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• ‘There is no expectation of proof’ for offenders seeking transfer to Aboriginal healing lodges

  26-09-2018 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  While the system is meant for Aboriginal offenders, you don't have to prove ties to get a transfer.
  
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• Cannabis use, consumption banned by major Alberta rental company Boardwalk

  26-09-2018 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  In notices sent to residents this week, Boardwalk said that despite the substance being legalized on Oct. 17, if you live in one of their buildings you can't use or grow it. 
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush select Connor Robinson 5th overall at NLL Entry Draft

  26-09-2018 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Rush selected forward Connor Robinson with the fifth overall pick at the 2018 NLL Entry Draft on Tuesday.
  
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• Loaded handgun found on driver in Saskatoon

  26-09-2018 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police said a driver in the city had a loaded handgun, along with an imitation firearm, ammunition, a knife, bear spray, an axe, and fentanyl.
  
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• Transportation Safety Board investigating after train derails west of Saskatoon

  26-09-2018 21:41 via cbc.ca
  No dangerous goods were on board and there were no injuries after the Wednesday morning derailment, Canadian National Railway says.
  
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• Sask. mayor says derailment near village was second in same spot in five years

  26-09-2018 21:41 via cbc.ca
  No dangerous goods were on board and there were no injuries after the Wednesday morning derailment, Canadian National Railway says.
  
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• CN investigating after train carrying grain derails near Landis

  26-09-2018 21:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  CN Railway’s main line west of Saskatoon is closed after a train derailment involving 40 cars carrying grain on Wednesday morning.
  The incident took place around 8:15 a.m. near Landis, about 130 kilometres east of Saskatoon.
  CN spokesman Patrick Waldron said no one was injured and no dangerous goods were spilled.
  “Crews are there and additional crews are on the way to begin a cleanup and a full investigation into what happened this morning,” Waldron said.
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• 4 people bear-sprayed in Saskatoon home during break and enter

  26-09-2018 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police officers who were called to a home found the front door was kicked in and bear mace sprayed inside.
  
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• Feds reviewing decision to transfer Tori Stafford's killer to healing lodge

  26-09-2018 20:42
  The federal government will be reviewing the decision to transfer a woman convicted of first-degree murder in the kidnapping, rape and murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford from prison, to a healing lodge in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Man arrested after allegedly bear spraying people in home, fleeing on bike

  26-09-2018 20:37
  Saskatoon police arrested a man Tuesday after he reportedly broke into a home and bear sprayed four people inside.
  
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• City to amend proposal for Saskatoon Farmers’ Market

  26-09-2018 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon city councillors amended the proposal to include dedicated farmers market days, plus an animated public facility.
  
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• Man charged after home hit with bear spray

  26-09-2018 20:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 19-year-old man is facing assault and weapons charges after a reported break-and-enter during the early hours of Wednesday morning.
  Police say at roughly 1:30 a.m., officers were sent to a residence in the 400 block of Avenue R South for reports of a person attempting to break in.
  When officers arrived, they found the door had been kicked in and bear mace had been sprayed inside the home.
  Police say a man then fled the scene on a bike. A canine unit was initiated and police say the teenager wa
  
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• Transfer of Tori Stafford’s killer to aboriginal healing lodge will be reviewed; victim’s father slams transfer

  26-09-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  Meanwhile, the victim's father says the decision to allow the transfer is "not right" and is pleading with people to make their anger known.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -10 wind chills and spotty snow

  26-09-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Minus double digit wind chills arrive in Saskatoon's weather forecast with a risk of snow.
  
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• Saskatchewan Polytechnic recognized for auto body technician programs

  26-09-2018 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Polytechnic is the first and only post-secondary institution in North America recognized as a Certified Collision Care provider.
  
