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• Derek Keenan speaks after game that saw Rush move into first place in NLL

  23-02-2019 23:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  It was a quick crawl to the top of the heap, or an equally quick downhill tumble.
  The Saskatchewan Rush chose the former option Friday night at SaskTel Centre, not that it’s much cause for chest-thumping.
  Saskatchewan’s record, thanks to a 9-7 victory over the visiting Colorado Mammoth, is 5-4. That makes them the only plus-.500 team in the National Lacrosse League’s Western Division — their pursuers include Calgary (5-5), San Diego (4-4), Colorado (3-6) and Vancouver (3-
  
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• Curling fans rejoice: Olympic trials coming to Saskatoon in 2021

  23-02-2019 23:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  It took three tries, some disappointment, lots of hard work. Then, the confirmation.
  The 2021 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings — the Canadian Olympic curling trials, to be more precise — are coming to Saskatoon Nov. 27 to Dec. 5 of 2021, and there were smiles all around Saturday afternoon at SaskTel Centre.
  “It’s 10 years in the making, and it feels pretty good,” said long-time Saskatoon curling builder Jerry Shoemaker, who was involved in past tries and is the vice-ch
  
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• Saskatoon named host for 2021 Roar of the Rings - TSN

  23-02-2019 23:39
  Saskatoon named host for 2021 Roar of the Rings  TSNWith the Olympics set for 2022, knowing where the Olympic trials will take place is always of intrigue among Canadians. Kathy Henderson joins Bryan Mudryk to ...
  
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• Olympic Curling Trials coming to Saskatoon in 2021 - Montreal Gazette

  23-02-2019 23:39
  Olympic Curling Trials coming to Saskatoon in 2021  Montreal GazetteThe Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings — the Canadian Olympic curling trials, to be more precise — are coming to Saskatoon Nov.27 to Dec.5, 2021.
  
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• Enthusiasts new and old are all aboard at this year's model train show

  23-02-2019 22:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  As young Elliot Taylor pressed his face up against the glass to get a closer glimpse of the red model train engine rolling past, his father Travis Taylor watched from nearby with a smile on his face.
  The annual All Aboard Model Train Show at the Western Development Museum (WDM) in Saskatoon brought out fans and hobbyists of all ages on Saturday — and plenty of young families like Taylor and his son.
  “He’s always been obsessed with trains, every time we drive by a train track,&r
  
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• Future Olympians: RBC Training Program searches for the next star athletes

  23-02-2019 22:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  The echoing sounds of sneakered footfalls slapping against a gymnasium floor filled the Henk Ruys Soccer Centre in Saskatoon as local athletes put on a show with hopes of someday representing Canada on the world stage.
  The RBC Training Ground program, partnered with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), is in its fourth year of looking for talented athletes with the potential to join the ranks of Canadian Olympians in the future.
  The program functions as an open invite to athletes who are hoping
  
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• Saskatoon to host 2021 Olympic Curling Trials

  23-02-2019 22:09 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon has been chosen as the host city for the Roar of the Rings 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. The men's and women's winners will represent Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
  
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• Rejected as a licence plate, but Sask. Rush fans can put 'Assman' on their chests with new T-shirts

  23-02-2019 22:03 via cbc.ca
  Assman. It started as a brazen decal on a truck’s rear end, but it can now be worn proudly across your chest.
  
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• Sask. sales of cannabis lower than any other province in Canada in 2018

  23-02-2019 21:03 via cbc.ca
  In the first months after the legalization of cannabis, sales at cannabis stores in Saskatchewan were lagging behind every other province in the country, according to the latest figures from Statistics Canada.
  
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• Kohlman: Curry Roasted Vegetable and Chickpea Bowls embrace new Canada Food Guide

  23-02-2019 18:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  With the launch of the new Canada Food Guide last month, the old rainbow that many of us grew up with is replaced by modern photography of real food.
  Half of the plate consists of fruits and vegetables, while one quarter is for protein foods and the remaining quarter is for whole grains.
  The guide emphasizes eating protein from a variety of plant-based sources, such as beans, nuts and lentils, as well as choosing animal-based protein such as milk, meat and eggs. That little quarter of the plate
  
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• Innovations allow NHL to stage outdoor games almost anywhere

  23-02-2019 18:21
  Dan Craig sleeps maybe four hours a night leading up to outdoor games. He only goes out to dinner because he can check the status of the ice on his phone.
  
