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• Best of SP 2018: An analysis of every canine registration in Saskatoon

  29-12-2018 23:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  As 2018 turns into 2019, we are taking a look back at some of our most memorable stories of the year …
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  From Shih Tzus to Shetland Sheepdogs, German Shepherds to Golden Retrievers, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix’s Alexa Lawlor analyzed more than 30,000 dog registrations in the city. What breeds are most common? Where do their owners live? How does the popularity of a breed correspond with the neighbourhood it calls home? Take a look at a dog’s life arou
  
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• Sask. digs deep for family of 11-year-old girl killed in Warman crash

  29-12-2018 23:13 via cbc.ca
  The death of an 11-year-old girl in a head-on collision near Warman has initiated a wave of support from people across Saskatchewan, including a Saskatoon man offering sober rides home on New Year's Eve.
  
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• Alberta woman using love of photography to help adoptable dogs

  29-12-2018 17:35
  An Alberta woman is using her passion for photography, the power of social media and the beauty of the landscape in the Rockies to help shelter dogs find forever homes.
  
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• No injuries in evening basement fire

  29-12-2018 17:33
  The Saskatoon Fire Department says no one was injured after a fire in a basement on Friday night.
  
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• Sask. Rush defeated in one-point loss to New England

  29-12-2018 17:12 via cbc.ca
  Reilly O'Connor had four goals and two assists as the New England Black Wolves held on for a 12-11 victory over the Saskatchewan Rush in National Lacrosse League action Friday.
  
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• New Faces New Places: Thrift store proceeds fund worldwide charity initiatives

  29-12-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  If you’re looking to update your wardrobe, get some new furniture or flesh out your record collection, Mission Thrift Store has you covered for all that — and a whole lot more.
  It’s the first Saskatchewan location for Mission Thrift Stores — a non-profit organization who run more than 50 thrift shops across the country, turning second-hand items into cash to support Bible League Canada’s literacy and leadership programs in more than 40 countries worldwide. The
  
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• New Faces New Places: Providing eco-friendly, ethically sourced wedding dresses for Saskatoon brides - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  29-12-2018 16:00
  New Faces New Places: Providing eco-friendly, ethically sourced wedding dresses for Saskatoon brides  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixMylynh Bridal's new owner Jeanny Buan is hoping to bring in more eco-friendly and ethically sourced items, with a portion of the proceeds going to send girls to ...
  
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• New Faces New Places: Providing eco-friendly, ethically sourced wedding dresses for Saskatoon brides

  29-12-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Longtime fashion enthusiast Jeanny Buan, who previously opened a shop on 33rd Street to house her sustainable and ethically made fashion brand Viahera Canada, has purchased Mylynh Bridal and moved Viahera into the new space — creating a space for sustainable fashions for brides and beyond.
  Already friends with the previous owner who was looking to retire, the opportunity to purchase the city’s second longest running bridal store came at the perfect time Buan said.
  Though the sto
  
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• 'She provides that silent comfort': Meet Merlot, the first emotional support dog used in Saskatoon court - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  29-12-2018 13:01
  'She provides that silent comfort': Meet Merlot, the first emotional support dog used in Saskatoon court  Saskatoon StarPhoenixAn emotional support dog was used in a Saskatoon courtroom for the first time in October.
  
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• Year in Review 2018: May saw Saskatoon's backyard fire ban implemented, Weir removed from NDP caucus

  29-12-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In our Year in Review series, The Saskatoon StarPhoenix looks back on the stories that affected residents the most in 2018.
  Fire ban
  After months of delays and debates, Saskatoon residents are no longer allowed backyard fires outside the hours of 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
  By a widely expected vote of 6-5, Saskatoon city council voted to introduce the ban outside the nine-hour window.
  The fire pit debate has gone on for years, long before city bylaws were changed in May 1994 to allow them in backyards, a
  
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• 'She provides that silent comfort': Meet Merlot, the first emotional support dog used in Saskatoon court

  29-12-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  There was a palpable buzz in the hallways of the Saskatoon provincial courthouse on a Monday morning in October as people were heard talking about “the dog.”
  In an upstairs courtroom a screen flickered to life, showing a seven-year-old boy on a black leather couch in a room across the hall. Beside him, a black lab lolled, camouflaged by the couch, her gentle snoring the only thing giving her away.
  For the first time, an emotional support dog was being used in a Saskatoon courthouse.
  
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• Premier Moe's first year in office marked by professional high and provincial tragedy

  29-12-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Premier Scott Moe’s year had a professional high, but he says that was overshadowed by one of the biggest tragedies in Saskatchewan history.
  
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• More than 6,000 people fined for distracted driving in Sask. in 2018, says SGI

  29-12-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Distracted driving offences are continuing to rise in Saskatchewan, as more than 6,000 people got dinged with tickets for using cellphones while driving this year.
  
