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• Sask. launching workplace respect training for all government workers

  01-10-2018 23:56 via cbc.ca
  The province is launching a workplace bullying and harassment training program for all government employees.
  
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• Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe still has concerns despite new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal

  01-10-2018 23:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  Premier Scott Moe celebrated the newly announced United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Monday, but he said there’s still work ahead on removing American trade barriers for Saskatchewan.
  In a press conference in Saskatoon, he said preserving access to the province’s largest export market was of “crucial importance.” The new deal, known as USMCA for short, manages that for most of the province’s key sectors.
  But Moe said he still has concerns about steel and alumin
  
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• Admissability of Mr. Big statements focus of Carol King murder trial

  01-10-2018 23:29 via cbc.ca
  The fairness of using undercover police officers to pose as criminals and elicit confessions from suspects is front and centre in a Saskatoon courtroom.
  
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• Lloydminster man arrested after Saskatchewan RCMP officer injured in hit and run

  01-10-2018 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  An RCMP officer was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in a hit and run near Richard, Sask.
  
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• Warman, University Heights residents await Chief Mistawasis Bridge opening, shorter commute

  01-10-2018 22:55 via cbc.ca
  People living in Warman and in Saskatoon's University Heights neighbourhood have been monitoring construction progress on the Chief Mistawasis Bridge for months.
  
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• Focus Saskatchewan – Sept. 29

  01-10-2018 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  Focus Saskatchewan takes an in-depth look at the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, featuring an interview with Kaleb Dahlgren.
  
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• Cash, cigarettes stolen in armed robbery at Saskatoon convenience store

  01-10-2018 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  An armed robber reportedly entered a Saskatoon convenience store, produced a rifle, and fled with cash and cigarettes.
  
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• Sask. Court of Appeal allows media to live stream David Woods' appeal of 1st-degree murder conviction

  01-10-2018 21:23 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has given a media consortium permission to record and live stream David Woods’ appeal of his first-degree murder conviction on Tuesday.
  
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• RCMP investigating fatal crash near Meadow Lake

  01-10-2018 21:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 41-year-old man is dead after a two-vehicle collision and rollover near Meadow Lake on Sunday.
  Around 4:15 p.m., Meadow Lake RCMP, Meadow Lake Emergency Services and the Meadow Lake fire department responded to the crash on Highway 55 east of Meadow Lake, RCMP said in a news release.
  The driver and the lone occupant of a westbound car was transported to hospital and later pronounced dead. Three people from an eastbound vehicle were taken to hospital for treatment as a precaution and were later
  
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• City police investigating after store robbed with rifle

  01-10-2018 21:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  City police say no injuries were reported after a man robbed a convenience store with a rifle on Monday.
  Officers were called to the store in the 3700 block of Diefenbaker Drive around 12:30 a.m., after reports that a man entered the store carrying a rifle and demanded cash and cigarettes, police said in a news release.
  Police said the man fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money and tobacco products and was last seen running northbound in the alley behind the store.
  Police said the man
  
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• Roughriders control their own destiny in quest for home playoff game

  01-10-2018 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  The Roughriders find themselves on a nice roll, having won six of its last seven games since quarterback Zach Collaros's return under centre.
  
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• 'Everything went black and there was a ringing in my ears': CJHL enacts new concussion protocols

  01-10-2018 20:59 via cbc.ca
  Estevan Bruin Matthew Chekay has retired after suffering a fifth career concussion. The moves comes as the CJHL launches a mandatory new concussion protocol.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: 100-year-old record broken, snowy start to October

  01-10-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Century-old cold record shattered as snow slides into Saskatoon’s weather forecast to start October. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan explains how much will fall.
  
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• Sask. First Nation acquires ownership-stake in Man. footwear company

  01-10-2018 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal Lake Cree Nation Chief Frank Roberts said acquiring an ownership-stake in Manitobah Mukluks makes economic sense.
  
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• Semi driver charged in Humboldt Broncos crash set for return court date

  01-10-2018 20:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Alberta semi driver charged in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 and injured 13 others is scheduled to return to court on Tuesday, where he is expected to choose the avenue in which his case will be heard.
  It’s not known if Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 29, will appear in person at Melfort provincial court for defence election, which involves the accused choosing to have the case heard at either the provincial court level or the Queen’s Bench level. Sidhu has not ye
  
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• Child welfare system 'eats up' Indigenous kids, family advocate tells MMIW inquiry

  01-10-2018 20:22 via cbc.ca
  Cora Morgan, family advocate for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, told the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women that the child welfare system is set up to apprehend children, not to support families.
  
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• 41-year-old man dead in crash near Meadow Lake

  01-10-2018 20:11
  A 41-year old man died in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on Highway 55 about eight kilometres east of Meadow Lake.
  
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• Man killed in crash east of Meadow Lake, Sask.

  01-10-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Meadow Lake RCMP said an eastbound vehicle crossed Highway 55, went into a ditch and rolled.
  
