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• ‘Breathing is a gift’: Mom gets double lung transplant after son makes wish to Santa

  03-04-2019 23:54
  Jenna Brewer says she will never take walks with her son for granted.
  
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• Suspect who attempted to escape hospital faces more charges - CTV News

  03-04-2019 23:45 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Suspect who attempted to escape hospital faces more charges  CTV NewsPolice say a 43-year-old man that resisted arrest Tuesday for shoplifting will be facing additional charges after attempting to escape police custody Tuesday ...
  
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• Suspect who attempted to escape hospital faces more charges

  03-04-2019 23:45
  Police say a 43-year-old man that resisted arrest Tuesday for shoplifting will be facing additional charges after attempting to escape police custody Tuesday night.
  
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• Taser deployed after man tries to escape police custody in hospital

  03-04-2019 23:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 43-year-old man is facing charges after a shoplifting incident and later attempting to escape custody while in hospital, according to Saskatoon police.
  Saskatoon police were called Tuesday afternoon to a business in the 300 block of Confederation Drive after a man was caught shoplifting, police said in a news release. The man, police said, was also wanted on outstanding warrants for assault with a weapon and theft under $5,000. According to police, he tried to flee and was resisting arres
  
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• Saskatchewan reaches out to Nova Scotia to talk automatic organ donati

  03-04-2019 23:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Jim Reiter, Saskatchewan Minister of Health responds to a reporter’s questions at a press conference during the Conferences of Provincial-Territorial Ministers of Health in Winnipeg on June 28, 2018.
  REGINA — Saskatchewan’s health minister says he will be closely watching Nova Scotia as the province moves forward with a plan to introduce automatic consent for organ donation.
  Nova Scotia announced legislation on Tuesday that would have all residents be potential organ donors unl
  
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• Weather system becoming 'unhinged' due to climate change, U of S expert says

  03-04-2019 23:29
  CTV Morning Live host Jeremy Dodge spoke with John Pomeroy, director of the Global Waters Initiative at the University of Saskatchewan, to get his thoughts on how the warming trend could change life in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Update - CEW deployed after suspect attempts to flee hospital while in Police custody

  03-04-2019 23:07 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 43-year-old man that resisted arrest yesterday for shoplifting will be facing additional charges after attempting to escape Police custody last night.Yesterday afternoon, Police were called to a business in the 300 block of Confederation Drive after a man was caught shoplifting. Following his arrest, the suspect was transported to hospital for treatment as a precaution.At approximately 8:30 p.m., while at hospital in Police custody, the suspect attempted to flee. A physical altercation ensued
  
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• Freeland says lifting U.S. tariffs must be part of ratification of new NAFTA

  03-04-2019 22:39 via cbc.ca
  Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is linking the lifting of "absurd" U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel to the ratification of the new North American free-trade deal.
  
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• Truck recorded in Saskatoon's Northeast Swale - CKOM News Talk Sports

  03-04-2019 21:52 via ckom.com
  Truck recorded in Saskatoon's Northeast Swale  CKOM News Talk SportsA pick-up truck was captured on video taking a joyride through Saskatoon's Northeast Swale on Sunday evening. The nearly 50-second video filmed by a ...
  
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• Sask. to 're-evaluate' discussions around presumed consent and organ donations

  03-04-2019 21:31 via cbc.ca
  As Saskatchewan announced a new official day to promote organ donation, the health minister said the province will continue to consider presumed consent.
  
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• Help wanted: Wanuskewin Heritage Park seeks bison manager

  03-04-2019 21:30 via cbc.ca
  Returning bison to traditional territory at Wanuskewin Heritage Park is a key part of finding harmony on the land, and so the park is now looking for someone to manage the herd.
  
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• Saskatchewan recognizes Green Shirt Day to encourage organ donation

  03-04-2019 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan is in the process of developing an organ donor registry, but that doesn't mean the province has ruled out a presumed consent model.
  
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• Former addicts speak at event shining a light on Sask. crystal meth crisis

  03-04-2019 21:16
  A two-day gathering is being held in Saskatoon to discuss the crystal meth crisis in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Legal jousting marks start of Saskatoon trial for men charged with selling fentanyl-laced cocaine - CBC.ca

  03-04-2019 21:14 via cbc.ca
  Legal jousting marks start of Saskatoon trial for men charged with selling fentanyl-laced cocaine  CBC.caLawyers spent much of the second day at a Saskatoon drug trial arguing whether the defence could cross examine a police officer who drafted a search warrant ...
  
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• Legal jousting marks start of Saskatoon trial for men charged with selling fentanyl-laced cocaine

  03-04-2019 21:14 via cbc.ca
  Lawyers spent much of the second day at a Saskatoon drug trial arguing whether the defence could cross examine a police officer who drafted a search warrant application.
  
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• Burton Cummings to headline Regina music festival

  03-04-2019 20:43 via cbc.ca
  A titan of Canadian rock and roll who recently made headlines will take the stage in Regina this summer.
  
