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• Friday road report: 34th Street closed - CTV News

  04-04-2019 23:57
  Friday road report: 34th Street closed  CTV NewsNEW. 34TH ST E WB CLOSED FROM QUEBEC AVE TO ONTARIO AVE. (sewer lining). Start: April 5, 8:00 a.m. End: April 5, 4:30 p.m.. CLARENCE AVE S NB ...
  
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• Friday road report: 34th Street closed

  04-04-2019 23:57
  Here's what you need to know for your morning commute.
  
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• THE BOWERMANS – A FAMILY IN JEOPARDY (A Hueser & Boechler Film)

  04-04-2019 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  Doors Open @3:15pm.  Film Starts @4:00pm.  Admission: $8.00 per person, Children (12 and under) are FREE and get free biker zombie make-up. Directed by NICOLE HUESER, Written by TIMOTHY BOECHLER, Funded by SASK ARTS BOARD, Starring JESSE QUIRING, CHELSEA FATAKI, SAMANTHA SMIJUCKA, ZAC CROSS and STEWART WILSON, Sound by REID PARASZCZYNEC, Music by THOMAS JOHNSTON,...
  
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• Saskatoon Horticulture Society – PHYSIO THERAPY WORKSHOP

  04-04-2019 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Horticulture Society is presenting a Physio Therapy Workshop “FEELING GOOD FROM MY HEAD-TO-MATOES – Getting ready for Gardening”. Please call Nancy @306-227-6537 or Angie @306-242-2320 for more information and to register.
  
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• KINSMEN PARK & AREA PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OPEN HOUSE (CY19-277)

  04-04-2019 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Saskatoon, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Transit, and Meewasin have teamed up to host an open house highlighting the projects happening around Kinsmen Park and area.  The open house is a come and go format at TCU Place (Gallery D – Main Floor) and everyone is welcome to attend.  It will be...
  
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• Annual CIC Members Branch Meeting

  04-04-2019 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  Annual CIC Members Branch Meeting and to join Dr. Maureen Reed, School of Environment and Sustainability in a conversation about Canada and the World Network of Biosphere Reserves:  Contributions to Conservation, Sustainability, and Society… Itinerary:  Annual CIC Members Branch Meeting @5:30pm, Public Reception with the Speaker @6:30pm, Public Presentation @7:00pm. RSVP through Eventbrite by Thursday, April 25th.
  
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• Driest March ever recorded for Regina and other Sask. communities

  04-04-2019 22:19 via cbc.ca
  Much of Saskatchewan experienced the driest March on record, with only four per cent of the normal precipitation falling in Regina.
  
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• The 13 survivors of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash: Where are they now?

  04-04-2019 21:59 via cbc.ca
  Among the survivors of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, some have managed to heal more quickly and have returned to the world of hockey. Others may never walk again.
  
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• Over 700 trucks take part in Regina anti-carbon tax rally: organizers

  04-04-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  A convoy of over 700 trucks rolled into Regina on Thursday as part of a rally to protest the federal carbon tax.
  
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• Judge hears how police tracked alleged dealers as people across Saskatoon died of overdoses - CBC.ca

  04-04-2019 21:36
  Judge hears how police tracked alleged dealers as people across Saskatoon died of overdoses  CBC.caA Saskatoon judge is hearing behind-the-scene details of how police tracked down drug dealers alleged to have been selling a deadly mixture of cocaine mixed ...
  
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• Judge hears how police tracked alleged dealers as people across Saskatoon died of overdoses

  04-04-2019 21:36 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon judge is hearing behind-the-scene details of how police tracked down drug dealers alleged to have been selling a deadly mixture of cocaine mixed with fentanyl.
  
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• Fact check: Does the Liberal carbon tax leave 8 out of 10 families better off?

  04-04-2019 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  The government argues that eight in 10 households in the four affected provinces will get a rebate that amounts to more money than they end up paying in carbon tax.
  
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• Sask. appeal court orders GM expert to testify in court after SUV bursts into flames

  04-04-2019 21:07 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ordered a General Motors of Canada expert to appear in court after a Saskatchewan man's SUV started on fire on the shoulder of a highway in 2015.
  
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• Saskatoon fencer now fighting for LGBTQ inclusion in sport

  04-04-2019 21:04 via cbc.ca
  Shannon Comerford is a One Team Ambassador (#OneTeam) with the Canadian Olympic School Program. The program puts her in direct contact with young people, and works to raise awareness of sports inclusion for LGBTQ athletes.
  
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• Near, far and ... Saskatoon as Celine Dion to make stop in city

  04-04-2019 21:02
  Celine Dion has announced dates for her Courage World Tour, with a planned stop in the city.
  
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• Mother ‘flabbergasted’ after daughter finds object in cereal - CTV News

  04-04-2019 20:52
  Mother ‘flabbergasted’ after daughter finds object in cereal  CTV NewsA Saskatoon mother is warning other parents to check what's inside their cereal boxes after her 10-year-old daughter found what appeared to be a pill in her ...
  
