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• Taxpayers pay for thousands of condoms, lube, dental dams for federal inmates

  24-07-2018 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Condoms, lubricant and dental dams are available to prisoners for free across the country, paid for by taxpayers.
  
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• SGI wants new drivers to 'keep practising' following monthly traffic spotlight

  24-07-2018 23:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan Government Insurance is encouraging new drivers to “keep practising” after 79 tickets were distributed to people who weren’t following requirements outlined on their new licence.
  During the month of June, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) focused on new drivers and motorcyclists as part of its monthly traffic spotlight.
  According to an SGI news release, 46 tickets were issued to new motorists for driving without a supervising driver and 25 were issued for not
  
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• Soiled rags caused Montgomery Place fire that left millions in damages

  24-07-2018 23:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Fire Department has determined product-covered rags caused a fire that caused extensive damages in Saskatoon’s Montgomery Place Neighbourhood over the weekend.
  The fire in the 1200 block of Crescent Boulevard resulted in an estimated $2 million in damages at three properties. Two pickup trucks, two storage trailers and a motorhome were also “fully involved” in the fire.
  On Tuesday, fire officials said the flames started with spontaneous combustion of soiled rags l
  
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• Stain-soiled rags cause of multi-structure fire in Montgomery neighbourhood

  24-07-2018 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  The cause of a fire that heavily damaged three homes in Saskatoon’s Montgomery Place neighbourhood was stain-soiled rags that spontaneously combusted.
  
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• RCMP says peacekeeper program in Pelican Narrows, Sask. making a dramatic difference

  24-07-2018 23:08 via cbc.ca
  RCMP in Pelican Narrows say a peacekeeper project in the northern village is making the community noticably safer.
  
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• Police Taser woman armed with 'dagger-shaped shard of glass'

  24-07-2018 22:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 29-year-old woman who police say was armed with a “dagger-shaped shard of glass” was taken to hospital after jumping from a roof and taking a shot from a police Taser.
  Around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, officers were called to the 100 block of La Ronge Road in the Lawson Heights Suburban Centre by provincial corrections staff who were trying to take a woman into custody, police said in a news release.
  Corrections staff were trying to take an inmate of the Women’s Community Training Re
  
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• Sask. First Nation buys into Calgary cannabis company

  24-07-2018 22:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatchewan First Nation is investing $8 million in a Calgary-based cannabis company in what is being billed as a “strategic partnership” that will result in a new production facility and jobs for its members.
  Westleaf Cannabis Inc. on Tuesday announced the investment, which will make Thunderchild First Nation its largest shareholder and result in the band’s chief, Delbert Wapass, serving on its board of directors.
  The private company said it is building a 115,000-square-foo
  
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• Soiled rags source of Montgomery Place fire that caused millions in damages

  24-07-2018 22:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Fire Department has determined product-covered rags were the cause of a fire that resulted in millions of damages in Saskatoon’s Montgomery Place Neighbourhood over the weekend.
  The fire, which took place in the 1200 block of Crescent Boulevard, resulted in an estimated $2 million in damages as three properties were involved in Sunday’s blaze. Two pickup trucks, two storage trailers and a motorhome were also “fully involved” in the fire.
  Fire officials indic
  
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• Sit-stand desks can cut more than 1 hour of sitting time at work: Study

  24-07-2018 22:10 via cbc.ca
  Researchers find sit-stand workstations reduce sitting time by an average of 84 to 116 minutes a day, compared with traditional desks.
  
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• Montgomery fire caused by rags ‘spontaneously combusting’ in garage

  24-07-2018 22:03
  The Saskatoon Fire Department has found the cause of a major fire in the Montgomery neighbourhood that destroyed three homes on Sunday.
  
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• Pet owner considers legal action, says hired sitter left cats unattended for days

  24-07-2018 21:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  Rebekah Benoit is considering legal action against a Saskatoon pet minding company she says neglected her two cats severely while her family was out of the province.
  The owner of Prairie Critter Sitters, Paula Olfert, has refunded the money Benoit paid up front to care for Rusty and Salty, but Benoit says she now has to replace items damaged while the cats were on their own in the house, plus veterinary bills that may be result.
  The cats are now recovering in the care of Benoit’s sister un
  
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• Iconic neon Ming's sign rescued in Saskatoon

  24-07-2018 21:24 via cbc.ca
  Henry van Seters and Dave Denny rescued the Ming’s Kitchen sign after it served 43 years, lighting the way for Saskatonians in need of steaming plates of noodles, sticky rice, and crispy ginger beef.
  
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• Doe's death leads to desperate adoption drive for 2 fawns

  24-07-2018 21:03 via cbc.ca
  Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation typically works with smaller animals, but when two mule deer fawns needed help they took them in.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: cloudy and cool

  24-07-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Cool and cloudy conditions stick around, but heat and sunshine are on the horizon in Saskatoon’s weather forecast ahead. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan explains.
  