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• Armed Robbery - 3700 Block Diefenbaker Drive

  01-10-2018 20:05 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred earlier today.At approximately 12:30 a.m., October 1, 2018, Patrol members responded to a convenience store in the 3700 block of Diefenbaker Drive after reports that a lone male had entered the store and produced a rifle, demanding cash and cigarettes. The suspect fled the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes. He was last seen running northbound in the alley behind the store. The store employee was
  
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• ’It’s a whirlwind:’ Paralyzed Humboldt player getting used to the new normal

  01-10-2018 19:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  AIRDRIE, Alta. — Erika Burns knew something was wrong the day that a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos collided with a semi-trailer in rural Saskatchewan.
  The 20-year-old had been dating Ryan Straschnitzki for about a month and had been texting him on his way to the playoff game in Nipawin on April 6.
  Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki, left, is interviewed with his girlfriend Erika Burns in Airdrie, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh ORG X
  
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• Sask. steelworkers disappointed tariffs remain despite new trade deal

  01-10-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  Canada, the United States and Mexico inked a new trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA).
  
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• Wayne Brownlee the second former PotashCorp executive to leave Nutrien

  01-10-2018 19:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  Nutrien Ltd. is set to lose another former Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan executive.
  One week after PotashCorp’s final CEO Jochen Tilk announced his plan to leave the newly-formed company, Nutrien chief financial officer Wayne Brownlee — also a PotashCorp alumnus — is following him out the door, the company announced.
  In a news release issued Monday, Nutrien said Brownlee will retire effective Oct. 31 after an “exceptional” 40-year career in the Canadian mining
  
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• Saskatoon eyes sale of west-end home lots backing onto pond

  01-10-2018 19:15 via cbc.ca
  Builders have signalled their interest in the pond-adjacent lots, according to the city.
  
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• Voir dire continues in Saskatoon for man accused of killing Carol King

  01-10-2018 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  Joseph “David” Caissie is charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Carol King.
  
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• RCMP officer seriously hurt after being hit by truck

  01-10-2018 19:03
  A 37-year-old Lloydminster man is in custody after a high speed chase in the Battlefords area.
  
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• Man faces charges after allegedly running over officer, RCMP say

  01-10-2018 19:03
  A 37-year-old Lloydminster man faces several charges after a high speed chase in the Battlefords area.
  
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• Sask. RCMP officer hit by vehicle during traffic stop, suspect later taken into custody

  01-10-2018 18:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  An RCMP officer suffered serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop near North Battleford.
  On Monday around 8:40 a.m., the RCMP member stopped a 2018 Ford F350 with an Alberta license plate along Highway 40 near the village of Richard, approximately 30 kilometres east of North Battleford. According to RCMP in a news release, a man started to flee the scene in the vehicle before he “turned around and tried to run the member down who was still outside of the polic
  
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• Sask. gov announces Sixties Scoop survivor sharing circles across province

  01-10-2018 18:56 via cbc.ca
  The government has announced that a group of Sixties Scoop survivors will facilitate sharing circles across the province starting Oct. 13.
  
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• Sheepdogs band member Sam Corbett diagnosed with cancer, bows out of upcoming tours

  01-10-2018 18:41 via globalnews.ca
  The Sheepdogs' drummer, Sam Corbett, took to Facebook to share the news and reassure his fans.
  
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• Officer struck and injured during traffic stop: Sask. RCMP

  01-10-2018 18:39 via cbc.ca
  A man accused of hitting an RCMP officer with a pickup truck during a traffic stop has been arrested.
  
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• Saskatchewan RCMP officer seriously injured in hit and run

  01-10-2018 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  An RCMP officer was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in a hit and run near Richard, Sask.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Parking change doesn't help

  01-10-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Oh gentle irony, I love when you lift your sleepy head and wink at me.
  Residential parking in the area west of the Victoria (Traffic) Bridge began recently in Nutana. City council was divided on this decision last September when Coun. Block introduced a motion to delay implementation in this area until the Residential Parking Program review was complete, the Victoria renovation done and the Traffic Bridge open.
  Coun. Block could have experienced blowback from her constituents who wanted this pro
  
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• Trudeau, Freeland herald USMCA as trilateral victory

  01-10-2018 17:10
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heralding the historic new USMCA trade pact between Canada, the United States, and Mexico as a good deal for all three countries, describing the new agreement in principle as a preservation of many aspects of the original NAFTA, that also stabilizes and modernizes the trade relationship for the realities of the times.
  
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• Food for Thought: cooking with pulses

  01-10-2018 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Darren Craddock and Farm and Food Care’s Clint Monchuk celebrate agriculture month by preparing a tasty dish using Saskatchewan pulses.
  
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• NAFTA replacement raises duty-free shopping limits for Canadians

  01-10-2018 16:38
  Under the USMCA trade deal, online cross-border express shipments to Canada worth less than $150 will no longer be subject to duties.
  
