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• Judge considers public shaming in sentencing of naked man in Prince Albert grocery store

  22-05-2019 23:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  PRINCE ALBERT — A Saskatchewan man convicted of running naked through the aisles of a grocery store and into a meat cooler won't spend any further time in custody. Read More
  
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• Mother feared for 10-year-old’s safety during Saskatoon playground attack

  22-05-2019 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Bonnie Halcrow says she was attacked by a group of boys in a Saskatoon playground after she tried recording them throwing rocks and sticks.
  
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• Kincaid woman dead in single-vehicle rollover

  22-05-2019 23:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 61-year-old woman from Kincaid died after being ejected from her truck in a highway rollover. Read More
  
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• Alcohol a factor in Highway 2 crash, 53-year-old woman from La Ronge dead

  22-05-2019 23:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  Alcohol is considered a factor in a fatal single-vehicle collision on a highway in northern Saskatchewan. Read More
  
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• Questlove to DJ party at Remai Modern this summer

  22-05-2019 23:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  Acclaimed hip-hop artist Questlove is ready to bring the music to the Remai Modern for a one-night-only party. Read More
  
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• Sweet Dreams lauded for success keeping mothers, children together

  22-05-2019 23:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  Moving into the EGADZ Sweet Dreams house allowed Katie Groden to build a life for herself and her son. Now, as a youth mentor at EGADZ, she's showing others that change is possible. Read More
  
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• Alcohol a factor in fatal Weyakwin crash, RCMP say

  22-05-2019 23:16
  A 53-year-old La Ronge woman is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 2 north of Weyakwin, RCMP say.
  
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• New Horizons reduces youth court breaches through support, advocacy

  22-05-2019 23:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  New Horizons is a Saskatoon restorative justice program that supports and advocates for youth from the time they are charged with a criminal offence until they are sentenced. Read More
  
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• Adventurer arrives in Saskatoon while travelling world’s longest trail - Global News

  22-05-2019 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  Adventurer arrives in Saskatoon while travelling world’s longest trail  Global NewsFilmmaker Dianne Whelan arrived in Saskatoon last week while attempting to be the first person to trek across the entirety of Canada's Great Trail.
  
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• Adventurer arrives in Saskatoon while travelling world’s longest trail

  22-05-2019 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  Filmmaker Dianne Whelan arrived in Saskatoon last week while attempting to be the first person to trek across the entirety of Canada’s Great Trail.
  
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• Mother describes brutal assault by group of boys at Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill Park

  22-05-2019 22:15 via cbc.ca
  Bonnie Halcrow says she's still flashing back to a brutal assault Monday night that left her bruised and scared.
  
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• Mother describes brutal assault by group of boys at Pleasant Hill Park

  22-05-2019 22:15 via cbc.ca
  Bonnie Halcrow says she's still flashing back to a brutal assault Monday night that left her bruised and scared.
  
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• Sask. premier plans to talk uranium, NAFTA replacement agreement during U.S. trade visit

  22-05-2019 22:11 via cbc.ca
  Premier Scott Moe will meet with U.S. senators, House representatives and members of President Donald Trump's administration.
  
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• Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford needs new roof 74 days in: province

  22-05-2019 22:05 via cbc.ca
  The hospital, which opened in March, had modular roofing panels fail due to spring melt.
  
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• 'Nothing but flame': Neighbour uses hose to try and prevent house fire from spreading

  22-05-2019 21:52
  A Saskatoon man tried to prevent a house fire from spreading by using his water hose.
  
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• Sask. NDP loses chief of staff 16 months before election - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  22-05-2019 21:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  Sask. NDP loses chief of staff 16 months before election  Saskatoon StarPhoenixThe leader of the Saskatchewan NDP is on the hunt for a chief of staff after one of his most trusted advisers abruptly left his position after less than one year.
  
