meals, McDonald’s Canada has pulled the item from its menu in the name of nutrition. But protesting parents point out the less healthy cheeseburger remains.
  
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• Unintended injuries result from home invasion investigation.

  10-06-2018 07:28 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  On June 9, 2018, at approximately 5:00 p.m. police responded to a 911 call of a home invasion in progress in the 100 block of Avenue L South.  Information received was that weapons were involved and that two male suspects fled on foot.The first male suspect is described as tall, approximately 6’3” and approximately 20 to 30 years old.  He has long dark hair worn in a braid and dark facial hair on his chin.  He was wearing a black muscle shirt, black shorts, a black hat
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush claims NLL championship final at home over Rochester Knighthawks

  10-06-2018 07:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  The chants began nearly 20 minutes before the opening faceoff.
  They continued eight minutes before the first ball would be placed in the circle and the chanting carried on late in the third quarter, and again and again in the final quarter.
  They were still shouting the refrain out loud after the game.
  “We want the Cup … We want the Cup …We want the Cup.”
  They’ve got it.
  Saskatchewan Rush and their fans celebrated yet another National Lacrosse League championship t
  
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• Sask. Polytechnic decision hits trades students in rural campus hard, says petition organizer

  10-06-2018 06:25 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatchewan Polytechnic decision to close down its athletic programs and fitness centres continues to rankle, with a trades student in Prince Albert saying the move has hurt students of rural campuses.
  
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• Prairie Sun Brewery bringing beers to Broadway

  10-06-2018 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  Prairie Sun Brewery is currently seeing city approval to build a brew pub on Broadway Avenue.
  
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• Veteran receivers Bagg, Grant and Owens among Roughriders' final cuts

  10-06-2018 04:10 via cbc.ca
  It seems veteran receivers Rob Bagg, Bakari Grant and Chad Owens won't be with the Saskatchewan Roughriders this season.
  
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• New DNA test could end 'trial and error' of antidepressant treatments

  10-06-2018 04:00
  New research shows an innovative genetic profile test could help doctors prescribe antidepressants more effectively, with fewer side effects.
  
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• Virtual tour helps people learn more about Nutana area

  10-06-2018 02:54
  Developers have created a digital walking tour of Broadway Avenue, where people can re-imagine the Nutana area.
  
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• RIKI walkathon marks 50 years of supporting Camp Easter Seal

  10-06-2018 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  Dozens of people joined together at Pike Lake to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the RIKI Walkathon, in support of Camp Easter Seal.
  
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• 'All the stars lined up': Proud parents of Braden Holtby travel from Sask. to see son win Stanley Cup

  10-06-2018 00:15 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan-born Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby has wanted to win the Stanley Cup since age three. This week, that's exactly what he did.
  
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