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• Cameco employees in ‘panic mode’ after massive layoff

  26-07-2018 23:32
  Cameco’s move to permanently lay off 700 employees has many in “panic mode,” according to the union representing Cameco workers.
  
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• Families of Colten Boushie, Jon Styres demand change to justice system before AFN

  26-07-2018 23:31 via cbc.ca
  Jon Styres and Colten Boushie didn’t know each other. But now, their families are coming together, demanding changes to the justice system after the men who shot Styres and Boushie to death were found not guilty of second degree murder this year.
  
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• Cameco employees in 'shock' after company announces hundreds of Sask. layoffs

  26-07-2018 23:11 via cbc.ca
  Employees permanently laid off by Uranium miner Cameco Corp. in Saskatchewan say they have been blindsided by the company's decision to make the suspension in production indefinite.
  
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• Long waits for RCMP firearms forensics putting prosecutions at risk

  26-07-2018 23:00 via cbc.ca
  The average turnaround time for crucial firearms analyses has exploded at RCMP-run forensic labs in recent years, piling more delays onto an already overburdened justice system coping with an increase in gun-related violence.
  
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• Saskatoon work zone incident prompts city to remind drivers to slow down

  26-07-2018 22:54 via cbc.ca
  Police and the city are urging drivers to slow down in work zones after near collison with semi trailer.
  
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• Handgun used in Toronto mass shooting stolen during break-and-enter in Sask.: source

  26-07-2018 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  The handgun used in the Toronto mass shooting that killed two young women and injured 13 was stolen in Saskatchewan in 2016, according to a source.
  
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• RCMP warn of SaskPower texting scam

  26-07-2018 22:21
  Saskatchewan RCMP are warning people about a text message scam involving SaskPower.
  
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• 'I'm awake now:' Dalmeny man wakes wife, tells her they won $1 million

  26-07-2018 21:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  When Saskatchewan’s newest millionaire realized he had won the lottery, his wife worried he was going to have a heart attack.
  Darcy Glover of Dalmeny won $1 million on a Lotto Max ticket he purchased on July 13. When he got the news, he could not contain his excitement, waking up his wife to let her know their lives were about to change, Saskatchewan Lotteries reported in a news release.
  “I ran into our room and said, ‘Are you awake?! I think we just won a million dollars!&rsqu
  
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• Canada's housing sector faces high degree of instability for 8th quarter: CMHC

  26-07-2018 21:46 via cbc.ca
  The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says the country's housing sector is facing a high degree of vulnerability to market instability for the eighth straight quarter.
  
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• Perry Bellegarde's experience in advocacy praised by Chief Cook-Searson

  26-07-2018 20:57 via cbc.ca
  The chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, the most populous band in Saskatchewan, says she's very happy Perry Bellegarde has been re-elected as leader of the Assembly of First Nations.
  
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• Longest eclipse of century to darken parts of Asia and Africa — but you can see it, too

  26-07-2018 20:13 via cbc.ca
  The moon will glide into Earth's shadow Friday in what will be the longest lunar eclipse of the century. While it won't be visible in Canadian skies, there are ways you can see the spectacle for yourself.
  
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• Over $300,000 raised by Humboldt Strong T-shirt campaign

  26-07-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  Spotlight Sport and Corporate Wear in Humboldt began making the "Humboldt Strong" shirts the day after the crash.
  
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• ‘She thought I was going to have a heart attack’: Dalmeny man wins $1M

  26-07-2018 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  Darcy Glover, of Dalmeny, Sask., couldn’t wait until morning to tell his sleeping wife his about a $1 million Lotto Max win.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: 30-degree heat returns soon

  26-07-2018 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  After the coldest morning in over a month, a gradual warm-up starts to pick up into Saskatoon's weather forecast.
  
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• New HIV strains in Saskatchewan lead to faster progression in Indigenous people

  26-07-2018 19:33 via cbc.ca
  A new report has found that mutated HIV strains in Saskatchewan are creating a quickly advancing illness among Indigenous people.
  
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• New HIV strain in Saskatchewan leads to faster progression in Indigenous people

  26-07-2018 19:33 via cbc.ca
  A new report by the B.C. Centre of Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Simon Fraser University found a mutated HIV strains in Saskatchewan creates a quickly advancing illness among Indigenous people. It was released Thursday at the 2018 International AIDS conference in Amsterdam.
  
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• 'Getting hurt, it's just a part of the game': Millennial dating panel talks hookups, romance, marriage

  26-07-2018 19:27 via cbc.ca
  Millennials talk dating, love, romance and how having so much choice isn't always a good thing.
  
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• Rural firefighters combatting drunk driving by offering safe rides home

  26-07-2018 19:12 via cbc.ca
  Members of the volunteer fire department in Davidson, Sask. are looking to curb impaired driving in their community by taking the wheel.
  
