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• RCMP say search for missing 7-year-old boy now a recovery mission

  27-08-2018 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  As the search for 7-year-old Greagan Geldenhuys moves into its third day, RCMP are now treating it a recovery mission, as family and friends continue to hold out hope. 
  
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• Family says missing boy, 7, and his mom likely in swimming accident

  27-08-2018 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  The family of a missing seven-year-old whose mother was found dead on a beach near a town northeast of Regina says it appears to have been a swimming accident.
  
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• Teen Charged in Armed Robberies - Northumberland Avenue/29th Street West

  27-08-2018 23:08 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 14 year old Saskatoon boy is facing charges following two armed robberies involving a suspect armed with a machete.Police were called to a convenience store in the 900 block of Northumberland Avenue at approximately 3:40 p.m., August 26, 2018.  The staff member reported being robbed by a male armed with a large knife or machete.  The male struck the victim in the arm before stealing cash and fleeing.  The victim was treated for non life-threatening injuries.  A sh
  
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• Shooting - 400 block Avenue S South

  27-08-2018 22:42 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Members of the Saskatoon Police Guns and Gangs Unit are investigating a shooting that left an 18 year old man injured on the weekend.At approximately 8:30 p.m. August 24, 2018, Police were called to a report of an injured man in the 400 block of Avenue S South.  Upon arrival officers located a man suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the leg.  He was transported to hospital with a non life-threatening injury.  He reported being approached by three suspects, 
  
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• Local artist criticizes Remai Modern for hiring out-of-province talent

  27-08-2018 22:06
  The Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan is defending hiring a Vancouver business to design a tea towel for its Art and Design Store.
  
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• Highways Minister says Highway 11 delays will be addressed even if it means stopping work

  27-08-2018 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  Highways Minister Lori Carr calls delays experienced by drivers on Highway 11 unacceptable, says she is not opposed to "ceasing construction entirely".
  
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• Beagles prefer fermented pulses in their chow: U of S study

  27-08-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Dogs have been used to test the nutrition and taste of many Canadian pet food brands. Lynn Weber's Saskatoon research project attempted to enhance the taste of pet food with fermented, Sask. pulses.
  
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• 'There are definite concerns for our revenues, for a number of reasons': Government projects lower deficit despite increased spending, rising debt, unpredictable resource royalties

  27-08-2018 21:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  The provincial government maintains it is “on track” to balance the budget despite increased spending, record-high debt levels, a lack of confidence in its resource revenue projections and broad economic uncertainty.
  In its first-quarter fiscal update, the Ministry of Finance projected higher-than-expected revenues more than offsetting a rise in spending, allowing the 2018-19 deficit forecast to fall $59 million, to $306 million.
  Finance Minister Donna Harpauer, however, admitted the
  
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• Saskatoon police chief explains dismissal from duty of constable

  27-08-2018 21:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatoon police constable facing multiple Criminal Code charges is “unsuitable” for police service and has been dismissed from duty, says Chief Troy Cooper.
  Const. Jarett Gelowitz was dismissed effective Aug. 24, the Saskatoon Police Service announced Monday. Gelowitz faces charges under the Criminal Code of aggravated assault and common assault stemming from multiple on-duty incidents.
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• 'Baby steps': Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player Straschnitzki learns old skills after accident

  27-08-2018 21:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  CALGARY — Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki is on his hands and knees trying a skill he hasn’t had to practise for 18 years — how to crawl.
  Straschnitzki, with the assistance of two physiotherapists, is being shown how to keep himself upright on his arms and how to move his legs forward, a few inches at a time.
  “It’s almost like you’re restarting life again. Growing up, you learn to crawl before you learn to walk. You learn to walk before yo
  
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• Saskatoon police constable facing assault charges dismissed from duty, 'unsuitable' for job: chief

  27-08-2018 21:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatoon police constable facing multiple Criminal Code charges is “unsuitable” for police service and has been dismissed from duty, says Chief Troy Cooper.
  Const. Jarett Gelowitz was dismissed effective Aug. 24, the Saskatoon Police Service announced Monday. Gelowitz faces charges under the Criminal Code of aggravated assault and common assault stemming from multiple on-duty incidents.
  Though the charges have yet to make their way through the court system, the decision to dismiss
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: risk of frost as rain rolls out

  27-08-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  A risk of frost is in Saskatoon's weather forecast as rain rolls out.
  
