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• People who knew man involved in fatal crash say he was on 'path of destruction with alcohol'

  02-11-2018 23:51 via cbc.ca
  The man who was driving the wrong way on Highway 1 moments before a fatal head-on crash had an alcohol problem, according to community members who say they knew him.
  
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• Defensive lineman Willis apologizes to CFL commissioner after controversial tweet

  02-11-2018 23:51
  Odell Willis has apologized to CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie after a controversial tweet voicing his displeasure at being given a fine.
  
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• Addressing meth issues in Saskatchewan

  02-11-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Meth use and addiction are leading to strained resources in law enforcement and medicine. David Baxter has more on how those on the front lines believe the problem needs to be addressed.
  
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• Treatment beds, enforcement and funding: how to improve Sask. addictions response

  02-11-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Methamphetamine, or crystal meth, is a problem in communities across Saskatchewan, creating issues in law enforcement and health care.
  
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• Installation at Western Development Museum commemorates end of First World War

  02-11-2018 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, a Saskatoon museum has set up a unique installation on Boomtown Street.
  
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• Carbon taxes on coal-fired power plants to affect only some emissions

  02-11-2018 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa is still negotiating with provinces that have coal plants on how they will be phased out and whether they will be allowed to keep operating any of them by reducing equivalent emissions elsewhere.
  
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• 2 companies end bus services between Prince Albert and La Ronge

  02-11-2018 22:59
  On the heels of Greyhound pulling out of Western Canada, two companies are ending their bus services between Prince Albert and La Ronge because of ridership challenges.
  
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• Sask. premier and ministers match last year's travel costs in five months

  02-11-2018 22:53 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan's premier and cabinet ministers have spent as much on travel in five months than they did in the entire 2017-18 fiscal year.
  
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• Treaty teaching kits not fully utilized in Saskatchewan schools: commissioner

  02-11-2018 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan’s treaty commissioner Mary Culbertson says if a teaching guide is used effectively it can change a generation’s mindset.
  
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• P.A. putting value on trees - by cataloging every tree in the city

  02-11-2018 22:41
  The City of Prince Albert is working to catalog where each type of tree is located, how many there are, and what state of health they’re in.
  
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• Protests over transfer of child killer to healing lodge in Sask.

  02-11-2018 22:38
  A small and passionate group protested the transfer of convicted child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic in Maple Creek on Friday.
  
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• PSAC downgrades drilling forecast for 2019

  02-11-2018 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has forecast another drop in oil well drilling in Canada, representing a third year of plateaus in drilling activity.
  
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• Sask. sees largest coyote fur harvest on record

  02-11-2018 21:15 via cbc.ca
  More than 39,000 coyote pelts were harvested and marketed in Saskatchewan in the 2017-18 fur season, the highest number in provincial records.
  
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• Salmonella likely linked to long English cucumbers cause more illnesses in western Canada

  02-11-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  An outbreak of Salmonella infections has so far involved five provinces in Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec.
  
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• Conservation officers armed with assault weapons could lead to more deaths: FSIN

  02-11-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  The FSIN said arming conservation officers with assault weapons could raise tensions and lead to more deaths in rural Saskatchewan.
  
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• Former Saskatoon teacher Rhett Lundgren pleads guilty to online child sex crimes

  02-11-2018 20:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  Former Saskatoon high school teacher Rhett Lundgren is scheduled to be sentenced early next year after pleading guilty to three child pornography and sex offences.
  Lundgren’s trial this week was vacated as a result of the pleas entered on Friday in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench to one count each of arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child, possession of child porn and attempting to access child porn.
  The details of the case, as well as sentencing, were adjourned until
  
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• Humboldt Broncos to lead Saskatoon's Santa Claus parade in 2018

  02-11-2018 20:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatchewan hockey team rocked by tragedy will lead the city’s Santa Claus parade in 2018.
  On Friday, Midtown Plaza annouced the Humboldt Broncos will serve as the parade’s grand marshal for the 2018 parade, according to a news release. The event, which is set to take place on Nov. 18, is celebrating its 28th year.
  “This year’s parade theme Together for the Holidays will be prominent throughout the event with help from the Humboldt Broncos,” a news release from M
  
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• No challenges in Sask. yet to landlords' pot policies, but lawyer expects fights from medical users

  02-11-2018 20:09 via cbc.ca
  Some property management companies have enacted policies around pot use. Saskatchewan's residential tenancies office says it hasn't received any complaints as yet, but cases are popping up in both Saskatoon and Regina that suggest challenges to the policies are imminent.
  