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• Elton John adds 10 Canadian dates to final tour

  26-09-2018 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  After massive demand, the Rocket Man has announced more tour dates for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
  
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• 'Funny is funny': Iconic comedian Carol Burnett still keeps them laughing

  26-09-2018 19:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  At the age of 85, after more than a half-century starring on stage and screen, Carol Burnett continues to reign as one of Hollywood’s queens of comedy. In advance of An Evening With Carol Burnett on Sept. 29 (Regina Conexus Arts Centre, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $81.50-$201.50), the icon talked with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix’s Dave Deibert about memorable sketches, live audiences, Annie and more …
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• Break & Enter/Bear Spray - 400 block Ave. R S

  26-09-2018 19:29 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police arrested a man yesterday after he reportedly broke into a home and bear sprayed four people inside.At approximately 1:30 a.m., September 26, 2018, Police were dispatched to a residence in the 400 block of Avenue R South for a report of a person attempting to break in. Upon Police arrival, the front door had been kicked in and bear mace had been sprayed in the home. The male suspect had reportedly fled on a bicycle. A Canine Unit tracked the suspect near Avenue Q South and 18th S
  
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• CN Rail grain train derails near Landis, Sask.

  26-09-2018 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  Forty hopper cars on a westbound CN Rail grain train derailed Wednesday morning just west of Landis, Sask.
  
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• Grain train goes off the tracks near Landis

  26-09-2018 18:54
  A loaded westbound grain train derailed just west of Landis around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, CN says.
  
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• A Saskatoon Man is Facing Charges after Reports of a Person Armed with a Gun

  26-09-2018 18:31 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police arrested a man yesterday after receiving reports that he was seen with a firearm.At approximately 5:45 p.m., September 25, 2018, officers on Patrol conducted a high-risk traffic stop on an SUV after receiving a report that the driver was observed in possession of a gun. Police located the vehicle parked near the intersection of Powe Street and Rayner Avenue. The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun, ammunition, a knife, an imi
  
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• 41-year-old man charged with murder of teen missing since 2007

  26-09-2018 18:28
  The RCMP historical crimes unit has cracked an 11-year-old case.
  
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• FSIN calls emergency meeting to resolve leadership dispute

  26-09-2018 18:19 via cbc.ca
  An emergency meeting has been called for Wednesday afternoon to resolve a standoff over the interim leadership of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.
  
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• FSIN breaks impasse by opting to have no interim chief during election campaign

  26-09-2018 18:19 via cbc.ca
  The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations won't have an interim chief this month.
  
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• Elton John schedules two Saskatoon concerts on Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour

  26-09-2018 18:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  Elton John, the iconic singer behind hits such as Rocket Man, Tiny Dancer and Can You Feel The Love Tonight, is spending a couple of nights in Saskatoon as part of his global goodbye.
  The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour now includes two shows — Oct. 1 and 2, 2019 — at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon. The concerts are part of 25 new dates announced Wednesday “due to overwhelming demand,” as John has said this is his final tour after five decades in the industry.
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• Letter of the Day: Bernier acting like spoiled child

  26-09-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Maxime Bernier, longtime Conservative MP, has given up on the party he was elected under. He also lost a bid to become leader of the Conservative Party.
  Now, he looks like a little kid saying, “It’s my ball and I’m taking it to another playground, na na na.”
  Politics is a business like any other, so when you work for a company and you quit, you walk away. Don’t come back to your employer and say, “I really don’t like you. You’re morally corrupt. I&
  
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• Elton John's farewell tour coming to Saskatoon next year for a pair of concerts

  26-09-2018 17:47 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon music lovers have a chance to experience Elton John's final tour when he brings his Farewell Yellow Brick Road show to SaskTel Centre next year.
  
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• Kirby Dach named WHL and CHL player of the week

  26-09-2018 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Blades forward Kirby Dach was named the CHL and WHL player of the week after a seven point weekend to start the 2018-19 season.
  
