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• Arrest - Search Warrant Executed - 300 Block 5th Avenue North

  05-10-2018 23:48 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  As a result of an ongoing investigation by an outside agency, the Saskatoon Police Guns & Gangs and Tactical Support Units assisted in executing a search warrant at an apartment in the 300 block of 5th Avenue North yesterday morning, October 4, 2018. One man was taken into custody.As a result of the search warrant, Police seized;Two handguns, one with ammunition70.61g of cocaine48.98g of crack cocaine306.37g of heroin275.4g of fentanyl366.4g of crystal methNearly $7,500 cashThe 25-year-old m
  
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• Humboldt Broncos player Layne Matechuk leaves hospital after 6 month stay

  05-10-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Layne Matechuk was one of two Humboldt Broncos left in hospital following the bus crash in April.
  
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• Riide, British cousin to Uber, greenlit to launch in Martensville, Sask.

  05-10-2018 23:09 via cbc.ca
  City councillors have approved 10 taxi licences for the ride-sharing service.
  
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• Two inmates arrested after escaping while on work crew

  05-10-2018 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP have arrested two inmates after they stole a vehicle while outside of the facility on a work crew.
  
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• Layne Matechuk leaves hospital after 6 month stay

  05-10-2018 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  Layne Matechuk walks out of a Saskatoon hospital on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, almost six months to the day his was injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy.
  
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• Carley Matechuk spends her birthday with her brother

  05-10-2018 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  Carley Matechuk describes spending her birthday with Layne in August, when he was granted brief trips out of hospital while recovering from injuries he received in the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy.
  
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• Saskatoon looks at lowering speed limits on neighbourhood streets

  05-10-2018 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon city council will decide if certain speed limits on residential streets should be lowered from the current speed of 50 km/h.
  
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• Leisure centre coupons: The City of Saskatoon’s alternative to Halloween candy

  05-10-2018 22:11
  The City of Saskatoon is offering an alternative to handing out candy on Halloween.
  
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• Saskatoon search and rescue on the hunt for funds

  05-10-2018 20:59 via cbc.ca
  SSAR, which relies on fundraising, has found a new source. The book Life Lessons From A Red Serge covers the career of the late RCMP Staff Sergeant Peter Garvey, a man who gave much of his own time to search and rescue efforts.
  
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• Edmonton company fined $100K after worker suffers serious facial injuries

  05-10-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety says an Alberta company has been fined after a worker sustained serious facial injuries.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: double digit heat Thanksgiving weekend

  05-10-2018 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  Minus double digit wind chills followed by positive double digit heat in Saskatoon’s weather forecast for one of the days over Thanksgiving long weekend. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• LGBT training for city staff 'a wonderful win,' says OutSaskatoon

  05-10-2018 20:35 via cbc.ca
  New training will focus on teaching City of Saskatoon staff about LGBT communities.
  
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• Saskatoon golf season coming to a close

  05-10-2018 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s a look at when public golf courses in the Saskatoon area intend to close before the snow flies.
  
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• Family ties in the sky

  05-10-2018 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  Based out of 15 Wing Moose Jaw, the Canadian Snowbirds are made up of the most elite pilots in the country. But somehow our own Teri Fikowski found her way into the cockpit for a flight she’ll never forget, and learned something about her own family’s history along the way.
  
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• Meet the second female pilot to soar with the Snowbirds

  05-10-2018 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  After delighting crowds with impressive air shows across North America, the Canadian Snowbirds are wrapping up their 48th season in the sky. New to the squad this season, was the first female pilot in nearly a decade. Teri Fikowski introduces us.
  
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• House fire causes $200,000 in damages in Haultain neighbourhood

  05-10-2018 19:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  There were no injuries reported after a fire in Saskatoon’s Haultain neighbourhood that caused $200,000 in damages.
  Just after 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, fire crews were called to 1014 Seventh Street East, with a total of five crews being dispatched to the scene, according to a Saskatoon Fire Department news release.
  When they arrived, crews reported smoke and heavy flames showing from the back of the home, and they immediately started to fight the blaze.
  Fires on the outside of the home were
  
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• Latest Sask. job numbers show more total jobs, but higher unemployment rate

  05-10-2018 19:18 via cbc.ca
  About 3,300 more people were employed in Saskatchewan in September 2018 compared to last year at the same time.
  
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• Forever in the Clouds: Honouring 21 WWII veterans killed in Estevan plane crash

  05-10-2018 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a significant piece of Saskatchewan history that’s faded from the minds of many: 21 WWII veterans had returned home from war, only to fly straight into tragedy. Focus Saskatchewan host Marney Blunt looks back at a tragedy that’s been lost in history, and learns how one group is working to honour the victims.
  
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• Damage estimated at $200K in Haultain house fire

  05-10-2018 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon firefighters arrived at a home in Haultain to find smoke and heavy flame coming from the back of the house.
  
