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• Opposition calls for clarity on vendor-sponsored travel after eHealth firings

  15-11-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Earlier this three two eHealth employees were fired for taking a vendor-sponsored trip. The involved company has received millions in government contracts.
  
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• Montgomery Place Community Association 'appalled' by racism claim

  15-11-2018 23:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Montgomery Place Community Association is “appalled” by accusations of racism made by former board member Pat Lorje, the board said in a statement on Thursday.
  It was the board’s first public statement since The StarPhoenix reported last month on the board’s opposition to a proposed Saskatoon Tribal Council preschool. In the statement, the board denied Lorje’s claim of racism in a letter of resignation she sent by email on Wednesday.
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• Crime Stoppers accepts challenge reportedly issued from alleged criminal

  15-11-2018 23:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon Crime Stoppers is looking for information on two people who police believe are responsible for a number of mailbox break-ins in the Saskatoon area.
  Things got interesting online after an alleged criminal, by the name of Leslie Joseph Vermette, reportedly challenged police to catch him on Facebook. Crime Stoppers’ response: “Challenge Accepted!”
  Police believe he may be with another man by the name of Bradly Waselenchuk.
  Combined, the two are believed to be responsible
  
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• First two weekends of NLL season cancelled, home and road game off for Saskatchewan Rush

  15-11-2018 23:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Rush have waited seven months to raise the team’s most recent National Lacrosse League championship banner. Thanks to an ongoing labour dispute between the league and its players, that wait will continue for at least an extra four weeks.
  With little progress being made on a new collective bargaining agreement — and no signs of a deal being reached anytime soon — the first two weekends of the 2018-19 NLL season have been cancelled. The announcement, ma
  
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• Escaped Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate back in custody

  15-11-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Correctional Service of Canada said Edward Daniel Ross is back in custody after escaping from Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
  
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• Indigenous communities have jurisdiction over pot rules: FSIN

  15-11-2018 23:14 via cbc.ca
  Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief David Pratt says the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation has jurisdiction to open their own cannabis retail store, contrary to the provincial ministry of justice's belief.
  
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• Saskatoon to host Humpty’s Champions Cup

  15-11-2018 23:02
  Saskatoon will host some of the best curlers on the planet this spring.
  
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• UPDATE: Collision between School Bus and SUV - Taylor St. E & Cumberland Ave. S

  15-11-2018 23:00 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  At 2:40 p.m., November 15, 2018, Saskatoon Police Collision Reconstruction Team cleared the scene of a collision involving a school bus and an SUV this morning.Investigation shows that the school bus was traveling west on Taylor when it struck the SUV traveling south on Cumberland through a red light. The 31 year old male and was taken to hospital with minor injuries, not serious and previously stated. The school bus driver and some of the 16 students received minor injuries but w
  
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• First two weekends of NLL season cancelled, home and road game off slate for Saskatchewan Rush

  15-11-2018 22:52 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Rush have waited seven months to raise the team’s most recent National Lacrosse League championship banner. Thanks to an ongoing labour dispute between the league and its players, that wait will continue for at least an extra four weeks.
  With little progress being made on a new collective bargaining agreement — and no signs of a deal being reached anytime soon — the first two weekends of the 2018-19 NLL season have been cancelled. The announcement, ma
  
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• 'They just kind of take four or five steps back by doing this': Rush fan reacts to cancellations

  15-11-2018 22:39 via cbc.ca
  The first home game for the Saskatchewan Rush scheduled for Dec. 8 has been cancelled.
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush cancels home opener because of contract dispute

  15-11-2018 22:39 via cbc.ca
  The first home game for the Saskatchewan Rush scheduled for Dec. 8 has been cancelled.
  
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• National Lacrosse League cancels 2 weekends of season due to labour dispute

  15-11-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  The National Lacrosse League said Thursday it is cancelling the first two weekends of the 2018-19 season due to a labour dispute with its players.
  
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• CFL will use extra on-field official to watch for illegal blows to quarterback

  15-11-2018 22:03
  The Canadian Football League will add an extra official to the field for the rest of the playoffs to watch for any blows delivered to the head or neck of a quarterback.
  
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• Wife of Saskatoon tattoo artist says he didn’t want work on his body to be buried after he died

  15-11-2018 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Cheryl Wenzel, the wife of tattoo artist Chris Wenzel, said Thursday that he wanted his skin removed because he wanted his children and grandkids to see his life’s work after he died and said it was “almost like he guided us” after he died to ensure it got done.
  
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• Proposed forfeiture law lets police take your stuff even if you've done nothing wrong: lawyer

  15-11-2018 21:38 via cbc.ca
  Changes to Saskatchewan's Seizure of Criminal Property Act should worry more people than just criminals, according an expert on constitutional law.
  
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• Robbery - 100 block Ruth St.

  15-11-2018 21:37 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  At approximately 1:00 a.m., November 15, 2018, Patrol officers were dispatched to a bar in the 100 block of Ruth Street for a report of a robbery that had just occurred. Police learned that two suspects entered the bar and demanded cash and liquor, threatening the staff with bear spray. The suspects fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and one bottle of liquor. No one was injured during the robbery.The male suspect is described as being 6’ tall with a slim build. He was wea
  
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• NLL cancels first two weeks of the regular season

  15-11-2018 21:29
  The National Lacrosse League has officially cancelled the first two weeks of the regular season.
  