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• Lawyer says renters have right to grow medical cannabis

  02-11-2018 20:09 via cbc.ca
  Some property management companies have enacted policies around pot use. Saskatchewan's residential tenancies office says it hasn't received any complaints as yet, but cases are popping up in both Saskatoon and Regina that suggest challenges to the policies are imminent.
  
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• Saskatchewan adds 5,700 full-time, 3,700 part-time jobs year-over-year

  02-11-2018 19:52 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan has 9,400 more jobs than it had a year ago.
  
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• Swift Current Broncos playing Broncos Strong game

  02-11-2018 19:49
  The Swift Current Broncos will be wearing special jerseys on Friday night when they host the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
  
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• Group working to save historic Saskatchewan Hospital from demolition

  02-11-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  A local group is working to save the historic Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford from demolition after a new facility opens.
  
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• 43-year-old woman charged following alleged downtown assault

  02-11-2018 19:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 43-year-old woman was charged following what police said was an assault in Saskatoon’s Central Business District on Thursday.
  City police were dispatched to the area of 3rd Avenue and Twentieth Street East at roughly 8:10 a.m. for a report of an assault, according to a police news release.
  When officers arrived, they found a 30-year-old woman suffering from what police indicated were “minor injuries.”
  After reviewing surveillance video and speaking to witnesses, police say a
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -20 wind chills, snow and rain ahead - Globalnews.ca

  02-11-2018 19:13
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  Saskatoon weather outlook: -20 wind chills, snow and rain ahead
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  -20 wind chills ahead as arctic air surges in after a wave of snow and rain. October 2018. October 2018 was way colder and drier than normal in Saskatoon. Temperatures trended one-and-a-half degrees below normal with most of that on the overnight low ...
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -20 wind chills, snow and rain ahead

  02-11-2018 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  -20 wind chills ahead as arctic air surges into Saskatoon's weather forecast after a wave of snow and rain.
  
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• Cameco earns Q3 profit as uranium market improves

  02-11-2018 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  Cameco said an improved uranium market contributed to the company posting a third-quarter profit of $28 million.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos no longer in a cash deficit

  02-11-2018 19:00
  The Humboldt Broncos organization is no longer in a cash deficit, according to the team’s financial statements.
  
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• Suspended teacher Rhett Lundgren pleads guilty to three child porn-related charges

  02-11-2018 18:53
  Suspended high school teacher Rhett Lundgren pleaded guilty to arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child between the ages of eight and 10, and two other child pornography-related charges.
  
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• Canola-killing disease spreads in Sask.

  02-11-2018 18:47
  The footprint of clubroot has grown in Saskatchewan, SaskCanola says.
  
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• Former Saskatoon teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges

  02-11-2018 18:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  Former Saskatoon high school teacher Rhett Lundgren is scheduled to be sentenced early next year after pleading guilty to three child pornography and sex offences.
  Lundgren’s trial this week was vacated as a result of the pleas entered on Friday in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench to one count each of arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child, possession of child porn and attempting to access child porn.
  The details of the case, as well as sentencing, were a
  
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• Former Saskatoon teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  02-11-2018 18:36
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  Former Saskatoon teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges
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  Former Saskatoon high school teacher Rhett Lundgren is scheduled to be sentenced early next year after pleading guilty to three child pornography and sex offences. Lundgren's trial this week was vacated as a result of the pleas entered on Friday in ...
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• Deborah Hamp talks about her role in the fight against hunger

  02-11-2018 18:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  When Deborah Hamp was a young girl, she learned about the importance of having an open door.
  Born and raised in the small community of Pike Lake, just 30 minutes south of Saskatoon, she was brought up in a house that has been in her family for almost a century. It’s in this home and in this small community the 50-year-old learned about what it means to be a neighbour, a person with a helping hand and a community member.
  Hamp recalls it was a great place to grow up and remembers that her pa
  
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• Inquest called into 2017 police shooting death in North Battleford, Sask.

  02-11-2018 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  An inquest has been called into the police shooting death of Brydon Whitstone in North Battleford, Sask.
  
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• Former Saskatoon teacher Rhett Lundgren pleads guilty to child porn, child sex charges

  02-11-2018 18:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  Former Saskatoon high school teacher Rhett Lundgren is scheduled to be sentenced early next year after pleading guilty to three child pornography and sex offences.
  Lundgren’s trial this week was vacated as a result of the pleas entered on Friday in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench to one count each of arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child, possession of child porn and attempting to access child porn.
  The details of the case, as well as sentencing, were adjourned until
  
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• Former Saskatoon teacher Rhett Lundgren pleads guilty to child porn charges

  02-11-2018 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  Rhett Lundgren’s charges include arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child and possessing child pornography.
  