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• Fire causes $200,000 in damage to Saskatoon home

  05-10-2018 18:03
  No injuries were reported after a house fire in central Saskatoon on Thursday night.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Turning toward regenerative agriculture

  05-10-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I was thrilled to hear that Premier Moe turned toward farmer Megz Reynolds’ invitation to take a seat in her harvest combine. Research shows that turning toward is the best response when seeking a positive outcome.
  I wonder if Premier Moe or Reynolds are aware of the “4 per 1000” initiative? This initiative was launched by the French government at the COP21 Paris climate summit in 2015 and many countries signed on. It offers a positive climate change outcome.
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• Edmonton company fined after worker hit in face with gate near Lloydminster in 2016

  05-10-2018 17:47
  An Edmonton company has been fined $100,000 under provincial Occupational Health and Safety regulations after a worker was struck in the face with a metal gate near Lloydminster in 2016.
  
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• Photos: Editorial Cartoons: Sept. 29 – Oct. 5

  05-10-2018 17:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here’s a compilation of the StarPhoenix’s editorial cartoons from the past week.
  
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• Easy weekday suppers from ‘Best of Bridge’

  05-10-2018 16:53 via globalnews.ca
  Sylvia Kong and Emily Richards highlight some easy weekday supper recipes from the latest “Best of Bridge” recipe book.
  
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• Three semis crashed on Trans-Canada highway, roads are very hazardous

  05-10-2018 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  Indian Head RCMP are currently on the scene of a collision involving three semi-tractor trailers on the Trans Canada Highway about five kilometres east of McLean.
  
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• Unemployment rate drops in Saskatchewan as more part-time jobs created

  05-10-2018 16:34 via globalnews.ca
  Statistics Canada reported Friday the unemployment rate in Saskatchewan was 6.4 per cent for September.
  
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• Police use Taser on man threatening self-harm with a nail gun

  05-10-2018 16:09 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police Tasered a man who was threatening self-harm with a nail gun on Thursday.
  
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• Friendship Inn in Saskatoon needs donations for Thanksgiving meal

  05-10-2018 16:06 via globalnews.ca
  Over 1,300 people are expected at the Friendship Inn in Saskatoon for Thanksgiving dinner, and executive director Sandra Kary says more donations are need.
  
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• Gardening Tips: Thanksgiving table centrepieces

  05-10-2018 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  With the Thanksgiving long weekend here, Jill from Dutch Growers in Saskatoon shows how to make table centrepieces using pumpkins and succulents.
  
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• Bridges Oct. 5-11

  05-10-2018 14:30 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 publication date. Please send submissions to [email protected].
  # MUSIC
  Fri., Oct. 5
  Piano Friday: Jesse Brown / Heidi Munro & Soul Sensation: The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N.
  Dangerous Cheese: Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.
  Forever Young: Army & Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N.
  William and the Shadows: Fairfield Seniors’
  
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• Feds ‘completely on track’ to impose carbon tax despite provinces dropping out

  05-10-2018 14:14 via globalnews.ca
  Federal officials say there'll be no problem adding Manitoba to the growing list of provinces where Ottawa will have to apply a carbon tax — but they're still not ready to say exactly how the revenues raised by the tax will be given back to people in those provinces.
  
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• Gardening: Hints for harvesting and storing fall cucurbits

  05-10-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Fall is a bittersweet season for gardeners. On one hand, harvesting is a glorious reward for months of steady work and patience. On the other hand, the end of the growing season means no more fresh produce a few feet from your doorstep.
  Luckily, some late vegetables can be enjoyed weeks or months after harvest if they are harvested and stored properly.
  Harvesting muskmelon, cantaloupe and watermelon is a matter of picking the ripe fruit at the right time. Muskmelon and cantaloupe are ready to ha
  
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• Food: Broccoli, cheddar and chicken chowder to warm you up

  05-10-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  There’s something comforting about wrapping your hands around a steaming bowl of soup. It nourishes the belly, and on some days, the soul too.
  Alas, not all soups are created equal. On a recent dining-out excursion I ordered a bowl of seafood chowder because I had a craving for something warm and satisfying — like a hearty chowder. But this gloop was nothing like the chowder of my dreams. It was thin, milky, and heavy on cubed potatoes and not much in the way of seafood save for some
  
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• Bridges cover: Time stops in the archives for Jeff O'Brien

  05-10-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Jeff O’Brien carefully opens a Village of Saskatoon record book from the year 1903, the pages browned with age and filled with a severe cursive.
  The City of Saskatoon archivist handles the book delicately in the city archives’ main storage area, which he calls a space within a space. For security reasons, it’s a place members of the public rarely get to enter, except on a tour. If something goes missing, it’s gone and there’s no replacing it, he says.
  The chilled ro
  
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• Sheepdogs drummer undergoes radiation treatment

  05-10-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  Despite just starting radiation treatments Sheepdogs drummer Sam Corbett is already planning his return to the band.
  
