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• Woman dead after highway collision near North Battleford

  27-11-2018 23:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 25-year-old woman died just west of North Battleford Tuesday morning after a collision on Highway 16.
  According to an RCMP news release, emergency crews were first called to the scene of the two vehicle collision that occured roughly one kilometre west of North Battleford at around 10:40 a.m. Upon arrival, officers discovered that a vehicle travelling in the east bound lane had lost control, crossed the median and struck a vehicle in the westbound lane.
  The 25-year-old woman, who was a pa
  
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• Darrell Morrison was ‘perfect example of a volunteer firefighter’: Don Willner

  27-11-2018 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Davidson Fire Department deputy fire chief Don Willner speaks about Darrell Morrison, who was struck by a semi near Rosetown, Sask., and died on Nov. 21.
  
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• 1 dead, 3 hurt in crash near North Battleford

  27-11-2018 23:22
  A 25-year-old woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash one kilometer west of North Battleford.
  
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• La Ronge restaurateur had taken in and fed 16-year-old who later killed him, court hears

  27-11-2018 23:11 via cbc.ca
  In a sentencing hearing held in La Ronge on Monday for one of Simon Grant's attackers, court heard how Grant and his family had taken the youth in and looked after him before things unravelled.
  
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• Remains of 66-year-old Muskeg Lake woman found, death considered suspicious

  27-11-2018 23:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  The death of a 66-year-old Muskeg Lake Cree Nation woman is being treated by RCMP as suspicious, after human remains were found near Blaine Lake.
  A missing person report was filed with Blaine Lake RCMP on Sunday after Deanna Greyeyes had not been seen in recent days. That was “out of character for her to not be in contact with her family members,” RCMP said Tuesday in a news release.
  On Monday afternoon, a search party made up of community members were looking in a rural area near Mu
  
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• Sask. government wants prior consent to access rural land in Trespass Act changes

  27-11-2018 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  65 per cent of the.An earlier survey done by the Sask. government showed that 65 per cent of the 1,601 responses were in favour of prior permission to access land.
  
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• RCMP investigate timeline leading to death of missing woman

  27-11-2018 22:53
  The RCMP Major Crime Unit North is trying to retrace the steps of a missing woman found dead Wednesday.
  
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• First responders honour Darrell Morrison, Rosetown firefighter killed in line of duty

  27-11-2018 22:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  ROSETOWN — Hundreds of first responders marched down Highway 4 in Rosetown as part of a full honours funeral service to remember Darrell Morrison, the volunteer firefighter who was killed last week while responding to a highway collision near Rosetown.
  Hundreds of first responders marched in uniform on Nov. 27, 2018 as part of a full honours funeral service to remember Darrell James Morrison, the volunteer firefighter who was killed on Nov. 21, 2018 while responding to a highway collision
  
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• Police dog tracks down man reportedly breaking into industrial compounds

  27-11-2018 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  A police dog tracked down a man who was reportedly breaking into industrial compounds in Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon Co-op rejects petitions aimed at removing board during strike

  27-11-2018 21:47 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatoon Co-op Board will not be holding a special meeting called for by some of its members.
  
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• Mother and baby killed by grizzly bear in Yukon: coroner

  27-11-2018 21:43
  A mother and her 10-month-old baby are dead after being mauled by a grizzly bear outside their remote Yukon cabin.
  
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• Sask. government moves to change trespassing rules, says public must ask for permission first

  27-11-2018 21:32 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan government tabled amendments to clarify that visitors must seek permission from a rural property owner before entering their land.
  
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• 1st Annual SUTHERLAND CHRISTMAS CONCERT for Sutherland School

  27-11-2018 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  Doors open @6:00pm, Show begins @7:00pm.  Advance Tickets $25.00 or at the door $30.00.  Tickets available at St. Paul’s United Church, McNally Robinson, Venice House (Central Ave.), and Picatic. This concert is a fundraiser to raise money for the schools’ breakfast and lunch programs that feeds 50 to 70 kids per day as well as...
  
