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• 'He's a loaded gun:' Sentencing man who stole SUV with six-year-old girl inside has complicated challenges, court hears

  09-01-2019 23:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  NORTH BATTLEFORD — A provincial court judge is faced with the challenge of sentencing a troubled, cognitively impaired young man who continues to offend despite “extraordinary” attempts to help him.
  Judge Bruce Bauer said he can’t give up on attempting to rehabilitate Johnathan Ryann Gunville, the North Battleford man who prompted an Amber Alert on Sept. 16, 2018 when he stole a running Mercedes with a six-year-old girl inside.
  However, the sentence also needs to protect
  
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• Weak oil bringing down business in Estevan

  09-01-2019 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  The prolonged resource price downturn has taken a tole on the Estevan oil sector, and the pinch is being felt downtown on 4th Street. David Baxter reports.
  
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• Struggling oil sector spreads throughout local Estevan economy

  09-01-2019 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  The prolonged resource price downturn has taken a tole on the Estevan oil sector, and the pinch is being felt downtown on 4th Street.
  
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• Injured Broncos player returns to the ice for first time since bus crash

  09-01-2019 23:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  COLONSAY— A defenceman who suffered a brain injury in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last spring was back on the ice for the first time this week.
  Layne Matechuk, 18, was injured in April when a transport truck and the bus carrying his junior hockey team collided at a rural intersection in Saskatchewan.
  The crash killed 16 people, including 10 players, and injured 13.
  Matechuk’s father, Kevin, posted an online video Tuesday of his son skating while pushing a hockey net and another of
  
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• A top Canadian doctor says Health Canada is 'asleep at the switch' when it comes to the teen vaping epidemic

  09-01-2019 23:27
  An Ottawa doctor who is a Canadian expert on smoking cessation says Health Canada is doing little to stop the teen vaping epidemic.
  
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• Flu cases among pre-school aged children on the rise

  09-01-2019 23:05
  The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health is asking parents to keep their children home when they are sick following the 2018 flu season.
  
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• Influenza has killed 3 unvaccinated Sask. preschoolers so far this season: public health officials

  09-01-2019 22:17 via cbc.ca
  Health officials are pleading with families to get flu shots, with hospitalization rates for the flu this season highest for children under age nine. Only one in three Saskatchewan toddlers has had the vaccine, the provincial health authority says.
  
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• Saskatoon company embraces new federal drone regulations - News Talk 650 CKOM

  09-01-2019 21:58 via ckom.com
  Saskatoon company embraces new federal drone regulations  News Talk 650 CKOMThe federal government has announced new rules for people to operate drones between half a pound and 55 pounds...
  
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• Def Leppard embarking on 11-date Canadian tour

  09-01-2019 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  Def Leppard will hit the road to promote 'The Story So Far – The Best Of' (2018), a compilation featuring many of their classic hits.
  
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• Preeceville wastewater treatment facility to receive $5.1 million for upgrades

  09-01-2019 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  Sask. government commits about $1.7 million in funding to upgrade the Preeceville wastewater treatment facility.
  
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• Sentencing reserved for man charged in Sask. Amber Alert case

  09-01-2019 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  A judge will decide on Feb. 20 how much time Johnathan Gunville should spend in jail after pleading guilty to Amber Alert related charges in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Sentencing for Gunville set for Feb. 20

  09-01-2019 20:42
  A decision on sentencing for a North Battleford man who stole a vehicle with a child in it has been delayed until next month.
  
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• Police say 21 calves stolen from property near Prelate, Sask., in ‘old-time crime’

  09-01-2019 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  Leader RCMP believe the calves are worth about $1,500 apiece — a total of $31,500.
  
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• Injured Humboldt Broncos player Layne Matechuk returns to the ice for first time since bus crash

  09-01-2019 20:26 via cbc.ca
  A defenceman who suffered a brain injury in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last spring was back on the ice for the first time this week.
  
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• 'Could not be more proud': Father of injured Broncos player says his son has returned to the ice

  09-01-2019 20:26 via cbc.ca
  A defenceman who suffered a brain injury in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last spring was back on the ice for the first time this week.
  
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• Sask. Environment minister blasts carbon tax, but says he'll take rebate cheque

  09-01-2019 20:12 via cbc.ca
  Carbon taxes won’t be hitting people at the pumps until April of this year, but residents of certain provinces, including Saskatchewan, will be getting rebates when they file their 2018 taxes.
  
