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• With Broncos crash still in spotlight, Prairie provinces and B.C. to meet on trucking regulations

  12-07-2018 23:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  REGINA — Government officials from Canada’s four western provinces plan to meet next week to discuss standardized trucking regulations.
  Trucking safety has been in the spotlight since an April 6 when 16 people with the Humboldt Broncos died and injured 13 others were injured after a transport truck and the junior hockey team’s bus collided.
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said discussions were underway before the crash, through Saskatchewan Government Insurance, and he hopes any
  
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• Premier Moe has no plans to visit protest camp outside legislature

  12-07-2018 23:26
  Saskatchewan's premier says he has no plans to visit a protest camp that has been set up across from the legislature since late February.
  
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• Emergency water valve repair on College Drive in Saskatoon

  12-07-2018 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  The city says emergency water valve replacement work on College Drive will cause traffic delays in Saskatoon.
  
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• Delays on College Drive expected due to water valve repairs

  12-07-2018 23:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  A water valve break in the area of College Drive and Hospital Drive will create delays for motorists in the coming days, according to a City of Saskatoon public service announcement.
  The leak was identified early Thursday morning and emergency repairs are set to Start on Friday, taking at least two days to complete if conditions are ideal.
  The water outage will not affect Royal University Hospital, but 50 private homes and businesses in the area are experiencing service interruptions as a result
  
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• Teen wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested in Saskatchewan

  12-07-2018 23:01 via cbc.ca
  Police have arrested a third suspect in connection with the stabbing death of a 19-year-old Mississauga man on May 26.
  
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• What's left for bus transportation in Saskatchewan?

  12-07-2018 22:59 via cbc.ca
  After the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) closed down its services last year, several private companies said they wanted to take over the routes.
  
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• Family comes first, golf can wait for Graham DeLaet

  12-07-2018 22:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  Graham DeLaet knows his priorities.
  Even his own Twitter page says it all under his profile description: “Dad, husband, golfer …”
  Yep, that’s right: Dad and husband first. Golfer comes next. With no return date to the PGA Tour yet in sight, the eight-year PGA Tour pro has been busy as a family man with wife Ruby and their twins, Roscoe and Lyla.
  “The golf part is frustrating, obviously,” admits the 36-year-old native of Weyburn, who hasn’t played on the
  
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• More than $40K raised for family of couple involved in collision while on tour promoting dairy farmers

  12-07-2018 22:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  Many Saskatchewan residents have opened their hearts and wallets after the death of an Ontario woman crossing the country touting the benefits of drinking milk.
  Henk and Bettina Schuurmans were part of the way into their cross-Canada tour promoting dairy farmers on their John Deere tractor when their trek ended Monday when their tractor collided with a semi-tractor trailer on Highway 16, just west of Saskatoon. Bettina, 55, died at the scene and her husband, Henk, was taken to Royal Univers
  
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• With Broncos crash still in spotlight, Prairie provinces to meet on trucking regulations

  12-07-2018 22:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  REGINA — Government officials from Canada’s three Prairie provinces plan to meet next week to discuss standardizing trucking regulations.
  Trucking safety has been in the spotlight since an April 6 bus crash killed 16 people and injured 13 others from the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team.
  But Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says these discussions began before the crash.Moe says he hopes any changes that are agreed upon will be brought in soon.
  Transport Canada said Wednesday that it
  
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• Saskatoon company Carmont Construction fined $80,000 for death of 19-year-old Austyn Schenstead

  12-07-2018 22:12 via cbc.ca
  Carmont Construction of Saskatoon has been fined a total of $80,000 after 19-year-old worker Austyn Schenstead died while helping unload concrete sound panels.
  
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• Carmont Construction fined in Saskatoon workplace death

  12-07-2018 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  Carmont Construction fined $80,000 in the Saskatoon workplace death of Austyn Schenstead.
  
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• Rideshare company Lyft says Sask. license requirements make operations ‘nearly impossible’

  12-07-2018 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  Leading rideshare company Lyft said it will be nearly impossible to launch in Saskatchewan, but the SGI Minister is confident the service will roll out.
  
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• Destination reconciliation: Group launches northern canoe trip in a quest for healing

  12-07-2018 21:47 via cbc.ca
  Paddlers will take to the water this weekend in a trip that will challenge them physically and emotionally, as they attempt to learn more about reconciliation.
  
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• Saskatoon boys heading to Spain for World Junior Water Ski Championship

  12-07-2018 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  A pair of Saskatoon boys are gearing up for the World Junior Water Ski Championships in Spain.
  
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• Transplant Games runner already a winner

  12-07-2018 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatoon athlete recently competed in an event that has a field full of competitors that have already won. Here is Derek Bidwell with the story.
  