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• THE BARRA MACNEILS’ CHRISTMAS SHOW

  27-11-2018 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  Canada’s Celtic ambassadors! For nearly three decades, Cape Breton-based family group the Barra MacNeils have been thrilling audiences of all ages, both near and far, with their sparkling repertoire, vocals, instrumental prowess and vibrant showmanship. The five MacNeil siblings – Lucy, Boyd, Stewart, Kyle and Sheumas – combine on a vast array of instruments including...
  
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• Lines of Fire: Explore the cultural differences between Canadian and American gun enthusiasts

  27-11-2018 21:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  MISSOULA, MT, and CANORA, SK — It’s the last day of Montana’s biggest gun show, and Hayes Otoupalik is angry.
  He’s berating a man whose “buddy” has asked to set up an exhibit inside. It would feature — to Otoupalik’s horror — massage equipment.
  Otoupalik’s custom-made bolo tie hangs steady as he talks, anchored by tiny replica Confederate pistols at each end. He has run this show for 50 years. He knows his customers.
  “They don&rsq
  
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• Over 300 firefighters pay tribute to Rosetown volunteer firefighter Darrell Morrison

  27-11-2018 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  Firefighters paid tribute to Darrell Morrison, a volunteer firefighter with the Rosetown Fire Department who was killed while at the scene of a crash.
  
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• Full honours service held for Rosetown firefighter who died responding to scene of collision

  27-11-2018 21:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  Hundreds of first responders marched in uniform as part of a full honours funeral service to remember the volunteer firefighter who was killed last week while responding to a highway collision near Rosetown.
  The service for Darrell James Morrison took place Tuesday at the Rosetown Civic Centre. The service began with an honour guard, pipe and drums band and a funeral procession that included multiple fire apparatuses.Dale Feser, a director with the Saskatchewan Association of Fire Chiefs, said l
  
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• Saskatoon Wildlife Federation feeding community with food bank donation

  27-11-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Wildlife Federation delivered a large donation of meat from their truck straight into freezers at the Saskatoon Food Bank on Tuesday.
  
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• Lines of Fire — Female Firepower: Meet the women making their mark in Sask's. male-dominated industry

  27-11-2018 20:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  From licence holders to safety courses, the number of females with firearms is growing in Saskatchewan — and showing little sign of slowing.
  “It’s not an old boys’ club anymore,” says Shawna Bellavance, the general manager for the Saskatchewan Association for Firearm Education.
  The number of female firearm licence holders in Saskatchewan has grown steadily over the years. There were 915 female firearms licence holders with registered firearms in the province last ye
  
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• Agricultural Producers Association of Sask. hoping to join fight against carbon tax

  27-11-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is standing with the province in its fight against a federally imposed carbon tax.
  
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• Chantal Vallee stunned by international response to pro coaching appointment

  27-11-2018 20:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  TORONTO — Chantal Vallee was just 20 when she was appointed head coach of a boys basketball team, more by accident than by design.
  That indelible season is forever etched in her brain. She calls it “one of the best memories of my life.”
  Vallee was coaching a high school girls squad in Montreal, when the boys’ head coach had to leave the program suddenly.
  “The athletic director called me at home and said ‘Chantal, you have to coach the boys,”‘ Valle
  
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• SaskPower announces changes for customers generating their own power

  27-11-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  SaskPower has announced changes to the net metering program, which includes 10-year customer contracts and increased overall generating capacity.
  
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• Lines of Fire: ‘It’s just a tool:' Why guns are essential for rural life in Saskatchewan

  27-11-2018 20:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  Mathew Bohnet lies prone in a field of tall grass as he peers into the scope of a .22-250 calibre rifle.
  He’s looking for a steel gong target at the base of a hill, some 300 yards away.
  At 12 years old, Bohnet is honing skills passed down through the generations on this family farm in cattle country, where learning how to use a gun is considered as essential as learning to drive a tractor.
  His father Randy cautions the boy to remember the wind is coming from the left, meaning the bullet wi
  
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• Theft From Vehicle - Ave. B S & 19th St. W

