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• Former Roughrider Jerome Messam ordered to appear in person on voyeurism charge

  06-11-2018 22:45 via cbc.ca
  A judge has ordered former CFL running back Jerome Messam to make a personal appearance in court next week on a charge of voyeurism.
  
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• Secretly recorded Uber video of Ottawa Senators raises privacy concerns, experts say

  06-11-2018 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  Surveillance and data security scholars said they are deeply concerned about the issues raised by the fact a conversation between seven Ottawa Senators players during an Uber ride was captured and shared without those players' knowledge.
  
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• 'There's no other show in town': Sask. bars hop on U.S. midterm fever, screening election night coverage

  06-11-2018 22:09 via cbc.ca
  Political junkies will be able to watch the high-stakes U.S. midterm election unfold at bars in Regina and Saskatoon Tuesday night, in an election galvanizing people to get up, to vote and to watch.
  
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• Former CFL running back ordered to appear in person on voyeurism charges

  06-11-2018 22:04
  A judge has ordered former CFL running back Jerome Messam to make a personal appearance in court next week on a charge of voyeurism.
  
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• Former CFL running back Jerome Messam ordered to appear in person on voyeurism charges

  06-11-2018 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  A judge has ordered former CFL running back Jerome Messam to make a personal appearance in court next week on a charge of voyeurism.
  
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• Last Fallen Saints member sentenced in Project Forseti gets 4 years for cocaine trafficking

  06-11-2018 21:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  Low-level cocaine dealer Daryl Michael Nagy is a “hardworking guy” who got in over his head and caught up in high-level trafficking, his lawyer says.
  Nagy, a 29-year-old journeyman painter and member of the Fallen Saints motorcycle club, had been selling cocaine to fund his addiction, Michael Nolin said during his client’s sentencing hearing in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench.
  In late 2014, Noel Harder, the Fallen Saints vice-president turned police agent, intr
  
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• Saskatchewan’s carbon tax court challenge to be heard in February

  06-11-2018 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  The government of Saskatchewan has been told their court challenge on whether a federal carbon tax is constitutional will be held Feb 13 and 14, 2019.
  
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• Unhappy Saskatoon Co-op members target board over strike

  06-11-2018 21:52 via cbc.ca
  Some members of the Saskatoon Co-op are now targeting its nine board members with an online petition calling for their removal.
  
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• Sask. carbon tax challenge to be heard in Feb.

  06-11-2018 21:32
  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is set to hear the province’s constitutional reference case regarding the federal carbon tax on Feb. 13 and 14.
  
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• Sask. carbon tax appeal scheduled for mid-February

  06-11-2018 21:29 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan's argument against the federal government and its carbon tax will be heard at the province's highest court in mid-February — earlier than the province expected.
  
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• Saskatchewan people poised to smoke 25 million joints a year: economist

  06-11-2018 20:52 via cbc.ca
  There isn't enough legal cannabis to go around. It's a shortage Jason Childs, and many others familiar with the industry, predicted before Oct. 17. Childs also predicted one crucial element in the Saskatchewan pot puzzle: how much people in the province will actually want.
  
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• Sask. producers working on licensing to meet pot demand, but expect 'bottlenecks' for a year or 2: economist

  06-11-2018 20:52 via cbc.ca
  There isn't enough legal cannabis to go around. It's a shortage Jason Childs, and many others familiar with the industry, predicted before Oct. 17. Childs also predicted one crucial element in the Saskatchewan pot puzzle: how much people in the province will actually want.
  
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• Nutrien to focus on Saskatchewan for potash, writes off New Brunswick facility

  06-11-2018 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  Nutrien said the company has enough room for potash expansion in Saskatchewan as it writes off a New Brunswick mine.
  
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• Northern Saskatchewan program raises awareness of alcohol-related harms

  06-11-2018 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  New funding is expanding a program that works to support positive change and reduce harms experienced through alcohol use in northern Saskatchewan.
  
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• Final chapter in completing Prince Albert’s Rotary Trail

  06-11-2018 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  The Rotary Trail in Prince Albert was used as a temporary water line route during the 2016 Husky Energy pipeline spill into the North Saskatchewan River.
  
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• Fire department adds new main fire hall and suburban stations to its wish list

  06-11-2018 19:36 via cbc.ca
  The Holmwood and Aspen Ridge neighbourhoods could get fire stations of their own.
  
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• 41-0? Minor hockey groups say kids’ games should be about fun, not scores

  06-11-2018 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  Time to consider a "mercy rule?" The issue of managing scores in youth hockey games surfaced after a team of eight-year-olds from Kitchener crushed a squad from Cambridge 41-0 last month.
  
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• Cocaine dealer Daryl Nagy gets four years as final conviction in Project Forseti

  06-11-2018 19:23 via cbc.ca
  The final accused in the sweeping Project Forseti drug bust was sentenced Tuesday to four years for cocaine dealing.
  
