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• 'We ride horses - not unicorns': Notley fires back at pipeline opponents

  13-10-2018 23:50
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, squaring off with her arch pipeline foe, is comparing Trans Mountain pipeline protesters to dewey-eyed unicorn jockeys from Salt Spring Island, B.C.
  
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• Blue Bombers rout Roughriders for 4th consecutive win

  13-10-2018 23:33 via cbc.ca
  A 45-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Anthony Gaitor and Darvin Adams' 72-yard TD reception sparked the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 31-0 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday.
  
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• Hockey Dogs outlast Dinos in Merlis Belsher Place home-opener

  13-10-2018 22:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  Huskies 5, Dinos 4 (2OT, SO)
  There was no sprint to the finish line.
  It was a long, drawn-out marathon complete with power plays galore, a short-handed marker, a controversial disallowed goal, two overtimes and a shootout.
  University of Saskatchewan Huskies forward Carter Folk celebrates a goal against the University of Calgary Dinos during second period U Sport Hockey action at Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon, SK on Tuesday, October 12, 2018.
  The University of Saskatchewan Huskies — who
  
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• Why are Canadian women waiting longer to have children?

  13-10-2018 22:14
  More Canadian women are waiting until later in life to have their first child, and now researchers want to find out why.
  
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• NDP's Ryan Meili reveals 'Renew Saskatchewan' climate and energy program

  13-10-2018 22:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  In front of a crowd of energetic, orange-sign-wielding supporters at the Saskatchewan NDP convention in Saskatoon, party leader Ryan Meili unveiled a new program to tackle climate change and renewable energy in the province.
  Near the end of his nearly 40-minute keynote speech for the convention at TCU Place on Saturday morning, Meili revealed his “Renew Saskatchewan” program. According to Meili, the program would allow for people to request assessments of their private property or bu
  
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• Saskatoon Cannabis store owners getting ready for legalization - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  13-10-2018 19:08
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  Saskatoon Cannabis store owners getting ready for legalization
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  Video: Cierra Sieben-Chuback and Geoff Conn talk about preparing to open new cannabis stores in Saskatoon. Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Updated: October 13, 2018. Share Adjust Comment Print. Cierra Sieben-Chuback and Geoff Conn each own one of the ...
  
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• Saskatoon Cannabis store owners getting ready for legalization

  13-10-2018 19:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  Cierra Sieben-Chuback and Geoff Conn each own one of the new cannabis stores in Saskatoon.
  They’re eagerly preparing their businesses for the day they can open.
  You can read more about their businesses by clicking on the links below.
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  New Faces New Places: Living Skies Cannabis aims to be Saskatoon's one-stop shopNew Faces New Places: The Pot Shack puts heavy emphasis on quality cannabisNo Saskatoon pot shops likely to be open on legalization day
  
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• Police warn of phone scammer impersonating Saskatoon Light & Power

  13-10-2018 18:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  A phone scam in Saskatoon is using the threat of shutting off your power to try to get money from people.
  Police received a complaint on Friday after a resident received a voicemail from someone claiming to be with Saskatoon Light & Power, according to a Saskatoon Police Service news release.
  The caller said the person’s power bill hadn’t been paid and “he was at risk of his power being shut off,” the news release said.
  The voicemail included a contact number, which t
  
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• Police warn of phone scammer impersonating Saskatoon Light ... - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  13-10-2018 17:49
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  Police warn of phone scammer impersonating Saskatoon Light ...
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  Police warn of phone scammer pretending to be from Saskatoon Light & Power and threatening to cut off your power.
  Police and city warn of new Saskatoon Light and Power scam | 650 ...News Talk 650 CKOMall 2 news articles »
  
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• New Faces New Places: The Pot Shack puts heavy emphasis on quality cannabis

  13-10-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Say hello to Saskatoon’s home of the Big Bud and other craft and organic cannabis when The Pot Shack opens at a convenient east side location.
  Geoff Conn, one of the owners, said the shop was originally planning to open on Oct. 17 but last minute issues with suppliers has pushed the shop’s opening back until closer to the beginning of November.
  The shop will offer a small selection of smoking accessories — including a beginner “stash kit” containing everything a fir
  
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• New Faces New Places: Living Skies Cannabis aims to be Saskatoon's one-stop shop

  13-10-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  When legalization takes effect, Cierra Seiben-Chuback will be one of the youngest recreational cannabis shop owners in the country, and her store will be one of few in Saskatoon ready to open just after legalization on Oct. 17.
  Her passion for the industry began in 2016 after she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and became a medicinal user. When she won the permit lottery, she immediately started creating deadlines to make sure she would be ready as soon as possible, she said.
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• Indigenous bishop groundbreaking for Sask. - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  13-10-2018 17:00
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  Indigenous bishop groundbreaking for Sask.
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  Rev. Chris Harper, who has been elected bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon, is the first Treaty Six member to become an Anglican Diocesan bishop. Darlene Polachic, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Updated: October 13, 2018. Rev. Chris Harper has ...
  