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• Jeff Shattler with a hat trick, Rush beat Mammoth 9-7

  23-02-2019 17:28
  Jeff Shattler had a hat trick and Mark Matthews added two goals and three assists as the Saskatchewan Rush downed the Colorado Mammoth 9-7 on Friday in National Lacrosse League action.
  
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• Meet the woman set to voice the Oscars for the 10th time

  23-02-2019 16:35
  Veteran voiceover artist Randy Thomas is warming up her vocal chords for her tenth stint in the announcer’s booth at Sunday’s Academy Awards.
  
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• At the Galleries: Brandon Woelfel Effect comes to Saskatoon

  23-02-2019 16:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  Please email submissions to [email protected] by 5 p.m. Sunday for the following Saturday listing.
  Galleries
  Market Mall Children’s Playland Art Gallery: Brandon Woelfel Effect by photography 30 students at Holy Cross High School. To Thursday, 2325 Preston Ave., in Market Mall.
  Saskatchewan Craft Council: Connections, a group exhibition of contemporary printmaking by local artists and printmakers from Art Print Research Centre in Seoul, South Korea. To March 2, 81
  
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• Prairie view charms in Prairie Living show home

  23-02-2019 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Prairie Living Homes’ latest show home recently opened in Aspen Ridge. Located 643 Fast Crescent, the 2,432-square-foot, two-storey home will be attractive to families looking for an easy no-fuss family home that still has style.
  As you first walk in the entry way is generous to make it easy to greet guests. A generous mudroom is tucked away from the main entrance, but Prairie Living’s Jim Theoret chose not to close the room off with a door.
  “This opens right up, so you don&rsq
  
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• Cartoon museum acquires dozens of original Archie comics

  23-02-2019 14:39
  The world's largest cartoon museum has announced the acquisition of dozens of complete original Archie Comics stories.
  
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• Why I've spent much of my life raising other people's children

  23-02-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  The Indian Residential Schools, Sixties Scoop and Indigenous child welfare system are a part of my reality. All of these programs impacted my family. It's torn us apart with no end in sight. But it's from that life that I have grown fiercely protective of kids.
  
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• Longer on-street parking time limit could be approved Monday

  23-02-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon city council faces relatively sparse agendas on Monday, with three noteworthy items.
  LONGER LIMIT
  During the regular business meeting, which starts at 1 p.m. at city hall, council will decide whether or not to double the on-street residential parking time limit from 36 hours to 72 hours.
  Council’s transportation committee endorsed the change for residential areas earlier this month by a 4-1 vote. The extended time limit needs six votes to pass at council, assuming full attendance
  
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• Thousands attend funeral for 7 N.S. fire victims

  23-02-2019 13:47
  Thousands of mourners filled a cavernous hall on Saturday for an emotional embrace of grieving parents who lost seven children in a devastating house fire just 18 months after they arrived in Halifax as Syrian refugees.
  
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• People gather for funeral of seven children killed in fast-moving Halifax fire

  23-02-2019 13:47
  Hundreds of mourners have filled a cavernous hall on the Halifax waterfront for the public funeral of seven children who died in a fast-moving house fire.
  
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• Funeral today for seven children killed in Halifax fire

  23-02-2019 13:47
  Mourners will descend upon a large Halifax hall today for the funeral of seven children who died in a fast-moving house fire.
  
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• At the Galleries: Brandon Woelfel Effect comes to Saskatoon - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  23-02-2019 13:01
  At the Galleries: Brandon Woelfel Effect comes to Saskatoon  Saskatoon StarPhoenixPlease email submissions to [email protected] by 5 p.m. Sunday for the following Saturday listing. Galleries. Market Mall Children's Playland ...
  
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• United we sit: German Assmann calls for Assman Summit in New York

  23-02-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A German man who shares a last name similar to Melville, Sask.'s Dave Assman (with a slight difference in spelling) says he understands his brethren's pain at having a surname that people just don't understand.
  
