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• Where's Waldo the dog? At Saskatoon's Pride Parade, of course!

  23-06-2018 23:50 via cbc.ca
  A panting, four-pound Pomeranian dog wearing an "All gay, all the time" button on a rainbow-coloured collar joined hundreds of human spectators at the city's 26th annual Pride Parade.
  
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• New Faces New Places: Home Instead Senior Care moves to Idylwyld

  23-06-2018 19:24
  For Saskatoon’s growing senior population the idea of letting go of one’s independence can be tough — but Home Instead Senior Care is here to make the transition to in-home healthcare seamless while helping their clients remain as independent as possible.
  At the heart of Home Instead’s care model is companionship said owner Greg Charyna, who recently moved the franchise to a larger space on Idywyld Drive.
  “It’s building a relationship and combatting loneliness
  
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• New Faces New Places: Glitch Gift and Novelties moves to 'vibrant' 33rd Street

  23-06-2018 19:24
  It’s a store that has something to offer anyone — and most its products can’t be found anywhere else in Saskatchewan.
  “I try to carry really fun, zany, kind of out of the ordinary things,” said Glitch Gifts and Novelties owner Mike Erman. “And I also try to keep it quite family friendly … but it’s a hard to explain shop because you kind of have to see it — there’s just so much crazy stuff in here.”
  Glitch Gifts and Novelties had
  
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• Missing 11-year-old girl found

  23-06-2018 19:18
  The 11-year-old girl that went missing on Friday night, has been found safe.
  
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• 11-year-old girl reported missing

  23-06-2018 19:18
  An 11-year-old girl went missing from her home on Friday night.
  
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• Sask. students among 50 in Canada to receive $100K scholarships

  23-06-2018 19:11 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan students are among 50 in Canada to receive $100,000 scholarships in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math.
  
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• Sask. students among 50 in Canada to receive $100K scholarship

  23-06-2018 19:11 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan students are among 50 in Canada to receive $100,000 scholarships in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math.
  
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• Saskatoon council contemplates trash transformation

  23-06-2018 18:38
  City council is expected to decide on Monday whether to make major changes to trash collection in Saskatoon to try to divert more material from the landfill.
  The most transformative decision council is slated to make at its regular 1 p.m. meeting pertains to how waste is collected.
  Council will decide whether to move forward with a new approach that would remove the cost of curbside pickup from property taxes and implement a fee based on the volume of trash residents throw out, using three
  
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• Why you can't find anti-tick clothing for sale in Canada, but can in the U.S.

  23-06-2018 18:11 via cbc.ca
  In Canada, permethrin-treated clothing is only marketed to keep away mosquitoes, even though it's the same product approved and sold south of the border.
  
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• Review: The Flaming Lips' psychedelic wonder party a hard concert to top

  23-06-2018 18:05
  Stepping into the Bessborough gardens on Saturday night for the Flaming Lips concert was like stepping into a brightly coloured psychedelic fever dream — and every moment was performing brilliance.
  The alternative rock band was the first main stage show for this year’s SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival. While they almost certainly were not a jazz band, the music was superb and the spectacle they put on was second to none.
  Opening act Wand was solid in their garage-style noise rock p
  
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• Police seeking 11-year-old girl missing from Saskatoon

  23-06-2018 18:02 via cbc.ca
  The family of a missing girl is concerned she could be in a vulnerable state.
  
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• Missing 11-year-old girl found safe in Saskatoon

  23-06-2018 18:02 via cbc.ca
  A missing girl has been found safe after police asked the public for assistance to find her.
  
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• 'Amazing to see and feel': Non-binary child says reaction to mother's story a surprise

  23-06-2018 16:13 via cbc.ca
  Griff Sarauer has been amazed by the reaction to an article their mother wrote on what it means to be the parent of a non-binary child. Many friends, acquaintances and people in their home community of Annaheim have reached out and thanked them, and their mother, for sharing their family’s story.
  
