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• Indigenous protest camp to meet with ministers after Canada Day

  26-06-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  The Justice for Our Stolen Children camp will sit down and meet with five government ministers 125 days after starting their protest on July 2.
  
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• Volunteers renovate Humboldt Broncos crash survivor’s home

  26-06-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Renovations will soon begin to make the home of injured Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki more wheelchair-accessible. As Reid Fiest reports, Straschnitzki is almost done receiving treatment at an American hospital before returning to Alberta in early July.
  
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• Riders place QB Collaros on injured reserve list

  26-06-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders have placed quarterback Zach Collaros on the six game injured reserve list.
  
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• Sixties Scoop settlement may be in jeopardy after Ontario judge rejects legal fees as 'excessive'

  26-06-2018 23:41 via cbc.ca
  In a ruling last week, Justice Edward Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court approved the settlement amount for Sixties Scoop survivors but rejected lawyers' legal fees, calling for renegotiation.
  
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• RCMP commissioner doesn't think force will reach full gender equity

  26-06-2018 23:25
  The head of the RCMP says she doesn't think the force will get to 50 per cent gender equity.
  
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• Renovations begin to make injured Humboldt Bronco’s home accessible

  26-06-2018 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Straschnitzki's recovery at a U.S. hospital is going faster than expected and he could return home in early July so loved ones are getting ready.
  
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• Southend evacuation order lifted

  26-06-2018 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  Hundreds of people forced to leave Southend last week because of a threatening wildfire are heading home.
  A general evacuation order was lifted on Tuesday, opening the way for 893 registered evacuees to return as provincial officials saw satisfying progress in battling the 9,320-hectare Woods fire.
  Provincial emergency social services staff are co-ordinating buses from Prince Albert and Saskatoon for those who didn’t travel in their own vehicles.
  An emergency clean air shelter is being out
  
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• Evacuation order lifted for Southend, Sask.

  26-06-2018 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  The province announced Tuesday the general evacuation order for nearly 900 people has been lifted.
  
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• Several changes to Saskatoon Transit routes to offer high-frequency service

  26-06-2018 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Changes to several Saskatoon Transit routes are coming next month in an attempt to improve bus service in the city.
  
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• Riders lose Zach Collaros for 6 weeks with head injury

  26-06-2018 22:33 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be without quarterback Zach Collaros for the foreseeable future.
  
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• Saskatoon police officer describes confusion after high-speed chase

  26-06-2018 22:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Sgt. Thomas Gresty says doubt began to creep into his mind moments after he delivered “three or four” knee-strikes to the top of Jordan Bruce Lafond’s head in the aftermath of a high-speed chase, a coroner’s inquest heard.
  “I’m pretty confident now that I was looking at it wrong, that I saw it wrong,” the 15-year Saskatoon Police Service veteran testified under cross-examination, referring to his belief that Lafond was resisting arrest.
  Lafond died on Oc
  
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• Needles, batteries and animal carcasses: Loraas Recycle workers say blue bin garbage poses safety risk

  26-06-2018 22:19 via cbc.ca
  The company responsible for much of Saskatoon's recycling system says garbage ending up in blue bins is causing serious safety concerns.
  
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• Saskatoon man suing police who Tasered him after coming to wrong address

  26-06-2018 22:15 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon man is suing the city police officers who tasered him after coming to the wrong address.
  
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• Saskatoon man sues officers who Tasered him after responding to wrong address

  26-06-2018 22:15 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon man is suing the police officers who Tasered him after they responded to the wrong address.
  
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• Brandon Bridge to start against Alouettes Saturday

  26-06-2018 22:15
  Brandon Bridge will start at quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders when they host the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday night.
  
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• Indigenous man questions expulsion from restaurant after racist encounter

  26-06-2018 21:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  RED DEER, Alta. — A McDonald’s restaurant in central Alberta is reaching out to an Indigenous man to tell him he’s welcome there after he was ordered to leave following a racist and profanity-laced encounter with another customer.
  Zach Running Coyote, who is from Rosebud, Alta., says he was eating in the Red Deer restaurant on Friday night when a story appeared on television about charges being dropped against a rancher who had been accused of shooting at trespassers.
  The 22-ye
  
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• Willie O'Ree, NHL's 1st black player, gets Hall of Fame call

  26-06-2018 21:13 via cbc.ca
  Willie O'Ree, the NHL's first black player, headlined Tuesday's unveiling of this year's Hockey Hall of Fame inductees.
  