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• United we sit: German Assman calls for Assman Summit in New York

  23-02-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A German man who shares the same last name as Melville, Sask.’s Dave Assman says he understands his brethren’s pain at having a name that people just don’t understand.
  
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• Polachic: Sisterhood YXE

  23-02-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Sisterhood movement is composed of soulful women helping to shift people from competition, comparison, judgement and jealousy to respect, love, unity, upliftment and compassion.
  The Saskatoon chapter, Sisterhood YXE, was established about five years ago. It’s mission, says co-leader Charlene Quiring, is to spread hope and promote justice.
  “Sisterhood is a cross-generational movement with three focuses. We gather, we empower and we mobilize. Sisterhood is an integration of women o
  
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• Cuthand: Watching the rise of the extreme right wing in Canada

  23-02-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  There is a worrying trend developing in Canada and it is the rise of the extreme right wing that we see south of the border.
  This week the pipeline protesters rolled into Ottawa in their oilfield trucks and staged a protest on Parliament Hill. The protest was noisy and orderly, but it was overshadowed by the so-called yellow vesters. Members of this fringe group are anti-immigrant, racist and a right-wing menace and have little actual interest in pipelines.
  The protest was loud and tied up traff
  
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• Left to crumble or repurposed: Residential school sites treated inconsistently across Canada

  23-02-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  While some First Nations are reclaiming residential school buildings or the land on which they stood, other schools are disappearing with time, leaving little evidence of that period of history or recognition of the students.
  
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• SaskPower buys $285K condo in La Ronge, citing recruiting challenges

  23-02-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  As part of an effort to address recruiting challenges in La Ronge, Sask., SaskPower has bought a condo in the northern town for $285,000. The public utility says it's the most cost-effective way to accommodate shift workers who live elsewhere.
  
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• Saskatoon to host 2021 Olympic Curling Trials - CBC Sports

  23-02-2019 09:00
  Saskatoon to host 2021 Olympic Curling Trials  CBC SportsSaskatoon has been chosen as the host city for the Roar of the Rings 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. The men's and women's winners will represent ...
  
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• Longer on-street parking time limit could be approved Monday - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  23-02-2019 09:00
  Longer on-street parking time limit could be approved Monday  Saskatoon StarPhoenixSaskatoon city council could also approve art gallery board changes, new condo tower.
  
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• Curling fans rejoice: Olympic trials coming to Saskatoon in 2021 - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  23-02-2019 09:00
  Curling fans rejoice: Olympic trials coming to Saskatoon in 2021  Saskatoon StarPhoenixCanada's best men's and women's teams will land in Saskatoon for the trials, which sends one team apiece to the Olympics.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, February 22, 2019

  23-02-2019 08:22 via globalnews.ca
  BRANDON, Man. - Jiri Patera made 37 saves as the Brandon Wheat Kings downed the Saskatoon Blades 6-2 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Brandon Wheaties bump Blades; long-awaited WHL playoff berth on hold for now

  23-02-2019 07:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  That long-awaited Western Hockey League playoff berth was put on hold Friday.
  The Saskatoon Blades, who are looking to make the playoffs for the first time in six years, dropped a 6-2 decision to the host Brandon Wheat Kings on Friday at Brandon.
  The Blades struck first, on a goal by Ryan Hughes, but it was pretty much all Wheaties after that with five unanswered goals by Brandon to take a 5-1 lead through two periods.
  Max Gerlach had the other goal for Saskatoon, which actually held a 39-28 adv
  
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• U of S Huskies round-up: women's basketball to host CW final against provincial rival Regina Cougars once again

  23-02-2019 06:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 17-point lead vanished and a potential blowout became a nail-biter in the end.
  Yet, thanks to four clutch free-throws in the final seconds, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies pulled out a 78-72 victory Friday over the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns to sweep their best-of-three Canada West women’s basketball semifinal series 2-0 at the PAC.
  By doing so, Saskatchewan has once again earned a spot in the Canada West women’s basketball championship final for what is now the six
  
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• Rush move into first, by just a shade, with win over Colorado