  27-11-2018 20:36 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Three people were arrested this morning following a reported theft from a vehicle.At approximately 5:30 a.m., November 27, 2018 Patrol officers were dispatched to Avenue B South and 19th Street West. Initial reports stated that a male smashed a truck window and stole a backpack with an iPad inside. A Canine Unit responded and tracked the suspect to a residence in the 300 block of Avenue E South. Eight people were located inside the residence as well as the stolen backpack. The complainants iPad
  
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• RCMP bust alleged bootlegger transporting booze into Pelican Narrows

  27-11-2018 20:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 34-year-old woman is facing charges under the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act after police seized several bottles of alcohol during a traffic stop.
  On Nov. 23, Pelican Narrows RCMP were conducting check stops along Highway 135 at Opawikoscikcan Narrows. Police received information that bootleggers were transporting alcohol into the dry community of Pelican Narrows. During a check stop, a large amount of alcohol —including six bottles of Silk Tassel whisky, a bottle of Arbor Mist and a
  
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• Adjournment in court case for semi driver charged in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  27-11-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the semi driver charged in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, is not required to be in court at this stage of the proceedings.
  
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• Lines of Fire: A special series by the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and the Regina Leader-Post

  27-11-2018 20:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  In a divided province, how do guns fit into Saskatchewan life? A Regina Leader-Post and Saskatoon StarPhoenix multi-part series investigates.
  Read our full coverage here.
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  How do guns fit into Saskatchewan life? Why you need to read our Lines of Fire series‘It’s just a tool:' Why guns are essential for rural life in SaskatchewanLines of Fire: Full Coverage
  
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• 'I wouldn't have a business without firearms': How rifles, shotguns drive $300M industry in Sask.

  27-11-2018 20:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  In a divided province, how do guns fit into Saskatchewan life? A Regina Leader-Post and Saskatoon StarPhoenix multi-part series investigates. Read our full coverage here
  Jeff Nason lies on his back in a farmer’s field west of Saskatoon as the snow geese overhead take his breath away.
  One of the towering formations that traverse the sky each autumn settles into the stubble amid the decoys and the camouflaged men with shotguns. Nason, a 47-year-old entrepreneur from the Upper Peninsula of Mi
  
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• Two women arrested near Girvin, Sask. following police chase

  27-11-2018 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  A woman from Regina and a woman Meadow Lake were both arrested on Sunday near Grivin, Sask. following a police chase.
  
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• Defence election adjourned another 3 weeks for driver charged in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  27-11-2018 20:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  MELFORT — Defence election has been adjourned again for the Alberta semi driver charged in the Humboldt Broncos’ bus crash that killed 16 and injured 13 others in April.
  Jaskirat Sidhu, the semi driver facing charges in connection with the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash, leaves Melfort provincial court on July 10, 2018
  On Tuesday in Melfort provincial court, Judge Inez Cardinal granted more time for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 29, to select his mode of trial. Sidhu’s
  
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• British Columbia intervening in Saskatchewan and Ontario court cases on carbon pricing

  27-11-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia will support the federal government's carbon pricing by intervening in court actions in the Saskatchewan and Ontario courts of appeal.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook freezing rain, snow to create icy roads

  27-11-2018 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  Freezing rain and snow expected in Saskatoon and central Saskatchewan has prompted Environment Canada to issue a special weather statement.
  
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• Lacrosse fans cheer rescue of Saskatchewan Rush season

  27-11-2018 19:41 via cbc.ca
  Evan Schemenauer admits he was a little worried about this year's National Lacrosse League season.
  
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• Legal Aid, union sign agreement to resolve woes at Saskatoon office

  27-11-2018 19:31 via cbc.ca
  Months of wrangling over cuts at the Saskatoon Legal Aid office may finally be resolved, with Saskatchewan Legal Aid and the union representing Legal Aid lawyers signing an agreement to move forward.
  
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• Police report record number of distracted driving offences in Sask. last month, according to SGI

  27-11-2018 19:23 via cbc.ca
  SGI says police reported 793 distracted driving offences last month, which is the most distracted driving offences in a single month on SGI record.
  