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• Heads up, Sask., climate rebate cheques will be in the mail when you file 2018 taxes

  09-01-2019 20:12 via cbc.ca
  Carbon taxes won’t be hitting people at the pumps until April of this year, but residents of certain provinces, including Saskatchewan, will be getting rebates when they file their 2018 taxes.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos player Layne Matechuk takes first skate since crash

  09-01-2019 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  A social media video shows 18-year-old defenceman Layne Matechuk wearing his Humboldt Broncos gear.
  
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• Moe's Sixties Scoop apology is meaningless if there is no change

  09-01-2019 19:56 via cbc.ca
  A quiet sadness visited me in the days leading up to Premier Scott Moe’s apology to Sixties Scoop survivors Monday.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: snow returns after coldest night of 2019 - Global News

  09-01-2019 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon weather outlook: snow returns after coldest night of 2019  Global NewsSnow slides into Saskatoon's weather forecast ahead after the coldest night so far of 2019.
  
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• Province taps observer to review internal Saskatoon probe of fatal shooting - CBC.ca

  09-01-2019 19:42 via cbc.ca
  Province taps observer to review internal Saskatoon probe of fatal shooting  CBC.caSaskatoon Police made the request for independent oversight immediately after the shooting of a 27-year-old man on Dec. 22. The man was said to be ...
  
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• Province taps observer to review internal Saskatoon probe of fatal shooting

  09-01-2019 19:42 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Police made the request for independent oversight immediately after the shooting of a 27-year-old man on Dec. 22. The man was said to be distraught and threatening to harm himself and officers.
  
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• Climate change doubled risk of B.C.’s record-setting 2017 wildfires: study

  09-01-2019 19:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  Research suggests British Columbia’s record-setting 2017 wildfire season wasn’t an accident and Environment Canada scientists say that climate change stacked the deck against the province from the start.
  In a newly published paper, researchers from the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis say hot, dry weather directly caused by greenhouse gas emissions increased the province’s fire risk that year by up to four times. The same factors are likely to have increased t
  
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• Many possible reasons for guilty plea in Humboldt Broncos crash, prof says

  09-01-2019 19:15 via cbc.ca
  There are many possible reasons that could explain why the semi driver in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash pleaded guilty in court Tuesday, according to a legal expert.
  
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• Saskatoon SPCA warns about deadly dog disease in city - CBC.ca

  09-01-2019 19:04 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon SPCA warns about deadly dog disease in city  CBC.caThe Saskatoon SPCA is warning people to vaccinate their animals after several dogs were found with parvovirus over the past several weeks. The organizations ...
  
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• Saskatoon SPCA warns about deadly dog disease in city

  09-01-2019 19:04 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon's animal shelter is warning people to vaccinate their animals after several dogs were found with parvovirus over the past several weeks.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: snow returns after coldest night of 2019

  09-01-2019 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  Snow slides into Saskatoon's weather forecast ahead after the coldest night so far of 2019.
  
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• Saskatchewan government to incorporate wildfire, emergency management into public safety agency

  09-01-2019 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  The transition will begin in 2019 but will not impact provincial emergency services for the upcoming spring flood or wildfire season.
  
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• RCMP release top-10 'missing the mark' 911 calls for 2018

  09-01-2019 18:32
  While the RCMP’s Divisional Operation Communications Centre was busy in 2018, they also took a few calls that “missed the mark” in the past year.
  
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• Deadly canine disease detected in Saskatoon

  09-01-2019 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  Parvovirus has shown up in several dogs that have come to the Saskatoon SPCA in the last few weeks.
  
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• Government of Saskatchewan released results of clubroot survey

  09-01-2019 18:00
  Visible signs of clubroot have been confirmed in 43 commercial canola fields and the clubroot pathogen was confirmed in soil samples from three additional fields, according to a recent survey done by the Saskatchewan government.
  
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• Clubroot prevalence jumps in Saskatchewan

  09-01-2019 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government said clubroot has now been detected in 43 canola fields in the province.
  
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• Police don’t find suspect or gun after complaint from apartment building

  09-01-2019 17:56
  Saskatoon police responded to a complaint of a gun inside an apartment building Wednesday morning.
  
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• 9 months later, Broncos bus crash survivor returns to ice

  09-01-2019 17:51
  One of the survivors of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash returned to the ice on Tuesday.
  