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• Indigenous bishop groundbreaking for Sask.

  13-10-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Reverend Chris Harper is coming home to Saskatchewan, but in a very unique role.
  Harper has been elected bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon. His appointment is groundbreaking because Harper is the first Treaty Six member to become an Anglican Diocesan bishop.
  Harper was born in Paradise Hill and spent half his younger life on the Onion Lake First Nation, the other half living off reserve in a number of locations in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
  A hard work ethic has always been part of
  
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• Homes: Living large in The Meadows

  13-10-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Genelle and Paul Hamoline are bucking the downsizing trend in the Saskatoon housing market.
  The Hamolines are the second-generation owners of Executive Home Builders, a residential construction company with a 42-year history in Saskatoon. Leading the company into a new era of growth, the couple is focusing on designing and building large-scale homes that offer families plenty of room to grow.
  “We build four to five homes a year. Because the homes we build are larger in scale, they take mor
  
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• Hat-trick for Gerlach, Blades win again and improve to 7-2-0

  13-10-2018 16:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Blades got Maximum production in a 3-2 overtime win Friday night.
  Max Gerlach scored all three goals for the Blades in a 3-2 overtime victory over the visiting Red Deer Rebels in Western Hockey League action before 3,239 fans at SaskTel Centre. 
  With the Blades’ net empty for an extra attacker, Gerlach tied the game with 16 seconds left to send the game into extra time.
  He then scored with 1:16 left in OT to win it.
  Saskatoon, which out-shot Red Deer 37-25, trailed 1-0 a
  
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• Searches intensify in Florida after body is found in Hurricane Michael's wake

  13-10-2018 15:58
  Rescuers intensified efforts Saturday to find survivors who might be trapped amid the ruins of a small Florida Panhandle community nearly obliterated by Hurricane Michael, where one body has already been recovered.
  
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• 2018 a record year for Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre garden patch - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  13-10-2018 14:13
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  2018 a record year for Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre garden patch
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  The 2018 season saw a total harvest of 21,720 pounds at the Saskatoon food bank's garden patch, an increase of more than 3,800 lbs. over last year's 17,824 lbs. of food. Morgan Modjeski, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Updated: October 13, 2018. Share Adjust ...
  
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• Letters to the editor Oct. 13, 2018

  13-10-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  User pay trash collection
  For many years now we have seen our city council make, in my opinion, terrible decisions that cost us.
  Changing the Victoria Bridge to the Traffic Bridge. Our bridges are all traffic bridges. Spending nearly half a million dollars on lights for the bridge, now suggesting we spend hundreds of millions on a new downtown arena? Just to name a few.
  Now trash user fees. Why in the world would council even think about spending our tax dollars to buy new bins to repl
  
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• He's found a new gear: A slimmer Garth Knittig gets his motor revved up on Hilltops' D-line

  13-10-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  His days as a O-line hoggie are well behind him.
  A slimmer, trimmer Garth Knittig has emerged on the Saskatoon Hilltops this season.
  Knittig — who played on both sides of the ball during his high school days — has solidified his spot on the defensive line.
  Saskatoon Hilltops Garth Knittig lines up during the game at SMF field in Saskatoon on Sunday, September 30, 2018.
  While the fourth-year Hilltop remains listed as an offensive lineman on the team’s website, he’s become
  
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• Cuthand: Government must recognize treaty rights

  13-10-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In 1982, when section 35 was placed in the Canadian constitution, the feeling in Indian Country was that it gave us the right to go to court.
  Section 35 is the famous section that recognizes and affirms existing treaty and Aboriginal rights. But that’s all it says. Our rights have not been defined and instead First Nations have been going to court and winning cases that are defining the scope of our jurisdiction and Treaty Rights.
  But sadly it’s a long drawn out costly process fraugh
  
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• 2018 a record year for Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre garden patch

  13-10-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The amount of food produced at the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre’s urban garden is going through a growth spurt as 2018 was the second consecutive record year for the urban agriculture project.
  The 2018 season saw a total harvest of 21,720 pounds, an increase of more than 3,800 lbs. when compared to the record set the previous year in 2017 of 17,824 lbs. of food.
  The record-breaking harvest came as somewhat of a surprise for the food bank’s urban agriculture program manager
  
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• Sixties Scoop sharing circles looking to shape healing journeys and government apology

  13-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Saturday marks the first step in the Saskatchewan government's effort to observe past wrongs and consider a "meaningful" apology to Sixties Scoop survivors.
  
