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• Police investigating death of Ken Peter Balan as a homicide

  11-07-2018 23:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  City police have released the name of a man who was recently found injured and would later die in hospital, noting on Wednesday afternoon, they’re now investigating the death as a homicide.
  At roughly 5:30 p.m on July 6, police were called to a report of an injured person in the north alley of the 1400 block of 20th Street West.
  On Wednesday, city police released the man’s identity, noting they’re now investigating the death of 27-year-old Ken Peter Balan as a homicide followin
  
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• Saskatoon Police pursuit leads to stand-off outside Biggar

  11-07-2018 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  An early morning police chase in Saskatoon ended with a stand off involving four individuals in a stolen truck outside of Biggar, Sask. Wednesday morning.
  
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• Death of man found injured in alley ruled a homicide

  11-07-2018 23:25
  Police say an autopsy has confirmed the death of a man found injured in a Saskatoon alley to be a homicide.
  
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• Injured Saskatoon man’s death now considered a homicide

  11-07-2018 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the death of a man who was found injured in Saskatoon is now a homicide investigation.
  
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• Update - Injured Person/Homicide - 1400 block 20th Street West

  11-07-2018 23:07 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police continue to investigate the death of a man who was found injured on July 6, 2018.The deceased has been identified as Ken Peter Balan, aged 27, of Saskatoon.  An autopsy was conducted yesterday by the Office of the Chief Coroner, the results of which confirmed Balan’s death to be a homicide.  Major Crime Investigators are not releasing the cause of death at this time. At approximately 5:30 p.m., July 6, 2018, Police were called to a report of an injured perso
  
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• Seatbelts to be mandatory on new highway buses by 2020: Transport Canada

  11-07-2018 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  Transport Canada says they will soon require all newly built highway buses to have seatbelts. This will begin September 1, 2020.
  
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• SaskTel sees slight revenue dip due to increased competition and changing habits

  11-07-2018 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  SaskTel saw a slight drop in revenue, in what was otherwise a strong fiscal year. The company is eyeing new business opportunities to boost future earning
  
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• Biggar RCMP report incident that closed parts of Highway 14 now over

  11-07-2018 20:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP say an incident that closed part of Highway 14 east of Biggar while earlier this morning has come to a conclusion.
  Little information was provided in a news release sent out on Wednesday morning, but RCMP report further information will be released at a later time.
  A Saskatoon truck driver believes he saw what closed the highway.
  As he was leaving Biggar heading back toward Saskatoon on Highway 14, Chuck Chansler saw a pickup truck with no front tires being pursued by multiple RCMP cruisers
  
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• Transport Canada to make seatbelts mandatory on new highway buses by 2020

  11-07-2018 20:30 via cbc.ca
  Transport Canada said today it will soon require all newly built highway buses to have seatbelts.
  
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• SaskTel's revenue drops $30M, annual report shows

  11-07-2018 19:58 via cbc.ca
  On Wednesday, SaskTel released its annual report for 2017-18, showing it posted $1.2 billion in revenues with a net income of $121 million.
  
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• Teen wanted in fatal Ontario stabbing arrested in Sask.

  11-07-2018 19:54
  RCMP in Saskatchewan say a teen wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in a homicide west of Toronto has been taken into custody.
  
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• Boy, 17, sought in fatal Ontario stabbing may have fled to Saskatchewan: police

  11-07-2018 19:54
  Police say a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a boy wanted in a homicide west of Toronto.
  
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• Kayden Johnson: Multi-stage track thespian also plays football

  11-07-2018 19:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  He’s a hurdler. He’s a running back. He’s an actor.
  He’s a star athlete who just happens to be a theatre major with stars in his eyes. Some day, he would like to be in the movies or on TV.
  Kaeden Johnson has yet to meet a stage — or sport — he doesn’t like.
  “Um, nah, I’m pretty open to all sports and I just enjoy the fun of it,” says Johnson, a 22-year-old native of Kerrobert who is an imposing figure at 6-foot-3 and 200-plus pounds.
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• Mystery deepens around suspicious fire and death of Crystal McFadyen

  11-07-2018 19:26 via cbc.ca
  The mystery of what happened to Crystal McFadyen deepens as more details emerge around a missing person report.
  
