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• Gas prices break records in B.C. for second weekend in a row

  20-04-2019 23:53
  For the second weekend in a row, gas prices in British Columbia reached another record-breaking high.
  
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• Step aside, Rocky: Boxing classes introduced to care home in Swift Current, Sask.

  20-04-2019 23:39 via cbc.ca
  A pilot project involving boxing classes began in early March and ran for six weeks at The Meadows care home in Swift Current, Sask.
  
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• The art of pysanky: 'It helps you prepare for Easter mentally and spiritually'

  20-04-2019 21:38 via cbc.ca
  While many families bring out the food colouring and boiled eggs at this time of year, it's a little more complicated for some Ukrainian-Canadians.
  
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• Grief, transformation focus of Saskatoon art exhibition featuring colourful mandalas

  20-04-2019 21:24 via cbc.ca
  Feelings of grief typically accompany the most difficult times in a person's life, but a Saskatoon art therapist says there is healing to be gained from the emotions associated with loss.
  
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• Grief, transformation focus of Saskatoon art exhibition featuring colourful mandalas - CBC.ca

  20-04-2019 20:24
  Grief, transformation focus of Saskatoon art exhibition featuring colourful mandalas  CBC.caFeelings of grief typically accompany the most difficult times in a person's life, but a Saskatoon art therapist says there is healing to be gained from the emotions ...
  
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• Alcohol potentially a factor in early morning rollover - CTV News

  20-04-2019 18:42
  Alcohol potentially a factor in early morning rollover  CTV NewsAlcohol may have been a factor in an early Saturday morning collision that left three parked vehicles damaged and a truck flipped on its roof, according to police.
  
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• Alcohol potentially a factor in early morning rollover

  20-04-2019 18:42
  Alcohol may have been a factor in an early Saturday morning collision that left three parked vehicles damaged and a truck flipped on its roof, according to police.
  
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• Vehicle rolls during multi-vehicle collision early Saturday

  20-04-2019 18:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  A motorist has been taken to hospital after his vehicle collided with three parked vehicles and flipped onto its roof in Saskatoon’s City Park neighbourhood.
  According to a police news release, at around 3 a.m. Saturday morning officers were called to the scene of the collision in the 400 block of 4th Avenue North. When police arrived, they discovered a vehicle on its roof with the 35-year-old male driver still inside.
  Three nearby parked vehicles had also been damaged in the collision.
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• Vehicle collides with parked cars on Saturday morning in Saskatoon - Global News

  20-04-2019 18:20
  Vehicle collides with parked cars on Saturday morning in Saskatoon  Global NewsSaskatoon police responded to a scene of a multi-vehicle collision in the 400 block of 4th Avenue North early Saturday morning.
  
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• Vehicle collides with parked cars on Saturday morning in Saskatoon

  20-04-2019 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  Early Saturday morning, a truck hit three parked cars, causing damage to each. Officers found a 35-year-old male driver in the vehicle, which was upside down.
  
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• New Faces New Places: Athletic gear perfect for the gym — or a night on the town

  20-04-2019 17:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  The city’s newest athletic wear shop has something for everyone — including brands that you cannot find anywhere else in Saskatoon.
  306 Fitness owners Todd Hrabok and Chandra Zeller are longtime fitness enthusiasts and very well known faces in the city’s bodybuilding community. Wanting to offer other like-minded individuals top quality workout gear, the pair decided to test the waters in a corner of their other shop 306 Tactical. But as demand for the gear steadily grew and the
  
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• New Faces New Places: A handmade focus that covers all your magickal needs

  20-04-2019 17:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  A lifetime love of witchcraft and the metaphysical world has brought Saskatoon a shop with unique products that will interest even the most skeptical minds.
  Jason Kyluik has been running Hecate’s Magickal Marketplace out of his home since 2014, but as his stock continued to grow, slowly taking over most of his living space, it was finally time for his longtime dream of having a storefront to come to fruition.
  The shop is a place for anyone, on any stage of their metaphysical path. Stocking
  
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• U of S 'needlessly' pushing workers toward job action: union

  20-04-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The union representing University of Saskatchewan support workers says the institution’s decision to no longer negotiate over pensions — the crux of an ongoing labour dispute — is “needlessly” pushing its members toward job action.
  In an update circulated this week, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1975 blasted the university’s latest contract offer as a “step backward” and said the document suggests its 1,900 members are neither “val
  
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• Two-sport star: Kaitlin Jockims heads to Esso Cup with NCAA, U Sports offers in both hockey, basketball

  20-04-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Kaitlin Jockims has mastered the double-dribble.
  For years, she has had a hockey stick in one hand and a basketball in the other. She races from the basketball court to hockey rink, and vice versa, on a regular basis. At times, she has even played basketball and hockey games back-to-back with no time to spare in between. Last month, she played the gold-medal final at the Hoopla provincial high school basketball championship right before a Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League championship
  
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• Modern style in a new floor plan by Fraser Homes

  20-04-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Fraser Homes’ latest show home is located at 246 Hassard Close in South Kensington. The floor plan is new for Fraser Homes and, according to Clay Fraser, the feedback from visitors has been very positive. It has all the extras that buyers are looking for, plus modern stylish finishes.
  The bungalow floor plan offers 1201 square feet with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The home is listed at $379,900.
  As soon as you enter, you get the feeling of space with an expanded foyer with large coat
  
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• Woman dead after floodwaters in Quebec sweep away road

  20-04-2019 16:57
  Quebec's deputy premier and public safety minister is urging those affected by flooding to exercise extreme caution and vigilance as rising water levels continue to wreak havoc on the province.
  