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• ‘We need to get stricter’: Long road remains for Sask. truck driver training

  15-11-2018 21:23
  Seven months have passed since the Humboldt Broncos bus crash devastated the province, the country and the world — and truck driving regulations remain the same. Industry representatives, government officials and those closest to the crash agree it’s time for that to change.
  
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• Improvements coming to Saskatoon Transit infrastructure

  15-11-2018 21:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  The City of Saskatoon is working to improve connectivity within its Transit System.On Thursday, the city’s Acting Director of Transit Mike Moellenbeck, spoke with reporters about the improvements, which include upgrades to transit shelters, bus stops and sidewalks.The improvements were made possible partially by a contribution of $5.3 million from the Government of Canada’s Public Transit Infrastructure Fund.Read more here. Related
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• In Saskatoon, vendor-paid trips for health-care employees are allowed, but expert says 'it shouldn't be'

  15-11-2018 21:14 via cbc.ca
  An expert on business ethics says public health-care employees shouldn't be taking all-expense paid trips even though the Saskatoon Health Region's policy suggests it's OK to do so.
  
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• ‘Challenge accepted’: Saskatoon Crime Stoppers respond to suspect

  15-11-2018 20:07
  Saskatoon Crime Stoppers have accepted a wanted man’s challenge.
  
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• Pat Lorje resigns from Montgomery community association board, citing 'racist attitudes'

  15-11-2018 20:05 via cbc.ca
  Former Saskatoon city councillor Pat Lorje resigned from the Montgomery Place Community Association board on Wednesday. She said it was over the "racist attitudes" of some members of the board.
  
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• Pat Lorje resigns from Montgomery community assoc. board, citing 'racist attitudes'

  15-11-2018 20:05 via cbc.ca
  Former Saskatoon city councillor Pat Lorje resigned from the Montgomery Place Community Association board on Wednesday. She said it was over the "racist attitudes" of some members of the board.
  
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• Saskatoon massage therapist Mark Donlevy sentenced to 3 years for sexual assault

  15-11-2018 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  Former registered massage therapist Mark Donlevy was convicted of sexual assault in September.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -20 to -30 wind chills returning

  15-11-2018 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  -20 to -30 wind chills return as Saskatoon’s weather forecast takes the polar plunge into the weekend. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• SUV driver hospitalized after vehicle pinned against tree by school bus

  15-11-2018 19:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  Eighteen passengers were on board a school bus that collided with an SUV at Cumberland Avenue South and Taylor Street East on Thursday morning.
  Two of the bus passengers sustained minor injuries and were assessed by paramedics at the scene, the Saskatoon Fire Department said in a media release. One of them was taken to a hospital for further evaluation. Police said the driver of the SUV is believed to have sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries and is also believed to have run
  
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• Improved Saskatoon Transit shelters to make buses more wheelchair accessible

  15-11-2018 19:40 via cbc.ca
  A new initiative from the City of Saskatoon wants to make it easier for people to take the bus.
  
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• Massage therapist Mark Donlevy gets three years in prison for sexual assault

  15-11-2018 19:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon massage therapist Mark Donlevy will spend three years in federal prison for raping a woman after their first date in 2004.
  In issuing her decision at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench on Thursday, Justice Heather MacMillan-Brown said she did not consider remorse to be a mitigating factor.
  “(Donlevy’s) counsel pointed to the impact these proceedings had upon him and his family, including the fact that they were inundated by publicity even prior to his conviction wh
  
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• Most survey respondents support changes to Saskatchewan trespassing legislation

  15-11-2018 19:16
  A Saskatchewan government survey on trespassing suggests 65 per cent of respondents say people should ask landowners for permission before they go onto private land.
  
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• Sask. government finds majority support prior consent in trespass survey

  15-11-2018 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  It is the landowner’s current responsibility in Saskatchewan to post, fence or place signage on their land indicating “no trespassing.”
  
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• Health authority urges vaccinations after whooping cough hits Sask. town

  15-11-2018 18:52 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning parents in the Rosthern, Sask., area to vaccinate their children against whooping cough, or pertussis.
  
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• Donlevy gets 3-year sentence for sexual assault

  15-11-2018 18:49
  A Saskatoon man accused of more than a dozen sexual assaults was given federal prison time Thursday for one of those charges.
  
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• AFN national chief urges action on 'gross human-rights violation' of forced sterilizations

  15-11-2018 18:38
  Forced sterilizations of Indigenous women are reprehensible and must immediately be stopped, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde.
  
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• Sask. government says survey shows majority want consent required to enter rural land

  15-11-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party government released the findings of a recent survey on trespassing laws in the province. Premier Scott Moe indicated in the throne speech that new trespassing legislation will be introduced.
  
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• Majority surveyed in Sask. want consent mandatory to go on rural land: government

  15-11-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party government released the findings of a recent survey on trespassing laws in the province. Premier Scott Moe indicated in the throne speech that new trespassing legislation will be introduced.
  