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• Sidhu court case adjourned to Dec. 18

  27-11-2018 18:50
  The case of the man accused in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been adjourned again.
  
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• B&E's to Compounds/Arrest - 2200 block Speers Ave.

  27-11-2018 18:50 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  One man was arrested last night after reportedly breaking into three separate industrial compounds.At approximately 10:00 p.m., November 26, 2018, Patrol officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of Speers Avenue for a report of a break and enter in progress. The complainant had observed two men on security cameras checking vehicles and looking into compounds. As officers were driving to the address, they observed two people believed to be hiding from Police inside of a compound in the 2200 blo
  
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• Art Exhibit: ABOUT A LAKE – Clint Hunker

  27-11-2018 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, December 1st at 2:00pm.  EXHIBITION DATES: December 1st through January 10th. Art Placement is pleased to present the exhibition, About a Lake, showcasing the latest suite of landscape paintings and drawings by Clint Hunker.  Since the age of 16, Hunker has painted and drawn the Saskatchewan landscape.  Following in the footsteps of notable prairie...
  
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• Saskatoon's 1st legal pot set to open. The catch? Only '1 item per customer'

  27-11-2018 18:39 via cbc.ca
  "If we didn't do that, we would close tomorrow. And that is not an option," said co-owner Geoff Conn.
  
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• Saskatoon's 1st legal pot set to open. The catch? '1 item per customer'

  27-11-2018 18:39 via cbc.ca
  "If we didn't do that, we would close tomorrow. And that is not an option," said co-owner Geoff Conn.
  
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• Saskatoon's 1st legal pot opens. The catch? Only '1 item per customer'

  27-11-2018 18:39 via cbc.ca
  "If we didn't do that, we would close tomorrow. And that is not an option," said co-owner Geoff Conn.
  
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• Saskatoon's 1st legal pot finally opens. The catch? Only '1 item per customer'

  27-11-2018 18:39 via cbc.ca
  "If we didn't do that, we would close tomorrow. And that is not an option," said co-owner Geoff Conn.
  
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• Prince Albert Raiders Brett Leason WHL player of the week for 2nd time this season

  27-11-2018 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Western Hockey League named Prince Albert Raiders forward Brett Leason player of the week for the second time this season.
  
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• Saskatoon Co-op board refusing to hold special meetings in response to petitions - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  27-11-2018 18:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon Co-op board refusing to hold special meetings in response to petitions  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixThe two petitions, which according to their organizers have been signed by more than the required 300 Co-op members, were submitted earlier this month, ...
  
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• Saskatoon Co-op board refusing to hold special meetings in response to petitions

  27-11-2018 18:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  Amidst an ongoing labour dispute, Saskatoon Co-op’s board of directors is refusing to recognize a petition aimed at forcing a special meeting during which Co-op members can vote to install a new board of directors.
  The board also says it won’t recognize an attempt to force a special meeting during which members could discuss Co-op’s chief executive officer’s approach to collective bargaining before and during the strike.
  Saskatoon Co-op employees walk a picket line outsid
  
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• Crack cocaine, meth, cash, guns, seized in P.A.

  27-11-2018 18:17
  Nine men face charges after Prince Albert police and RCMP raided a home and seized drugs, cash and guns.
  
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• This 'Siberian unicorn' walked the Earth alongside humans: study

  27-11-2018 18:06
  According to a new study the Elasmotherium sibiricum, a giant rhino also called the 'Siberian unicorn,' went extinct much later than theorized, surviving until at least 39,000 years ago.
  
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• FSIN calls for First Nations control of child welfare

  27-11-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for an independent advisory committee to oversee child welfare in the province.
  
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• Project Face-off

  27-11-2018 17:57 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  This past weekend, members of the Saskatoon Police Service and RCMP F Division joined four veteran players of the Saskatoon Blades hockey team in Vancouver for Project Face-off.Project Face-off is a drug awareness partnership between the three organizations aimed at educating youth about the effects and consequences of substance abuse.Over the weekend, the players were accompanied by Police Officers from the SPS, RCMP F Division, the Vancouver Police Department and Odd Squad Productions, as
  
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