  23-02-2019 06:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  It was a quick crawl to the top of the heap, or an equally quick downhill tumble.
  The Saskatchewan Rush chose the former option Friday night at SaskTel Centre, not that it’s much cause for chest-thumping.
  Saskatchewan’s record, thanks to a 9-7 victory over the visiting Colorado Mammoth, is 5-4. That makes them the only plus-.500 team in the National Lacrosse League’s Western Division — their pursuers include Calgary (5-5), San Diego (4-4), Colorado (3-6) and Vancouver (3-
  
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• Saskatchewan Huskies maul Mount Royal Cougars 5-1, stake out 1-0 lead in Canada West men's hockey semifinal series

  23-02-2019 05:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  The last time these two teams on a Friday night, Riley Morris was something special.
  This time, however, not even Morris could make a difference.
  There would be no stopping the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team Friday night at Merlis Belsher Place where the host Huskies cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Mount Royal University Cougars and their Canada West rookie all-star team goalie Morris.
  With the win, Saskatchewan takes a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three Canada West se
  
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• Nobody would give this teen with autism a job, so he started a business

  23-02-2019 02:39
  A 17-year-old Australian teen with autism started his own business cleaning garbage bins after he was rejected for other jobs.
  
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• Watch: Manslaughter charges laid against alleged drug dealers in provincial first

  23-02-2019 02:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  Fentanyl is changing the legal landscape in Saskatchewan.
  First, it was the unprecedented warning about the possibility of cocaine laced with the opioid. Now, it’s the decision — unprecedented in Saskatchewan, according to police and provincial justice officials — to lay manslaughter charges in a drug trafficking case.
  Shervin Dass Beeharry, 20, Japmanjot Grewal, 22, and Azam Kabani, 20, all wearing grey prison sweatshirts, made their first appearances on the new charges in Sas
  
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• Minhas Sask recalls liquor products after discovering problem with alcohol content

  23-02-2019 01:57 via cbc.ca
  Minhas Sask is recalling all its distillery and spirit products from Saskatchewan retailers due to a problem with the alcohol content in some of its product, the liquor producer said Friday.
  
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• First fentanyl manslaughter charges in Sask. laid against accused drug dealers

  23-02-2019 01:08 via globalnews.ca
  For the first time in Saskatchewan, authorities have laid manslaughter charges in connection to a string of overdose deaths.
  
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• Sask. Crime Stoppers aim to expose secrets of historical missing persons cases

  23-02-2019 00:37 via globalnews.ca
  The Association of Crime Stoppers Programs of Saskatchewan is launching a province-wide historical missing persons project.
  
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• Correction to Missing Person

  23-02-2019 00:35 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Rylynn Miller's first name was misspelled in the initial media release and is now spelled correctly. The second correction is his birthmark is on his left cheek not the right.(Occurrence Number: 19-17198)
  
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• Scott Moe goes to Washington to talk trade and tariffs with American counterparts

  23-02-2019 00:23 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is in Washington with trade and tariffs on his mind. He’s there as part of a Council of the Federation delegation led by New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
  
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• Unprecedented manslaughter charges laid in drug overdose case

  23-02-2019 00:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Fentanyl is changing the legal landscape in Saskatchewan.
  First, it was the unprecedented warning about the possibility of cocaine laced with the opioid. Now, it’s the decision — unprecedented in Saskatchewan, according to police and provincial justice officials — to lay manslaughter charges in a drug trafficking case.
  Shervin Dass Beeharry, 20, Japmanjot Grewal, 22, and Azam Kabani, 20, all wearing grey prison sweatshirts, made their first appearances on the new charges in Sas
  
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• Regina hopes to see $95 million in economic activity come with 2020 Grey Cup

  23-02-2019 00:18 via globalnews.ca
  Tourism Regina hopes to see the 2020 Grey Cup bring $95 million in economic activity, but hosting major events includes their own costs.
  
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• Regina to hopes to see $95 million in economic activity come with Grey Cup 2020

  23-02-2019 00:11 via globalnews.ca
  Tourism Regina hopes to see the 2020 Grey Cup bring $95 million in economic activity, but hosting major events includes their own costs. David Baxter reports.
  
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