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• Sask. NDP loses chief of staff 16 months before election

  22-05-2019 21:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  The leader of the Saskatchewan NDP is on the hunt for a chief of staff after one of his most trusted advisers abruptly left his position after less than one year. Read More
  
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• Federal government appoints new Sask. judges

  22-05-2019 21:23 via cbc.ca
  The federal Justice Ministry has appointed four judges to preside over court proceedings in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Two months after opening, Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford needs entire roof replacement

  22-05-2019 21:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  The entire roof of the $407-million Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford needs to be replaced after major leakage during spring melt, the consortium that built the facility has recommended. Read More
  
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• Roof at new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford leaks, needs replacing

  22-05-2019 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government said a product failure happened with the modular roofing panels installed across the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford.
  
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• Raiders' WHL championship puts hockey in Prince Albert back on the map

  22-05-2019 21:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  HALIFAX -- Not long ago, Prince Albert Raiders coach Marc Habscheid would lead his team out to a near empty building for a Western Hockey League game. Read More
  
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• 'I asked God to forgive them:' Woman attacked by kids at Saskatoon playground doesn’t hold a grudge

  22-05-2019 21:10
  An evening stroll through a Saskatoon park took a violent turn for a Manitoba woman.
  
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• ‘Canadians should see this film’: Colten Boushie doc sets out on national tour

  22-05-2019 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  The documentary, 'nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up,' explores the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie, a Cree man who was killed in August 2016.
  
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• Do you have the travel bug? Here are some tips from a Sask. expert

  22-05-2019 20:40 via cbc.ca
  Everyone is looking for the best deal when it comes to travelling. Saskatoon's Ashlyn George says travellers need to be diligent to find the best prices.
  
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• Student musical Newsies carries on, just with a change of setting, after theatre vandalized

  22-05-2019 20:36 via cbc.ca
  An act of vandalism on the play's original stage has actually helped fuel students' performances, according to the co-director.
  
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• Meadow Lake Tribal Council clean energy project to power thousands of homes

  22-05-2019 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Meadow Lake Tribal Council Bioenergy Centre will use sawmill biomass residuals to produce 6.6 megawatts of carbon-neutral green energy – enough to power roughly 5,000 homes.
  
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• No evidence to prove owner deliberately set 2010 Yorkton fire, so SGI must pay up, says Sask. judge

  22-05-2019 20:19 via cbc.ca
  A Sask. judge has upheld a business’s nine-year-long claim for SGI insurance for a fire, saying that SGI had failed to prove its case that the owner deliberately set the fire after the building had been flooded.
  
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• Head of pediatrics removed months ahead of children’s hospital opening

  22-05-2019 20:09
  A few months away from the opening of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is removing its head of pediatrics, Dr. Laurence Givelichian.
  
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• 'They tell us what they need': New Horizons reduces youth court breaches through support, advocacy

  22-05-2019 20:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  It could be any day of the week, any time of the day, when Mikayla Balon gets a call from a young person who needs her. Read More
  
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• Police investigating video of apparent attack on mother in Saskatoon park

  22-05-2019 20:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  Police in Saskatoon are investigating a video that appears to show young boys swarming, punching and kicking a woman at a playground while other boys stand by laughing. Read More
  
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• Police investigating video of apparent attack on mother in Saskatoon park - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  22-05-2019 20:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  Police investigating video of apparent attack on mother in Saskatoon park  Saskatoon StarPhoenixPolice in Saskatoon are investigating a video that appears to show young boys swarming, punching and kicking a woman at a playground while other boys ...
  
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• Deck fire put out in Saskatoon’s Massey Place neighbourhood - Global News

  22-05-2019 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Deck fire put out in Saskatoon’s Massey Place neighbourhood  Global NewsImproper disposal of smoking material was the cause of a deck fire in Saskatoon's Massey Place neighbourhood, according to an investigator.
  
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• 3 hunters fined after mule deer buck left in field, 2 white-tailed deer untagged

  22-05-2019 19:32
  Three people from were fined a total of $11,080 and given two-year hunting suspensions after pleading guilty to several hunting violations.
  