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• SGI officials 'got ahead of themselves' on proposed changes for autobody shops, minister says

  03-04-2019 20:39 via cbc.ca
  Rural autobody shop owners plan to hold SGI Minister Joe Hargrave to his promise, and hope it will prevent their shops from closing.
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: April showers after driest March ever

  03-04-2019 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  After the driest March on record in parts of Saskatchewan, April showers are on the way in Saskatoon and Regina’s weather forecast. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• Saskatoon event highlights emergency services careers for women - Global News

  03-04-2019 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon event highlights emergency services careers for women  Global NewsAn event highlighting emergency *service* careers available to women is scheduled to take place next month in Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon event highlights emergency services careers for women

  03-04-2019 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  An event highlighting emergency service careers available to women is scheduled to take place next month in Saskatoon.
  
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• Survivors in Humboldt Broncos crash continue to heal from injuries

  03-04-2019 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  The 13 players who survived the Humboldt Broncos bus crash one year ago are dealing with injuries ranging from paralysis and back pain to brain damage and mental-health issues.
  
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• Saskatoon declares Green Shirt Day in honour of one of Logan Boulet

  03-04-2019 19:09
  The City of Saskatoon has declared April 7 as Green Shirt Day in honour of one of the Humboldt Broncos killed in last April’s crash.
  
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• Saskatoon declares Green Shirt Day in honour of Logan Boulet - CTV News

  03-04-2019 19:09 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Saskatoon declares Green Shirt Day in honour of Logan Boulet  CTV NewsThe City of Saskatoon has declared April 7 as Green Shirt Day in honour of one of the Humboldt Broncos killed in last April's crash.
  
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• Saskatoon declares Green Shirt Day in honour of Logan Boulet

  03-04-2019 19:09
  The City of Saskatoon has declared April 7 as Green Shirt Day in honour of one of the Humboldt Broncos killed in last April’s crash.
  
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• Injured Humboldt Bronco working to overcome brain injury

  03-04-2019 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  Injured Humboldt Bronco player Layne Matechuk spent a month in a coma with a serious brain injury and had to learn how to talk and walk again.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Mental health decision is made

  03-04-2019 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Last summer there was suddenly criticism that the new Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) doesn’t include a mental health ward. This surprised me since planning for the hospital began years ago and is almost complete. In July of last year, NDP Health Critic Danielle Chartier held a press conference about overcrowding in the adult mental health ward (SP, July 19).
  I suspected at the time that this was not a coincidence and that a movement was starting to convert the Dube Centre Ch
  
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• Saskatoon Blades set for playoff rivalry clash with Prince Albert Raiders

  03-04-2019 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  It could be a long, tough series between the Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders in the second round of the WHL playoffs.
  
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• 2nd anniversary of Happy Charles disappearance in Prince Albert, Sask.

  03-04-2019 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  April 3, 2019, marks two years since Happy Charles was last seen in Prince Albert, Sask.
  
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• EXXPLORE Emergency Services - May 4, 2019

  03-04-2019 17:13 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  On Saturday, May 4, 2019, the Saskatoon Police Service and the Saskatoon Fire Department will host, for the second year in a row, a unique event highlighting careers in emergency services to women and girls.EXXPLORE Emergency Services is a one day showcase to raise awareness in the community and educate women and girls on the possibilities and the dynamic nature of careers in both Police and Fire. The ultimate goal of the event is to increase the number of female applicants to both professions.&
  
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• Saskatoon Blades set for rivalry clash with Prince Albert Raiders

  03-04-2019 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  It could be a long, tough series between the Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders in the second round of the WHL playoffs. Ryan Flaherty reports.
  
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• Overcoming adversity theme of Saskatoon’s Prayer Breakfast

  03-04-2019 16:43 via globalnews.ca
  Arlene Jorgenson with what people can expect when they attend the Prayer Breakfast in Saskatoon on April 6.
  
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• Twins with Down syndrome inspires mom to start home-based bakery

  03-04-2019 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  Faith Bohn was inspired to start her home-based bakery business – Down Right Delectable Treats – by her twins, who have Down syndrome.
  
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• One year later: Survivors in Broncos crash continue to heal from injuries

  03-04-2019 16:20
  The 13 players who survived the Humboldt Broncos bus crash one year ago are dealing with injuries ranging from paralysis and back pain to brain damage and mental-health issues. Here's a look at how they're doing:
  
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• 'Always smiling': Injured Humboldt Bronco working to overcome brain injury

  03-04-2019 15:50
  Former Humboldt Bronco Layne Matechuk's smile speaks volumes. Matechuk, 19, was one of the 13 survivors of the Humboldt bus crash nearly a year ago that claimed the lives of 16 people.
  
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• Saskatoon house fire keeps firefighters busy

  03-04-2019 15:39 via cbc.ca
  Firefighters in Saskatoon were busy knocking back a house fire Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Ladyballs raising funds to fight ovarian cancer

  03-04-2019 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  A unique fundraiser – Ladyballs Show & Tell – aims to take action against ovarian cancer and raise funds for support and research.
  
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• People at Prince Albert hockey arena stunned after infant fatally hit by truck

  03-04-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A First Nations hockey tournament in Prince Albert, Sask., came to a somber end on Sunday. Its final game went ahead after a 10-month-old girl was hit by a vehicle and later died in the arena parking lot.
  
