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• Saskatoon airport implements flat taxi rates based on zones

  21-01-2019 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  A new zone-based fare program applies to taxis taking travellers to and from the Skyxe Saskatoon Airport.
  
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• Truck driver training protocol will be in place within a year: Marc Garneau

  21-01-2019 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  The country's transportation ministers have agreed to develop an entry-level training standard for semi-truck drivers nationwide.
  
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• Former Saskatoon teacher Rhett Lundgren sentenced to three years for luring, arranging to commit child sex offence

  21-01-2019 23:39 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Rhett Lundgren was a teacher at Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon when he discussed, online, a plan to  become sexually aroused by watching a young, naked girl in a pool change room.
  On Dec. 8, 2016, Lundgren arranged to meet an undercover officer, who he thought was a pedophile with an eight-year-old niece, at the pool, where he said he could touch his genitals while sitting beside the girl in a hot tub.
  However, Lundgren did not go to the pool that day. He tol
  
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• Arrest - Robbery of Financial Institution - 100 block Kensington Blvd.

  21-01-2019 23:31 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police have a 19 year old man in custody following a robbery of a financial institution in the 100 block of Kensington Blvd. this afternoon.At approximately 3:20 p.m., January 21, 2018 Police received a report of the business being robbed by a man who then attempted to escape on foot.  Two members of the SPS Guns and Gangs Unit happened to be in the same area at the time, and with assistance from a quick-thinking bystander, they were able to take the fleeing suspect into custody w
  
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• Three years after deadly shooting, school reopening means 'new beginnings' in La Loche

  21-01-2019 23:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  LA LOCHE — When Martha Morin walked through the main doors of Dene High School in La Loche this week — almost three years to the day of a deadly shooting in the building — she felt free.
  “I feel like we’ve been oppressed for three years, just behind boards and under construction,” said Morin, the school’s wellness co-ordinator. “Walking in and we’re actually done and this is the way it’s going to be was really a nice feel
  
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• Mac gives Moose Jaw permission to make him tallest moose in world again

  21-01-2019 23:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  MOOSE JAW — Mac has given his caretakers in Moose Jaw permission to once again make him the world’s tallest moose statue.
  The moose says he would even wear an RCMP Stetson or stilettos if it made him taller.
  Mac held the title for decades at almost 10 metres high.
  But Norway has put up a silver moose statue that edges out Mac by 30 centimetres.
  Mac has given his caretakers in Moose Jaw permission to once again make him the world’s tallest moose statue.
  The moose says he would e
  
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• Saskatoon airport implements flat taxi rates based on zones - Global News

  21-01-2019 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon airport implements flat taxi rates based on zones  Global NewsA new zone-based fare program applies to taxis taking travellers to and from the Skyxe Saskatoon Airport.
  
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• Liberals taking new approach for First Nations on-reserve education funding

  21-01-2019 22:15 via cbc.ca
  Starting in April, the federal government will take a new approach it says will mean a more predictable base of money for First Nations elementary and secondary schools.
  
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• Police seek suspects in brass knuckles assault - CTV News

  21-01-2019 22:12 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Police seek suspects in brass knuckles assault  CTV NewsSaskatoon police are looking for three suspects in connection with an assault early Monday morning.
  
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• Police seek suspects in brass knuckles assault

  21-01-2019 22:12
  Saskatoon police are looking for three suspects in connection with an assault early Monday morning.
  
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• Parents of Broncos crash victim sign House of Commons petition on trucking regs

  21-01-2019 22:05
  The parents of the Humboldt Broncos trainer who died in last year’s bus crash has signed a House of Commons petition calling for the federal government to update trucking regulations.
  
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• Saskatchewan hunter bags world record mule deer

  21-01-2019 21:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatchewan hunter has set a new world record after bagging what conservation officials are calling a “deer of a lifetime.”
  Dennis Bennett, a member of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF), was hunting in the Arm River area when he managed to shoot a massive non-typical mule deer on Oct. 1, 2018, according to a news release from the SWF.
  The deer was measured on Oct. 7 by officials with Henry Kelsey Big Game Records, the official record-keeping system for big game in Saskatc
  
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• Saskatchewan hunter bags world record mule deer - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  21-01-2019 21:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan hunter bags world record mule deer  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixThe deer also broke the world record as classified by the Pope and Young Club, which records animals taken by archery only.
  
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• Robert Major admits responsibility for speeding and not buckling in his kids before deadly crash

  21-01-2019 21:31 via cbc.ca
  "That wasn't the stop sign's fault. That was all your choice," said a Crown prosecutor. "That's correct," replied Major while in the witness box.
  
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• Nephew who survived deadly crash says Robert Major was on the phone, driving 'quite fast'

  21-01-2019 21:31 via cbc.ca
  The trial of a man charged with dangerous driving and criminal negligence entered its fifth day Monday, with the accused's nephew testifying about what remembered of the drive before the crash with a semi-trailer.
  
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• 6 new projects to address urgent water quality issues for Indigenous communities

  21-01-2019 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  University researchers are working with Indigenous partners to co-develop solutions for critical community water security challenges.
  
