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• Saskatoon Blades complete two trades - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  03-01-2019 23:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon Blades complete two trades  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixThe Saskatoon Blades have acquired Reece Harsch from Seattle.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades complete two trades

  03-01-2019 23:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Blades completed two trades on Wednesday afternoon. In the first, they acquired 19-year-old defenceman Reece Harsch from the Seattle Thunderbirds in exchange for 17-year-old defenceman Zach Ashton and a 2022 5th-round pick.
  In their second deal, the Blades sent 18-year-old defenceman Seth Bafaro to the Vancouver Giants for a 5th-round 2021 pick.
  “Reece is an experienced player we’ve had our eye on for a while. He plays a hard game, has 25 games of playoff experience and
  
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• UFCW to vote on new offer from Saskatoon Co-op

  03-01-2019 23:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  Hundreds of Saskatoon Co-op employees who have spent two months on strike are expected to vote Friday on a new contract offer — which, if accepted, would end the job action.
  The retail co-operative presented the offer to United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1400 on Thursday. The union agreed to take it to its roughly 900 members for a vote.
  The details of the offer were not immediately clear on Thursday, but Saskatoon Co-op characterized it as a “revised version” of
  
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• Dentist plans to open “affordable” clinic in Regina

  03-01-2019 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  A Regina dentist is looking to use automation to reduce appointment costs at his soon to open practice, Simpli Dental.
  
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• Affordable dental clinic to open in Regina

  03-01-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  A Regina dentist is looking to use automation to reduce appointment costs at his soon to open practice, Simpli Dental.
  
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• Jessy's Garden loses 40 chickens to animal attacks - CTV News

  03-01-2019 23:40 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Jessy's Garden loses 40 chickens to animal attacks  CTV NewsBonny Sanderson cares for 50 hens who provide eggs for surrounding families who can't afford to buy their own.
  
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• Jessy's Garden loses 40 chickens to animal attacks

  03-01-2019 23:40
  Bonny Sanderson cares for 50 hens who provide eggs for surrounding families who can’t afford to buy their own.
  
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• Thieves leave Saskatoon liquor store with $3K bottle of scotch unnoticed - Global News

  03-01-2019 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  Thieves leave Saskatoon liquor store with $3K bottle of scotch unnoticed  Global NewsSaskatoon Crime Stoppers released this surveillance photo after two suspects stole a $3000 bottle of scotch from a liquor store.
  
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• ‘They’re addicted’: Saskatoon leading province in cell phone driving tickets

  03-01-2019 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police and Regina police accounted for roughly 70 per cent of cell phone tickets handed out to drivers in 2018.
  
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• Saskatoon police arrest woman wanted in Calgary on 115 charges

  03-01-2019 22:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  CALGARY — A woman wanted by Calgary police on 115 charges has been arrested in Saskatoon.
  Laetitia Acera, who is 25, faces charges including assault with a weapon, break and enter, fraud under $5,000, motor vehicle theft and theft of mail.
  Acera is to be returned to Calgary to face the charges, which date back to September 2018.
  Calgary police say the case is a good example of how different police services co-operate to find people.
  The service also notes that the use by police of social m
  
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• UFCW to vote on new offer from Saskatoon Co-op - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  03-01-2019 22:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  UFCW to vote on new offer from Saskatoon Co-op  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixThe offer contains a "revised version" of a two-tier wage structure that would cap maximum earnings for new hires.
  
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• 2 crashes result in serious injuries - CTV News

  03-01-2019 22:20 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  2 crashes result in serious injuries  CTV NewsA 42-year-old man was taken to hospital when the semi-truck he was driving was struck by a train Thursday morning.
  
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• 2 crashes result in serious injuries

  03-01-2019 22:20
  A 42-year-old man was taken to hospital when the semi-truck he was driving was struck by a train Thursday morning.
  
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• Saskatoon police arrest woman wanted in Calgary on 115 charges - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  03-01-2019 22:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police arrest woman wanted in Calgary on 115 charges  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixLaetitia Acera, who is 25, faces charges including assault with a weapon, break and enter, fraud under $5000, motor vehicle theft and theft of mail.
  
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• Operation Red Nose helped more than 1,200 Saskatchewan drivers get home safely

  03-01-2019 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  Across the country, more than 50,000 volunteers helped provide safe travel for more than 73,000 drivers.
  