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• Grave mistakes: Tax agency cuts number of fatal file errors

  23-06-2018 16:12
  Recent figures show that 319 people were erroneously declared dead by the Canada Revenue Agency between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2017 -- a 39 per cent decline from the preceding two-year period.
  
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• Tom Cochrane's music has a powerful new meaning for Saskatchewan

  23-06-2018 14:00
  “It’s like coming home,” Canadian musician Tom Cochrane said of coming to play his next concert in Saskatoon.
  The eight-time Juno Award-winning rocker doesn’t come from Saskatchewan, but he grew up just next door in Manitoba. Cochrane, 65, said he has plenty of memories of playing great concerts in Saskatoon.
  His Saturday night performance with Red Rider at the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival will be his first in the province since the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on Apr
  
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• The Humboldt Broncos visit Vegas: What a happy, sad week it was

  23-06-2018 14:00
  LAS VEGAS — It’s 2,600 kilometres from the gaudy glitz of the Las Vegas strip to the windswept Saskatchewan intersection where everything fell apart.
  But here it is, Monday night in Vegas, and the boys have touched down. Ten of them, all together, assembled from 13 surviving Humboldt Broncos players. They’re accompanied by family members, and they’ll stay for three nights, tasting the city, tightening bonds and experiencing … what do we call this? Fame? Widespread
  
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• P.A. doctor's licence revoked after he admits inappropriate sexual relations with patients

  23-06-2018 14:00
  A Prince Albert doctor who let his medical licence expire after the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan laid professional misconduct charges against him has admitted guilt to multiple charges.
  Dr. Josias Furstenberg did not renew his licence in December 2017 and has not been practising medicine in Saskatchewan, but the College has now unconditionally revoked his licence to practice in the province.
  Furstenberg admitted to professional misconduct charges including having inappropri
  
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• Letters to the editor June 23, 2018

  23-06-2018 14:00
  Financial incentives for waste reduction
  Re: City proposes user fees to finance trash collection (SP, June 7)
  I thought this was a much-needed report on stringently controlling waste that is headed for the landfill. At a recent Ward 7 meeting, Mayor Clark expressed concern for construction refuse. In volume, that is likely so. However, I believe a great deal of household rubbish could be diverted if the city would follow the lead set by other municipalities (Victoria, Vancouver) in banning speci
  
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• Fusion style: Parade home a stylish mix of design aesthetics

  23-06-2018 14:00
  The latest design trends are on parade in the new northeast neighbourhood of Brighton.
  Presented by Dream Development, the Phase 3 Parade of Homes showcases nine different show homes by leading builders, conveniently clustered together on the 300-block of Dagnone Crescent.
  Pure Developments is one of the nine home builders participating in the Brighton parade. Doug Elder, president of Pure Developments, says, “Brighton is a very desirable location. It’s backed by one of the most repu
  
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• Fuller: I beg your pardon, but I gave some guy money on the street

  23-06-2018 14:00
  FACT 1: In 1967 on Citizen’s Day during the summer fair Pion-Era, they held a “hillbilly lynching” in downtown Saskatoon.
  FACT 2: My mother always had strangers walking up to her and chatting.
  FACT 3: My father once mailed away for two sets of beer mugs with the official Fuller coat of arms on them. The second set had a completely different coat of arms. He’d been had.
  “Hillbillies lynching invasion” was just one fun event at Saskatoon’s Pion-Era summer
  
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• Cuthand: Disregard for Indigenous people has lasting impact

  23-06-2018 14:00
  The ongoing human tragedy on America’s southern border is just part of American opportunism, racism and disregard for Indigenous peoples.
  Trump has reversed the policy of separating children from their parents, but the problem will not go away. A much bigger problem has been allowed to fly under the radar for years.
  Most of these migrants are not coming from Mexico; they are coming from Central America, from the “northern Triangle” which consists of Guatemala, Honduras and El S
  
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• Christians Against Poverty helping people become debt free