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• Sask. Indigenous leaders welcome Bellegarde's AFN re-election

  26-07-2018 18:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan’s Indigenous leaders are congratulating Perry Bellegarde on his successful re-election as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations after the organization concluded its elections in Vancouver on Wednesday night.
  Bellegarde, from the Little Black Bear First Nation in Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan, previously served as the chief of the FSIN after he was elected in May of 1998.
  Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, said in a press rele
  
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• Melville kidnapper believed to be connected to crime in Yorkton

  26-07-2018 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Melville RCMP have released additional information in the investigation of a reported kidnapping, where a man with a firearm allegedly demanded a ride from the Melville area to Regina.
  
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• Video: New in theatres July 27

  26-07-2018 18:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a look at some clips from the movies hitting theatres July 27.
  
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• Unlawful hunting investigation leads to more than $14K in fines

  26-07-2018 18:41 via cbc.ca
  Four Saskatchewan residents are facing hunting suspensions and thousands of dollars in fines.
  
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• Lentil giant managers want to take company private

  26-07-2018 18:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  One of the world’s largest lentil companies could be going private.
  Backed by a Toronto-based financial giant, AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. executives are proposing to buy back most of its shares for $18 each, a 37 per cent premium over Wednesday’s closing price.
  Under the Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.-backed proposal, Fairfax, Point North Capital Inc. and the executives, including CEO Murad Al-Katib, would retain their existing holdings in the company.
  Al-Katib and other executiv
  
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• Body of missing Sask. man Claude Landry found near Gravelbourg, third person charged

  26-07-2018 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  The body of missing Kincaid, Sask. man Claude Landry has been discovered. RCMP are searching the Moose Jaw dump for further evidence.
  
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• Body of missing Kincaid, Sask. man Claude Landry found near Gravelbourg

  26-07-2018 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  The body of missing Kincaid, Sask. man Claude Landry has been discovered. RCMP are searching the Moose Jaw dump for further evidence.
  
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• Harvest could begin soon for some producers

  26-07-2018 18:14
  Some producers in Saskatchewan could begin harvesting in the coming weeks, according to the province’s weekly crop report.
  
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• Letter of the Day: It is time to get serious with the U.S.

  26-07-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  If Canada and Canadians in particular are a national security threat to the United States, then it’s time we did our share to help them feel safer. It’s the Canadian way.
  Let’s encourage Canadian snowbirds to sell their existing properties in the U.S. They should all do well financially once they have disposed of their assets (no harm there) and with fewer Canadians in the U.S. it might just alleviate their sense that we are a security threat. It’s a win-win. Snowbirds mi
  
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• Police say Saskatoon woman held against will, loses part of finger

  26-07-2018 17:51 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police say a 20-year-old woman was held against her will in a west-side home, and had part of a finger cut off Tuesday morning.
  
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• Woman loses part of finger during assault at a Saskatoon home

  26-07-2018 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police say a woman lost part of a finger while being held against her will and physically assaulted.
  
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• Four charged after woman held against her will, part of finger cut off

  26-07-2018 17:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  Three men and one woman are facing charges in relation to an incident on Tuesday morning, where a woman was held against her will and part of her finger cut off.
  At approximately 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Saskatoon police were notified by staff at St. Paul’s Hospital that a 20-year-old woman was seeking medical treatment after being physically assaulted.
  An investigation found that she had attended a residence in the 300 block of Avenue S South shortly after midnight, where she was physically ass
  
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• Woman loses part of finger after being confined in Saskatoon home

  26-07-2018 17:04
  Three men and a woman have been charged after a 20-year-old woman was confined and assaulted on Tuesday morning.
  
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• New oilsands seismic exploration tech leaves forest intact, to the relief of the caribou

  26-07-2018 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  The technology scales down the size of the sensors and charges so they can be carried into the forest on foot, and the inventor says the survey results are just as detailed as traditional seismic.
  
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• Four men charged in Man. after kidnapping in Swift Current, Sask.

  26-07-2018 16:50
  Four people have been arrested in Manitoba after a kidnapping incident that started in Swift Current, Sask. in June.
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Joy needs a home

  26-07-2018 16:45 via globalnews.ca
  Meet Joy, a stray brought to the Saskatoon SPCA and who now needs a new home.
  
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• Arrests - Unlawful Confinement - 300 Block Avenue S South

  26-07-2018 16:39 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are investigating after a woman was unlawfully confined and physically assaulted on Tuesday morning.At approximately 7:00 a.m., July 24, 2018, Police were notified by staff at St. Paul's Hospital that a 20-year-old woman was seeking medical treatment after being physically assaulted. Further investigation found that she had attended to a residence in the 300 block of Avenue S South shortly after midnight. She was physically assaulted and unlawfully held against her will for a nu
  
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• Child pornography charges laid against Little Red River First Nation man

  26-07-2018 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  Drake Lacerte is accused of posting and sharing child pornography through an image sharing service
  
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• How to reduce those pesky Saskatoon Public Library fine

  26-07-2018 16:13 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Public Library has a unique program that allows people to reduce their fines by spending time at the library.
  