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• More than 6,000 people fined for cellphone use while driving in Sask. in 2018: SGI

  29-12-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Distracted driving offences are continuing to rise in Saskatchewan, as more than 6,000 people got dinged with tickets for using cellphones while driving this year.
  
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• Memorable stories of 2018: Locked outside the La Loche courthouse, I felt powerless to do my job

  29-12-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  People in the small La Loche courtroom applauded when Judge Janet McIvor announced that the young person who had killed four people during a shooting spree in the community more than two years earlier would face an adult sentence for his crime.
  I wasn’t there to hear it.
  I was outside the courthouse, close to tears. The doors to the building were locked and guarded by RCMP members with semi-automatic rifles. Temperatures flirted around -20 C and I had lost feeling in my toes. I had no idea
  
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• Ignore the haters, New Year's Eve is the crown jewel of the holidays

  29-12-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  I now consider it my duty to defend the sterling reputation of New Year’s Eve and lead the masses, doula-like, through the end of 2018’s canal and into the warm waiting arms of 2019.
  
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• Global institutes for food and water security 'running on all cylinders' as U of S enters 2019

  29-12-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The new University of Saskatchewan plan unveiled in the fall of 2018 committed the institution to being “the university the world needs.” President Peter Stoicheff said he looks forward to making good on that commitment in the new year.
  As 2018 drew to a close, he sat down with the StarPhoenix to speak about how that will be realized and what else is coming up for the university in 2019.
   
  INNOVATIVE RESEARCH 
  Stoicheff knows the future of Canada and Saskatchewan depend on
  
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• 5 Things golf: year in review

  29-12-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Without a doubt, this was the biggest year globally for Canadian professional golfers.
  We had more golfers wearing the red and white playing on professional tours — the PGA, LPGA, Web.Com, in Latin America and China and tours in between. We are everywhere these days, and it seems you can count on seeing more red and white next year. You might say we are trending in the right direction. Let’s look at where golf stories are trending as a new year awaits Canadian golf fans:
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• Childless employees say their work-life balance is overlooked

  29-12-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Professionals without children may get the short end of the stick when it comes to work-life balance policies, new research from York University's School of Human Resource Management has found.
  
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• Saskatoon setting Mac's tourney a-Blaze - Calgary Sun

  29-12-2018 09:29
  Saskatoon setting Mac's tourney a-Blaze  Calgary SunThey've stoked the fire.Now the unbeaten Saskatoon Blazers are hoping to burn a path to the Mac's AAA Midget Hockey Tournament title.“You never know,” said ...
  
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• P.A. Raiders stay undefeated on home ice as they down Saskatoon Blades

  29-12-2018 04:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Blades dropped a 4-2 decision to the host Prince Albert Raiders on Friday night in Western Hockey League action.
  Prince Albert, which improved its WHL-leading record to 33-2-0-1, remains undefeated on home ice.
  Saskatoon saw its record fall to 21-11-5-0.
  Saskatoon Blades defence Nolan Kneen fights Prince Albert Raiders forward Parker Kelly during first period WHL action at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, December 27, 2018.
  Gary Haden and Kristian Roykas Marthinsen scor
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush drops NLL season-opener

  29-12-2018 04:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan Rush won’t be able to ring in the New Year on a winning note.
  The Rush dropped its National Lacrosse League season-opener Friday night with a 12-11 loss to the host New England Black Wolves.
  The Wolves built up a quick 4-1 lead, outshooting the visitors 21-7 in the opening quarter.
  Ben McIntosh netted three goals and two assists for the Rush squad, which trailed 9-7 at half-time but rebounded to tie the game at 10-10 after three quarters.
  New England outshot Saskatchewan 18-8
  
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• P.A. Raiders stay undefeated on home ice as they down Saskatoon Blades - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  29-12-2018 04:45
  P.A. Raiders stay undefeated on home ice as they down Saskatoon Blades  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixThe Saskatoon Blades dropped a 4-2 decision to the host Prince Albert Raiders on Friday night in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Ten ways to ring in the New Year in Saskatoon

  29-12-2018 01:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here are 10 ways to celebrate the New Year in Saskatoon:
  Noon Year’s Eve: Dec. 31, 11:15 a.m., at participating branches of the Saskatoon Public Library. A kids’ New Year’s Eve party. With a countdown with dancing, crafts and a whole lot of fun. This program is for all ages. Kids under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Admission is free. Information at saskatoonlibrary.ca and Facebook.
  Meewasin’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve Skating Party: Dec. 31, 7 to 9
  
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• 2018: The year in editorial cartoons - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  29-12-2018 01:24
  2018: The year in editorial cartoons  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixWe offer a look back at some of the year's best editorial cartoons from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post. Read more of our Year in Review ...
  