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• NDP to begin rollout of Saskatchewan-made climate plan at convention

  13-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Carbon taxes and climate change are top of mind for Saskatchewan NDP politicians and party supporters as they meet in Saskatchewan this week.
  
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• Federal transport minister calls proposed $100B Northern Corridor 'an appealing concept'

  13-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The lead researcher for a proposed Northern Corridor across Canada says the project is "building momentum."
  
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• Police search for missing 12-year-old girl in Saskatoon - News Talk 650 CKOM

  13-10-2018 12:55
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  Police search for missing 12-year-old girl in Saskatoon
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  Saskatoon police are asking for help as they search for a missing 12-year-old girl. Kaidace Tony-Squirrel was last seen at home around 8:30 a.m. Friday. In a media release, police said she did not go to school on Friday and her family is concerned she ...
  
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• Indigenous students question universities' commitment to Indigenization

  13-10-2018 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Indigenous students at universities on the Prairies say there's still a ways to go when it comes to creating safe and welcoming spaces and incorporating Indigenous traditional knowledge at post-secondary institutions.
  
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• Hockey Dogs out-last Dinos in Merlis Belsher Place home-opener

  13-10-2018 07:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  Huskies 5, Dinos 4 (2OT, SO)
  There was no sprint to the finish line.
  It was a long, drawn-out marathon complete with power plays galore, a short-handed marker, a controversial disallowed goal, two overtimes and a shootout.
  The University of Saskatchewan Huskies — who were making their Merlis Belsher Place debut with their Canada West men’s hockey home-opener before 2,275 fans — survived and prevailed with a hard-fought 5-4 win Friday over the University of Calgary Dinos.
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• Huskies' offence sputters in football loss to UBC

  13-10-2018 06:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Canada West football standings got all bunched up Friday night.
  The University of Saskatchewan Huskies turned the ball over five times while losing 20-10 to the host UBC Thunderbirds, creating a jam with two games remaining in the regular season.
  The Calgary Dinos, who beat the Manitoba Bisons 34-16 Friday, are 6-0 and have clinched a playoff spot. They’re followed by three teams at 3-3, including the Huskies, Bisons and Thunderbirds.
  Alberta (2-4) and the Regina Rams (1-5 after a 32-1
  
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• The long wait is over: U of S men's Huskies make their Merlis Belsher Place debut

  13-10-2018 03:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  There was excitement, joy, envy and relief.
  An excruciatingly long wait was finally over.
  The University of Saskatchewan men’s hockey alumni watched the lucky ones — the 2018-19 Huskies edition — in action Friday night against the University of Calgary Dinos in the Huskies men’s debut at brand new Merlis Belsher Place.
  Cam Bristow, who played for the Hockey Dogs from 1994-98, remembers initial plans for a new rink back in the ’90s and unfulfilled promises back then.
  
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• Make pot rules for employees clear and fair, urges Sask. chamber of commerce

  13-10-2018 03:13 via cbc.ca
  As pot legalization looms, it’s a smart idea for businesses to have clear policies for employees about marijuana usage, according to the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce.
  
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• Two major fires at same house not related, fire dept. says

  13-10-2018 02:36
  The Saskatoon Fire Department says two fires damaging an Eighth Street Home are not related.
  
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• Restaurant apologies for posting ‘tasteless’ Kavanaugh sign

  13-10-2018 02:28
  Una Pizza and Wine has issued an apology after writing a controversial message on their sidewalk sign Wednesday.
  
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• From room-sized machines to power in your pocket: Retired prof on 50 years of computer science at U of Sask.

  13-10-2018 02:25 via cbc.ca
  Godon McCalla, who taught computer science for 40 years at the University of Saskatchewan, reflects on how the career has changed both technologically and in terms of gender diversity.
  
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• U of S researchers to interview Sask. women on motherhood plans

  13-10-2018 02:20
  As the owner of Cravings maternity and baby boutique and a mother of two, Jordana Jacobson is a busy entrepreneur.
  
