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• Future Saskatoon downtown planning should include option for new arena

  07-11-2018 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  City administration said any future plans for downtown Saskatoon should include the option for a new arena. Ryan Kessler reports.
  
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• City hall's vision includes possible new downtown arena/convention centre

  07-11-2018 23:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  The City of Saskatoon administration thinks future downtown planning should consider the possibility of a new combined arena and convention centre.
  Now it’s up to the politicians to weigh in on the possibility and figure out how to pay for any new facilities.
  City called a news conference Wednesday to discuss the city’s review of a consultants’ report that favoured replacing TCU Place, the downtown convention centre, and SaskTel Centre, the arena/concert venue located in the ci
  
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• Co-op strike hurting some local businesses

  07-11-2018 23:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  Melanie Winnichyn smiles as a customer enters her dry cleaning shop to drop off an armful of clothes.
  That’s been been happening less frequently than usual over the last seven days, she says.
  Outside, a pair of private security guards stand in the parking lot, keeping watch as small knots of picketers wearing parkas, snow pants and vests emblazoned with “On Strike” pace the frozen sidewalk.
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• Saskatoon Co-op strike impacting other businesses

  07-11-2018 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Co-op strike is not just affecting the company, but also impacting other businesses located within the same location. Rebekah Lesko with the details.
  
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• City admin wants future plans for downtown to consider combined arena and convention centre

  07-11-2018 23:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  The City of Saskatoon administration thinks future downtown planning should consider the possibility of a new combined arena and convention centre.
  Now it’s up to the politicians to weigh in on the possibility and figure out how to pay for any new facilities.
  City called a news conference Wednesday to discuss the city’s review of a consultants’ report that favoured replacing TCU Place, the downtown convention centre, and SaskTel Centre, the arena/concert venue located
  
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• ‘Our society is letting that population down’: Saskatoon family waits 8 months to get father into care

  07-11-2018 23:24
  Brenda Cromwell says her father, John Gruell, waited eight months to get into a long-term care facility.
  
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• Police release video of ATM robberies in hopes of identifying potential suspect

  07-11-2018 23:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  One man is believed to be responsible for two armed robberies within nine hours at ATMs in Saskatoon earlier this month.
  The first incident took place Nov. 3 around 1 p.m. at an ATM vestibule in the 100 block of First Avenue South, according to a news release from Saskatoon police. Police say a man, armed with a paring knife, waited until a 63-year-old woman was using the ATM before he threatened her with a knife and knocked her to the ground.
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• City report says new arena should be part of any future downtown plans

  07-11-2018 23:20 via cbc.ca
  A new city report suggests any future downtown plans should be developed with the option of building a new arena in the city centre.
  
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• Man arrested trying to pass off fake $100 bills in the Battlefords

  07-11-2018 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  Battlefords RCMP said they received a number of reports fake $50 and $100 bills were used to pay for purchases at local businesses.
  
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• Suspect robs 2 women at ATMs with weapon

  07-11-2018 23:16
  Saskatoon police are investigating two incidents in which customers using a bank ATM were robbed at knife point on the same day.
  
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• Focus Saskatchewan – Nov. 3

  07-11-2018 22:36 via globalnews.ca
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• Arrest - Armed Robberies - 800 block 16th Street West

  07-11-2018 22:33 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 15 year old boy is facing several charges following the armed robberies of the same convenience store over two days.On November 3 and again on November 5, 2018, a male entered a convenience store in the 800 block of 16th Street West armed with a machete, and demanded cash before fleeing on foot.Police officers had been looking for the suspect in the robberies when they spotted someone matching the descriptions and took him into custody at Avenue K south and 20th Street West on November 6,
  
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• Roughriders QB Zach Collaros says he’ll be ready to play in West semifinal

  07-11-2018 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Zach Collaros says he'll be ready to play on Sunday in the West Division semifinal against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  
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• Man armed with knife, machete robs 2 women at Saskatoon ATMs

  07-11-2018 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  Police believe the same man robbed two women using ATMs at different Saskatoon financial institutions on the same day.
  
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• Johnny Klassen allegedly killed father six days after mental health hospitalization

  07-11-2018 21:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  Johnny Dyck Klassen is accused of killing his father, 53-year-old Johan Klassen Sr., just days after Johan reported his son’s mental health emergency to Kerrobert RCMP.
  Testifying at Klassen’s second-degree murder trial, Const. Barry Lennea said Johan called his detachment on Oct 27, 2016 and reported that his son was “freaking out” because he was schizophrenic and not on medication.
  Photos taken of Johnny Dyck Klassen after his arrest on Nov. 3, 2016.
  Lennea said Kl
  
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• Saskatoon police investigating after two women robbed at knifepoint at ATMs

  07-11-2018 21:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  One man is believed to be responsible for two armed robberies within nine hours at ATMs in Saskatoon earlier this month.
  The first incident took place Nov. 3 around 1 p.m. at an ATM vestibule in the 100 block of First Avenue South, according to a news release from Saskatoon police. Police say a man, armed with a paring knife, waited until a 63-year-old woman was using the ATM before he threatened her with a knife and knocked her to the ground.
  The man fled on foot with an undisclosed a
  
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• Jeff Sessions pushed out after a year of attacks from Trump

  07-11-2018 20:51
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation.
  