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• ‘They’re addicted’: Saskatoon leading province in cell phone driving tickets - Global News

  03-01-2019 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  ‘They’re addicted’: Saskatoon leading province in cell phone driving tickets  Global NewsSaskatoon police and Regina police accounted for roughly 70 per cent of cell phone tickets handed out to drivers in 2018.
  
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• 'Absolutely disgusting': Man guilty of assault after spitting on security guards at Raiders-Blades game

  03-01-2019 21:52 via thestarphoenix.com
  PRINCE ALBERT — A man in Saskatchewan has been given a nine-month conditional sentence after he spat on security guards at a Western Hockey League game before he was slapped in a police cell with a spit hood over his head.
  Tyler James Hansen, 35, was given a community sentence on Wednesday in Prince Albert provincial court after pleading guilty to assault.
  The judge was told Hansen was drunk and aggressive last Friday at a match in Prince Albert between the hometown Raiders and the Saskato
  
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• 42-year-old in serious condition after semi collides with train near Saskatoon

  03-01-2019 21:47 via cbc.ca
  A 42-year-old semi driver is in hospital after a Thursday morning collision with a train on Hanson Road, southeast of the village of Clavet, Sask.
  
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• New Year's resolutions years in the making for woman overcoming debilitating pain

  03-01-2019 21:36 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatchewan woman who has suffered excruciating pain from fibromyalgia for years says she can finally set some New Year's fitness resolutions thanks to the help of a personal trainer.
  
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• Sask. sets record for lottery winners - CTV News

  03-01-2019 21:29 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Sask. sets record for lottery winners  CTV NewsIt was a winning year for lottery players in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Sask. sets record for lottery winners

  03-01-2019 21:29
  It was a winning year for lottery players in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatoon distiller overcomes initial financial worries on road to Stumbletown - CBC.ca

  03-01-2019 21:10 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon distiller overcomes initial financial worries on road to Stumbletown  CBC.caCraig Holland says he had some sleepless nights while he worked toward opening Stumbletown Distilling in Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon distiller overcomes initial financial worries on road to Stumbletown

  03-01-2019 21:10 via cbc.ca
  Craig Holland says he had some sleepless nights while he worked toward opening Stumbletown Distilling in Saskatoon.
  
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• Road construction most important issue for Saskatoon residents, survey finds - CTV News

  03-01-2019 20:44 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Road construction most important issue for Saskatoon residents, survey finds  CTV NewsA recent poll shows people in Saskatoon are split on whether the city does a good enough job to get the public's input on decisions.
  
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• Road construction most important issue for Saskatoon residents, survey finds

  03-01-2019 20:44
  A recent poll shows people in Saskatoon are split on whether the city does a good enough job to get the public’s input on decisions.
  
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• Saskatoon police searching for man who threatened self-harm

  03-01-2019 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police concerned for the well-being of Abdullah Al-Masum, who made comments online regarding self-harm.
  
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• Oh, Saskatchewan! Some of the strange, quirky and wonderful stories of 2018

  03-01-2019 20:17 via cbc.ca
  We scoured our archives to pull up some quintessentially Saskatchewan stories from 2018, including a woman rescuing a helpless porcupine, a band of volunteers pitching in to help finish a neighbour's harvest, or a donkey and a horse forging an everlasting friendship.
  
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• Men armed with gun and baseball bat rob North Battleford, Sask. store

  03-01-2019 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said a very small amount of cash was stolen during an armed robbery at a store in North Battleford, Sask.
  
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• Man charged with drunk driving after crash involving ambulance on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation

  03-01-2019 19:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  A man is charged with impaired driving after a vehicle collided with an ambulance on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation.
  Around 3:15 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Ahtahkakoop RCMP were called to a collision between an ambulance and a vehicle on Debden grid road, about six kilometres north of Highway 790 on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, RCMP said in a news release issued Thursday.
  The ambulance, which belonged to Big River EMS, was responding to a call on the reserve when it was struck head-on by another vehicle
  
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• Saskatoon police searching for man who threatened self-harm - Global News

  03-01-2019 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police searching for man who threatened self-harm  Global NewsSaskatoon police concerned for the well-being of Abdullah Al-Masum, who made comments online regarding self-harm.
  
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• Saskatoon man draws on his own experience with depression to build new app to help others - CBC.ca

  03-01-2019 19:41 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon man draws on his own experience with depression to build new app to help others  CBC.caScott Borys and his business partner Daren McLean have created a new app called Hugr. It focuses on mental wellness, with the goal of helping others to ...
  