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• U of S Huskies honour residential school survivors

  01-10-2018 16:24 via cbc.ca
  University of Saskatchewan cross country runners found a unique way to honour residential school survivors on Saturday.
  
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• Chris Pronger guest speaker at Off the Leash Luncheon

  01-10-2018 16:05 via globalnews.ca
  Andrew Bailey and Bryce Thoma preview the upcoming Off the Leash Luncheon for the Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team.
  
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• New bridges opening in Saskatoon

  01-10-2018 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Dan Willems from the City of Saskatoon on celebrations planned Tuesday as two new bridges in the city prepare to open to traffic.
  
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• One dead in rollover on Saskatchewan First Nation

  01-10-2018 14:53 via globalnews.ca
  One person was killed and three others were injured in a rollover Friday evening on the Mistawasis First Nation.
  
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• Prince Albert Raiders remain undefeated with win over Saskatoon Blades

  01-10-2018 14:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Prince Albert Raiders have won five-straight games to start the WHL season after downing the previously undefeated Saskatoon Blades.
  
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• Saskatchewan's first mental hospital could be demolished if no developer is found

  01-10-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan’s first dedicated mental-health hospital is in danger of being demolished after its replacement opens.
  
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• Former DreamWorks, current Google computer scientist discusses his experiences

  01-10-2018 13:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Mark Matthews took his career from Saskatoon to DreamWorks and Google, working on blockbuster CGI films and artificial intelligence.
  In this video, he talks to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix about his experiences at DreamWorks.
  You can read the full story here.
  
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• Your Saskatchewan – Saskatoon: October 2018

  01-10-2018 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Global Saskatoon features a viewer submitted photo for Your Saskatchewan daily on Global News at 6 and Global News at 10.
  
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• Tank: Is there a better way than a 16-hour city council meeting?

  01-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  At one point on Tuesday, Coun. Sarina Gersher left the second day of last week’s city council meeting/endurance test just as Coun. Troy Davies returned.
  “Thank you, Coun. Davies, for saving quorum,” Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark said.
  The number of council members had dwindled, along with attention spans, to the bare minimum of six required to keep going to the end of the 16-hour, two-day meeting.
  Clark acknowledged it was the longest council meeting in his 12 years on council.
  
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• Ontario court won't hear appeal in Trost's court battle against the Conservatives

  01-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Court of Appeal for Ontario has refused to hear an appeal in Saskatoon–University MP Brad Trost’s ongoing court battle with the Conservative Party of Canada over a fine stemming from an allegedly leaked membership list.
  The court, without providing reasons, last week declined to hear Trost’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that the party is a “private actor” and therefore its decisions — in this case a $50,000 fine — are not subject to judicia
  
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• New Traffic Bridge set to open 111 years after original

  01-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A timeline of the Traffic Bridge, from the original bridge's opening in 1907 to the opening of the new bridge on Tuesday.
  
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• National committee to study creation of stat holiday to honour Indigenous people

  01-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The member of Parliament for northern Saskatchewan said she is optimistic that National Indigenous Peoples Day will become a statutory holiday after her private member’s bill passed second reading with full support from Liberal MPs.
  Georgina Jolibois, the NDP MP who represents constituents living north of Prince Albert, has sponsored a private member’s bill that seeks to make June 21 a statutory holiday to give Canadians an opportunity to reflect upon and celebrate Indigenous history
  
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• Math, movies, art and AI: Saskatoon's Mark Matthews talks working at DreamWorks and Google

  01-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  When Holy Cross High School and University of Saskatchewan alum Mark Matthews watches DreamWorks Blockbusters such as Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon, he can usually pick out the parts he helped make a reality.
  “It’s kind of funny, because you’ll look at it and say, ‘Wow, that shot went by in five seconds and we spent like two months making sure it looked perfect,'” he said. “It’s always kind of a neat sense of ownership.”
  Matthews grew
  
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• Here's what you need to know about Saskatoon's two new bridges

  01-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In a first for Saskatoon, the city will welcome two new additions to help bolster the Bridge City nickname on Tuesday.
  The Chief Mistawasis Bridge and the rebuilt Traffic Bridge will be celebrated in separate ceremonies. The Chief Mistawasis Bridge will open to traffic later on Tuesday and the Traffic Bridge opens to vehicles on Wednesday.
  The bridges were built by the Graham Commuter Partners consortium and are coming in on time and on budget.
   
  THEY COST HOW MUCH?
  The public-private partn
  
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• After online threats and arrest, Saskatoon Muslims express mix of concern and relief

  01-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Representatives of Muslim community groups in Saskatoon said they are relieved a suspect was arrested and charged in connection with threatening online posts aimed at a Muslim-majority country.
  On Sept. 20, city police charged a 24-year-old man with uttering death threats after Facebook posts were reported to them. The posts — status updates and comments attributed to the man on a news article shared on his personal Facebook page — threatened the execution of “Saudi leaders&rdq
  
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