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• RCMP will resume underwater search in Qu'Appelle Valley for missing boy Tuesday

  31-08-2018 23:19 via cbc.ca
  RCMP are also requesting that Qu'Appelle Valley residents check their docks, boat launches, boat tracks and boat lifts for any sign of the boy.
  
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• 73-year-old La Ronge mushroom picker rescued by helicopter

  31-08-2018 23:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 73-year-old La Ronge man was rescued from a remote northern area after he used a signal fire to get the attention of responding rescuers.
  According to an RCMP news release, officers from the La Ronge detachment received a report on Thursday around 9:30 a.m. that a man had become separated from his wife two days earlier while mushroom picking in the Wapawekka area.
  While the man was an “experienced woodsman” and was equipped with some supplies, there was concern for his well-being,
  
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• After Trans Mountain ruling, ex-premier Brad Wall says he's never felt such levels of 'western alienation'

  31-08-2018 22:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan premiers past and present are raising concerns about the federal ruling that has left the Trans Mountain pipeline in limbo.
  Brad Wall, following Thursday’s ruling, said he feels Western alienation in Canada has reached heights not been since Pierre Trudeau, the father of current prime minister Justin Trudeau, was prime minister.
  “I have never observed or felt this level of western alienation at least from Sask and Alberta,” the former premier tweeted on Friday. &ld
  
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• Public Advisory - Nutrien Fireworks Festival

  31-08-2018 22:14 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service will have officers on hand during the Nutrien Fireworks Festival this weekend.The festival is set to take place in the evening hours August 31 and September 1 at River Landing.Motorists are asked to avoid 19th Street between 2nd and 4th Avenues if possible. Officers will be present to help with traffic flow, although restrictions will be in place. Motorists are also reminded to avoid stopping on bridges or roadways in order to watch the fireworks, and to be awar
  
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• Dehydrated but fine: missing mushroom picker found in northern Saskatchewan

  31-08-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  A mushroom picker is weak and dehydrated, but otherwise in good condition, after being lost in northern Saskatchewan for two days.
  
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• 73-year-old La Ronge man rescued after aerial search

  31-08-2018 21:26
  A 73-year-old man who was reported missing Thursday has been rescued.
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies focused on home opener, not rankings

  31-08-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Led by 18 returning starters, the Saskatchewan Huskies football team begins their season at home against the Alberta Golden Bears at Griffiths Stadium.
  
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• 'He advised me that he had killed his wife': David Woods' former lawyer

  31-08-2018 20:42 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatchewan man appealing his first-degree murder conviction admitted privately to his former lawyer that he did it, according to new court documents.
  
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• Former premier Brad Wall Tweets he's never felt such high levels of 'western alienation'

  31-08-2018 20:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan premiers past and present are raising concerns about the federal ruling that has left the Trans Mountain pipeline in limbo.
  Former premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall said following the ruling he feels Western alienation in Canada has reached heights not been since Justin’s father, Pierre Trudeau, was prime minister.
  “I have never observed or felt this level of western alienation at least from Sask and Alberta,” the former premier tweeted on Friday. “Including
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: cool long weekend, risk of frost ahead

  31-08-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Cool Labour Day long weekend in Saskatoon's weather forecast with a risk of frost as the school year kicks off.
  
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• RCMP postpone dive on Saskatchewan plane wreck until winter when lake is frozen

  31-08-2018 19:42
  Mounties say efforts to reach a decades-old plane wreck at the bottom of a Saskatchewan lake have been thwarted by strong winds and they'll wait until winter before making another try.
  
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• Justin Trudeau determined to build Trans Mountain pipeline, tackle climate change despite court ruling

  31-08-2018 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  Thursday's court ruling prompted Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to announce that her province is withdrawing from the national climate change plan and will stay out until the federal government gets its act together, as she put it.
  
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• Here's what's open on Labour Day in Saskatoon

  31-08-2018 19:12
  The City of Saskatoon has released a list of which services and facilities will be open on the upcoming holiday Monday. Here’s what you need to know.
  