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• Teen wanted on Canada-wide arrest warrant believed to be travelling to Saskatchewan

  11-07-2018 19:25 via cbc.ca
  Peel homicide investigators have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a teen who they say was involved in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old man at a house party in Mississauga last May.
  
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• Teen charged with Ontario murder believed to be in Sask., considered a danger to public

  11-07-2018 19:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  A teenage boy charged with second-degree murder in Ontario is believed to be travelling in Saskatchewan, according to police.
  Peel Regional Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for 17-year-old Terrence Warner, who is wanted in connection with the death of 19-year-old Daniel Smith on May 26. Smith was found fatally injured in a Mississauga home.
  According to Peel Regional Police, Warner is considered a danger to the public and is known to possess firearms and/or knives. Members of the
  
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• NDP leader urges Trudeau to develop funding plan to help Greyhound

  11-07-2018 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  The federal NDP is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to develop a funding plan that would preserve Greyhound Canada's bus routes in northern communities. 
  
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• Greyhound bus cuts raise health and safety concerns among Indigenous groups

  11-07-2018 19:09 via cbc.ca
  Indigenous groups and advocates are voicing their concern about impacts the cut to Greyhound bus services in Western Canada will have on safety and access to health services.
  
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• Sask. car made of hockey sticks and an ice auger places 2nd in world at eco-marathon

  11-07-2018 19:04 via cbc.ca
  The crew from Saskatoon has just claimed second place at the Shell Eco-marathon Drivers’ World Championship in the UK.
  
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• 'No family should have to go through what we're enduring'

  11-07-2018 18:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  MONTMARTRE — The parents of Adam Herold, the youngest Humboldt Broncos player killed in a highway crash, say they’ve filed a lawsuit because they want changes to provincial and federal laws.
  Russell and Raelene Herold of Montmartre, Sask., filed a statement of claim on Monday in Regina court on behalf of their 16-year-old son Adam.
  In a statement issued today, they say their lives have changed forever since their son’s death.
  They say that they’ve filed the lawsuit becaus
  
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• NDP pushes Trudeau to come up with funding plan for Greyhound

  11-07-2018 18:40 via cbc.ca
  ​The federal NDP is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to develop a funding plan that would preserve Greyhound Canada's bus routes in northern communities.
  
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• Develop funding plan to help Greyhound, NDP leader Singh urges Trudeau

  11-07-2018 18:19
  The federal NDP is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to develop a funding plan that would preserve Greyhound Canada's bus routes in northern communities.
  
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• ‘These changes are the right thing to do’: Parents of Broncos crash victim calling for law changes

  11-07-2018 18:04
  The parents of 16-year-old Adam Herold, the youngest player killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, have filed a lawsuit calling for changes to provincial and federal laws.
  
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• Parents of Humboldt Broncos player killed in crash call for changes in law

  11-07-2018 18:04
  The parents of the youngest Humboldt Broncos player killed in a highway crash say they've filed a lawsuit because they want changes to provincial and federal laws.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Full-time MLA needed

  11-07-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon Eastview constituents deserve a full-time MLA.
  They have not had one since 2016. Corey Tochor currently sits as the MLA for Saskatoon Eastview. But he aspires to be a federal MP for the Conservative Party; he has been selected by the Saskatoon University constituency to be their nominated candidate in the next federal election.
  Can he be both at the same time? Constituents expect their elected representative to hold them as his primary interest. A secondary int
  
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• Biggar RCMP close part of Highway 14 while 'dealing with an incident'

  11-07-2018 17:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP have closed part of Highway 14 east of Biggar while “dealing with an incident” and are asking the public to avoid the area.
  While the Mounties did not provide further information about the nature of the incident, a Saskatoon truck driver believes he saw what closed the highway.
  As he was leaving Biggar heading back toward Saskatoon on Highway 14, Chuck Chansler saw a pickup truck with no front tires being pursued by multiple RCMP cruisers in the opposite direction.
  “It&rsq
  
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• Four more tornados touch down in southern Sask., total for week at six

  11-07-2018 17:05
  Environment Canada has confirmed that four tornadoes touched down in southern Saskatchewan on Tuesday.
  