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• Deck fire put out in Saskatoon’s Massey Place neighbourhood

  22-05-2019 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  Improper disposal of smoking material was the cause of a deck fire in Saskatoon’s Massey Place neighbourhood, according to an investigator.
  
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• Sask. government kicks off highway construction season with emphasis on safety

  22-05-2019 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government said it is investing more than $700 million in highways in 2019, which will result in improvements to 1,000 kilometres of provincial roadways.
  
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• Former Sask. Roughrider Head Coach John Payne dead at 86

  22-05-2019 18:55 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan Roughrider’s Twitter account says former Head Coach John Payne has died.
  
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• Raiders WHL championship puts hockey back on the map in Prince Albert, Sask.

  22-05-2019 18:46 via globalnews.ca
  Winning has been hard to come by since 1985 for the Prince Albert Raiders, especially in the last 20 years, but that all changed in the 2018-19 WHL season.
  
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• Sask. NDP loses chief of staff 16 months out from election

  22-05-2019 18:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  The leader of the Saskatchewan NDP is once again on the hunt for a chief of staff after one of his most trusted advisors abruptly left his position in the party office less than a year after taking it on. Read More
  
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• Poachers fined, handed Saskatchewan hunting ban

  22-05-2019 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Three people from Imperial, Sask., have been fined just over $11,000 and handed two-year hunting bans after a poaching investigation by conservation officers.
  
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• Three Sask. residents fined $11K for hunting violations

  22-05-2019 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Three Imperial residents were fined a total of $11,000 for hunting violations, including taking two untagged deer. Read More
  
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• Letter of the Day: Carbon tax needed, other taxes not

  22-05-2019 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  On May 3 the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that the Government of Canada is within its constitutional rights to impose a carbon tax on provinces that refuse to come up with their own plan. Read More
  
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• Sask. issues 1 recreational cannabis fine, 3 alcohol fines in provincial parks over long weekend

  22-05-2019 17:51 via cbc.ca
  Campers in Saskatchewan don't appear to have partied too hard over the May long weekend.
  
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• Saskatoon hosting inaugural Canadian Elite Basketball League final - Global News

  22-05-2019 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon hosting inaugural Canadian Elite Basketball League final  Global NewsA few weeks into its inaugural tip-off, the CEBL announced Saskatoon will be the host city where the league's first-ever champion will be crowned.
  
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• Saskatoon hosting inaugural Canadian Elite Basketball League final

  22-05-2019 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  Brett Fraser and Shawna Nelson with details of the CEBL’s first championship weekend taking place in Saskatoon.
  
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• 32-year old inmate dies at Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon

  22-05-2019 16:36 via cbc.ca
  An inmate has died at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC) in Saskatoon.
  
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• CFL, players rubber stamp 3-year collective bargaining agreement

  22-05-2019 16:34 via cbc.ca
  The CFL and its Players' Association on Wednesday confirmed a three-year collective bargaining agreement with a joint new release, carrying the league through 2021. A memorandum of agreement was signed Saturday, one day before training camp.
  
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• Improper disposal of smoking material causes $750K fire in Saskatoon - Global News

  22-05-2019 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  Improper disposal of smoking material causes $750K fire in Saskatoon  Global NewsThe improper disposal of smoking material in a planter caused a fire to start on the rear deck of a house and spread to a neighbouring home, an official said.
  
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• Improper disposal of smoking material causes $750K fire in Saskatoon

  22-05-2019 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  The improper disposal of smoking material in a planter caused a fire to start on the rear deck of a house and spread to a neighbouring home, an official said.
  
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• Choosing the right light for each room in a house

  22-05-2019 16:19 via globalnews.ca
  Michelle Emard from Metric Design Centre in Saskatoon looks at the best way to choose lighting for each room in your house.
  
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• CFL, CFL Players' Association sign three-year collective bargaining agreement

  22-05-2019 16:12
  The CFL and CFL Players’ Association have ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement, the league announced Wednesday.
  
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