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• Firearms stolen during break-and-enter near Melville

  12-07-2018 21:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan RCMP are asking for the public’s help after firearms were stolen from a residence earlier this week.
  The break-and-enter took place in the Melville area sometime between Monday and Tuesday evening, RCMP said in a news release.
  Members of the Melville and Ituna detachment are investigating the break-in.
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• Prairie provinces to meet next week on standardized trucking regulations

  12-07-2018 21:32
  Officials from Canada's three Prairie provinces plan to meet next week to discuss standardizing trucking regulations. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says these discussions began before the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: calm, sunny and warm for now…

  12-07-2018 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Calmer, sunnier and warmer conditions roll in, but will they stick around in Saskatoon’s weather forecast for the weekend?
  
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• Thief threatens employee with knife in North Battleford: RCMP

  12-07-2018 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  Battlefords RCMP have released a surveillance photo in an attempt to identify a thief responsible for an assault with a weapon.
  
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• Lawsuit against Skipp Anderson filed by sexual assault victim

  12-07-2018 20:35
  A victim of sexual assault has filed a lawsuit against the man convicted in the case.
  
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• Multiple firearms stolen during break-and-enter near Melville

  12-07-2018 19:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan RCMP are asking for the public’s help after “multiple firearms” were stolen from a residence earlier this week.
  The break-and-enter took place in Melville area sometime between Monday and Tuesday evening.
  Officers from the Melville and Ituna detachment are now trying to locate the person, or people, responsible as the firearms were stolen during a break in.
  Anyone with information about this incident are asked to contact RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
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• Sask. premier appoints several people to new gov't. leadership roles

  12-07-2018 19:25
  The Government of Saskatchewan has appointed a number of people to new leadership roles, including the appointment of a new deputy minister to the premier after the departure of failed leadership candidate Alanna Koch.
  
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• Robert Latimer applies for pardon of murder conviction

  12-07-2018 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  Robert Latimer, convicted in the death of his severely disabled daughter Tracey, is seeking a pardon from the prime minister and justice minister.
  
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• Saskatoon bike cop weighs in on tense cyclist-driver exchange

  12-07-2018 19:16 via cbc.ca
  “The cyclist appeared calm, but his statements towards the driver to ‘educate him on the law’ could be seen as demeaning," says a member of the Saskatoon Police Service's bike unit.
  
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• Cam Swan named Saskatchewan’s next deputy minister to the premier

  12-07-2018 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Scott Moe announces changes to the senior leadership of Saskatchewan’s public service, including a new deputy minister to the premier.
  
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• Moe picks SLGA president for new role as Sask's top civil servant

  12-07-2018 19:07 via cbc.ca
  Premier Scott Moe announced on Thursday that SLGA president and CEO Cam Swan is his pick for new deputy minister.
  
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• Wild weather both a blessing and curse for Saskatchewan crops

  12-07-2018 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Agriculture says crop conditions range from fair to excellent, but wild weather caused severe damage to some fields.
  
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• RCMP report store employee threatened in North Battleford

  12-07-2018 18:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP in Battleford are investigating after police say a man threatened a store employee with a knife on Wednesday afternoon.
  Police say the man was witnessed stealing items from the business on North Territorial Drive in North Battleford. When confronted outside by an employee, it’s said the man pulled a knife before fleeing the scene on a bike.
  The man is described as slim, in his ’30s, and is said to be balding with brown hair. He’s described as having a scruffy, reddish-brow
  
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• Crop conditions ranging from fair to excellent across Sask.

  12-07-2018 18:47
  Crops are advancing well across the province, with conditions ranging from fair to excellent.
  
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• Australia fines parents who don’t vaccinate kids. Should Canada?

  12-07-2018 18:23
  Canada could look at the lead of Australia, which is jabbing deeper at parents who don’t vaccinate their children by cutting child tax benefits, says a Canadian vaccine specialist, though he would prefer parents be rewarded for vaccinating rather than penalized for not.
  
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• Saskatchewan's Tatiana Maslany, star of 'Orphan Black', nominated for Emmy

  12-07-2018 18:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan native Tatiana Maslany is a contender again at the Emmy Awards.
  Maslany, a native of Regina, is nominated for playing multiple clones on “Orphan Black,” which aired its final season on Space last year.
  Maslany won an Emmy for her role on “Orphan Black” in 2016.
  Ottawa-raised Sandra Oh is a contender for playing a secret service operative on BBC America’s “Killing Eve,” which debuts in Canada on July 22 on Bravo.
  Oh was previously nominated f
  
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• Letter of the Day: Andrew Coyne on supply management

  12-07-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Andrew Coyne writes that supply management is a “hideous policy” (SP, June 14). He has other derogatory things to say and suggests that there is no case for this policy and “no serious person whose livelihood does not depend upon it would make it.”
  One of the roles of government at any level in a sovereign nation is to act as an authoritative body that makes rules that are fair, as far as that is possible, to all the stakeholders and acts as a referee to enforce the rules
  
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• SGI brings in $59.4M in profits over fiscal year

  12-07-2018 17:56 via cbc.ca
  While profits have dipped from the previous year, Saskatchewan Government Insurance says it showed strong financials in the last fiscal year.
  