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• Feds, province plan to improve housing options for domestic violence victims

  26-06-2018 21:08
  The federal and provincial governments are working together with the aim to improve housing options for victims of domestic violence in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Community forms patrol group to guard vulnerable children in Saskatoon's west side parks

  26-06-2018 21:04 via cbc.ca
  Out on Saskatoon’s west side, the Okihtcitawak are standing guard in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood, keeping watch over the children who play in the parks there, making sure they do not become the target of predators.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: cold front takes its toll on temperatures

  26-06-2018 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  Cold front takes its toll on temperatures ahead in Saskatoon’s weather forecast.
  
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• 'He didn't look good': Police officer who kneed Jordan Lafond testifies at coroner's inquest

  26-06-2018 20:49 via cbc.ca
  A police officer who kneed Jordan Lafond in the head became emotional during testimony at a coroner's inquest on Tuesday.
  
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• Team Canada invites 2 Saskatoon Blades to camp

  26-06-2018 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Blades forward Kirby Dach and goalie Nolan Maier have been invited to Team Canada’s Under-18 summer selection camp.
  
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• Saskatchewan announces recipients of $4.2M in domestic violence shelter funding

  26-06-2018 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa and Saskatchewan previously announced a combined $4.2 million will be invested in the Shelter Enhancement Program.
  
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• Governments give boost to Sask. emergency shelters for domestic violence victims

  26-06-2018 20:08 via cbc.ca
  The federal and provincial governments are partnering to give domestic violence victims better emergency shelter in Saskatchewan.
  
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• 'Jerusalem,' starring Kim Coates, among big winners at Dora Mavor Moore awards

  26-06-2018 19:53
  The acclaimed play "Jerusalem," starring Canadian actor Kim Coates of "Sons of Anarchy" and "Bad Blood," was among the big winners at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
  
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• Man with axe arrested following Confederation Park disturbance

  26-06-2018 19:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  An axe-wielding man was taken into police custody after officers responded Monday to a report of a domestic disturbance.
  Saskatoon police were called to a home on Galt Court in Confederation Park just before midnight after a report of a man damaging property with an axe and threatening people in the area, according to police in a news release.
  According to police, the man — who was still armed with the axe when officers arrived — refused commands, which resulted in an officer deployi
  
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• Evacuation order lifted for Southend

  26-06-2018 19:28
  Residents from a northeastern Saskatchewan community evacuated last week due to a nearby wildfire have been given the OK to head home.
  
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• Right to withhold service over political belief varies across Canada: legal expert

  26-06-2018 19:23
  A Canadian restaurant owner inundated by angry reviews because her brunch spot bears a similar name to the U.S. eatery that refused to serve White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she knows firsthand the drawbacks of mixing politics with business.
  
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• Protest campers, government officials set meeting time and place

  26-06-2018 19:09
  Protesters camping out in front of the Saskatchewan legislature will be meeting with government officials on Monday.
  
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• Taser fails to subdue man armed with axe in Saskatoon

  26-06-2018 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  A Taser failed to subdue a man armed with an axe during domestic dispute call in Saskatoon.
  
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• Why admitting to cannabis use could get you banned from U.S. for life

  26-06-2018 18:44
  If you admit to a U.S. border officer that you've smoked marijuana in the past, you will be barred entry for life to the United States, one immigration lawyer says.
  
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• Male Arrested - CEW Deployment - Galt Court

  26-06-2018 18:27 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 37 year old Saskatoon man is facing a charge of uttering threats following a domestic dispute in which a Conducted Energy Weapon was deployed by responding Police Officers.Just before midnight, June 25, 2018, Police were called to a disturbance where a man was reportedly armed with an axe, was damaging property and threatening others present.  When officers arrived at the Galt Court home they encountered the man, still armed with the axe.  He refused commands from the officers,
  
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• FSIN calls province's moose hunting court appeal 'disturbing'

  26-06-2018 18:26 via cbc.ca
  The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it's disappointed the provincial government has decided to seek leave to appeal a treaty hunting case to the Supreme Court of Canada.
  