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• Only 5 of 51 recreational cannabis stores open in Saskatchewan three weeks after legalization

  06-11-2018 19:19 via cbc.ca
  Nearly three weeks after pot legalization, only five stores are open in Saskatchewan, despite 51 potential owners having been selected by lottery and nine having been issued permits by SLGA.
  
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• Mysterious cigar-shaped interstellar object may be alien spacecraft: Harvard researchers

  06-11-2018 19:13
  The truth is out there regarding the origins of a mysterious cigar-shaped object seen tumbling through the solar system last year, according to researchers from Harvard University who argue it may have been an alien spacecraft sent to investigate Earth.
  
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• Saskatoon massage therapist faces 13th charge of sexual assault

  06-11-2018 18:23 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon man has been charged with another count of sexually assaulting one of his clients.
  
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• Saskatoon massage therapist Mark Donlevy charged with another count of sexual assault

  06-11-2018 18:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  Weeks after being found guilty of raping a woman following a date 14 years ago, Saskatoon massage therapist Mark Donlevy is facing a new charge of sexually assaulting a client at his massage business.
  Donlevy, who turned 50 on Nov. 2, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of sexual assault. He was released on conditions and is scheduled to appear Nov. 26 in Saskatoon provincial court.
  According to Saskatoon police in a news release, the incident is alleged to have taken place in Februar
  
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• Donlevy facing 13th sexual assault charge

  06-11-2018 18:15
  Mark Donlevy has been arrested and charged with another count of sexual assault.
  
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• Mark Donlevy facing another sexual assault charge in Saskatoon

  06-11-2018 18:12 via globalnews.ca
  Mark Donlevy was arrested on Monday and charged with sexual assault in an incident dating back to February 2016.
  
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• Four Nations Cup hits ice in Saskatoon with Canada taking on Sweden

  06-11-2018 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  The quest for the 2018 Four Nations Cup starts Tuesday in Saskatoon with Team Canada looking for the title on home soil in Saskatoon.
  
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• UPDATE: Arrest/Additional Charge - Sexual Assault - 1200 block Main St.

  06-11-2018 17:50 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 50 year old man was arrested and charged with another count of sexual assault yesterday.Mark Donlevy, DOB 1968, November 2, is charged with sexual assault stemming from an incident which is reported to have occurred in February of 2016. The now 40 year old female victim, reported being touched inappropriately while being treated by Donlevy at his massage business.Donlevy was arrested November 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the Saskatoon Police Service Headquarters and later released on conditions. H
  
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• Curling clubs closing, but should seek help that is here, says Curling Canada

  06-11-2018 17:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  The good news for curling is new rinks are opening. The bad news is even more are closing.
  Chilliwack, B.C., Berwick, N.S., Chelsea and Riviere-du-Loup, Que., have opened, or are about to open, new facilities for their local curling clubs this year.
  Regina’s Tartan Club, Toronto’s Scarboro curling club, Winnipeg’s West Kildonan, and the Churchill Curling Club in Innisfil, Ont., have shuttered in the last two years.
  Winnipeg’s Rossmere Curling Club announced in September o
  
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• Goodale to provide update on inmate transfer policy

  06-11-2018 17:36
  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is going to provide an update on Correctional Service Canada's inmate transfer policy on Tuesday, CTV News has learned.
  
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• Goodale poised to provide update on inmate transfer policy

  06-11-2018 17:36
  Federal corrections commissioner has completed her review of Correctional Service Canada's inmate transfer policy, and an update on the rules based on those findings is coming soon, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Tuesday.
  
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• Recovery in housing starts, slow price growth expect in Saskatoon in 2019: CMHC

  06-11-2018 17:24 via globalnews.ca
  A modest recovery in housing starts is expected in Saskatoon for 2019, along with some growth in prices, according to the CMHC 2018 Housing Market Outlook.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Corman Park has contributed enough

  06-11-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Re: “City has to play geographical bad guy in Corman Park annexation” (SP Sept. 14)
  Contrary to Tiffany Paulsen’s column, Corman Park has already contributed enough land to satisfy the future growth of the City to 500,000 population (estimated to be 30 years).
  Paulsen’s statement that developers will not build unless the development is part of the city is incorrect. Private investors have developed several successful rural multi-parcel developments such as Bizhub and Gree
  
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• Feather implant gives owl in Saskatoon new lease on life

  06-11-2018 16:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  When a snowy owl with a severely dislocated wing was driven to a Regina rehabilitation centre this month, staff knew there was nothing they could do.
  The bird was euthanized. But his story didn’t end there — a wildlife rehabilitator removed the feathers from the owl’s wings and will soon use them help another snowy owl that has been in the rehabilitation centre since the spring.
  Megan Lawrence, director of rehabilitation at the Salthaven West wildlife rehabilitation centre, say
  
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• Man dies in Saskatoon workplace accident

  06-11-2018 16:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 74-year-old man has died following a work place accident Monday in Saskatoon.
  According to police in a news release, officers were called around 4:45 p.m. to a business in the 800 block of 45th Street East, where they found a man suffering from serious injuries.
  The man was taken by ambulance to hospital, where he died from his injuries.
  Details of the incident were not immediately released.
  The incident is now under investigation by Occupational Health and Safety and the Saskatchewan Cor
  
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• ‘That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment’ director talks about documentary

  06-11-2018 15:48 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Boyko, originally from Saskatoon, talks about directing a documentary on internment camps during the First World War.
  