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• Assault/Point Firearm - 3300 block Fairlight Drive

  21-01-2019 20:44 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Members of the Saskatoon Police Targeted Enforcement Section are looking for three suspects in connection with an assault in which the victim was also threatened with a rifle.At approximately 12:20 a.m., January 21, 2019 Police were called to the parking lot of a bar where a 28 year old man reported being assaulted by another man and two women.  The victim was kicked and beaten with brass knuckles.  The male suspect then retrieved a rifle from his vehicle and threatened the victim befo
  
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• Ex-Saskatoon teacher Rhett Lundgren gets 3-year prison sentence for online child sex crimes

  21-01-2019 20:25 via thestarphoenix.com
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  A Saskatoon Queen’s Bench judge has sentenced Rhett Lundgren to three years in prison for committing online child sex crimes while he was a high school teacher in Red Deer and Saskatoon.
  After hearing submissions Monday morning, Justice Ronald Mills accepted the three-year joint-submission from the Crown and defence, saying it would not put the administration of justice into “disrepute.”
  Lundgren was a teacher at Walter Murray Collegiate when he was cha
  
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• Former Saskatoon teacher Rhett Lundgren sentenced to 3 years for child porn, luring

  21-01-2019 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  Rhett Lundgren has been sentenced to three years in prison on three child pornography and exploitation charges.
  
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• New book says jurors at Gerald Stanley trial weren't equipped to tackle hangfire defence

  21-01-2019 19:59 via cbc.ca
  Few have looked as deeply into the Gerald Stanley trial as Kent Roach.
  
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• Major was holding phone at time of crash, court hears

  21-01-2019 19:14
  Robert Major was holding his cell phone before his pick-up truck collided with a semi on Highway 16 near Langham, according to testimony heard in court Monday morning.
  
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• 46% of Canadians $200 or less away from financial insolvency: poll

  21-01-2019 19:07 via cbc.ca
  A new survey says the number of Canadians who are a few hundred dollars away from financial insolvency at month-end is up from the previous quarter, as interest rates rise.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: extreme cold eases

  21-01-2019 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  Extreme cold eases as round after round of clouds swing through Saskatoon's weather forecast ahead.
  
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• Saskatoon to host extreme edition of bike-to-work day - CBC.ca

  21-01-2019 18:49 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon to host extreme edition of bike-to-work day  CBC.caSaskatoon is hosting a bike to work day as part of city hall's battle against the winter blues. "It is part of our strategy to celebrate all things winter," said Danae ...
  
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• Saskatoon to host extreme edition of bike-to-work day

  21-01-2019 18:49 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon is hosting a winter bike-to-work day this week. It's part of city hall's effort to get people out embracing winter and staying active.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: extreme cold eases - Saskatoon - Global News

  21-01-2019 18:37 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon weather outlook: extreme cold eases - Saskatoon  Global NewsExtreme cold eases as round after round of clouds swing through Saskatoon's weather forecast ahead.
  
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• Rush win championship rematch over Rochester Knighthawks

  21-01-2019 17:54
  A five-goal run in the third quarter gave the Saskatchewan Rush a 12-7 over the Rochester Knighthawks Saturday night at the Sasktel Centre.
  
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• Organizations call on Saskatchewan government to update tobacco laws

  21-01-2019 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Coalition for Tobacco Reduction said issues such as flavoured tobacco and vaping need to be addressed to dealing with high youth smoking rates.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: extreme cold eases - Global News

  21-01-2019 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon weather outlook: extreme cold eases  Global NewsExtreme cold eases as round after round of clouds swing through Saskatoon's weather forecast ahead.
  
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• Crown, defence ask 3 years for ex-teacher on online child sex offences

  21-01-2019 17:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Crown and defence have jointly recommended a three-year sentence for former Saskatoon high school teacher Rhett Lundgren, who pleaded guilty in November to child pornography and sex offences.
  Lundgren was a teacher at Walter Murray Collegiate when he was charged in late-2016 with two counts of arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child, possession of child porn and attempting to access child porn. The Crown stayed one of the counts of arranging to commit a sexual offence.
  
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• Mac the Moose looks to reclaim world's largest moose title

  21-01-2019 17:01 via cbc.ca
  Moose Jaw's Mac the Moose wants to be the world's largest moose statue again.
  
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• Letter of the Day: CWB provided choice farmers no longer have

  21-01-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I heartily agree with Joyce Neufeld in her letter published in the StarPhoenix on Dec. 12.
  Several years ago, the Canadian Wheat Board successfully sued the railways for non-performance in the winter.
  Under Gerry Ritz’s mandate, the CWB was emasculated, to give us freedom of choice. However, we were not allowed to vote on it. CWB supporters tried to take the issue to the Supreme Court, but the court would not accept it.
  We now have freedom to sit on our grain instead of getting it to world
  
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• Over 2,100 sign widow's petition demanding mandatory training for semi drivers

  21-01-2019 16:47 via cbc.ca
  A woman who started a petition demanding national training standards for semi drivers after her husband's death in a crash in 2017 says she’s grateful for the support from across Canada, and hopes transport ministers meeting in Montreal today will "pull together" to take action.
  