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• Saskatoon's synchrotron helps debunk Franklin Expedition lead-poisoning theory

  27-08-2018 20:50 via cbc.ca
  In short, the work in Saskatoon debunks the theory that lead killed the crew.
  
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• Police say search for missing 7-year-old is now a 'recovery mission'

  27-08-2018 20:33 via cbc.ca
  Darcy Pantel is still holding out hope that his nephew, seven-year-old Greagan Geldenhuys, will be found safe. The police said Monday afternoon that the search is ongoing, but it is now being treated as a recovery mission.
  
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• 'I'm hoping to find a very scared little boy': Search for missing 7-year-old continues in Qu'Appelle Valley

  27-08-2018 20:33 via cbc.ca
  Darcy Pantel is still holding out hope that his nephew, seven-year-old Greagan Geldenhuys, will be found safe.
  
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• Letters to the editor Aug. 28, 2018

  27-08-2018 20:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  Healthcare negotiations
  Healthcare negotiations continue between the provincial government/SAHO and SEIU-West, CUPE and SGEU. These men and women provide administration, diagnostic and therapeutic tests; they are part of the nursing team; they provide a safe, clean environment for people to recover from illness or injury; and they are proud of the work they do on behalf of the health care system.
  But I would like to remind one and all that union members are engines of economic div
  
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• Vibank, Sask. man will be charged for vandalizing John A. Macdonald statue

  27-08-2018 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  A 47-year-old Vibank, Sask. man will be charged with mischief under $5,000 for apparently vandalizing the John A. Macdonald statue in Victoria Park with red paint.
  
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• Mountie with northern Saskatchewan detachment suspended after charges laid

  27-08-2018 19:28
  An RCMP officer in northern Saskatchewan has been charged with assault.
  
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• Saskatoon police constable facing assault charges dismissed from duty, 'unfit' for job: chief

  27-08-2018 19:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatoon police constable facing multiple Criminal Code charges is “unfit” for police service and has been dismissed from duty, says Chief Troy Cooper.
  Const. Jarett Gelowitz was dismissed effective Aug. 24, the Saskatoon Police Service announced Monday. Gelowitz faces charges under the Criminal Code of aggravated assault and common assault stemming from multiple on-duty incidents.Though the charges have yet to make their way through the court system, the decision to dismiss Gelow
  
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• Saskatchewan fiscal update: More revenue; more spending; smaller deficit

  27-08-2018 19:25
  REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says higher oil and potash prices will mean more money for the province this year.
  
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• Saskatoon Police constable fired after two on-duty assault allegations in five months

  27-08-2018 19:19 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper has fired an officer who is facing two assault allegations in five months made while on duty.
  
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• Saskatoon Police Service fires officer facing criminal charges

  27-08-2018 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Police Service said they fired a constable facing criminal charges to maintain public trust in the force.
  
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• Sask. government cuts deficit projection despite forecast of rise in expenditures

  27-08-2018 19:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  The provincial government marked the first quarter of the fiscal year by slashing $59 million from its deficit projection, as higher-than-expected revenues are expected to more than offset a spending increase.
  The Ministry of Finance is also forecasting a $118-million decrease in public debt, though the province is still expected to be on the hook for $19.9 billion by the end of the year — more debt than ever before.
  Government revenue for the 2018-19 fiscal year is now expected to be $14.
  
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• Saskatoon cop fired over assault charges

  27-08-2018 18:49
  Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper has fired an officer facing multiple assault charges.
  
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• Saskatchewan deficit projection reduction driven by stronger than expected resources

  27-08-2018 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan's deficit projection is down $59 million at $306 million for the end of the fiscal year. This is driven by stronger than expected resource prices.
  