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• ‘That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment’ director

  06-11-2018 15:48 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Boyko, originally from Saskatoon, talks about directing a documentary on internment camps during the First World War.
  
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• No tariff ultimatum on USMCA signing: PM

  06-11-2018 15:47
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said signing the trilateral USMCA trade pact is not contingent on the ongoing steel and aluminum tariffs being lifted.
  
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• CNN asks Trudeau if he trusts Trump to uphold new trade deal

  06-11-2018 15:47
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked during a CNN interview whether he trusts U.S. President Donald Trump to uphold the new trade deal -- and he replied that he trusts Canadians.
  
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• One Bad Son drummer rocks ‘feminist’ T-shirt on tour

  06-11-2018 15:46 via globalnews.ca
  One Bad Son drummer Kurt Dahl is in with the “feminist” T-shirt he wore on tour in the United States.
  
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• Saskatoon police respond to 35 collisions after snowfall

  06-11-2018 15:28 via cbc.ca
  Police in Saskatoon are warning drivers about treacherous conditions after the city's first snowfall.
  
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• Nutrien says N.B. mine closure is permanent, says it will ramp up Sask. production

  06-11-2018 15:20 via cbc.ca
  Nutrien Inc. says it has permanently closed its New Brunswick potash facility after putting the operation on care and maintenance in early 2016.
  
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• Nutrien says N.B. mine closure is permanent, hopes to ramp up Sask. production instead

  06-11-2018 15:20 via cbc.ca
  Nutrien Inc. says it has permanently closed its New Brunswick potash facility after putting the operation on care and maintenance in early 2016.
  
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• Northern women's shelter expected to open in June

  06-11-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 24-bed emergency shelter for women and children being built in the remote northern community of Black Lake First Nation is a “long-standing dream come true,” says the head of the Athabasca Health Authority.
  Darryl Galusha says construction on the shelter began last month and is expected to be complete by the end of March. He hopes the shelter will be staffed and operational by June 2019.
  When that happens, women and children in need from the communities around the Athabasca Ba
  
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• Woman wants police to apologize for warrantless search at wrong place

  06-11-2018 14:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  Rhonda Beaudin heard rustling coming from the basement suite of her Blairmore-area home moments after she told the lone Saskatoon Police Service officer that she’d never heard of the woman he was seeking on a court order breach. She is now asking the service to apologize for the incident that followed.
  The officer had entered the closed, unlocked door to Rhonda’s home after he left her doorway, he went down to the basement suite and was rummaging through the suite occupant’s be
  
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• Man, 74, dies in Saskatoon workplace accident

  06-11-2018 14:23 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police say a 74-year-old man is dead after a workplace accident Monday afternoon.
  
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• Slippery commute for drivers on Tuesday morning

  06-11-2018 14:13
  Saskatoon residents woke to a fresh coat of snow on Tuesday morning over top of Monday’s freezing rain, making for slippery conditions for drivers.
  
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• Man dies after from injuries sustained in industrial accident

  06-11-2018 14:05
  A 74-year-old man has died after an industrial accident in Saskatoon on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Uber driver records Ottawa Senators criticizing coach

  06-11-2018 13:46
  A video showing members of the Ottawa Senators hockey team criticizing one of their coaches has prompted an apology from several players.
  
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• Man dies after workplace incident in Saskatoon

  06-11-2018 13:30 via globalnews.ca
  Police say a 74-year-old man who was found with serious injuries at a Saskatoon business has died.
  
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• Proposed changes to carbon pricing could save SaskPower $90M

  06-11-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A meeting between federal officials, electricity companies, experts and Environment and Climate Change Canada has brought about proposed changes to carbon pricing in Canada.
  
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• Letters to the editor Nov. 6, 2018

  06-11-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Corman Park is a strong contributor to growth
  Re: “City has to play geographical bad guy in Corman Park annexation” (SP Sept. 14)
  Contrary to Tiffany Paulsen’s column, Corman Park has already contributed enough land to satisfy the future growth of the City to 500,000 population (estimated to be 30 years).
  Paulsen’s statement that developers will not build unless the development is part of the city is incorrect. Private investors have developed several successful rural mul
  
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