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• Five more tornados touch down in southern Sask., total for week at seven

  11-07-2018 17:05
  Environment Canada has confirmed that five tornadoes touched down in southern Saskatchewan on Tuesday.
  
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• Mounties on scene of 'incident' near Biggar, Sask. - CTV News

  11-07-2018 16:21 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
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  Mounties on scene of 'incident' near Biggar, Sask.
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  Police are currently dealing with an incident on Highway 14 south of Biggar. Mounties have not said what the incident is, but they have closed the highway and are asking the public to avoid the area until the issue is resolved. An update is expected ...and more »
  
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• Police chase ends with standoff near Biggar

  11-07-2018 16:19
  RCMP and officers with Saskatoon police shut down a portion of Saskatchewan’s Highway 14 on Wednesday morning following a chase with a stolen truck and a more-than-five-hour standoff.
  
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• Mounties on scene of 'incident' near Biggar, Sask.

  11-07-2018 16:19
  Police are currently dealing with an incident on Highway 14 south of Biggar.
  
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• Biggar incident began as chase in Saskatoon: police

  11-07-2018 16:19
  RCMP shut down Highway 14 east of Biggar on Wednesday after what police in Saskatoon say began as a chase in the city.
  
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• 'I don't like the sound of it one bit': Sask. riders react to end of Greyhound in province

  11-07-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  As Kate Locsin waited to board the Greyhound bus and head home to Lloydminster for summer break, she wondered how she’ll be able to make the trip in the future after Greyhound Canada announced all routes in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba will be shut down.
  “I actually got upset last night because I was like, ‘Oh no, I don’t have anybody,’ ” she said on Tuesday.
  “My friend in fourth year is going back to Lloyd, and now I don’t have anybody to ri
  
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• 'We're not going anywhere': Teepee camp movement spreads to Saskatoon

  11-07-2018 15:52 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon man has set up a teepee in Saskatoon's Victoria Park. A similar camp in Regina has swelled to 14 teepees.
  
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• Teepee camp now set up in Saskatoon park

  11-07-2018 15:52 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon man has set up a teepee in Saskatoon's Victoria Park. A similar camp in Regina has swelled to 14 teepees.
  
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• Asbestos house in Mayfair slated for demolition next week

  11-07-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  About 10 months after asbestos was discovered during demolition of a house in the Mayfair neighbourhood, the city is set to resume the teardown.
  The City of Saskatoon has scheduled demolition of the dilapidated house at the corner of Avenue B North and 34th Street West to restart next week.
  The house has been left partly demolished since the asbestos was discovered last fall. A red metal fence was installed around the property with asbestos warnings attached to it.
  The city assumed responsibilit
  
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• Prof not surprised after wrong man threatened in Humboldt Broncos bus crash case

  11-07-2018 14:22 via cbc.ca
  Right after long-awaited charges were laid in the Humboldt Broncos crash against a semi driver from Calgary, one man with the same name faced an onslaught of hateful messages on social media.
  
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• Prof not surprised after man with same name as accused threatened in Humboldt Broncos bus crash case

  11-07-2018 14:22 via cbc.ca
  Right after long-awaited charges were laid in the Humboldt Broncos crash against a semi driver from Calgary, one man with the same name faced an onslaught of hateful messages on social media.
  