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• Over 400 impaired driving charges in Saskatchewan during May

  26-06-2018 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Police laid just over 400 impaired driving charges in Saskatchewan during May’s traffic safety spotlight.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Distracted driving leads to close calls

  26-06-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Have you ever been travelling at highway speed and had an oncoming vehicle wander into your lane?
  On June 10 at 4:25 p.m., we were driving on Valley Road when an oncoming sedan moved across the centre line and entered our lane. Frightened, we quickly moved to the shoulder so that both right-side wheels were off the highway and onto the grass.
  A lasting image of the oncoming male driver will forever be on our minds: a face that had been looking downward in our view … then looked up at the
  
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• Prince Albert police officer testifies he had numerous drinks, but was under the limit

  26-06-2018 17:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  PRINCE ALBERT — A Saskatchewan police officer accused of impaired driving told court he’d consumed five schooners and seven mixed drinks containing scotch and amaretto at two different bars, but says he wasn’t impaired.
  Const. Brett Lee Henry of the Prince Albert Police Service has pleaded not guilty and was adamant he was under the legal limit on the night of March 2, 2017 and into the morning of March 3.
  The trial, which started in April, has already heard evidence from witne
  
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• Sask. officer says he wasn't impaired despite having 5 schooners, 7 mixed drinks

  26-06-2018 16:57 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatchewan police officer accused of impaired driving has told court he'd consumed five schooners and seven mixed drinks containing scotch and amaretto at two different bars, but says he wasn't impaired.
  
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• CLS solves mystery of lost 19th century images

  26-06-2018 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  Researchers are using the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon to recover images from the 19th century thought to be lost due to degradation.
  
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• Staying safe on the South Saskatchewan River

  26-06-2018 16:45 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Fire Department assistant chief Wayne Rodger discusses safety on the South Saskatchewan River.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects Muslim bias claim

  26-06-2018 16:39
  A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries Tuesday, the conservative majority taking his side in a major ruling supporting his presidential power. A dissenting liberal justice said the court was making a historic mistake by refusing to recognize the ban discriminates against Muslims.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban

  26-06-2018 16:39
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority.
  
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• RCMP commissioner tells MMIWG inquiry she doesn't think force will reach full gender equity

  26-06-2018 16:39 via cbc.ca
  The hearing on police policies and practices continues Tuesday. It's part of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
  
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• MMIWG hearing on policing continues in Regina after RCMP commissioner apologizes to families

  26-06-2018 16:39 via cbc.ca
  The hearing on police policies and practices continues Tuesday. It's part of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
  
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• Saskatoon council opts to reopen Glasgow Street in Avalon neighbourhood

  26-06-2018 16:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  The search goes on for a solution to the traffic woes on Glasgow Street in Saskatoon’s Avalon neighbourhood.
  Near midnight, after a six-hour meeting that began Monday at 6 p.m., Saskatoon city council voted unanimously to reject making a traffic restriction on Glasgow permanent.
  A temporary barrier to prevent left turns from Clarence Avenue onto Glasgow was installed last fall and City of Saskatoon administration had proposed making the barricade permanent.
  Dozens stayed in a packed counci
  
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• Saskatoon company develops property tracking technology to tackle rural crime

  26-06-2018 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  BeeSecure, developed by Saskatoon-based Rivercity Technology Services, is a tracking device and app that could help locate stolen property.
  
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• Saskatoon city council approves $20K cannabis business license fee

  26-06-2018 15:29 via globalnews.ca
  While Saskatoon city council has voted in favour of a $20,000 licensing fee for cannabis businesses, it wasn’t a unanimous decision.
  
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• Letters to the editor June 26, 2018

  26-06-2018 15:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  Hospital stay better than hoped
  Recently I spent some time in the Coronary Care Unit at RUH. My routine coronary angiogram resulted in an overnight stay for observation. During that time I was visited by no less than 10 medical staff who introduced themselves and then proceeded to take my temperature, withdraw some blood, check my progress, feel my ankles, bring me food, and retrieve things I needed but couldn’t reach.
  Their interaction with me was very professional and personable. Michael
  
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• Parents should keep tabs on teens' secret online lives, experts say

  26-06-2018 15:11 via cbc.ca
  Many teens are leading secret digital lives on their smartphones, and a dreadful array of consequences — including harassment and occasional suicides — can result. Experts share their thoughts on how much digital privacy teens should have and what parents can do.
  
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• Manitoba, Saskatchewan to press Morneau about opting out of controversial tax change

  26-06-2018 15:03 via cbc.ca
  Finance ministers from at least two provinces are planning to question their federal counterpart Bill Morneau about whether they can opt out of Ottawa's plan to implement a controversial tax change.
  
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• Big and Easy: Recording in New Orleans was a treat for Michael Kaeshammer

  26-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The way he bangs a keyboard, you know Michael Kaeshammer ain’t no square. But when you talk to him, the four corners of the world come up. Those would be Germany, New Orleans, China and Saskatoon.
  The Canadian jazz and blues piano player called from Germany, his country of birth, where he was visiting family and doing a photo shoot.
  His 12th and latest album Something New came out this spring, which directs the conversation to New Orleans where it was recorded.
  “For me, everything I
  
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