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• Chronic wasting disease identified in new area of Saskatchewan

  07-11-2018 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment announced a case of chronic wasting disease has been discovered south of Melfort.
  
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• 'Worried sick': Northern Sask. man has been missing for 6 months

  07-11-2018 20:14 via cbc.ca
  The family of Leroy Custer desperately wants to hear from him.
  
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• 'I just had this sick feeling': Thief makes off with half of family's inherited 'treasure'

  07-11-2018 20:14 via cbc.ca
  Melfort, Sask., accountant Gerald Bulmer collected currency over his 60-year career as an accountant. He left the collection to his daughters. Now half of it is gone.
  
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• Former P.A. police chief picked to lead Edmonton Police Service

  07-11-2018 20:04
  A former Prince Albert Police Chief has been chosen to be Edmonton’s top cop.
  
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• Saskatoon pitches plan to keep Indigenous youth out of jail

  07-11-2018 19:45 via cbc.ca
  A team from Saskatoon is off to Toronto to pitch what they hope is a $10-million idea.
  
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• Sask. government honours those awarded the Victoria Cross

  07-11-2018 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Scott Moe joined other dignitaries, veterans and members of the public at the legislative building on Wednesday to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War.
  
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• Team Canada faces illness, injuries going into rematch against USA

  07-11-2018 19:32 via cbc.ca
  Team Canada's coach says the team is showing symptoms of a flu-like illness as they prepare to face off against the U.S. Wednesday evening.
  
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• Officer injured in fight with truck theft suspect

  07-11-2018 19:20
  A Saskatoon police officer suffered minor injuries after being dragged behind a fleeing vehicle Tuesday.
  
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• Transferring prisoners to healing lodges to be restricted, Goodale says

  07-11-2018 19:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is making it harder for federal prisoners to be transferred to Indigenous “healing lodges” if they’re serving long sentences.
  The move comes after public anger that Terri-Lynne McClintic, convicted of murdering eight-year-old Tori Stafford, was moved to a healing lodge in Saskatchewan from a traditional prison.
  McClintic was eight years into a life sentence for the abduction, rape and murder of the Ontario girl. Her first elig
  
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• ATM Robberies - Surveillance Photos

  07-11-2018 19:04 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Police Service General Investigation Section is investigating two incidents in which customers using an ATM at two different financial institutions were robbed at knife point on the same day.  The first incident occurred at approximately 1:00 p.m., November 3, 2018, at an ATM vestibule in the 100 block of 1st Avenue South.  The male suspect, armed with a paring knife, waited until the 63 year old female victim was using the ATM and then threatened her with the k
  
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• Controversial McClintic healing lodge transfer could be immediately reassessed under new rules

  07-11-2018 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  The controversial decision to transfer convicted child-killer Terri-Lynne McClintic from prison to a healing lodge could be up for immediate reassessment.
  
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• Goodale orders tougher rules on prisoner transfers to Indigenous lodges following McClintic uproar

  07-11-2018 18:48 via cbc.ca
  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has ordered Canada’s prison system to tighten transfer policies in the wake of the controversial move of child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic to an Indigenous healing lodge.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: coldest air in 7 months returns

  07-11-2018 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  Coldest air since last winter dives into Saskatoon's weather forecast to finish the first full week of November.
  
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• Stolen truck flees after dragging Saskatoon officer: police

  07-11-2018 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police are searching for a stolen truck after an officer was allegedly dragged during an arrest attempt.
  
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• Saskatoon police search for missing 12-year-old girl

  07-11-2018 18:17 via cbc.ca
  The family of a missing 12-year-old girl from Saskatoon is concerned about her safety.
  
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• Moose Jaw Co-op strike ends after agreement reached

  07-11-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  Roughly 400 unionized workers at Moose Jaw's Co-op stores will be back on the job Thursday.
  
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• Saskatchewan producers now being offered new livestock price insurance option

  07-11-2018 18:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government announced Wednesday that 'Payment on Account' is now available to livestock producers using the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP).
  