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• Police issue 79 tickets to new Saskatchewan drivers in June

  24-07-2018 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  SGI said 46 of the 79 tickets issued to new drivers in June was for failing to have a supervising driver with them.
  
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• SPCA investigating after Saskatoon business allegedly leaves cats without food, water

  24-07-2018 20:23 via cbc.ca
  The SPCA is reminding pet owners to do their homework before hiring someone to care for their animals.
  
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• SGI wants new drivers to 'keep practicing' following monthly traffic spotlight

  24-07-2018 20:23 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan Government Insurance is encouraging new drivers to “keep practicing” after 79 tickets were distributed to people who weren’t following requirements outlined on their new licence.
  During the month of June, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) was focusing on new drivers and motorcyclists as part of its monthly traffic spotlight.
  According to an SGI news release, 46 tickets were issued to new motorists for driving without a supervising driver and 25 tickets were i
  
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• Nature Conservancy of Canada protecting part of the Qu’Appelle Valley

  24-07-2018 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  The not-for-profit bought 280-acres of marshland, trees and grasslands just upstream of Pasqua Lake. It is within the Aspen Parkland ecoregion, an area of national importance because of its high biodiversity.
  
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• Canadian military parachute team cancels show in Saskatoon

  24-07-2018 20:14
  The Canadian Armed Forces parachute team had to cancel their show in Saskatoon because clouds were too low.
  
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• Ride-hailing, taxi bylaw moves ahead in Saskatoon

  24-07-2018 20:11 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon city councillors have asked for a new bylaw on ride-hailing companies and taxi cabs before provincial rules come out this fall.
  
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• NASCAR Pinty’s Series kicks off in Saskatoon

  24-07-2018 20:09
  NASCAR Pinty’s Series will get underway at Wyant Group Raceway on Tuesday evening.
  
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• Canadian golfer Graham DeLaet to have 2nd back surgery

  24-07-2018 20:06 via cbc.ca
  Canadian pro golfer Graham DeLaet says he'll miss another six to 12 months following back surgery. The 36-year-old native of Weyburn, Sask., will have the same procedure he had on a different disc in 2011.
  
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• Prince Albert man points gun, utters threats after altercation: police

  24-07-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  A Prince Albert man is accused of threatening another man with a handgun and uttering a death threat.
  
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• Saskatchewan woman preparing for first NASCAR race

  24-07-2018 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  Shantel Kalika, from Prince Albert, is the only woman racing in the NASCAR Pinty’s series in Saskatoon and the first female from Saskatchewan to enter the series.
  
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• Second man charged in death of Claude Landry

  24-07-2018 19:49
  A second person has been arrested in the death of 48-year-old Claude Landry, who was reported missing on July 13.
  
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• Canadian Light Source research paving way for next-generation electronics

  24-07-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Researchers at the Canadian Light Source are experimenting with properties that could be harnessed for use in future generations of electronic devices.
  
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• Saskatoon nurse facing disciplinary hearing over stolen opioids

  24-07-2018 18:36 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon nurse is facing a disciplinary hearing after 18 vials of a deadly opioid were stolen from a patient's home.
  
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• Cannabis facility to be built on Saskatchewan First Nation

  24-07-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary-based Westleaf Cannabis is building a 115,000 square foot facility on the Thunderchild First Nation in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Canadian golfer Graham DeLaet set to undergo back surgery

  24-07-2018 18:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Canadian pro golfer Graham DeLaet says he’ll miss another 6-12 months following back surgery.
  DeLaet said on Twitter that he will undergo microdiscetomy surgery, the same procedure he had on a different disc in 2011.
  “I’ve exhausted every other option and I know from past experience that this will give me the chance to compete at my best again,” DeLaet said in a statement.
  The 36-year-old native of Weyburn, Sask., underwent stem-cell treatment on his back in January. He h
  
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• Woman armed with 'dagger-shaped shard of glass' Tased by police

  24-07-2018 18:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 29-year-old woman who police say was armed with a “dagger-shaped shard of glass” was taken to hospital after jumping from a roof and being Tased by city police.
  At roughly 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, officers were called to the 100 block of La Ronge Road in the city’s Lawson Heights Suburban Centre by provincial correctional workers who we’re trying to take a woman into custody, according to a police news release.
  The woman had barricaded herself in a bedroom, and when poli
  
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• Vote for national chief dominates agenda as AFN general assembly kicks off in Vancouver

  24-07-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Five candidates competing for the role of national chief for the Assembly of First Nations will be making their final pitch to voters on Tuesday.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Idylwyld plan is an improvement

  24-07-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I can only conclude from Wayne Eyre’s letter “‘Imagine Idylwyld’ plan is madness” (SP, June 30) that he has not spent much time on Idylwyld Drive. He points out that pedestrian and bicycle traffic is low, without considering that this might be due to the inhospitable environment for them with narrow, crumbling sidewalks and heavy street traffic. He also may not have noticed the significant amount of bicycle traffic riding illegally on the sidewalk and causing a haza
  
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• Council votes to temporarily close controversial freeway access in Nutana

  24-07-2018 17:26 via cbc.ca
  A controversial intersection in the Nutana neighbourhood will be closed for a year as the city studies whether it calms down traffic.
  