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• Décor and Design: renovations while on a winter vacation

  26-09-2018 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  Tamara Bowman with Metric Design Centre in Saskatoon explains the reasons to look at having renovations carried out while on a winter vacation.
  
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• Saskatchewan Police Memorial Ride to Remember

  26-09-2018 16:04 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Every year, the last Sunday in September marks the Saskatchewan Police & Peace Officer Memorial.  A special ceremony takes place that day at the Legislature in Regina.In order to honour our fallen heroes, a group of Saskatchewan Police Officers will depart on a 3-day/400 km bicycle journey on Thursday morning from the Saskatoon Police Service Headquarters Building.This will mark the 3rd anniversary of the Saskatchewan Ride to Remember.  Police officers from Moose Jaw, Reg
  
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• RCMP arrest hitman in connection with 2007 disappearance of teen missing in Sask.

  26-09-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  The RCMP have charged a man with first-degree murder in connection with the 2007 disappearance of Katelyn Marie Noble.
  
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• RCMP arrest hitman in B.C. in connection with 2007 disappearance of teen in Sask.

  26-09-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  The RCMP have charged a man with first-degree murder in connection with the 2007 disappearance of Katelyn Marie Noble.
  
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• Murder charge laid in death of 15-year-old Katelyn Noble

  26-09-2018 15:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  A first-degree murder charge has been laid in the death of a teenage girl last seen 11 years ago.
  Eduard Viktorovit Baranec, 41, was arrested Wednesday at a federal prison in B.C. where he is currently serving time on an unrelated matter, according to an RCMP press release.
  He is charged with the first-degree murder of Katelyn Marie Noble and committing an indignity to a human body.
  Noble was 15 years old when she was last seen on Aug. 27, 2007 in the Radisson area. She had moved from Mission, B
  
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• Man charged with teen’s murder in Saskatchewan cold case

  26-09-2018 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP have charged a man with murder 11 years after Katelyn Marie Noble was last seen in the Radisson, Sask., area.
  
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• Man charged with murder in Saskatchewan cold case

  26-09-2018 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP have charged a man with murder 11 years after Katelyn Marie Noble was last seen in the Radisson, Sask., area.
  
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• CBC's Saskatoon Morning radio show celebrates fifth anniversary

  26-09-2018 15:45 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Morning celebrates it's fifth anniversary and a pair of CBC executives talk about the changes that have occurred.
  
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• Watch: Taking the Pulse on gun use in Saskatchewan

  26-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  As part of an ongoing project between the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, we’ve been asking Saskatchewan residents how they feel important issues in the province. As part of this instalment of Taking the Pulse, researchers at the U of S Social Sciences Research Laboratories called more than 400 residents and asked their thoughts about gun laws.
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• FSIN vice-chief says she is locked out of federation email; youth representatives say power struggle 'unacceptable'

  26-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations’ two youth representatives say it is “unacceptable” that police were called to mediate a conflict at the organization’s highest level, and are calling on the federation’s leadership to set a better example.
  Darian Lonechild and Rollin Baldhead expressed their dismay with an apparent power struggle in a one-page open letter, which was provided to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix before its expected public release today.
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• David Caissie was charged in a Mr. Big sting after telling undercover officers he killed girlfriend Carol King

  26-09-2018 13:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  The man charged with the first-degree murder of Carol King, whose body was discovered near Herschel, Sask. after a high-profile missing person case in 2011, told undercover officers he killed King because she was going to make false allegations against him so she could get their house.
  “It wasn’t what I wanted to do,” Joseph ‘David’ Caissie said during a secretly-recorded conversation. “She left me no option.”
  Caissie thought he was speaking with a membe
  
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• Carbon tax would leave most Canadians with more money: study

  26-09-2018 13:23
  Canadians in almost all income brackets could come out ahead financially with a federally-imposed carbon tax, according to a study on the policy by the pro-carbon tax group Clean Prosperity.
  