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• SPS Member Charged/Dismissed from Service

  27-08-2018 18:17 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service has dismissed Constable Jarett Gelowitz from the Service. Chief Troy Cooper made the decision to dismiss Gelowitz as unsuitable for police service effective August 24th, 2018.The decision comes at the same time that Gelowitz is charged under the Criminal Code for Aggravated Assault and Common Assault stemming from on-duty actions in two separate incidents.  The officer was already facing criminal charges of Common Assault (SPS Release 2017-1055) for an incident
  
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• Letter of the Day: RCMP shouldn't get veterans plates

  27-08-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The RCMP are not soldiers, nor are they airmen, nor are they sailors. They wear bulletproof vests in their own country, they make good money, they go to work and come home when their shift is over.
  Military people on the other hand have to live in appalling conditions at times. I personally have shared my quarters with rats and mice for months at a time, living with smells that would make the faint at heart sick to their stomach. We didn’t have bulletproof vests, either.
  I’m not comp
  
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• Humboldt Broncos player learns old skills after bus crash: ‘It’s almost like you’re restarting life again’

  27-08-2018 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki is on his hands and knees trying a skill he hasn't had to practise for 18 years – how to crawl.
  
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• Projected Sask. deficit down to $306M in 1st quarter update from province

  27-08-2018 17:37 via cbc.ca
  During its first quarter update, Saskatchewan's budget deficit is $59 million less than was originally projected, which the government attributes to a higher revenue forecast.
  
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• Media Availability - SPS Member Charged

  27-08-2018 17:25 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Police Chief Troy Cooper will be speaking to the media on August 27, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in the media room at SPS Headquarters.  The availability is in regard to charges laid under the Criminal Code against a member of the Saskatoon Police Service.  (Occurrence Number: 17-36068)
  
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• A thank-you letter of love, with hope to move forward

  27-08-2018 16:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  By Scott, Laurie and Jordyn Thomas
  As told to Dave Deibert, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  A day doesn’t go by where we don’t cry missing our son and our brother, Evan.
  It’s been 20 weeks, but it feels like we have lived a lifetime since April 6, 2018, when 16 people — parents, children, siblings, friends, cousins — died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. That day, the world as we knew it changed forever. Sixteen people lost their lives in an unimaginable tragedy. Our s
  
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• Chef Steve Squier spices up YXEats preview

  27-08-2018 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Steve Squier from Picaro Restaurant is spicing things up for the YXEats preview with his Yucatan-style braised pork shank.
  
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• Tornado hunter Ricky Forbes exploring the Great Trail

  27-08-2018 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  Tornado hunter Ricky Forbes is undertaking a new adventure – exploring the Great Trail from Saskatoon to Whistler, B.C.
  
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• Traffic delays near Chamberlain 'unacceptable,' says Highway Minister

  27-08-2018 16:07 via cbc.ca
  The province's Minister of Highway and Infrastructure has chimed in about traffic delays due to construction near Chamberlain on the busy Highway 11.
  
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• Hotel Saskatchewan executive chef Curtis Toth wins Marriott Culinary Showcase

  27-08-2018 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  Hotel Saskatchewan executive chef Curtis Toth was the winner of the inaugural Marriott Culinary Showcase in Saskatoon on Aug. 23. He joins Candace Daniel to talk about the event and his award-winning dishes.
  
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• Shot fired during police chase in Saskatchewan

  27-08-2018 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  A shot was fired by a Saskatchewan RCMP officer during a 40 minute chase in the Shell Lake area.
  
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• Saskatchewan RCMP constable charged with assault

  27-08-2018 14:48 via globalnews.ca
  Brendin Feere, an RCMP constable with the Stony Rapids detachment, has been charged with assault.
  
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• Wheaton: Heat, drought and climate change already affecting agriculture

  27-08-2018 14:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  By Elaine Wheaton, PhD
  Much of southern Canada has been experiencing persistent hot and dry weather.
  The Canadian Drought Monitor, Canada’s official source for drought information, shows dry to drought conditions across much of Canada as of July 31. Large areas are hot spots of drought in the Prairie provinces, including southeastern Alberta, southwestern and central Saskatchewan and the inter-lake and eastern areas of Manitoba.
  The Drought Monitor states that agricultural impacts have bee
  
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• Scott and Laurie Thomas struggle to find new normal

  27-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Scott and Laurie Thomas are trying to heal in aftermath of losing their son Evan in the tragic crash involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus on April 6, 2018.
  They spoke with The StarPhoenix about what it’s been like, and the many people and organizations who have been helping them to move forward.
  You can read the full story here
  
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• Scott and Laurie Thomas thank all who helped after tragic death of son Evan

