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• Onion Lake RCMP say suspect shot and killed himself when approached by officers

  05-12-2018 23:51 via cbc.ca
  Police in Onion Lake say they identified a suspect after an assault investigation on Dec. 1. When they located the 43-year-old sitting in a car with a firearm two days later, police say the man discharged his gun and was injured by a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was declared dead at the scene.
  
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• Investigation ordered after 43-year-old suspect shot self, died when found by officers

  05-12-2018 23:51 via cbc.ca
  Police in Onion Lake say they identified a suspect after an assault investigation on December 1. When they located the 43-year-old sitting in a car with a firearm two days later, police say the man discharged his gun and was injured by a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was declared dead at the scene.
  
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• Onion Lake man dies from 'self-inflicted gunshot' in front of RCMP

  05-12-2018 23:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  An investigational observer has been assigned to watch over an RCMP investigation after a 43-year-old Onion Lake man died from what RCMP called a “self-inflicted gunshot wound” on Monday.
  On Saturday, Onion Lake RCMP received a complaint of an assault in the community and were able to identify a suspect, RCMP said in a news release.
  On Monday, the suspect was found sitting inside a vehicle on the Onion Lake Cree Nation, RCMP said.
  “Officers observed he was holding a f
  
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• Over 24K customized notifynow profiles: City of Saskatoon - Global News

  05-12-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Over 24K customized notifynow profiles: City of Saskatoon  Global NewsThe City of Saskatoon said its notfiynow test carried out the morning of Dec. 5 was executed successfully.
  
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• From candles to cooking to trees, here are Saskatoon Fire Department’s 5 tips on keeping yourself and your home safe during the holidays - CTV News

  05-12-2018 23:34 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  From candles to cooking to trees, here are Saskatoon Fire Department’s 5 tips on keeping yourself and your home safe during the holidays  CTV NewsAs the holidays draw near, more candles and strings of lights can be seen decorating households. However, they can also be a potential fire risk.
  
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• From candles to cooking to trees, here are Saskatoon Fire Department’s 5 tips on keeping yourself and your home safe during the holidays

  05-12-2018 23:34
  As the holidays draw near, more candles and strings of lights can be seen decorating households. However, they can also be a potential fire risk.
  
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• Canada Post, CUPW not negotiating as both sides await appointment of mediator

  05-12-2018 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  The CUPW and Canada Post are not negotiating as both sides wait for the federal government to appoint a mediator-arbitrator.
  
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• Prince Albert police on lookout for wanted man unlawfully at large

  05-12-2018 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  Prince Albert police are trying to locate William Henderson, 31, who is wanted for being unlawfully at large.
  
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• Trudeau government would reject Jason Kenney, taxpayers group but welcome Suzuki in carbon tax court fight

  05-12-2018 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  The brief, submitted to the court by federal lawyers, argues the court should reject a request from the UCP to be an intervenor because its contribution would be "political and speculative."
  
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• Man who attacked SSO director gets two years for aggravated assault

  05-12-2018 22:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 37-year-old man who walked into the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra’s office and stabbed its director received a two-year sentence for aggravated assault on Tuesday.
  Devin Storey was also sentenced to 60 days time served on charges of mischief, obstructing an officer and possession of hydromorphone.
  Saskatoon police have said they believe Storey was under the influence of drugs when he walked up to Mark Turner in the SSO office on 20th Street West on the afternoon of July 31 and stabbed him
  
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• Man who attacked SSO director gets two years for aggravated assault - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  05-12-2018 22:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  Man who attacked SSO director gets two years for aggravated assault  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixA 37-year-old man who stabbed the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra's director with the blunt edge of a fork in July has been sentenced.
  
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• Sask. announces 'aggressive' new program to encourage more drilling

  05-12-2018 22:15 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan is offering a new, "more aggressive program" to encourage more drilling in the face of what some in the industry are describing as a critical, high stakes time for the oil and gas sector.
  
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• Boushie family attending inquest into RCMP fatal shooting of Brydon Whitstone

  05-12-2018 21:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  BATTLEFORD — Family members of an Indigenous man who died after being shot on a Saskatchewan farm are attending an inquest into the fatal shooting of another Indigenous man.
  The mother and brother of Colten Boushie sat in a Battleford courtroom Tuesday to support the family of Brydon Whitstone.
  Whitstone, who was 22 from Onion Lake Cree Nation, died after he was shot in October 2017 following a pursuit that RCMP say began when they got reports of a man being chased and shot at in North Bat
  
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• Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas not eligible for parole for 12 years in murder of Dylan Phillips

  05-12-2018 21:45 via cbc.ca
  Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas must serve at least 12 years of a life sentence for murdered Dylan Phillips before she can apply for parole.
  
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• Pool ball tied in sock, ammo found by Saskatoon police during vehicle search

  05-12-2018 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  Police say they found bear spray, a pool ball tied in a sock, as well as a large quantity of shotgun shells during a traffic stop in Saskatoon.
  