  23-06-2018 14:00
  In 1996, Christians Against Poverty (CAP) was established in the U.K. to help people in financial hardship become debt-free. The charity branched into Canada in 2013, and in 2015, a CAP debt counselling centre was opened in Saskatoon with Lisa Hrycan as manager. The centre operates in partnership with Cornerstone Church and has helped dozens of individuals and families in the local community.
  “This service is literally saving lives,” Hrycan says. “A third of our clients are fee
  
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• Details about cost and size of a new downtown Saskatoon library coming this spring

  23-06-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The library has approved a $145,000 (plus GST) contract for a six-person team at KPMG to make the case for a new downtown library branch.
  
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• Learning about the work being done at Forensic Unit over 2 decades

  23-06-2018 03:45 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a unit that assesses and treats individuals who have come into conflict with the law due to mental health illness. Meaghan Craig reports.
  
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• Queer on the Prairies: author documents history of LGBTQ community in Sask.

  23-06-2018 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  University of Saskatchewan history professor Valerie Korinek documents untold history of LGBTQ community in Saskatchewan in her new book. Adam MacVicar reports.
  
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• Sask. fashion expert provides insight into the best, worst jerseys at FIFA World Cup 2018

  23-06-2018 03:16
  Addi Adedayo, a Saskatoon-based fashion consultant and well-known member of the province’s fashion community, met StarPhoenix photographer Matt Olson at the Soccer Locker in Saskatoon. There, he provided insight on which World Cup jerseys fared the best and worst in terms of design, esthetic and overall look.
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• Male inmates from Saskatoon being housed at women’s jail because of overcrowding

  23-06-2018 02:58
  Male inmates at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre have been moved to a women’s jail in Prince Albert because the Saskatoon facility is overcapacity.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos honoured with another NHL award

  23-06-2018 02:53 via cbc.ca
  Prior to the start of the draft, NHL commissioner presented the 2017-18 Humboldt Broncos with the E.J. McGuire Award of Excellence.
  
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• Six-month-old baby found dead in Montreal vehicle

  23-06-2018 02:49
  Montreal police say a father who forgot to drop off his six-month-old son at a daycare on Friday morning found the baby’s lifeless body in his vehicle after work.
  
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• Police in Saskatchewan search for three 'dangerous' escaped youths

  23-06-2018 02:38
  Police in Saskatchewan are searching for three “dangerous” youths who escaped a remand facility.
  Saskatchewan Corrections has identified the youths as Ben Romeo Bird, Samuel Jay Kiseyinewakup and Blade Cornelius Roberts.
  Officials says the youths, who are all 17 years old, are dangerous and should not be approached.
  They were awaiting trial for what the government calls “serious indictable charges” at the Prince Albert Youth Residence.
  The government says it had to get a
  
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• Police search for three 'dangerous' escaped youths

  23-06-2018 02:21
  Police in Saskatchewan are searching for three "dangerous" youths who escaped a remand facility.
  
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• A Pride service, followed by the parade: Pride events this weekend

  23-06-2018 02:20
  The final weekend of Pride month celebrations will include a slate of community events, including a Pride service Saturday morning and the colourful annual Pride Parade in the afternoon.
  The Pride Celebration Service begins at the Roxy Theatre at 10 a.m., with special guest Rev. Emily Carr. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
  Carr said the service is an opportunity for Christians to express acceptance to the LGBTQ community, and for members of the LGBTQ community to express and perhaps reconnect with t
  
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• Work on U of S rink will close Preston for two weeks

  23-06-2018 02:15
  A new University of Saskatchewan rink facility is intended to reduce the long-term crush for ice time in Saskatoon.
  In the short term, however, its construction will create some traffic headaches.
  Starting Monday, a key stretch of Preston Avenue is scheduled to be closed for two weeks so crews can excavate a section of the road to connect the rink to the sewer system.
  Preston is expected to be closed between 14th Street and College Drive for 15 days to allow the work to happen.
  The digging will
  
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• FSIN supports Justice for our Stolen Children camp

  23-06-2018 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  Just days after officials ordered the removal of the Justice for our Stolen Children camp, the teepee is back and now the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is backing the protesters.
  