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• Battlefords RCMP cautioning businesses about fake currency

  07-11-2018 18:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP are looking for three people accused of trying to pass off fake currency in the Battlefords.
  Several complaints from businesses about the funny money, counterfeit $50 and $100 bills, have been reported to RCMP with people reportedly trying to use the cash to purchase “small inexpensive items with large denomination currency.”
  Police say the bills were of “poor quality” and the business involved noticed they were fake before the transaction was complete.
  The men belie
  
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• PHOTO: Evade Police/Minor Injuries - 1600 Block Idylwyld Dr. N

  07-11-2018 17:56 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Photos of the suspect and suspect vehicle involved in an evade Police incident yesterday, November 6, 2018, are attached for distribution.(Occurrence Number: 18-118504)
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• Fillier scores first goal in Canada's 6-1 win over Sweden at Four Nations Cup

  07-11-2018 17:42
  Sarah Fillier not only scored a goal in her debut for the Canadian women's hockey team Tuesday, but became the first place born in the year 2000 to do so.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Sleep interrupted by loud sounds

  07-11-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The noise on College Drive behind Western Crescent is so loud, with the traffic and the trains running all night long, you can’t get a good night sleep. And the toxic fumes the trains are putting out while they are idling behind residential areas is completely a health hazard. To say nothing about the children that play all along there, it is just a matter of time before one of them ends up in front of a train.
  F.S. Koopman
  Saskatoon
   
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• High School Huddle: playoff football action in Saskatoon

  07-11-2018 16:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Centennial Chargers and Holy Cross Crusaders were both looking to advance to the 4A provincial final at the city championship in Saskatoon.
  
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• Battlefords RCMP warn about counterfeit money

  07-11-2018 16:46 via cbc.ca
  Police are warning businesses about fake $50 and $100 bills circulating in the Battlefords area.
  
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• Former Prince Albert police chief named top cop in Edmonton

  07-11-2018 16:36 via cbc.ca
  Dale McFee has been selected to be the new chief of police, the Edmonton police commission announced in a news release on Wednesday.
  
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• Tony Clement out of Conservative caucus after sending explicit images, video

  07-11-2018 16:11
  Longtime MP Tony Clement is no longer a member of the Conservative caucus, after revealing that he sent sexually explicit images and a video of himself to someone he did not know, who turned out to be an extortionist.
  
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• Scheer on Clement: 'A terrible lapse of judgment'

  07-11-2018 16:11
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is "very disappointed," but is choosing to believe MP Tony Clement, who is taking a backseat after revealing that he sent sexually explicit images and a video of himself to someone he did not know, who turned out to be an extortionist.
  
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• 'They're reaching': Experts question Harvard's alien visitor claim

  07-11-2018 15:53
  Astronomers in Canada are questioning the evidence behind a sensational new paper by researchers at Harvard University that suggests a mysterious cigar-shaped interstellar object spotted last year may have been an alien probe sent to Earth.
  
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• Tech expert with some gifts ideas for those taking trips

  07-11-2018 15:45 via globalnews.ca
  Tech expert Michael Hainsworth on the show with some gift ideas for those who will be travelling or going on vacation.
  
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• Both sides of Joni Mitchell's art: The visual and the musical

  07-11-2018 14:30 via cbc.ca
  On her 75th birthday, CBC Archives looks back at Joni Mitchell's long career -- and love of visual art.
  
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• Saskatchewan families helped keep Currie Victoria Cross in Canada

  07-11-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Bob Stromberg wasn’t happy when he heard that a Victoria Cross awarded to an officer from Sutherland, Sask. more than 70 years ago had been purchased by a foreign collector and could leave Canada forever.
  After discovering that Canadian law provided a six-month period to match bids on objects of “outstanding cultural importance,” the former lawyer and North Saskatchewan Regiment honorary colonel decided to act.
  “He was a real hero … it was just important,&rdqu
  
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• Editorial: Clare’s law creates safer legacy

  07-11-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s called Clare’s Law.
  Saskatchewan is now the first jurisdiction in Canada where police will have the ability to release information about someone’s abusive past if they believe that person’s partner may be at risk.
  The movement behind such laws started in Britain after the murder of Clare Wood by her former boyfriend in 2009. As Postmedia reported this week, Wood was unaware of her partner’s violent past. After her death, her father fought for more disclosure fr
  
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• Canadian women’s hockey team downs Sweden 6-1 at Four Nations Cup

  07-11-2018 13:47 via globalnews.ca
  Canada won 6-1 over Sweden on the opening day of the Four Nations Cup in Saskatoon at SaskTel Centre.
  
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• Cat owner thanks 'amazing people of Ignace' after reunited with pet, Oreo, after over 3 months

  07-11-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A couple, who recently moved from Saskatchewan to Kitchener, Ont., have been reunited with their lost pet and are thanking the "amazing people of Ignace" who dedicated their time and effort, for the past three and a half months, to help find their cat, Oreo.
  
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