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• Mutated strains of HIV in Sask. causing AIDS-related illnesses quicker: study

  26-07-2018 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  More than 98 per cent of the HIV sequences collected in Saskatchewan had at least one major immune-resistant mutation.
  
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• Power cart use at Saskatchewan Amateur gets mixed reviews

  26-07-2018 15:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  A decision by Golf Saskatchewan to allow power carts last week at the Saskatchewan Amateur men’s golf championship opened some eyes while saving some legs at the Dakota Dunes Golf Links.
  While the Saskatchewan Amateur was combined with the Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur championship in the same competition this year for the first time, that meant an abrupt change in the power cart policy.
  Because the Mid-Am has allowed power carts for the past decade, it was decided to do the same with the Amate
  
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• Sask. man charged with making, sharing child pornography

  26-07-2018 15:09 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit has charged a 21-year-old man with child pornography offences.
  
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• Nun calls for forensic audit on Global Transportation Hub land dealings

  26-07-2018 14:26 via cbc.ca
  The decision not to lay criminal charges or have an inquiry into the government’s dealings into the Global Transportation Hub has raised the eyebrows of a nun whose order formerly owned some of the land in question.
  
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• Use of power carts at Saskatchewan Amateur drives wedge between golfers

  26-07-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A decision by Golf Saskatchewan to allow power carts last week at the Saskatchewan Amateur men’s golf championship opened some eyes while saving some legs at the Dakota Dunes Golf Links.
  While the Saskatchewan Amateur was combined with the Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur championship in the same competition this year for the first time, that meant an abrupt change in the power cart policy.
  Because the Mid-Am has allowed power carts for the past decade, it was decided to do the same with the Amate
  
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• STC, Greyhound closures spark new options to get around Sask.

  26-07-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  When Keon Reece accepted a job in Kindersley, he didn’t realize how challenging it would be to get there.
  
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• Picturing success: Saskatoon artist uses ingenuity to make sales

  26-07-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Robynn Olson can still remember when she had to plead with the Starbucks on Broadway to put her paintings on display.
  The young artist said when she was starting out around seven years ago, she had heard the coffee shop would put up the work of local painters on the wall to be sold.
  “I went in all the time and was like, ‘Hey, can I put my stuff up?’ And they were like, ‘No,’ ” Olson said. “I just kept asking … to be a squeaky wheel is a good thing
  
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• Music Notes: Hear an Echo in the Valle

  26-07-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Our stomachs are full (thanks, Taste of Saskatchewan), our desire for basketball has been sated (thanks, FIBA 3×3), but we’re always hungry for good music. Or am I projecting? It’s all good stuff for Saskatoon, anyhow.
  There is a great variety of music coming up, both in terms of style and where these fine performers come from. Summer is a great time for concerts. It’s easier to attract performers to the city when it’s plus 30, instead of minus 40, that’s for
  
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• Letters to the editor July 26, 2018

  26-07-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Garbage numbers expensive, not complex
  In his June 4 article, Phil Tank lamented the garbage debate is buried in complex numbers. Buried I can agree with, but the numbers are hardly complex.
  The landfill shows an annual deficit of $1 million. The primary purpose of creating a waste utility is to extract an additional $1 million from Saskatoon residents to address this apparent shortfall. No matter the size of your garbage cart, you can count on paying a lot more.
  There’s no reason to belie
  
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• Camp creates a community for children with heart problems

  26-07-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Melina Brandt has been living with a heart condition all her life.
  She was born with a double inlet left ventricle, a congenital heart defect; her left ventricle doesn’t work. She has had three heart surgeries, one at four weeks old, another at four months old, and another at three years old.
  She’s been fine since then, and now, at age 11, living with the condition just feels normal, she says.
  Brandt has been participating in the Children’s Healthy Heart Camp in Saskatchewan (C
  
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• Biggest golf event in Canada this week: 5 Things golf

  26-07-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here’s a look at Canadians in the world of golf this weekend.
  1 — With The Canadian Open on tap this week, it’s probably a good time to take a look at how our Canadian PGA stars are faring in the FedEx Cup standings thus far. Only a handful of tournaments are left in the wraparound season, so a strong finish will go a long way to retaining PGA privileges for next year.
  Adam Hadwin continues to have a stranglehold as Canada’s top pro. He’s sitting comfortably in 61st
  
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• Belmore, more Picasso and more at Remai Modern

  26-07-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Influential artist Rebecca Belmore will be featured in a major exhibition for Remai Modern in February 2019.
  Rebecca Belmore: Facing the Monumental comes to Saskatoon from the Art Gallery of Ontario. The showing covers the more-than 30-year career of the artist with sculptures, installations, photographs and performance-based works, as well as new works.
  “Rebecca Belmore is an extremely influential performance artist, but her work encompasses so much more. For decades her work has addresse
  
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• 2 out of 3 Canadians agree provinces should have final say on carbon tax, survey suggests

  26-07-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  With Saskatchewan and Ontario’s premiers bucking under a federal carbon pricing plan, new research suggests that a majority of Canadians believe that provinces should indeed have the final say.
  
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