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• Off-duty Assiniboia RCMP officer charged with impaired driving

  24-07-2018 17:22 via cbc.ca
  An off-duty RCMP member, Sgt. Donald Duplissea, has been placed on administrative duty after he was charged with impaired driving.
  
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• Graham DeLaet set to undergo back surgery

  24-07-2018 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  Graham DeLaet, who hasn’t played in a PGA Tour event since last October, will miss another six to 12 months following back surgery.
  
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• Secret garden tour set to take place in Saskatoon

  24-07-2018 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  Eight gardens are feature in this year’s Nest Saskatoon Secret Garden Tour, which takes place on July 29.
  
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• Off-duty Saskatchewan RCMP officer charged with impaired driving

  24-07-2018 16:06 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatchewan RCMP officer has been placed on administrative duties after being charged with impaired driving while off-duty.
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: House immigration committee meets to discuss asylum seekers

  24-07-2018 15:59
  The Liberal government has made it clear that simply entering Canada is not a "free ticket" for newcomers to stay in the country, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told MPs studying the ongoing influx of asylum seekers from the United States.
  
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• Entering Canada no 'free ticket' to stay, Goodale tells MPs on asylum seekers

  24-07-2018 15:59
  The Liberal government has made it clear that simply entering Canada is not a "free ticket" for newcomers to stay in the country, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told MPs studying the ongoing influx of asylum seekers from the United States.
  
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• Off-duty RCMP officer charged with impaired driving

  24-07-2018 15:53
  An off-duty RCMP officer has been charged with impaired driving near Assiniboia.
  
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• Ride sharing debate continues at Saskatoon city council

  24-07-2018 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon city Coun. Darren Hill talks about the ongoing debate at city council over ride sharing regulations.
  
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• Woman Tasered after jumping from roof: police

  24-07-2018 15:38
  Police used a Taser on a 29-year-old woman early Tuesday morning after she allegedly threatened to harm herself while police attempted to take her into custody.
  
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• 'High-risk' missing B.C. woman has flown to Saskatoon, police say

  24-07-2018 15:33 via cbc.ca
  Kathleen Stimson does not have her medication, which she takes three times a day, and she may be confused or disoriented.
  
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• 51-year-old driver dies in highway rollover near St. Walburg

  24-07-2018 15:24 via cbc.ca
  One man is dead and another is in hospital after a rollover south of St. Walburg, Sask.
  
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• Saskatoon fire over weekend caused by spontaneous combustion of soiled rags

  24-07-2018 15:01 via cbc.ca
  The Fire Department says the fire started in a residential garage in Saskatoon was started by a spontaneous combustion of rags soiled by staining products.
  
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• Damages from Saskatoon fire estimated at $2M

  24-07-2018 15:01 via cbc.ca
  The Fire Department says the fire started in a residential garage and is not being treated as suspicious.
  
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• Police seek surveillance footage after Muslim man reports attack

  24-07-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatoon man who told police he was attacked while walking home from morning prayers at his mosque this month is “confused” about why it took police more than a week to alert the public about the incident, his daughter says.
  Abu Sheikh, 66, said he had to crawl under a hedge to escape a white pickup truck that mounted the curb and accelerated toward him as he walked along Cumberland Avenue near the University of Saskatchewan shortly after 4 a.m. on July 13.
  Sheikh said the driver
  
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• Letters to the editor July 24, 2018

  24-07-2018 14:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  Idylwyld plan is an improvement
  I can only conclude from Wayne Eyre’s letter “‘Imagine Idylwyld’ plan is madness” (SP, June 30) that he has not spent much time on Idylwyld Drive. He points out that pedestrian and bicycle traffic is low, without considering that this might be due to the inhospitable environment for them with narrow, crumbling sidewalks and heavy street traffic. He also may not have noticed the significant amount of bicycle traffic riding illegally on
  
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• Brett Mydske back with the Saskatchewan Rush

  24-07-2018 14:36 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rush sent four draft picks to San Diego to re-acquire Brett Mydske, who was taken by the Seals in the NLL entry draft.
  
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• CEW Deployment - 100 Block La Ronge Road

  24-07-2018 12:58 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 29 year old female is in custody following an early morning CEW deployment by a member of the Saskatoon Police Service.Police were called to a home in the 100 block of La Ronge Road at approximately 1:30 a.m. by provincial correctional officers who were trying to take a woman into custody. The woman had barricaded herself in her bedroom initially, but upon police arrival, had broken a window and armed herself with a dagger-shaped shard of glass. She then climbed out through the bedroom wi
  
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