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• Mother ‘flabbergasted’ after daughter finds object in cereal

  04-04-2019 20:52
  A Saskatoon mother is warning other parents to check what’s inside their cereal boxes after her 10-year-old daughter found what appeared to be a pill in her breakfast.
  
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• Survivors, families mark Humboldt Broncos tragedy forever with tattoos

  04-04-2019 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Permanently inked into the skin of Ryan Straschnitzki’s right arm is the motto of Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan: “It's a great day to be a Bronco gentlemen.”
  
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• Saskatoon coach not 'overly shocked' at demise of women's hockey league - CBC Sports

  04-04-2019 20:29
  Saskatoon coach not 'overly shocked' at demise of women's hockey league  CBC SportsThe head coach of a female hockey team in Saskatoon says he's saddened but not "overly shocked" with the imminent folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey ...
  
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• Saskatoon coach not 'overly shocked' at demise of women's hockey league

  04-04-2019 20:29 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Stars head coach Greg Slobodzian says professional women's hockey will be "hit or miss" in the future following news that the Canadian Women's Hockey League will be folding on May 1.
  
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• Saskatchewan Chase the Ace school fundraiser defies expectations

  04-04-2019 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  An elementary school on a Saskatchewan First Nation exceeds all expectations with a Chase the Ace fundraiser.
  
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• Sum Theatre explores sexual violence, healthy relationships in #consent play

  04-04-2019 20:00 via cbc.ca
  Play #consent explores sexual violence and healthy relationships and will be showcased in Saskatoon high schools and libraries.
  
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• Defence wants evidence thrown out in drug trial - CTV News

  04-04-2019 20:00
  Defence wants evidence thrown out in drug trial  CTV NewsTwo Saskatoon police officers are on the stand Thursday in the trial of two men charged with trafficking and weapons offences.
  
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• Defence wants evidence thrown out in drug trail

  04-04-2019 20:00
  Two Saskatoon police officers are on the stand Thursday in the trial of two men charged with trafficking and weapons offences.
  
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• Céline Dion coming to Saskatoon next year

  04-04-2019 19:54 via cbc.ca
  Céline Dion will sing at Saskatoon's SaskTel Centre next year, one of the final stops on a massive world tour.
  
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• Food Bank in urgent need of baby formula, baby food

  04-04-2019 19:07
  The Saskatoon Food Bank says it’s in urgent need of baby formula and baby food.
  
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• Housing prices in Saskatoon decline in Q1: Royal LePage - Global News

  04-04-2019 18:32
  Housing prices in Saskatoon decline in Q1: Royal LePage  Global NewsRoyal LePage said the aggregate price of a home in Saskatoon decreased 1.0 per cent during the first three months of 2019.
  
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• Housing prices in Saskatoon decline in Q1: Royal LePage

  04-04-2019 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  Royal LePage said the aggregate price of a home in Saskatoon decreased 1.0 per cent during the first three months of 2019.
  
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• Loss, trauma, healing: Broncos' Beaudry finds a new path through life

  04-04-2019 18:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saint-Front farmer Chris Beaudry drove down the highway toward Saskatoon this summer, seeking pills.
  It had been a long time since he’d used those pills. He’d worked hard to repair his liver and kidneys from his past dalliance, but he felt now like he needed them.
  Beaudry is a man given to addictions, with a trigger the size of a mountain: A few months before that Saskatoon trek, he stood in a morgue, chill settling deep into his bones as he identified the boys and men killed in the
  
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• Letter of the Day: Bike lane project defies logic

  04-04-2019 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  City council is absolutely determined to spend millions of our meagre hard-earned tax dollars to build permanent bicycle lanes in our fine city. They are trying to get more people downtown and yet many people prefer not to go downtown because of these ugly bike lanes.
  It does not seem to matter that the majority of the people are opposed to them — they had a poll on CTV and over 80 per cent of respondents voted against them, so I guess it means that a small minority will overrule the major
  
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• Car clocked at double the speed limit in Martensville, Sask. - Global News

  04-04-2019 17:36
  Car clocked at double the speed limit in Martensville, Sask.  Global NewsA boy is facing over a thousand dollars in fines after a car was clocked going more than double the speed limit in Martensville, Sask.
  
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• Car clocked at double the speed limit in Martensville, Sask.

  04-04-2019 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  Teen fined over $1,000 after car clocked in Martensville, Sask., going 121 km/h in a 60 km/h zone.
  
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• Former Thompson pastor Ted Goossen died in Saskatoon at the age of 70 March 31 - Thompson Citizen

  04-04-2019 17:01
  Former Thompson pastor Ted Goossen died in Saskatoon at the age of 70 March 31  Thompson CitizenTed Goossen, former Thompson Christian Centre Fellowship pastor and, briefly, an internet ambassador for the city and Canada when a video of him and his ...
  