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• Saskatoon police ‘inundated’ with cannabis questions ahead of legaliza

  13-10-2018 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police Staff Sgt. Patrick Barbar answered questions on Facebook and Twitter about cannabis Friday. Ryan Kessler reports.
  
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• UN representative and former Evan Hardy student talks citizenship

  13-10-2018 02:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  A representative from the United Nations made a stop at her alma mater in Saskatoon on Friday to talk to students about their roles as 21st century citizens.
  Evan Hardy Collegiate alum Dr. Alaa Murabit is a UN High-Level Commissioner on Health Employment and Economic Growth, and is one of the 17 people selected as Global Sustainable Development Goal Advocates.
  Murabit and Mayor Charlie Clark addressed students at Evan Hardy, though Clark joked that Murabit’s resume was intimidating.
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• Global News at 6: Oct. 12

  13-10-2018 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, October 12, 2018 edition of Global News at 6 with Carlyle Fiset on Global Saskatoon.
  
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• Sask. family turns to fundraising for hearing aids for 9-year-old girl

  13-10-2018 01:51 via globalnews.ca
  One Saskatchewan family is fundraising to purchase hearing aids for a nine-year-old girl with fluctuating hearing loss.
  
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• Gang member convicted of murder gets 8-year sentence for kidnapping

  13-10-2018 01:43
  Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas received an eight-year prison sentence for kidnapping a woman who told people she heard Sutherland-Kayseas brag about killing someone.
  
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• Lawyer says former police informant Noel Harder armed himself or risked getting killed

  13-10-2018 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  Former police informant Noel Harder will have to wait a few more days to find out if he will be released on bail.
  
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• Crews extinguish fire at grain elevator near Unity, Sask.

  13-10-2018 01:31 via globalnews.ca
  Firefighters battled a blaze at the grain elevator east of Unity, Sask., on Oct. 11.
  
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• “This community will die without coal”: The history and future of coal power in Saskatchewan

  13-10-2018 01:27 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government has pledged to kill coal power generation by 2030, and by extension, small towns like Coronach, Saskatchewan. Colton Praill takes a look at the history of coal in the province, and the inevitable fate small towns across southern Saskatchewan are facing.
  
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• Stigma surrounding black animals affecting adoption

  13-10-2018 01:27 via globalnews.ca
  Animals with black fur, especially cats, have a harder time finding their forever home.
  
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• Saskatchewan Hockey Hero

  13-10-2018 01:24 via globalnews.ca
  After a barrier-breaking career, women’s hockey legend Hayley Wickenheiser announced her retirement last year, but her life hasn’t slowed down a second. Earlier this fall, Teri Fikowski got the chance to catch up with the Shaunavon-native.
  
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• Minute at the Movies: Oct. 12

  13-10-2018 01:21 via globalnews.ca
  In the latest edition of Minute at the Movies, Todd James reviews “First Man.”
  
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• High school not preparing young people for the work world: study

  13-10-2018 01:11 via globalnews.ca
  CFIB says schools are focusing more on higher education than practical skills, leaving a gap when teens start the hunt for their first jobs.
  
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• Saskatoon police social media campaign aims to educate about cannabis

  13-10-2018 01:04
  The Saskatoon Police Service is taking to their social media accounts to answer the public’s questions about marijuana.
  
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• The Farming Frontier: The challenges and stereotypes for women in agriculture

  13-10-2018 00:56 via globalnews.ca
  Farming can be a rewarding and stressful career path, and that particularly holds true for women in the industry. Focus Saskatchewan host Marney Blunt learns about the challenges they face, the efforts to break down stereotypes on the farm, and the work being done cultivate a path for the next generation of women in agriculture.
  
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• Meili to unveil new climate change policy at party convention Saturday

  13-10-2018 00:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  A steady drizzle fell from the slate-grey sky as the first Saskatchewan NDP members arrived at the party’s annual convention, which is being framed as a chance to project unity and excitement ahead of the next election campaign.
  Party officials expect about 400 people to show up at Saskatoon’s TCU Place for the three-day event, but only a few dozen had trickled through the doors by the time the first panel talks got underway Friday afternoon.
  Ryan Meili, who was elected to lead the p
  
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• Man charged after rash of rural thefts near Humboldt

  13-10-2018 00:38
  A 28-year-old man has been charged after police investigated several thefts in the rural area around Humboldt.
  
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