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• CFL to add extra official to watch for head shots

  15-11-2018 18:09 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Football League will add an extra official to the field for the rest of the playoffs to watch for any blows delivered to the head or neck of a quarterback.
  
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• CFL adds eighth official whose job is to watch QB for hits to the head

  15-11-2018 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Football League is adding an extra official on the field for this weekend's Eastern and Western finals as well as the upcoming 106th Grey Cup.
  
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• Students sustain minor injuries after their school bus collides with an SUV

  15-11-2018 17:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  Eighteen passengers were on board a school bus that collided with an SUV at Cumberland Avenue South and Taylor Street East on Thursday morning.
  Two of the students sustained minor injuries and were assessed by paramedics at the scene, the Saskatoon Fire Department said in a media release. Two others were taken to a hospital for further evaluation. According to police, the driver of the other vehicle is believed to have sustained serious injuries and they are also believed to have run a red
  
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• 'It's too much': Demand for Mobile Crisis Centre continues to grow

  15-11-2018 17:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  When Rita Field started working with Saskatoon’s Mobile Crisis Centre in 1980, she and her colleagues would typically respond to 25 calls a day.
  Now, staff respond to four times that number during busy times — and the calls seem to become more complex and multi-faceted every day.
  “It’s gotten to the point where it’s too much,” Field said. “We have to triage and put people in a bit of a queue.”
  The Mobile Crisis Centre, tucked into the city’s
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for escaped Sask. Pen. inmate

  15-11-2018 17:45
  A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man who escaped the minimum security unit at Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
  
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• Evade Police/Arrests – Highway 5 East & Highway 16 N

  15-11-2018 17:35 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Three people are in custody of the Saskatoon Police this morning, following two Evade Police incidents.At approximately 9:00 p.m., November 14, 2018, Saskatoon Police observed an unregistered black BMW sedan traveling east on 105th Street. The suspect vehicle began driving at high rates of speed and the Air Support Unit (ASU), began tracking it. It exited city limits and began traveling east on Highway 5, then onto gravel roads, eventually driving into a ditch and becoming stuck. The driver exit
  
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• Students, driver injured after crash between school bus and SUV in Saskatoon

  15-11-2018 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police said the bus struck the SUV, pushed it through the intersection, and into a tree on Cumberland.
  
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• SUV driver seriously hurt after crash with Saskatoon school bus - CBC.ca

  15-11-2018 17:13 via cbc.ca
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  SUV driver seriously hurt after crash with Saskatoon school bus
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  The driver of an SUV was taken to hospital after a serious crash involving a school bus in Saskatoon Thursday morning. Sixteen students were on the bus when it collided with an SUV at the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and Taylor Street at about 8 ...
  2 injured in school bus crash in SaskatoonNews Talk 650 CKOM
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• A helping hoof: Horse therapy popular in Saskatoon

  15-11-2018 17:06 via cbc.ca
  Erin McCormick owns Therapeutic Equilibrium Riding. Every week, she teaches 110 children and adults with varying degrees of physical and cognitive challenges using therapeutic horseback riding.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Trash plan will increase taxes

  15-11-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The recent proposals to change the method of payment for garbage collection have shown a division in the thoughts of many of the city’s residents.
  While I am opposed to the plan, should it go through, I think that the city has to rethink its proposed idea that city taxes could be decreased by 3.5 per cent. The budget for waste management is six per cent of the city’s expenditures. If the city truly wants to move to the new method, they must drop property taxe
  
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• Couple, homeless man charged in alleged scam

  15-11-2018 16:51
  Authorities say a New Jersey couple and a homeless man made up a “feel good” story about the man helping them so they could raise money through an online fundraiser.
  
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• SUV driver hospitalized after crash with Saskatoon school bus

  15-11-2018 16:45 via cbc.ca
  The driver of an SUV was taken to hospital after a serious crash involving a school bus in Saskatoon on Thursday morning.
  
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• Broncos GoFundMe court date adjourned to Nov. 28

  15-11-2018 16:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  The families affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash will have to wait another two weeks to learn how almost $15 million raised online after the tragedy will be divided between them.
  A panel appointed by the Humboldt Broncos Memorial Fund Inc. and approved by a Court of Queen’s Bench judge this summer was expected to present its plan Thursday morning in Saskatoon. According to MLT Aikins LLP partner Jeff Lee, who represents the multi-million-dollar fund, the hearing before Justice
  
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• Collision between School Bus and SUV - Taylor St. E & Cumberland Ave. S

  15-11-2018 16:14 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are currently responding to a collision between a school bus and an SUV.SPS received the call at approximately 8:30 a.m., November 15, 2018. Initial reports state that the bus struck a car and pushed it through an intersection and into a tree at Cumberland Avenue South and Taylor Street East. The driver of the SUV is believed to have ran a red light. There were 16 students on the bus during the collision; some of whom sustained minor injuries. Paramedics are asses
  
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• Police on scene of school bus crash on Cumberland Avenue

  15-11-2018 15:57
  Saskatoon police say there are reports of injuries after a crash involving a school bus at Cumberland Avenue and Taylor Street.
  
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