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• 'Worst time' to get moisture for Sask. farmers; crop report indicates wet weather slowing harvest

  05-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The arrival of winter weather has slowed Saskatchewan’s harvest, but some farmers in the south say they were able to get much of the work done before conditions turned sour.
  The provincial government’s crop repot for the week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 said 73 per cent of the crop is in the bin, which is slightly behind the five-year average of 78 per cent for this time of year.
  Milestone Mayor Jeff Brown, a grain farmer, said producers in his area are close to wrapping up their harvest.
  
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• 'My bone was three inches out of my leg': Injuries prompt call for indoor trampoline park regulation in Sask.

  05-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Hospitals in Saskatoon saw a spike in emergency room visits after the city's first indoor trampoline park opened. Last year, trampoline injuries led to 433 emergency department visits in Saskatchewan.
  
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• 'My bone was 3 inches out of my leg': Injuries prompt call for indoor trampoline park regulation in Sask.

  05-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Hospitals in Saskatoon saw a spike in emergency room visits after the city's first indoor trampoline park opened. Last year, trampoline injuries led to 433 emergency department visits in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Good-bye rusty Rutherford, hello Merlis Belsher Place

  05-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  No rust delays.
  That’s one big difference between Rutherford Rink and the brand new Merlis Belsher Place, but not the only one, as the University of Saskatchewan Huskies switch venues.
  The U of S women’s hockey team makes its MBP debut Friday night against the University of Alberta Pandas, followed by the U of S men’s hockey team one week later against the University of Calgary Dinos.
  Following are some notable differences between these two hockey facilities:
   
  1. Age befo
  
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• Editorial: Always be prepared in case disaster strikes

  05-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  When it comes to extreme weather, the people of Saskatchewan can get a little smug.
  We watch the fallout of hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes and earthquakes, and offer up little expressions of thanks that we live in such a relatively safe place.
  This complacency is misguided.
  Besides carrying emergency weather kits in our cars in case we get stuck in a blizzard — and how many of us still even do that? — it is a rare household that has taken steps to prep for a true disaster.
  This shou
  
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• A long list for a long weekend: 5 Things to do this Thanksgiving

  05-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  On this Thanksgiving long weekend, let’s get out and enjoy the sun while we can. Here are a few things to do this weekend if you need an idea or two.
  1 — Fans of the beautiful game will be excited to get out and support the local teams in the Canada Soccer Toyota 2018 Nationals. Teams from across the country are in the city and on the pitch, so you don’t have to go far to watch great soccer action. Games are being played at the Umea fields, right behind the Henk Ruys Soccer Cen
  
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• Sask. ends practice of recording medically assisted deaths as suicides

  05-10-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Medically assisted deaths will now be marked as "unclassified."
  
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• Kavanaugh to be sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court judge today

  05-10-2018 11:41
  Brett Kavanaugh will soon don his robes as a justice. The U.S. Supreme Court says he will be sworn in later Saturday.
  
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• Kavanaugh sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court judge

  05-10-2018 11:41
  Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice Saturday night after the bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed him.
  
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• Kavanaugh confirmation all but sure after bitter fight

  05-10-2018 11:41
  Brett Kavanaugh seems assured of surviving a Supreme Court nomination fight for the ages after two wavering senators said they'd back him despite weeks of shocking accusations, hardball politics and rowdy Capitol protests.
  
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• Saskatoon hosts Pride organizers from around the world

  05-10-2018 05:54 via cbc.ca
  People from as far away as Africa, Europe and South America have gathered in Saskatoon for the 2018 Interpride World Conference.
  
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• ‘Mentally, I was not in a good place’: Home care client speaks out against public program

  05-10-2018 03:01
  A woman with muscular dystrophy said her quality of life improved after leaving Saskatchewan’s public home care system.
  
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• Premiers Moe and Ford say they’ll fight carbon tax with unified front

  05-10-2018 02:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe was joined by the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford in Saskatoon on Thursday where both politicians said they would continue fighting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his plans to implement a federal carbon tax.
  The two provincial leaders also expressed delight at the fact Manitoba announced earlier this week that it would be pulling out of the federal government’s plans for a carbon tax.
  You can read the full story here
  
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• Saskatoon welcomes delegates from around the globe for InterPride Conference

  05-10-2018 02:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  Brice Field, co-chair of logistics with the Interpride World Conference and AGM, provides some insight into the conference taking place in Saskatoon between Oct. 4 and Oct. 7.
  An event three years in the making, the conference will see delegates from around the world converge on Saskatoon to share ideas, solutions and address some of the major issues facing pride organizers today.
  You can read the full story here
  
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• City considers dropping speed limits on residential streets

  05-10-2018 02:28
  City administration want councillors to consider lowering speed limits in Saskatoon’s residential streets – from 50 km/h to 40 km/h.
  
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