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• 'Absolutely we were not consulted': Firearms organization dismayed with Liberals' gun bill consultation claims

  11-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Several major firearms organizations aren’t happy with the federal government’s assertion that they were consulted during the development of a new gun control bill, which is likely to become law this fall.
  While the federal Liberals insist a “broad range of groups and individuals” were consulted during the development of Bill C-71, at least four groups were surprised when their names appeared on a 53-name list submitted to parliament.
  “Absolutely, we were not consul
  
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• 'We're looking for accountability': Father of Humboldt Bronco killed in crash hints at more civil action

  11-07-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  One family has already filed suit against the driver of the semi-trailer that collided with the Broncos bus. More may follow, says Scott Thomas.
  
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• Fundraiser introduces heritage sport to the hip

  11-07-2018 11:00 via cbc.ca
  There is an effort, not only in Saskatchewan but across Canada, to reframe lawn bowling in a way that appeals to younger people.
  
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• Saskatoon homicide: Person of interest, pregnant victim known to each other, say police

  11-07-2018 05:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  The pregnant victim in Saskatoon’s most recent homicide and a man considered by investigators to be a person of interest — and who also faces an arson charge — are known to each other, according to police.
  Following an autopsy, Crystal Louise McFadyen, 37, was identified Tuesday as the woman whose body was found last week after a house fire in the 200 block of Avenue F North. The autopsy, which police said involved “the remains of McFadyen and her unborn child,” con
  
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• Saskatoon homicide: Person of interest, pregnant victim known to ... - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  11-07-2018 04:19 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Coroner concludes eight month pregnant woman was killed in SaskatoonGlobalnews.ca
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  Police say death of pregnant woman found after Saskatoon house .
  
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• How will events in Saskatoon handle legalized cannabis? - Globalnews.ca

  11-07-2018 02:59 via globalnews.ca
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  How will events in Saskatoon handle legalized cannabis?
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  With cannabis set to become legal later this year, Meaghan Craig explores if different events in Saskatoon will be dealing with it the same as smoking or like alcohol. Where you'll be able to legally smoke marijuana in Saskatchewan in October. more.
  
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• Where you’ll be able to legally smoke marijuana in Saskatchewan in October

  11-07-2018 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  On Oct. 17, you will be able to legally light up at your home but recreational pot will not be permitted at a park, a playground or even while pitching a tent.
  
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• Junior golfer O'Grady gets first ace to climb up leader-board, where Saskatoon's Nagy sits alone

  11-07-2018 02:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  Braden O’Grady was able to shoot par on every hole but one through the back nine Tuesday at the Saskatchewan junior men’s golf championship.
  He wasn’t complaining, however.
  That lone exception turned out to be a hole-in-one as O’Grady aced Hole No. 17, which is No. 8 on the Moors course, at the Moon Lake Golf and Country Club.
  It was the first-ever hole-in-one for the 14-year-old golfer, who carded an even-par 72 Tuesday to sit tied for third in the Saskatchewan champions
  
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• How will events in Saskatoon handle legalized cannabis?

  11-07-2018 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  With cannabis set to become legal later this year, Meaghan Craig explores if different events in Saskatoon will be dealing with it the same as smoking or like alcohol.
  
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• Saskatoon homeowners say they were deceived by builder - CTV News

  11-07-2018 02:09 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
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  Homeowners in Saskatoon's Kensington neighbourhood say they were taken advantage of by their developer, Homes By Dream. Five families living in townhouses on Palliser Way say their homes have creaky floors, mould, faulty heating and thin walls.
  
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• Saskatoon homeowners say they were deceived by builder

  11-07-2018 02:06
  Homeowners in Saskatoon’s Kensington neighbourhood say they were taken advantage of by their developer, Homes By Dream.
  
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• Skipp Anderson sued by sexual assault victim

  11-07-2018 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  Skipp Anderson, the former owner of Pink Lounge and Nightclub, is being sued by his victim after being convicted of sexual assault. Wendy Winiewski with the details.
  
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