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• 3 teenage escapees from Prince Albert Youth Residence should not be approached

  23-06-2018 01:55 via globalnews.ca
  Police are on the lookout for Ben Romeo Bird, Samuel Jay Kiseyinewakup and Blade Cornelius Roberts, who escaped the Prince Albert Youth Residence.
  
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• Driverless machinery and 3D printing: future of farming on display

  23-06-2018 01:52 via globalnews.ca
  From driverless machinery to 3D printed equipment, the future of farming is on display at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina.
  
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• Dustin Sand pleads guilty mid-trial to home invasion manslaughter

  23-06-2018 01:24
  On the fourth day of his trial at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench, Dustin Trevor Sand unexpectedly pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and manslaughter in connection with the death of Corey Favel.
  Through his pleas, Sand, 32, admitted he arranged the robbery of a home on Garrison Crescent that ended with Favel — one of four robbery participants — being shot and killed by a man who was the target of Sand’s plan.
  Crown prosecutor Melodi Kujawa told the StarPhoenix that
  
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• Wind gusts, lightning strikes push Saskatchewan wildfire count to 30

  23-06-2018 01:20
  Saskatchewan’s wildfire management branch says 15,000 lightning strikes over a 24-hour period sparked 19 new fires in the province this week.
  As of Friday morning, there were 30 active fires, 17 of which were listed as “not contained” by the Environment Ministry.
  The blazes spread quickly due to conditions brought on by high heat and low humidity, said Steve Roberts, executive director of Wildfire Management.
  “Luckily for us, in many of those cases, we were not seein
  
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• Jet skiing on Saskatoon street after rainstorm

  23-06-2018 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s cellphone footage of a stand-up jet ski cruising on Rusholme Road near E.D. Feehan Catholic High School after a rainstorm on June 22.
  
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• Minute at the Movies: June 22

  23-06-2018 01:08 via globalnews.ca
  In this week’s Minute at the Movies, Todd James reviews “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” and “Metamorphosis.”
  
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• Trump sends letter to Trudeau calling for more NATO spending

  23-06-2018 01:01
  As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on Canada to meet the alliance's defence spending targets.
  
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• Trump calls on Trudeau for more NATO spending

  23-06-2018 01:01
  As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on Canada to meet the alliance's defence spending targets.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos' season opener to be televised live

  23-06-2018 00:58
  The Humboldt Broncos have their season opener booked, and a TV date to keep.
  The Broncos will play their 2018-19 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League opener before a national television audience on Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised by TSN, and will feature the Broncos against the Nipawin Hawks.
  Those same teams were in the midst of a playoff series when the Broncos bus collided with a semi-trailer on April 6, killing 16 people and injuring 13 more.
  Surviving members of the Humboldt B
  
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• FSIN supports Indigenous teepee protest outside Saskatchewan legislature

  23-06-2018 00:43 via globalnews.ca
  People put up the teepee Thursday, a few days after the government ordered it taken down and police arrested some of the protesters.
  
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• CTV Saskatchewan, TSN to broadcast Broncos season opener

  23-06-2018 00:35
  The Humboldt Broncos will open their season this fall in front of a national audience.
  
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• 32-year-old man charged after allegedly being in possession of heroin, fentanyl

  23-06-2018 00:21
  A 32-year-old man is facing numerous charges after he was allegedly found to be in possession of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs.
  At roughly 2:15 a.m. on Friday, a member of the Saskatoon police’s Guns and Gangs Unit spotted a man who was wanted on outstanding warrants in the 900 Block of Central Avenue.When police attempted to arrest the man, he began to resist and other officers were called to help.
  After he was taken into custody, he was found to be in possession of heroin, fentanyl, c
  
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