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• Minute at the Movies: Dec. 28

  29-12-2018 01:21 via globalnews.ca
  In the latest edition of Minute at the Movies, Todd James reviews “The Favourite” and “The Mule.”
  
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• Ornaments, metallic wrapping paper among unrecyclable materials Loraas receives - CTV News

  29-12-2018 01:16
  Ornaments, metallic wrapping paper among unrecyclable materials Loraas receives  CTV NewsSo many Christmas items have been put into blue bins this holiday season that Loraas staff have created a tree of un-recyclables.
  
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• Ornaments, metallic wrapping paper among unrecyclable materials Loraas receives

  29-12-2018 01:16
  So many Christmas items have been put into blue bins this holiday season that Loraas staff have created a tree of un-recyclables.
  
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• Mitchell: Broncos, Rush and a revered track coach left deep imprints on 2018

  29-12-2018 01:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  StarPhoenix sportswriters are looking back at the things they covered in 2018. Today, Kevin Mitchell reflects on the year.
   
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  I didn’t want to write this story. Wanted none of this to happen. We all wanted the Humboldt Broncos and Nipawin Hawks to play Game 5 on the evening of April 6. The score, the outcome, wouldn’t matter. Not important, at all. Just to play that game …
  Instead, I drove to Humboldt that night, numb and disbelieving, and mingled with
  
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• Saskatoon Interval House: helping survivors of domestic violence

  29-12-2018 01:01 via globalnews.ca
  A shelter in Saskatoon says it turns away twice as many mothers and children, who are fleeing domestic violence, as it can accommodate.
  
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• 2018: The year in editorial cartoons

  29-12-2018 01:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  We offer a look back at some of the year’s best editorial cartoons from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post. Read more of our Year in Review series here.
  January:February:March:April:May:June:July:August:September:October:November:December:Related
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• Global News at 6: Dec. 28

  29-12-2018 00:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, December 28, 2018 edition of Global News at 6 with Carlyle Fiset on Global Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon Blazers undefeated at Mac's Invitational midget AAA hockey tournament in Calgary

  29-12-2018 00:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Blazers remain undefeated at the Mac’s Invitational world midget AAA hockey tournament in Calgary.
  The Blazers blanked the Rocky Mountain Rough Riders, from Colorado, 3-0 Friday to improve their tournament record to 3-0. Nolan Flamand, Cole Nagy and Karter Prosofsky scored Friday for the Blazers, while Brett Mirwald made 16 saves for the shutout.
  Earlier, the Blazers beat the Okanagan Rockets 6-2 and Edmonton CAC Gregg Distributors 5-3.
  The Saskatoon Contacts, who opened the
  
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• Docherty once again the most frugal MLA - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  29-12-2018 00:13
  Docherty once again the most frugal MLA  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixSaskatchewan politicians reported almost $8.1 million in travel and constituency office expenses last year, down about $300000 from the year before.
  
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• Docherty once again the most frugal MLA

  29-12-2018 00:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan politicians reported almost $8.1 million in travel and constituency office expenses last year, down about $300,000 from the year before but above the $7.9 million they expensed two years ago.
  Public records show that Mark Docherty, who was elected speaker of the legislature in March, was the most frugal of the 57 MLAs who spent the entire 2017-18 fiscal year, which ended March 31, in office.
  Docherty, who represents Regina Coronation Park, spent $67,835 on his constituency office, t
  
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• Sask. film industry seven years after the provincial tax credit cut

  29-12-2018 00:09 via globalnews.ca
  It was almost seven years ago when the Saskatchewan Film Tax Credit was axed. An industry that once saw multi-million dollar movies made now is barely hanging on.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after stabbing in Riversdale neighbourhood - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  29-12-2018 00:05
  Man taken to hospital after stabbing in Riversdale neighbourhood  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixPolice believe the victim and the suspect are known to each other.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after stabbing in Riversdale neighbourhood

  29-12-2018 00:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 25-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was stabbed in Saskatoon’s Riversdale neighbourhood.
  According to a police news release, officers responded to a report of an injured person near Avenue H and 17th Street West shortly after 10 a.m. Friday.
  The man — suffering from non-life threatening injuries — was taken to hospital by a bystander before officers arrived at the scene of the stabbing; however, when officers attempted to interview the victim, he was “unc
  
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• Saskatoon Interval House: helping survivors of domestic violence - Global News

  29-12-2018 00:02
  Saskatoon Interval House: helping survivors of domestic violence  Global NewsA shelter in Saskatoon says it turns away twice as many mothers and children, who are fleeing domestic violence, as it can accommodate.
  
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