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• Celine Dion announces new album, world tour with 10 Canadian dates

  04-04-2019 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  'Courage' will be the singer's first North American tour in more than a decade,
  
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• Krypto needs a new home

  04-04-2019 16:43 via globalnews.ca
  Krypto is ready to move on from his New Hope Dog Rescue foster home, and Tammy Vangool explains the need for more foster homes.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades looking for noisy arena in matchup with Prince Albert Raiders

  04-04-2019 16:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades want a full and loud SaskTel Centre for Games 3 and 4 of the WHL playoff matchup with the Prince Albert Raiders.
  
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• Healing through hockey: Broncos unite community in year following fatal crash

  04-04-2019 16:24
  In the year following the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash, the team's return to the ice has helped the community heal.
  
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• Legacies of Broncos bus crash include truck safety, seatbelts and organ donation

  04-04-2019 16:02
  Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured a year ago when a semi-truck and a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team collided in rural Saskatchewan. An inexperienced truck driver who blew a stop sign, causing the crash, was recently sentenced to eight years in prison.Here's a look at several legacies that came out of the tragedy:
  
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• Inspector asked Kaeding to consider removing Pinehouse mayor, councillor: report

  04-04-2019 15:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  A report prepared by Regina lawyer Neil Robertson after his inspection of the Northern Village of Pinehouse includes a recommendation that the village’s mayor and one of its councillors be removed from their positions.
  Government Relations Minister Warren Kaeding should consider whether it’s in the public interest to recommend the Lieutenant-governor remove Mayor Mike Natomagan and Coun. Conrad Misponas, Robertson’s report states.
  It cites Natomagan’s “failure to pe
  
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• Encouraging young people to write

  04-04-2019 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  Author Kathy Buckworth with advice and tips on encouraging young people to write.
  
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• Leaked New York Jets uniforms draw comparison to Saskatchewan Roughriders

  04-04-2019 15:40 via cbc.ca
  Football fans in Saskatchewan think leaked pictures of the New York Jets' new uniforms look...familiar.
  
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• New court date for Saskatchewan man accused of threatening Justin Trudeau

  04-04-2019 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatchewan man accused of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be back in court on April 24.
  
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• Ruth Cuthand's art highlights issues of Canada's Indigenous peoples

  04-04-2019 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Ruth Cuthand has been using her art to talk about Indigenous women in Canada since the 1980s, and she unfortunately hasn’t been given reason to stop yet.
  “I’m still really frustrated with the fact that Indigenous people live in really, really dire conditions, and nobody cares,” she said.
  The Artist in Focus: Ruth Cuthand exhibit at the Remai Modern only shows a small portion of Cuthand’s work over the past few decades, but it also shows a snapshot into different poi
  
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• Flat Out Food: The Local Market creates a better local food system for Saskatchewan

  04-04-2019 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Tim and Carla Shultz want a more accessible local food system in Regina.
  Their dream came to life a few weeks ago when The Local Market opened its doors. The Local Market combines a grocery store selling Saskatchewan-sourced foods, from meat and produce to sourdough bread and frozen pizza dough, with a commercial, community-style kitchen and artisan food court area. Chefs can rent the kitchen to host pop-up dinners or rent kiosks in the food court.
  Members from Handmade Saskatchewan and The Wren
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Hospital expansion

  04-04-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Today, we see an image of construction progress on the expansion of the Royal University Hospital, from April 4, 1986. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-A25365-5)
  
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• How the trucking industry has changed 1 year after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  04-04-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  "Some of the changes have been good. They're, in our eyes, a baby step; we still think there's a lot more to do," said a parent of one Humboldt Broncos bus crash victim.
  
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• Still #HumboldtStrong 1 year after tragic bus crash

  04-04-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  For Kaleb Dahlgren, the A on his Humboldt Broncos jersey meant he was a team leader. That responsibility didn’t end when with the fatal bus crash last April — in many ways, it only got more important.
  
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• Sask. Premier speaks at anti-carbon tax rally in Regina

  04-04-2019 06:08 via cbc.ca
  Hundreds of vehicles are expected to roll through Regina on Wednesday for a rally against the newly imposed federal carbon tax and to show support for for pipelines.
  
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• Sask. premier criticizes Trudeau, NDP at anti-carbon tax rally in Regina

  04-04-2019 06:08 via cbc.ca
  Hundreds of vehicles rolled through Regina on Wednesday for a rally against the newly imposed federal carbon tax, which featured Premier Scott Moe as a speaker.
  
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• Why food swamps are a new challenge in some neighbourhoods

  04-04-2019 03:06
  The term food desert has been used to describe neighborhoods where nutritious food is hard to find - but now food swamps are the new concern.
  
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