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• Taking the Pulse: Nearly half of Sask. residents support status-quo gun laws

  26-09-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  More than half of Saskatchewan residents believe laws covering the sale of guns in Canada should stay the way they are or be relaxed, new public opinion research suggests.
  The data was collected by the University of Saskatchewan’s Social Sciences Research Laboratories (SSRL) as part of the Taking the Pulse initiative, which involves SSRL researchers calling a representative sample of Saskatchewan residents four times a year and asking for their views on hot-button topics in
  
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• Rush shoot for offensive prospect in NLL entry draft

  26-09-2018 04:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Rush added a fresh offensive stick to their lineup Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
  Saskatchewan, which held the fifth overall pick in the National Lacrosse League entry draft, selected forward Connor Robinson out of New Westminster. Robinson played Division 1 field lacrosse collegiately at High Point University in North Carolina, and notched three 100-point seasons while playing junior A lacrosse in B.C.
  “Definitely playing with the best players in the world,” Robinso
  
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• Broadway brew pub clears first hurdle at Saskatoon city hall

  26-09-2018 03:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  The spectre of the Farnam Block hung over a hearing at city hall about the brew pub that could replace it in the Broadway business district.
  Saskatoon’s municipal planning commission on Tuesday unanimously approved Prairie Sun Brewery’s proposal to establish a restaurant/brew pub in the building under construction at the corner of Broadway Avenue and 11th Street East.
  The 103-year-old Farnam Block was demolished more than three years ago, upsetting heritage advocates and fans of Lydi
  
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• Gallery: Humboldt Broncos face Estevan Bruins in Warman

  26-09-2018 03:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Broncos, who are rebuilding their team after 16 people died in an April 6 bus crash, beat the Estevan Bruins 6-2 Tuesday at the Legends Centre in Warman.
  Humboldt is now 3-2, as is Estevan. The SJHL wraps up its four-day series of games in Warman with two contests Wednesday: Nipawin against Notre Dame at 11 a.m., and Humboldt against Melville at 2 p.m.
  Saskatoon StarPhoenix photographer Liam Richards was in the stands Tuesday capturing the SJHL action. ShareHumboldt Broncos face the Estevan
  
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• Watch: Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Justice announces no charges will be laid in RCMP-shooting death of Brydon Whitstone

  26-09-2018 02:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday that there would be no charges laid in the shooting death of Brydon Bryce Whitstone. Whitstone was killed by RCMP after he allegedly rammed a police cruiser during a police pursuit and died as a result of two gun shot wounds to his chest. However, his family wants answers, and officials say those will come as part of an inquest scheduled for early December.
  Ministry of Justice spokesman Drew Wilby called the death “a terribly un
  
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• Driving Skills for Life program comes to Saskatoon

  26-09-2018 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan drivers were the first in Canada to experience the WheelSwap virtual reality experience.
  
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• Global News at 6: September 25

  26-09-2018 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Tuesday, September 25, 2018 edition of Global News at 6 on Global Saskatoon
  
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• Cap on Saskatoon ride-sharing vehicles likely to be considered

  26-09-2018 01:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Speakers were supposed to be prohibited from discussing a cap on the number of ride-sharing vehicles at Saskatoon city council on Tuesday, but the issue still dominated.
  Mayor Charlie Clark explained councillors and speakers were not supposed to discuss a cap because it pertains to a decision already made by council, specifically to start drafting a bylaw to govern ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft.
  However, the report being considered on Tuesday mentioned the taxi industry wants a ride-
  
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• Cannabis soon to be legal, but Canadians doubt police are ready, survey finds

  26-09-2018 01:46
  With cannabis soon to be legal, a new Angus Reid poll shows the majority of Canadians have some anxiety.
  
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• Regina entrepreneurs create new tree banding system

  26-09-2018 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  Every year the city of Regina along with residents band trees to protect them from pests, but one duo has reinvented the decades-old system and created a more environmentally-friendly and non-toxic alternative. 
  
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