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• Calgary woman charged after cocaine, cash seized by RCMP

  05-12-2018 21:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 26-year-old Calgary woman has been charged with a number of offences after a large amount of cash and drugs were taken from a residence in Pinehouse Lake.
  On Dec. 2 during a traffic stop, information was obtained by Pinehouse Lake RCMP about drugs being sold out of a house in the community, according to an RCMP news release.
  Through further investigation, Pinehouse Lake RCMP searched a residence in the community with help from Meadow Lake Police Dog Services.
  As a result, police found 27 grams
  
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• Bell Let's Talk Day 2019 could raise $100M, chair says

  05-12-2018 21:27
  Bell Let’s Talk Day has had an incredible outpouring of support over the years, Chair Mary Deacon says.
  
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• Terror Squad murderer Sutherland-Kayseas ineligible for parole for 12 years

  05-12-2018 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas, convicted of murdering Dylan Phillips, received a life sentence with no parole eligibility for 12 years.
  
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• TLC@Home Christmas charity delivers gifts to Saskatoon kids - Global News

  05-12-2018 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  TLC@Home Christmas charity delivers gifts to Saskatoon kids  Global NewsTLC@Home is an annual Christmas charity aimed at brightening up the holidays for many kids in Saskatoon.
  
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• Persephone hopes to reunite patron with rings lost for more than a decade

  05-12-2018 21:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  When Persephone Theatre moved into its new space at River Landing in 2007, a small envelope in an old lock box made the journey as well.
  More than a decade later, Persephone staff are trying to find the owner of the envelope’s contents: a wedding band and gold ring.
  The envelope — dated Dec. 6, 2006 — was left to gather dust until Persephone’s office controller recently began sorting through files, payroll documents and lock boxes that had accrued since the move
  
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• Saskatchewan's shrinking hate crime stats may be deceiving: experts

  05-12-2018 20:58 via cbc.ca
  A Statistics Canada report says the country saw a 47 per cent jump of police-reported hate crimes in 2017 over the previous year, but Saskatchewan's numbers showed a different trend.
  
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• Shots fired at Brydon Whitstone by officer even as fellow Mountie was nearby: inquest witness

  05-12-2018 20:45 via cbc.ca
  A coroner's inquest in Battleford, Sask., heard more details about what led to the shooting of the 22-year-old following a brief but intense pursuit. On the night he was killed, officers feared Whitstone had a weapon, inquest jurors have heard.
  
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• Ottawa could be facing human rights tribunal hearing to settle First Nations child welfare compensation

  05-12-2018 20:36 via cbc.ca
  The federal government could be headed back before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to settle an outstanding question on compensation for First Nations children who faced discrimination under the on-reserve child welfare system.
  
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• Province's new Northlands appointee convicted multiple times of assault

  05-12-2018 20:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Party government is not sure how someone who has multiple assault convictions was appointed by the province to the board of Northlands College.
  Vince Natomagan was named to the northern college’s board of directors by provincial cabinet on Nov. 1. During the 2016 election, he had intended to seek a nomination for the Saskatchewan Party, but pulled out of the running prior to his nomination meeting.
  Natomagan’s convictions go back to 1989, when he was found guilty of
  
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• 'Hoping for a Christmas miracle': Saskatoon mom frantically searching for special baby blanket - CBC.ca

  05-12-2018 19:59 via cbc.ca
  'Hoping for a Christmas miracle': Saskatoon mom frantically searching for special baby blanket  CBC.caCarmen Bochek can barely talk about her missing baby blanket without crying. On Monday, Bochek took her baby son out Christmas shopping in Saskatoon.
  
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• 'Hoping for a Christmas miracle': Saskatoon mom frantically searching for special baby blanket

  05-12-2018 19:59 via cbc.ca
  Carmen Bochek can barely talk about her missing baby blanket without crying.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades happy with B.C. road trip but look for improvement

  05-12-2018 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades took seven of a possible 10 points on their B.C. road trip, but felt they could have done better.
  
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• Prince Albert cop appeals impaired driving conviction

  05-12-2018 19:48
  A Prince Albert police officer who was handed the minimum fine for impaired driving last month is appealing his conviction.
  
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• Man wanted on child luring, drug charges turns himself in

  05-12-2018 19:37
  A 24-year-old man wanted by police in connection to a child luring and drug trafficking investigation is in police custody.
  
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• Craven Country Jamboree Contest

  05-12-2018 19:24 via thestarphoenix.com
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• Saskatoon police find odd weapons cache during traffic stop - CBC.ca

  05-12-2018 19:19 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police find odd weapons cache during traffic stop  CBC.caPolice in Saskatoon say they found an odd collection of suspicious items during a traffic stop in an alley on the city's west side early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Saskatoon police find odd weapons cache during traffic stop

  05-12-2018 19:19 via cbc.ca
  Police in Saskatoon say they found an odd collection of suspicious items during a traffic stop in an alley on the city's west side early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Bill Boyd's business partners asked for immigration favour while he was still in cabinet

  05-12-2018 19:18 via cbc.ca
  Bill Boyd, the former Saskatchewan economy minister who last year was found guilty of violating conflict of interest rules for his involvement with a Chinese immigration scheme, was asked on behalf of his partners in that scheme for an immigration-related favour while Boyd was still in cabinet.
  