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• 'Be prepared to see a bear,' says Prince Albert National Park staff

  31-08-2018 18:55 via cbc.ca
  This is a busy time of year for bears as they search out food to fatten up for hibernation.
  
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• Stolen SUV recovered in Saskatoon after driver tries to elude police

  31-08-2018 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  An SUV reported stolen in Prince Albert was recovered by Saskatoon police but not before the driver tried to elude officers.
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies kick off season Friday

  31-08-2018 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Huskies football team kicks off the U Sports season on Friday at Griffiths Stadium. Derek Bidwell reports.
  
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• PM determined to build pipeline, tackle climate change despite court ruling

  31-08-2018 18:19
  Justin Trudeau is standing firm on his government's commitment to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and to its national climate-change plan -- both of which were put in jeopardy by a bombshell court ruling that overturned federal approval for the project.
  
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• Trudeau, Freeland say Canada won't cave on NAFTA as Trump says he won't make any compromises

  31-08-2018 18:05 via cbc.ca
  NAFTA talks have not soured despite a report that Donald Trump told a news outlet the U.S. will make no compromises in any agreement with Canada, sources told CBC News.
  
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• NAFTA talks break off, expected to resume next week

  31-08-2018 18:05 via cbc.ca
  The North American Free Trade Agreement talks break off for the weekend. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says Washington will resume negotiations with Canada's team on Wednesday.
  
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• Freeland calls for 'flexibility' as NAFTA talks break for weekend

  31-08-2018 18:05 via cbc.ca
  Canadian and U.S. officials take a weekend break from NAFTA talks after a week of tense negotiations in Washington and comments from U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting he is unwilling to compromise on a deal.
  
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• Possible peeping Tom in small Saskatchewan community

  31-08-2018 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Esterhazy RCMP has received multiple reports of a man trespassing and looking into windows at homes in Stockholm, Sask. throughout July and August.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Cyclists often disobey road rules

  31-08-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I have three questions for the cycling groups in Saskatoon. I have tried, unsuccessfully, to get answers to these queries before. In the last two days alone, I have seen several examples of cyclists riding as described below.
  First, why do average adult cyclists think it is okay to ride on sidewalks, occasionally even expecting pedestrians to yield to them? I thought that was illegal. I understand that children might be allowed to break the law in the interest of sa
  
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• Photos: Editorial Cartoons: Aug. 25-31

  31-08-2018 17:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here’s a compilation of the StarPhoenix’s editorial cartoons from the past week.
  
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• Business Districts Public Safety Initiative - Fall Focus

  31-08-2018 17:11 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Starting tomorrow, the Bike Unit and Beat officers are conducting an enforcement initiative in the Downtown, Riversdale and Broadway Business Improvement Districts.Beat and Bike officers fall focus will be educating the public through the enforcement of the Bicycle Bylaw and the Traffic Safety Act to enhance public safety for everyone in these areas including pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. The enforcement initiative is a prolonged effort from September 1 - 15, 2018. 
  
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• Back to school fashion trends

  31-08-2018 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  Cory Henderson from Once Upon a Child with some of the latest fashion trends as kids get ready to head back to school.
  
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• Celebrating literacy in Saskatoon at Word on the Street

  31-08-2018 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  Author Alice Kuipers discusses the upcoming Word on the Street festival in Saskatoon, a chance to celebrate literacy and discover the joy of reading.
  
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• Greg Poelzer discusses Trans Mountain court decision

  31-08-2018 16:18 via globalnews.ca
  University of Saskatchewan Prof. Greg Poelzer with his thoughts on the impact of Trans Mountain court decision and the next steps that should be taken.
  
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• Tim Hortons, franchisees in legal spat over 'shattering' coffee pots

  31-08-2018 16:14
  Tim Hortons and a group of its franchisees are embroiled in another legal battle -- this time over allegations that the company's coffee and tea pots are prone to shattering, resulting in scalded and injured employees.
  