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• Woman dead after flood waters in Quebec sweep away road

  20-04-2019 16:57
  A woman in her 70s has died after driving her car into a massive sinkhole caused by flooding in western Quebec, police say.
  
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• 1 dead, hundreds of homes evacuated as floods swamp eastern Canada

  20-04-2019 16:57
  One woman has died and hundreds have been forced from their homes after spring flooding washed out parts of Quebec and eastern Canada, prompting the deployment of Canadian Armed Forced soldiers to provide assistance as waters continue to rise.
  
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• 1 dead and army called in as Que., N.B. brace for heavy flooding

  20-04-2019 16:57
  Authorities in parts of Quebec and eastern Canada continue to brace for heavy flooding over the Easter weekend, even as rising waters have already led to one death and the deployment of Canadian Forces soldiers to provide assistance in two provinces.
  
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• Six months after legalization, high prices and supply issues boost illicit pot market

  20-04-2019 16:22
  On 4-20, the first annual celebration of cannabis culture post-legalization, many pot enthusiasts are still smoking joints they did not buy through legal channels.
  
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• Shelters for victims of abuse in Canada still struggling with underfunding, capacity issues: StatsCan

  20-04-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  New numbers from Statistics Canada show shelters for victims of abuse across the country admitted 68,106 people in 2017/18. 
  
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• Cuthand: Noel Starblanket led a life worth celebrating

  20-04-2019 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  This week we lost another elder and former political leader. Noel Starblanket had a long career that in many ways mirrored the history of the past 70 years.
  Noel came from the Starblanket reserve in Southern Saskatchewan. His home bears his family name because his ancestor Chief Starblanket signed Treaty 4 in 1874. While Noel is best remembered as a leader and elder, his career took many other twists and turns.
  He attended the Lebret boarding school. At the time it was the only boarding school i
  
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• Cameco developing plan to clean up contaminated groundwater at Key Lake

  20-04-2019 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Canada’s largest uranium producer says it’s developing a plan to clean up groundwater contaminated with uranium and radiation four months after it was first discovered at a shuttered mill in northern Saskatchewan.
  Cameco Corp. reported in December that a sampling well adjacent to its Key Lake mill “was showing an increasing trend in uranium concentration” after 50,000 litres of water were “released” over the previous year.
  Carey Hyndman, a spokeswoman for the
  
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• Letters to the editor April 20, 2019

  20-04-2019 13:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  Civic naming committee
  With the recent announcement of a change to the City of Saskatoon’s street and park naming procedure, I thought now might be a good time to again make a case for the many not-so-well-known names on the Master List.
  The high profile names that have been selected in recent years are all certainly worthy. Civic leaders do a great public service for little reward and are deserving of any appreciation. However, there are many names on the Master List that are not so famil
  
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• Multi-vehicle Collision - 400 block 4th Avenue North

  20-04-2019 12:39 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police attended to the scene of a multi-vehicle collision in the 400 block of 4th Avenue North in the early morning hours of April 20, 2019.Shortly before 3:00 a.m., a call was received that a truck had hit a number of parked cars and rolled over. Upon arrival, three parked vehicles were found to have been damaged, with the offending vehicle at rest on its roof with the driver still inside. As a precaution, the 35 year old male driver was transported to hospital for exam
  
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• Meet one of the youngest cannabis executives in Canada

  20-04-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Dawson MacKinnon was on his way to becoming a financial broker a year ago when he had to break it to his mother that he was quitting his job to enter the cannabis industry.
  
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• Grass fire west of Saskatoon damages home, acres of farmland - News Talk 650 CKOM

  20-04-2019 09:00
  Grass fire west of Saskatoon damages home, acres of farmland  News Talk 650 CKOMA rural home suffered extensive damage along with acres of farmland as a grass fire ripped through an area 20 kilometres west of Saskatoon on Saturday.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, April 19, 2019

  20-04-2019 07:29 via globalnews.ca
  Owen Hardy had a goal and two assists as the Vancouver Giants opened their Western Hockey League third-round series against the Spokane Chiefs with a 4-1 victory on Friday.
  
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• Draggins turn wrenches to restore classic car up for raffle

  20-04-2019 02:45 via globalnews.ca
  The Draggins Rod & Custom Car Club rolled up their sleeves to put together a special raffle item in support of Camp Easter Seal, a 1964 Mercury Park Lane 2-door convertible.
  
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• Donations still needed for Easter lunch at Saskatoon’s Friendship Inn - Global News

  20-04-2019 01:10
  Donations still needed for Easter lunch at Saskatoon’s Friendship Inn  Global NewsThe Friendship Inn in Saskatoon is looking for additional food donations as they prepare for their Easter lunch.
  
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• Donations still needed for Easter lunch at Saskatoon’s Friendship Inn

  20-04-2019 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  The Friendship Inn in Saskatoon is looking for additional food donations as they prepare for their Easter lunch.
  
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• Way of the Cross in Saskatoon a chance to reflect on social justice - Global News

  20-04-2019 00:41
  Way of the Cross in Saskatoon a chance to reflect on social justice  Global NewsConcerns addressed in prayer at each station at the Way of the Cross in Saskatoon included poverty, injustice, racism and the sick and suffering.
  
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• Way of the Cross in Saskatoon a chance to reflect on social justice

  20-04-2019 00:41 via globalnews.ca
  Concerns addressed in prayer at each station at the Way of the Cross in Saskatoon included poverty, injustice, racism and the sick and suffering.
  
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