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• Sask. doctors building skills for treating youth with mental health conditions

  05-12-2018 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health said a new program will better equip the province’s doctors to meet the mental health care needs of children and youth.
  
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• Saskatoon works on plan to prevent birds flying into glass buildings - CTV News

  05-12-2018 18:41 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Saskatoon works on plan to prevent birds flying into glass buildings  CTV NewsThe city is coming up with ways to reduce the amount of birds that fly into buildings and die.
  
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• Saskatoon works on plan to prevent birds flying into glass buildings

  05-12-2018 18:41
  The city is coming up with ways to reduce the amount of birds that fly into buildings and die.
  
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• Sporting Christmas: Sally Ann's work is meaningful, and well worth supporting

  05-12-2018 18:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  We’re glad Santa relies on elves and elbow grease to get his work done, and not all that new-fangled technology.
  A temporary problem with our Excel system here at the StarPhoenix on Tuesday caused a few headaches, including a delay in processing some of the Sporting Christmas donations we’ve received. They’re here, but couldn’t be formally logged by the time our presses started rolling.
  Enough gifts and notes landed on my desk, however, to provide another update, with the
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -30 wind chills return - Global News

  05-12-2018 18:04 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon weather outlook: -30 wind chills return  Global News20 degree temperatures and -30 wind chills roll into Saskatoon's weather forecast to wrap up the first week of December.
  
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• Traffic Stop/Ammunition & Weapons Found - 800 block Ave. K S

  05-12-2018 18:00 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Two people are in custody this morning after Police located a large quantity of ammunition and weapons during a traffic stop.At approximately 1:30 a.m., December 5, 2018, Patrol officers observed a suspicious vehicle driving in an alley in the 800 block of Avenue K South. A traffic stop was conducted in the 600 block of Avenue K South. Police confirmed the driver had outstanding warrants for his arrest. He was subsequently taken into custody without incident. Two female passengers were also
  
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• About 200,000 people were left in dark due to frost buildup: SaskPower

  05-12-2018 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  SaskPower said the outage hit Regina, Moose Jaw and spread through most of the province's southeast and northwards left 200,000 people without power
  
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• Fiona Odlum

  05-12-2018 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  Fiona Odlum has all the weather details and traffic updates on Global News Morning Saskatoon.
  
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• Ciara Yaschuk

  05-12-2018 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  Ciara Yaschuk reports for Global News Morning Saskatoon.
  
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• Brenden Purdy

  05-12-2018 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  Brenden Purdy reports on Global News at 6 Saskatoon and Global News at 10 Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon man charged with dealing heroin, child luring to be held until bail hearing - CBC.ca

  05-12-2018 17:18 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon man charged with dealing heroin, child luring to be held until bail hearing  CBC.caA 24-year-old Saskatoon man charged with child luring and dealing heroin is staying in jail until at least Friday.
  
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• Saskatoon man charged with dealing heroin, child luring to be held until bail hearing

  05-12-2018 17:18 via cbc.ca
  A 24-year-old Saskatoon man charged with child luring and dealing heroin is staying in jail until at least Friday.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Farm emissions part of the problem

  05-12-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  If 24 per cent of our GHG comes from agriculture, something has to change in that business. As an urban dweller, it seems that every year when I occasionally drive past a farm implement dealer, these machines are gradually transitioning from size large to fantastically enormous. The fuel consumption should logically be in proportion to their size, even with improved technology and GPS tracking. And therefore so would their GHG emissions.
  Yet emissions from farm machinery do not even include the
  
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• Oil ‘crisis’ top economic issue facing Canada: U of S professor

  05-12-2018 15:57 via globalnews.ca
  University of Saskatchewan Prof. Greg Poelzer explores the oil production cuts announced by Alberta and why buying more rail cars to transport oil is not environmentally friendly.
  
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• SaskPower confirms massive outage caused by heavy frost

  05-12-2018 15:45 via cbc.ca
  A SaskPower official confirmed heavy frost as the cause of a massive outage across much of the province Tuesday.
  
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• Expert skeptical frost alone caused massive Sask power outage

  05-12-2018 15:45 via cbc.ca
  An expert in North American electrical grids is questioning Sask Power's explanation for Tuesday's massive power outage.
  
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• Electrical grid expert has never seen frost cause massive power outage

  05-12-2018 15:45 via cbc.ca
  After Tuesday's SaskPower blackout, an expert in North American electrical grids says he has never seen frost cause a massive power outage.
  
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