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• Take that, Farmers' Almanac: Environment Canada's Dave Phillips predicts milder winter

  31-08-2018 16:12
  Days after the Farmers' Almanac released its winter forecast calling for 'teeth-chattering cold,' Environment Canada’s senior climatologist has teased a more moderate outlook for the coming months that is sure to be welcome news to many Canadians.
  
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• Dive to find plane wreckage in Saskatchewan lake delayed until winter

  31-08-2018 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP divers were hoping to confirm wreckage located in Peter Pond Lake is that of a small plane that vanished on Aug. 20, 1959.
  
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• NAFTA talks break off, will resume next week

  31-08-2018 15:47
  The week-long intensive NAFTA renegotiations have concluded in Washington, D.C., without a deal by the Trump-imposed deadline, but talks will resume next week.
  
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• Canada-U.S. NAFTA talks break off, will resume next week

  31-08-2018 15:47
  The week-long intensive NAFTA renegotiations have concluded in Washington, D.C., without a deal by the Trump-imposed deadline, but talks will resume next week.
  
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• Air support helps Saskatoon police nabs car thieves

  31-08-2018 15:15 via cbc.ca
  Eyes in the sky allowed Saskatoon police to find stolen car without a dangerous chase and arrest two women early Friday morning.
  
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• Air support helps Saskatoon police nab car thieves

  31-08-2018 15:15 via cbc.ca
  Eyes in the sky allowed Saskatoon police to find stolen car without a dangerous chase and arrest two women early Friday morning.
  
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• Former Saskatoon police constable ordered to stand trial on assault charge

  31-08-2018 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  Jarett Gelowitz, a former constable with the Saskatoon Police Service, has been committed to stand trial on a common assault charge.
  
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• Bridges Events Aug. 31 to Sept. 6

  31-08-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to [email protected].
  # MUSIC
  Fri., Aug. 31
  The Chicken HeadsBuds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.
  The Band WagonArmy & Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N.
  Natalie Struck DuoMcNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.
  Tom ReinhardtFairfield Seniors’ Centre, 103 Fairmont Ct.
  BOOMlag w/ Nature Of and EcilaCapi
  
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• 'They are our future': Sask. Roughrider gives away hundreds of backpacks

  31-08-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Jovon Johnson says he knows what it's like to not have school supplies and wanted to help kids in Regina who are in similar situations.
  
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• Gormley: Canada outplayed on NAFTA

  31-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  At first glance, it is easy to chalk up the train wreck that is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) re-negotiations to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bad luck. But in politics, there’s an old saying that you make your own luck.
  And there should be some tough questions asked and accountability demanded on how it all came to this: a last minute “take it or leave it” ultimatum for Canada to sign a trade deal seemingly reached between Mexico and the United States
  
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• Gardening: Keep gardening, despite the frost

  31-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  When the Welsh poet Dylan Tomas wrote about going “gentle into that good night,” his thoughts were on human mortality. But with the risk of frost on the prairies, it’s our tender flowers and vegetables that come to mind.
  There are several ways to outwit Jack Frost so that they continue to produce and bloom through some of the fall. The average frost date for the Saskatchewan prairies is Sept. 15. If day temperatures are predicted to be warm and sunny, why not extend the fall se
  
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• Editorial: Who's driving the Conservative Party of Canada?

  31-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Maxime Bernier grabbed the spotlight last week by quitting the Conservative Party of Canada and vowing to start a new right-wing movement.
  But following the Conservative policy convention last weekend, it appears that it won’t be the maverick MP who poses the biggest threat to a Conservative election victory in 2019.
  Card-carrying Conservatives themselves will play the role of election spoiler, namely the grassroots members who pushed several resolutions on divisive issues into the limelig
  
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• Litterbugs trash portion of riverbank in Saskatoon after cleanup efforts

  31-08-2018 13:40 via globalnews.ca
  A group is not giving up after litterbugs trashed their cleanup efforts on a portion of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon. Ryan Kessler with the details.
  