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• Editorial: Sticks out for Humboldt

  03-04-2019 13:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  The hockey sticks are already coming out.
  Shortly after the Humboldt Broncos’ team bus was involved in a crash on April 6, 2018, people all over Canada started putting hockey sticks outside their doors as a symbol of grief, remembrance and support.
  Now, as the first anniversary of the incident that claimed 16 lives approaches, the practice has started again. In some cases, the sticks have been left outside for 12 full months.
  The social media hashtags #sticksout and #humboldtstrong hold as
  
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• City hall taking another look at Saskatoon Freeway impact - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-04-2019 13:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  City hall taking another look at Saskatoon Freeway impact  Saskatoon StarPhoenixCouncil committee votes to study how planning will affect environment and heritage.
  
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• 'Business as usual' for Remai Modern staff, new chair says - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-04-2019 13:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  'Business as usual' for Remai Modern staff, new chair says  Saskatoon StarPhoenixSaskatoon lawyer says his vision for gallery aligns with new strategic plan.
  
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• What you need to know about the Saskatoon Blades-Prince Albert Raiders WHL playoff series

  03-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  As much as the Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders have grown sick and tired of each other during the regular season, they haven’t seen much of each other in the Western Hockey League playoffs.
  Since the Raiders joined the WHL in 1982, the two teams have met in only six playoff series over the past 36 years.
  They’ll meet again in this year’s WHL Eastern Conference best-of-seven semifinal series, which begins Friday in Prince Albert.
  The Blades are coming off a 4-0 WHL Ea
  
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• Saskatchewan Aviation Museum recovers downed plane from Peter Pond Lake

  03-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In 1959, a Cessna aircraft crashed into remote Peter Pond Lake. A team from the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum has recovered it along with some key artifacts.
  Read the story here.
  
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• Nutrien CEO Chuck Magro got US$3.2M raise in 2018

  03-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The head of the world’s largest fertilizer company was once again among Canada’s highest-paid executives last year, taking home a compensation package worth US$12.9 million.
  Nutrien Ltd. CEO Chuck Magro’s compensation includes a US$1.2-million base salary, US$7.6 million in option- and share-based awards and US$3.4 million in bonuses, corporate filings show.
  That represents a US$3.2 million raise for the 49-year-old executive, whose compensation package totalled US$9.7 million
  
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• Fortune Minerals plant may have other Sask. suitors after Corman Park rejection

  03-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  There may be other willing takers in Saskatchewan and beyond for a metals processing plant rejected last month by the RM of Corman Park.
  In a telephone interview this week, Corman Park Reeve Judy Harwood said since the fateful vote she has received calls from a couple of municipalities interested in the project. She said one is an RM, the other is a town hoping to work with a neighbouring RM to attract the facility.
  Harwood declined to name them, but said they are in Saskatchewan and “not
  
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• City hall taking another look at Saskatoon Freeway impact

  03-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Conservationists appear to have convinced politicians to study the effect of planning for the Saskatoon Freeway on an ecologically sensitive area.
  A Saskatoon city council committee voted unanimously on Monday to take a look at the potential “environmental and heritage impacts” of the project being planned by the provincial government.
  Council’s environment, utilities and corporate services committee made the decision after hearing from two speakers and receiving several more l
  
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• 'Business as usual' for Remai Modern staff, new chair says

  03-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Beau Atkins, a Calgary native who was named interim chair of the Remai Modern board, poses in Saskatoon, SK on Friday, March 29, 2019.
  After one year on the Remai Modern art gallery board, lawyer Beau Atkins has been named the new chair on an interim basis.
  The 36-year-old Calgary native and University of Saskatchewan law school graduate will help steer the gallery through a period of turbulence.
  Half the board departed this month with some suggesting meddling by city hall had become a problem.
  
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• After 60 years, aviation museum pulls lost plane from Peter Pond Lake

  03-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Aviation Museum has recovered a downed float plane that crashed into Peter Pond Lake near Buffalo Narrows in 1959. The remains of the Cessna 180 CF-JDO arrived at the museum Friday night.
  Saskatchewan Aviation Museum president Dorrin Wallace said it took a village to make the recovery happen.
  “The airplane is damaged so badly that when I saw the good pictures I was ready to abandon the project,” Wallace said. “But the people of Michel Village and Dillon and all
  
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• Amid grief, how Humboldt Broncos families are fighting to change trucking, intersections, organ donation

  03-04-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Since the Humboldt Broncos crash nearly one year ago, families of victims have forced changes to the trucking industry, organ donation and many other areas.
  
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• 'Torture on the inside': Humboldt Broncos dad dreads anniversary of bus crash

  03-04-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Layne Matechuk suffered a traumatic brain injury in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018. His father, Kevin, says the one-year anniversary is triggering anxiety and flashbacks. The Matechuks want to focus on Layne's recovery.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Tuesday, April 2, 2019

  03-04-2019 06:00 via globalnews.ca
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Carson Focht scored twice in the first period as the Calgary Hitmen beat the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-2 on Tuesday in Game 7 of their Western Hockey League first-round series.
  
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