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• Photos: Editorial Cartoons: Oct. 27 – Nov. 2

  02-11-2018 18:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here’s a compilation of the StarPhoenix’s editorial cartoons from the past week.
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• Cameco reports $28M third-quarter profit compared with loss a year ago

  02-11-2018 17:37
  Cameco Corp. says it earned $28 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss in the same quarter last year.
  
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• Clubroot detected in 37 Saskatchewan canola fields

  02-11-2018 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  Clubroot, which causes the premature death of some plants, has been detected in 37 northern Saskatchewan canola fields.
  
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• ‘Swift and Bold’: Broncos jersey designer honours players and his own Sask. roots

  02-11-2018 17:24 via globalnews.ca
  For one night, the Swift Current and Humboldt Broncos will don the same jersey in a fundraiser for STARS.
  
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• Cameco reports profit as uranium market shows 'marked improvement'

  02-11-2018 17:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  The world’s largest uranium producer is reporting a $28-million quarterly profit following a “marked improvement” in the global market for nuclear fuel, with spot prices up 40 per cent compared to last year.
  However, Cameco Corp. says there is still a need for caution because nuclear utilities have not returned to “meaningful” long-term contract purchasing and prices are not high enough to restart shuttered mines.
  “The uranium market is showing a marked improv
  
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• Assault with Arrest - 3rd Ave. S & 20th St. E

  02-11-2018 17:09 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A woman was arrested yesterday after she reportedly assaulted another woman on a sidewalk.At approximately 8:10 a.m., November 1, 2018, Beat officers were dispatched to 3rd Avenue South and 20th Street East for a reported assault. Upon arrival, Police located a 30 year old female victim suffering from minor injuries caused by the assault. Through witness statements and surveillance video, a female suspect was found to have grabbed a female victim’s purse and assaulted the woman, strik
  
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• Letter of the Day: Time to help voters in small villages

  02-11-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Jim Reiter, when he was minister responsible for municipalities, created thousands of vigilantes. In November 2015 he pushed the oversight of the Municipalities Act, or ACT, onto the Ombudsman. But before doing that the Sask. Party enacted a new Ombudsman Act. One of its sections lets the Ombudsman opt out if it feels there is an alternative remedy in another act. Of course, the wording is so vast anything can qualify. In the Ombudsman’s Report of 2017 it said 110 complaints came from thos
  
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• No changes coming to assisted-death law yet, justice minister says

  02-11-2018 16:47
  Canada's current physician-assisted death law strikes the appropriate balance and changes will not be coming at this point, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said Friday.
  
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• Saskatoon teacher Rhett Lundgren pleads guilty to child porn charges

  02-11-2018 16:42 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon teacher facing child pornography charges pleaded guilty in Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon on Friday.
  
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• Tori Stafford rally sidetracked by complaints on carbon tax, budget deficits

  02-11-2018 16:16
  A rally on Parliament Hill meant to protest the controversial transfer of Tori Stafford's killer from a prison to an Indigenous healing lodge was sidetracked by complaints over a carbon tax, veterans benefits and federal deficits.
  
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• T Buckley and Chloe Albert perform ‘Lost in Love’

  02-11-2018 15:58 via globalnews.ca
  T Buckley and Chloe Albert perform “Lost in Love” ahead of their Nov. 2 concert at The Bassment in Saskatoon.
  
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• Greyhound exit leaves gap for homeless, domestic violence shelters

  02-11-2018 14:43 via cbc.ca
  Organizations that help the homeless and those fleeing domestic violence say they have lost a vital resource with Greyhound's exit from the West — and they're not sure how well a patchwork of alternatives will be able to fill the gap.
  
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• Saskatchewan’s economy adds 2,500 jobs in October

  02-11-2018 14:32 via globalnews.ca
  The unemployment rate in Saskatchewan fell slightly in October as 2,500 new jobs were added to the province’s economy during the month.
  
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• Krebs’ 3-point night powers Kootenay Ice over Saskatoon Blades

  02-11-2018 14:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Kootenay Ice scored three times in the third period to down the Saskatoon Blades 4-2.
  
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• CBC Radio took to the air 82 years ago today

  02-11-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  Eighty-two years ago, CBC Radio started broadcasting, aiming to give as many Canadians as possible something good to listen to.
  
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