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• What you need to know as school zones come back into effect

  31-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  With kids heading back to school after the Labour Day long weekend, school zones are once again coming back into effect and police are warning motorists to be wary of the 30 kilometre-per-hour limit or be prepared to pay a hefty fine.
  StarPhoenix reporter Erin Petrow spoke with police and the City of Saskatoon about five things you need to know.
  Why 30 kilometres per hour?
  A: If a child is struck by a vehicle at 30 km/h they have a 90 per cent chance of surviving the collision, said David LeBout
  
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• Huskies can score goals, but main goal is to win games

  31-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Scoring goals doesn’t seem to be the problem with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
  Preventing them, however, is a different story.
  The U of S men’s soccer team — which plays its regular season home opener on Saturday against the Alberta Golden Bears in the annual Bateman Cup — recorded six goals while giving up five in two games during their Canada West conference opening weekend on the road this past weekend.
  Those are big numbers at the U Sports level.
  “Wha
  
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• From fireworks to football: 5 things to fill your weekend, Sept. 1-3

  31-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s not officially fall, but the summer season concludes this weekend with the arrival of the Labour Day weekend in Saskatchewan. That being said, there are still many things that will buoy your spirit through this long weekend.
  1 — The Nutrien Fireworks Festival runs this weekend and it’ll be a blast. Bad puns aside, this annual event is quite the spectacle. It’s best to enjoy close up, so make sure you give yourself enough time to find a good spot as traffic could be c
  
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• Developer 'frustrated' with response to city yards plan

  31-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Vancouver-based developer who wants to transform Saskatoon says he is disappointed in a city hall report that throws cold water on his plan to redevelop the city yards.
  Jeff Drexel, president of Arbutus Properties, said in an interview Thursday he will continue to push his vision, despite a report that says there are “no immediate plans” to relocate city operations.
  Arbutus pitched the idea this spring at city hall to redevelop the city yards, which are located north of downtown in
  
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• Air Support Unit assists in Recovery of Stolen Vehilce

  31-08-2018 12:16 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Two women are facing charges after being found in a stolen vehicle early Friday morning.Just after 1:00 AM members of the Saskatoon Police Service Guns & Gangs Unit spotted a stolen vehicle travelling west on 22nd Street.  The vehicle had been reported stolen from Prince Albert.The officers, in an unmarked police vehicle followed the 2009 Acura MDX until the Air Support Unit (ASU) was able to get into position and observe from above.   The ASU conveyed the  stolen ve
  
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• Mé​tis mom's Indigenous-inspired clothing for infants taking off in Saskatoon

  31-08-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Christine Marie, a Mé​tis woman from Saskatoon, started her own Indigenous infant and toddler clothing line called Awasis Boutique.
  
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• Single Vehicle Collision Results in Impaired Driving Charge - Circle at Lorne

  31-08-2018 09:42 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 25 year old man from Wakaw area will be in court next month facing impaired driving charges after the vehicle he was operating flipped over on Circle Drive.  Just after midnight Friday morning, police received a call about a single vehicle collision on Circle Drive at Lorne Ave.. As officers arrived the driver of the vehicle fled on foot.  A K9 unit was deployed and the suspect was arrested a short distance from the collision.  Medavie Health Services West pe
  
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• Notley pulling Alberta out of federal climate plan after latest Trans Mountain pipeline setback

  31-08-2018 03:17 via globalnews.ca
  Hours after a stunning Federal Court of Appeal decision in which Ottawa's approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was overturned, Premier Rachel Notley addressed Albertans about the latest hurdle to come before the project and dropped a political bombshell of her own.
  
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• 'A question of fairness': Clock ticking for Canada Post, union to reach pay equity agreement

  31-08-2018 03:11 via cbc.ca
  An arbitrator is prepared to impose a decision if Canada Post and its biggest union don't come to an agreement by 12 p.m. ET over longstanding pay inequities between mostly male urban letter carriers, and their female rural and suburban counterparts.
  
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