  27-08-2018 13:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  Scott and Laurie Thomas, whose son Evan died in the tragic crash involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus on April 6, 2018, offer their thanks to the many people who helped in the aftermath of the devastating event.
  “For so many, this tragedy tore through their hearts as if it was their own loss. They responded, simply, with love,” the Thomas family says.
  You can read the full story here
  
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• Tank: Sask.'s fixed election law in need of fixing

  27-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Premier Scott Moe is probably prepared to defend the record of his Saskatchewan Party in the next provincial election.
  But is he ready to face the wrath of all the voters who might be upset with their municipal government, too, especially if they’re served up another year of mayors and councillors, courtesy of Moe?
  Under the plan being floated by the Sask. Party government, the municipal elections set for late October of 2020 would move to October of 2021 to avoid overlap with the early No
  
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• Synchrotron light holds promise for imaging of the inner ear

  27-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  For those suffering from hearing loss, there may be hope through synchrotron imaging, as it holds promise for the future of imaging the inner ear, according to Harvard researchers working at the Canadian Light Source.
  The research found — without having to remove the cochlea from the temporal bone — synchrotron light can produce high-quality images that allow researchers to distinguish between damaged and healthy nerve fibres and sensory cells.
  “If we’re able to achieve t
  
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• 'Slower than anybody suspected': Government injects $180K into outfitter group as membership uptake lags

  27-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The provincial government has now committed more than half a million dollars to a new hunting and fishing outfitters’ group despite previous expectations that its membership dues would cover the majority of its costs.
  The Saskatchewan Commission of Professional Outfitters (SCPO) appears to have struggled to attract new members, adding just two during the last nine months. It currently represents 152, about one-quarter of the province’s outfitters.
  Environment Minister Dustin Duncan s
  
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• Rural municipalities give thumbs down on moving 2020 election

  27-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Politicians representing rural municipalities are expressing no more interest in moving the 2020 elections than their counterparts in cities and towns.
  Ray Orb, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), said Friday he plans to write to the provincial Minister of Government Relations Warren Kaeding to inform him of SARM’s opposition to a proposal to extend council terms by a year.
  The Saskatchewan Party government has asked municipal councils throughout the p
  
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• 'It just takes 1 person to believe in you': Sask. barber's outreach work creates connections with homeless

  27-08-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Jason Gauthier is creating waves of positivity from his barber's chair in Moose Jaw, Sask.
  
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• 'It just takes 1 person to believe in you': Moose Jaw barber connects with homeless

  27-08-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Jason Gauthier has known life on the street and in prison. Now he's back on his feet, cutting hair and turning around other people's lives one by one.
  
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• A thank-you letter, with love

  27-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  By Scott, Laurie and Jordyn Thomas
  As told to Dave Deibert, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  A day doesn’t go by where we don’t cry missing our son and our brother, Evan.
  It’s been 20 weeks, but it feels like we have lived a lifetime since April 6, 2018, when 16 people — parents, children, siblings, friends, cousins — died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. That day, the world as we knew it changed forever. Sixteen people lost their lives in an unimaginable tragedy. Our s
  
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• Broncos hit, skate and score on a Sunday night at the arena

  27-08-2018 04:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  HUMBOLDT — Elgar Petersen Arena was a cauldron of shoves, feisty displays, a grin here and there, and enough goals to keep things interesting.
  It felt good to play — and watch — hockey Sunday night in Humboldt, where the hometown Broncos staged their annual Green and Gold scrimmage before a few hundred curious onlookers. Gold beat Green 3-2 in a three-period game that wrapped up the team’s weekend training camp.
  There was nothing normal about the weekend, said head coach
  
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• Missing Person - Request For Public Assistance - Correction

  27-08-2018 04:18 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Correction on the Missing Person - Request for public assistance. James Thunderchild is 23 years old, not 28 years of age. (Occurrence Number: 18-90800)
  
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• RCMP officer suspended, charged with assault

  27-08-2018 04:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  An RCMP officer serving out of the Stoney Rapids detachment has been suspended from duty and is facing multiple charges allegedly stemming from an incident that occurred Friday.
  Brendin Feere — a constable with less then two years of service with the RCMP — has been charged with assault, forcible confinement and overcoming resistance to commission of offence, after the Stoney Rapids detachment received a complained of an alleged assault that occurred at a home in Black Lake.
  Feere wa
  
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