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• 26 individuals are as wealthy as half of all humanity combined: Oxfam report

  21-01-2019 16:08
  The world’s 26 richest people own as much as the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report looking at global wealth.
  
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• Wendel Clark’s Grill & Bar opens in Saskatoon

  21-01-2019 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  Gary Baba discusses the experience customers can expect when they come to the recently opened Wendel Clark’s Grill & Bar in Saskatoon
  
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• Super blood wolf moon: This is what you may have missed

  21-01-2019 15:10
  The only total lunar eclipse of 2019 has come and gone, with users taking to social media to share their best images from the rare ‘super blood wolf moon.'
  
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• Winter bike to work day in Saskatoon

  21-01-2019 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  People are being encouraged to jump on two wheels and cycle to work on Jan. 24 for Saskatoon’s winter bike to work day. The city’s active transportation manager, Danae Balogun, explains what will be taking place.
  
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• 'Blue Monday': Is it really the most depressing day?

  21-01-2019 14:48
  The third Monday in January is widely known as Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year, despite little to no scientific evidence backing up that claim.
  
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• Wendel Clark's Grill & Bar opens in Saskatoon | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  21-01-2019 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  Wendel Clark's Grill & Bar opens in Saskatoon | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caWatch Wendel Clark's Grill & Bar opens in Saskatoon Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca.
  
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• Big Brother 15 contestant Elissa Reilly Slater tees up Celebrity Big Brother

  21-01-2019 14:41 via globalnews.ca
  Big Brother 15 contestant Elissa Reilly Slater looks ahead to Celebrity Big Brother, some of her favourites to win it all, and what it takes to survive in the house.
  
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• Brunskill School classes cancelled due to water main break

  21-01-2019 14:33
  Monday classes at Brunskill School in Saskatoon are cancelled due to a water main break in the neighbourhood.
  
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• Kids suffer headaches at tournament after CO builds up in Montmartre Arena

  21-01-2019 13:41 via globalnews.ca
  SaskEnergy said technicians from the utility noted CO present at the ice surface at the Montmartre Arena, as well as in the lobby.
  
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• Fire crews evacuate Saskatoon apartment building after water line ruptures - CBC.ca

  21-01-2019 13:18 via cbc.ca
  Fire crews evacuate Saskatoon apartment building after water line ruptures  CBC.caSaskatoon fire crews were busy evacuating a seven storey apartment building on Sunday afternoon, after a water line ruptured and flooded an electrical room in ...
  
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• Fire crews evacuate Saskatoon apartment building after water line ruptures

  21-01-2019 13:18 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon fire crews were busy evacuating a seven storey apartment building on Sunday afternoon, after a water line ruptured and flooded an electrical room in the building.
  
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• Tank: In four years, Saskatoon online rentals have become an industry - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  21-01-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Tank: In four years, Saskatoon online rentals have become an industry  Saskatoon StarPhoenixIn July 2015, you might have been ridiculed if you had suggested Donald Trump would be president of the United States and Justin Trudeau would be prime ...
  
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• Tank: In four years, Saskatoon online rentals have become an industry - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  21-01-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Tank: In four years, Saskatoon online rentals have become an industry  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixIn July 2015, you might have been ridiculed if you had suggested Donald Trump would be president of the United States and Justin Trudeau would be prime ...
  
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• Tank: In four years, Saskatoon online rentals have become an industry

  21-01-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In July 2015, you might have been ridiculed if you had suggested Donald Trump would be president of the United States and Justin Trudeau would be prime minister of Canada.
  The world has changed a lot since then, as has Saskatoon.
  By the time city hall produces a report on how to regulate short-term rentals such as Airbnb, a full four years will have passed since licensed bed and breakfast operators first raised concerns.
  During that time, the number of suites and even entire houses available for
  
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• Sask. woman sues province for medicinal cannabis coverage - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  21-01-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Sask. woman sues province for medicinal cannabis coverage  Saskatoon StarPhoenixA Saskatoon woman who uses medicinal cannabis to treat Crohn's Disease and other illnesses, is asking a court to compel the province to subsidize the cost of ...
  
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• Sask. woman sues province for medicinal cannabis coverage - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  21-01-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Sask. woman sues province for medicinal cannabis coverage  Saskatoon Star-PhoenixA Saskatoon woman who uses medicinal cannabis to treat Crohn's Disease and other illnesses, is asking a court to compel the province to subsidize the cost of ...
  
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• Sask. woman sues province for medicinal cannabis coverage

  21-01-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatoon woman is taking two provincial ministries and the Attorney General of Saskatchewan to court, seeking to have the government subsidize the cost of the medicinal cannabis she uses to treat illnesses, namely Crohn’s Disease.
  Alicia Yascheschen, who is self-represented, filed her application in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench on Sept. 18. She is also seeking coverage backdated to March 2011, totalling $63,000. The province is seeking to have the application dismissed.
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