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• Saskatoon man draws on his own experience with depression to build new app to help others

  03-01-2019 19:41 via cbc.ca
  Scott Borys and his business partner Daren McLean have created a new app called Hugr. It focuses on mental wellness, with the goal of helping others to survive periods of deep depression.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: warm start to 2019

  03-01-2019 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been a warm start to 2019 and there is snow on the way in Saskatoon’s forecast.
  
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• Forcible confinement charge dropped against Saskatchewan RCMP officer

  03-01-2019 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  Charges against a Regina-based RCMP member were withdrawn after officials consulted with Saskatchewan Public Prosecutions.
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team healthy after holiday break

  03-01-2019 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team will begin the second half of their season on the road against one of the best in the Canada West.
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey healthy after holiday break

  03-01-2019 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team will begin the second half of their season on the road against one of the best in the Canada West.
  
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• Man charged after allegedly crashing into ambulance

  03-01-2019 18:34
  A man has been charged with drunk driving after allegedly crashing into an ambulance on a grid road near Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation.
  
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• RCMP seek suspects in North Battleford robbery

  03-01-2019 18:32
  Battlefords RCMP are asking for the public’s help tracking down robbery suspects.
  
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• Crown drops charges against Regina Mountie

  03-01-2019 18:28 via cbc.ca
  On Dec. 27, 2018 RCMP announced that charges of forcible confinement and uttering threats had been laid against an officer based in Regina. On Thursday, police announced those charges had been withdrawn.
  
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• 4th person charged with murder in 2017 Prince Albert, Sask. death

  03-01-2019 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  Lenny Daniels is the fourth person charged with first-degree murder in the 2017 death of Duane Brett Ledoux in Prince Albert.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: warm start to 2019 - Global News

  03-01-2019 18:06 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon weather outlook: warm start to 2019  Global NewsIt's been a warm start to 2019 and there is snow on the way in Saskatoon's forecast.
  
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• Crash between ambulance and vehicle in Sask. results in impaired driving charge

  03-01-2019 18:06 via globalnews.ca
  An Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation man is charged with impaired driving after a head-on crash between a Big River EMS ambulance and a vehicle.
  
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• 4th person charged with murder in 2017 Prince Albert homicide

  03-01-2019 18:01 via cbc.ca
  A fourth person has been charged in connection with the death of a man in Prince Albert.
  
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• 4th person charged in death of Duane Ledoux

  03-01-2019 17:32
  Prince Albert police have laid a fourth murder charge in connection to a killing in August 2017.
  
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• Male worker at Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge convicted of sexual assault

  03-01-2019 17:30 via cbc.ca
  A male worker at the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge in Maple Creek is guilty of sexual assault.
  
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• Teenage boy killed in highway collision at Vanscoy

  03-01-2019 17:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 17-year-old boy is dead and another teen was taken to Saskatoon hospital after a collision on Highway 7.
  Warman RCMP responded Wednesday afternoon after a pickup truck collided with a transport truck near the intersection with Highway 672 at the west exit to Vanscoy. Police say a 17-year-old girl driving the pickup truck was transported to Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital with “undetermined injuries.”
  The teen killed in the crash was a passenger in the truck.
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• Fourth person charged with murder in P.A. death of Duane Ledoux

  03-01-2019 17:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  A fourth person has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 2017 death in Prince Albert of Duane Brett Ledoux.
  Lenny Daniels, 35, was arrested and charged on Dec. 13 while serving time on unrelated offences at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Prince Albert police said Thursday in a news release.
  Prince Albert police found the body of Duane Brett Ledoux shortly after 6 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2017, in a residence located in the 800 block of 17 Street West.
  Ledoux’s body was foun
  
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• Letter of the Day: Homes should have backup electricity

  03-01-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The unofficial policy from SaskPower in the event of more power outages is “make your own.”
  That’s because despite this being the 21st century, the only way to find out what’s causing the power outage is the boots on gravel method. Nope, that Crown corporation can’t tell what happened unless someone calls and reports a problem. No computer app to identify that it was at pole A1236 on Range Road 256, at least not yet. So the best way to do it is invest about $2,500 t
  
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• Sask. CEOs make list of Canada's best-compensated business leaders

  03-01-2019 16:20 via cbc.ca
  The leaders of Saskatchewan's mightiest companies are among the highest paid in the country, a new report shows.
  
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• Ahtahkakoop man charged with impaired driving after collision with ambulance

  03-01-2019 16:17 via cbc.ca
  A 23-year-old is facing impaired driving charges after a Jan. 1 crash between an ambulance and a vehicle on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation.
  
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