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• Saskatoon police respond to report of masked, armed intruders

  09-01-2019 17:48 via cbc.ca
  A caller reported that a number of people wearing masks had assembled in the hallway outside of a suite in an apartment building, and that there may be a gun.
  
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• Curling season reaches fever pitch as Scotties, Brier approach

  09-01-2019 17:46 via cbc.ca
  It appears the level of curling is the highest it’s ever been. Many of the games are being decided by the smallest of margins as curling continues to evolve and grow. That level of play should continue at this week's Canadian Open in North Battleford, Sask.
  
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• Weapons Call - 500 Block Avenue X South

  09-01-2019 17:01 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police responded to a complaint of a firearm inside an apartment building earlier this morning. At approximately 7:45 a.m., January 9, 2019, Police received a call that a number of people wearing masks were in the hallway outside of a suite in an apartment building in the 500 block of Avenue X South. The report indicated that they may have been in possession of a firearm. A number of Police officers attended but no person or firearm was located. Police have since cleared
  
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• Letter of the Day: Weigh stations help keep roads safe

  09-01-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Ex-premier Brad Wall left behind a province that is in shambles. Huge debt, cuts to all programs for needy people, etc. Too many cuts to write down.
  The biggest and most devastating is cuts to safety, cutbacks on workplace safety inspectors, and highway traffic officers. Weight scales in the province are all closed for 10 years, no checks on trucks for safety and weights, and driver qualification, sobriety, time on road, log books, etc.
  Forty-five years ago, when I had my 1A, scales were always
  
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• Transport minister issues new rules for drone operators

  09-01-2019 16:48
  Transport Minister Marc Garneau has issued tough new regulations for the use of drones in Canada, from banning drunk droning, to banning drones from flying in airspace near emergency scenes and airports.
  
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• How Saskatoon’s writer-in-residence helps budding authors

  09-01-2019 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  Elizabeth Philips, the Saskatoon Public Library’s writer-in-residence, explains her role and how she can help budding authors.
  
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• Saskatoon Transit ridership rises by 8.4% in 2018

  09-01-2019 15:48 via globalnews.ca
  More people were riding the bus in 2018, and Saskatoon Transit is expecting to top a million rides per month in 2019.
  
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• How Saskatoon's writer-in-residence helps budding authors | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  09-01-2019 15:33 via globalnews.ca
  How Saskatoon's writer-in-residence helps budding authors | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caWatch How Saskatoon's writer-in-residence helps budding authors Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca.
  
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• Thomas family reflects on guilty plea in Humboldt Broncos crash

  09-01-2019 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  Scott and Laurie Thomas, the parents of Evan who was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, reflect on the guilty plea made by the semi driver and what it means to them.
  
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• Accused in Amber Alert to appear in court today - CTV News

  09-01-2019 15:09 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Accused in Amber Alert to appear in court today  CTV NewsThe man who pleaded guilty to stealing a vehicle and then abandoning a child who was in the backseat, sparking an Amber Alert, is set to appear in court today.
  
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• Accused in Amber Alert to appear in court today

  09-01-2019 15:09
  The man who pleaded guilty to stealing a vehicle and then abandoning a child who was in the backseat, sparking an Amber Alert, is set to appear in court today.
  
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• Two arrested after leading police on high-speed chase

  09-01-2019 15:01
  A man and woman from Regina were arrested after leading Saskatoon police on a high-speed chase overnight Tuesday.
  
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• Man killed in hit and run on Saskatchewan highway identified

  09-01-2019 14:56 via globalnews.ca
  An Ontario man was killed in a hit and run on Highway 1 in Saskatchewan near the Alberta border.
  
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• Saskatoon Transit ridership rises by 8.4% in 2018 - Global News

  09-01-2019 14:48 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Transit ridership rises by 8.4% in 2018  Global NewsSaskatoon Transit is expecting to top more than a million rides per month in 2019. Annual ridership increased by 8.4 per cent in 2018, and transit director Jim ...
  
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• Snowfall warning issued for central Saskatchewan

  09-01-2019 14:32 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for parts of central Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatoon police arrest 2 people after high speed chase

  09-01-2019 14:26 via cbc.ca
  Two people have been arrested after a vehicle was allegedly stolen in Rosetown Tuesday night.
  
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