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• PM, justice minister, asked to consider new trial or pardon in Latimer case

  12-07-2018 17:55
  A Saskatchewan farmer who was convicted of killing his severely disabled daughter nearly 25 years ago is applying for either a new trial or a pardon.
  
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• More than $39K raised for family of couple involved in collision while on tour promoting dairy farmers

  12-07-2018 17:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Many Saskatchewan residents have opened their hearts and wallets after the death of an Ontario woman crossing the country touting the benefits of drinking milk.
  Henk and Bettina Schuurmans were part of the way into their cross-Canada tour promoting dairy farmers on their John Deere tractor when their trek ended Monday when their tractor collided with a semi-tractor trailer on Highway 16, just west of Saskatoon. Bettina, 55, died at the scene and her husband, Henk, was taken to Royal Univers
  
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• Saskatoon teepee camp enters 10-day agreement with city, say camp members

  12-07-2018 16:23 via cbc.ca
  The city of Saskatoon says it will support a peaceful Indigenous protest camp that has been set up in a local park.
  
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• Saskatoon teepee camp enters 10-day agreement with city

  12-07-2018 16:23 via cbc.ca
  The city of Saskatoon says it will support a peaceful Indigenous protest camp that has been set up in a local park.
  
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• City of Saskatoon supports peaceful Indigenous protest camp in city park

  12-07-2018 16:23 via cbc.ca
  The city of Saskatoon says it will support a peaceful Indigenous protest camp that has been set up in a local park.
  
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• Two men dead after two-vehicle collision near Cochin

  12-07-2018 16:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two men are dead after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 4 near Cochin, Saskatchewan Wednesday night.
  Battlefords RCMP responded to the scene, located about four kilometres south of Cochin, at approximately 11:30 p.m.
  On arrival, the driver and front passenger of a car were found deceased, according to an RCMP news release.
  A third male, a rear passenger of the same car, was taken to hospital in North Battleford. His injuries are unknown.
  A fourth man, the driver and lone occupant of the second
  
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• Must see Saskatchewan

  12-07-2018 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  Blogger and writer Ashlyn George with some of the must see places in Saskatchewan.
  
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• 'It's not a joke': Videos show teens blowing smoke from bongs into kitten's face

  12-07-2018 16:00
  The BC SPCA is investigating videos circulating online that appear to show a group of teenagers blowing thick smoke from bongs into a small kitten’s face.
  
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• Package delivery firms ready to fill gap as Greyhound leaves Western Canada

  12-07-2018 15:41 via cbc.ca
  Package delivery firms say they are prepared to fill the gap when Greyhound Canada closes most of its Western Canada operations this fall.
  
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• 2 men killed in crash on Highway 4 near Cochin, Sask.

  12-07-2018 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  Battlefords RCMP said a vehicle was making a U-turn Highway 4 when it was struck by another vehicle near Cochin.
  
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• Package delivery firms get ready to fill gap as Greyhound leaves Western Canada

  12-07-2018 15:35
  Package delivery firms say they are prepared to fill the gap when Greyhound Canada closes most of its Western Canada operations this fall.
  
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• Learning like it's 1998: Ontario's throwback sex ed curriculum

  12-07-2018 14:49
  Ontario is turning back the clock 20 years on sex-ed, reverting to a time before search engines, smartphones and texting.
  
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• Teen wanted in Ontario fatal stabbing arrested in northern Saskatchewan

  12-07-2018 14:28 via globalnews.ca
  Police arrest teen in northern Saskatchewan wanted in Ontario on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder.
  
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• Softball world descends on Prince Albert for 'biggest event' to hit the city

  12-07-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  The Junior Men's World Softball Championships hit the diamond in Prince Albert, Sask., on Saturday, bringing 13 nations, thousands of fans and an economic boost to the city.
  
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• Puppet theatre makes Shakespeare debut with historically violent play

  12-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s not very often that anyone gets the chance to see Shakespeare performed by puppets.
  But after years of planning and hard work, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan is bringing one of the bard’s lesser-known plays to the riverbank — with the help of a huge arsenal of puppets.
  Kristi Friday, one of the puppeteers for the upcoming production of Titus A. Puppet Revenge (an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus) said they’d made more than 40 puppets for the show.
  
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• Puppet theatre arrives at Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan

  12-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s puppet theatre, but not for kids. Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan is staging a puppet adaptation of Titus Andronicus alongside their main stage shows in 2018. Puppeteer Carol Greyeyes says it’s a unique challenge.
  
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• Music Notes: Take a ride to the Zooz

  12-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The jazz festival is in the rearview mirror, and the Fringe festival is coming up fast on the horizon. Speaking of horizons, how about this wicked weather we’ve seen in July so far? Rainy and cool one day, over 30 the next. But the best thing about live music in Saskatoon is that the quality of the concerts isn’t dependent on Mother Nature. Unless the concert is outside. But let’s move on.
   
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  When: Friday, July 13
  Where: Louis’
  What: It’s a gre
  
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