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• 'We're on our own': MMIWG national inquiry sparks mixed reaction from Sask. families

  03-06-2019 22:20 via cbc.ca
  As the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls is officially released, one Saskatchewan woman isn't happy with the process and how her family was treated.
  
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• Collective Voice: 'Who am I?' is a question too big for teens

  03-06-2019 22:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  Grade 9 students in the Collective Voice program at Aden Bowman Collegiate share their lives and opinions through columns. Selected columns run on Mondays in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Read More
  
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• Part of man's ear cut off during break and enter, assault in La Loche

  03-06-2019 22:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  A man was airlifted to Saskatoon hospital from La Loche after suffering stab wounds to his face and after part of his ear was cut off during a break and enter. Read More
  
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• Opinion: Here's to poppies. Very tall poppies.

  03-06-2019 21:59 via thestarphoenix.com
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• Conexus closing 9 branches in Saskatchewan

  03-06-2019 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Conexus Credit Union is closing nine branches in Saskatchewan on Oct. 2, 2019, due to changing ways people bank, the company said.
  
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• Sask. government decision on covering abortion pill could come this week

  03-06-2019 21:18 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan government's decision on whether to fully cover the cost of the abortion pill Mifegymiso could be imminent.
  
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• Fathers of bride and groom killed in plane crash on way home from stag party

  03-06-2019 21:08 via cbc.ca
  A weekend plane crash claimed the lives of three Moose Jaw, Sask., residents, including two fathers who expected to see their children get married this summer.
  
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• Father of bride, father of groom both killed in plane crash on way home to Moose Jaw

  03-06-2019 21:08 via cbc.ca
  Moose Jaw residents are still reeling after a plane crash claimed the lives of three community members, including two fathers who hoped to see their son and daughter get married this summer.
  
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• Global warming causing more torrential rains, threatening agriculture, U of S study finds

  03-06-2019 20:58
  Governments, local authorities and emergency services should plan for more frequent extreme rain caused by global warming, a University of Saskatchewan researcher says.
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: 30 degree heat slips away

  03-06-2019 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  30 degree heat slides away with the potential for some steadier rain in Regina’s and Saskatoon’s weather forecast ahead.
  
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• Saskatoon and Moose Jaw had their driest springs ever recorded

  03-06-2019 20:46 via cbc.ca
  This has been the driest spring on record in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon and much drier than normal in other areas of Saskatchewan. It looks like more moisture is on the way though as our persistent weather pattern has broken down.
  
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• Saskatoon part of 'human trafficking city triangles,' MMIWG report finds - CTV News

  03-06-2019 20:35 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Saskatoon part of 'human trafficking city triangles,' MMIWG report finds  CTV NewsSaskatoon is a transportation point for human trafficking between Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Regina, according to a new government report.
  
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• Saskatoon part of 'human trafficking city triangles,' MMIWG report finds

  03-06-2019 20:35
  Saskatoon is a transportation point for human trafficking between Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Regina, according to a new government report.
  
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• RCMP will 'give careful consideration' to MMIWG recommendations, says commissioner

  03-06-2019 20:17 via cbc.ca
  The head of the RCMP won't commit to the recommendations out of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls inquiry, which lambasted decades of police 'indifference' and called for fundamental policing reforms, but is promising to review the report.
  
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• FSIN calls for end to ‘epidemic’ violence against Indigenous women and girls

  03-06-2019 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  The MMIWG final report called violence against Indigenous women and girls a “genocide” and a crisis “centuries in the making.”
  
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• Manslaughter plea from man who killed Ken Balan

  03-06-2019 19:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for July after a Saskatoon man pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of 27-year-old Ken Peter Balan. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon and Moose Jaw had their driest springs ever recorded - CBC.ca

  03-06-2019 19:46 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon and Moose Jaw had their driest springs ever recorded  CBC.caThis has been the driest spring on record in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon and much drier than normal in other areas of Saskatchewan. It looks like more moisture ...
  
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• Manslaughter plea from man who killed Ken Balan - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-06-2019 19:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  Manslaughter plea from man who killed Ken Balan  Saskatoon StarPhoenixBlair Prokopetz was originally charged with first-degree murder after Balan was found, injured, in a 20th Street West alley on July 6, 2018.
  
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• Tracking the loon population at Prince Albert National Park

  03-06-2019 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Lakes Loon Survey started in 1981 to track the reproductive success of the common loon by monitoring chick hatch and survival.
  
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• Two seriously injured in crash near P.A.

  03-06-2019 19:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two people were seriously injured in a crash on Highway 3 West on Monday morning. Read More
  
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• Conexus Credit Union closing 9 branches, most of them in smaller communities, in Oct.

  03-06-2019 18:51 via cbc.ca
  Conexus Credit Union is planning to close nine of its branches, most of them in rural Saskatchewan, on Oct. 2.
  
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• Sask. government releases ‘discussion paper’ on carbon offset program

  03-06-2019 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government is seeking feedback on how its carbon offset program will work.
  
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• SACP Thanks MMIWG National Inquiry

  03-06-2019 18:16 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police (SACP) wishes to thank all those involved in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, as the final report of the National Inquiry, Reclaiming Power and Place, is released today.We acknowledge and thank Chief Commissioner Buller and Commissioners Eyolfson, Audette and Robinson, for their considerable skills and dedication to this complex and comprehensive National Inquiry.  We also thank the entire staff of th
  
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• Chef Anthony McCarthy preparing for Saskatoon’s Zoo Gala

  03-06-2019 16:42 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Club chef Anthony McCarthy makes a trout dish using local-sourced ingredients as he discussed the upcoming Zoo Gala to support the Saskatoon Zoo Foundation.
  
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• 306 Outdoor Tribe motivating people to connect with nature

  03-06-2019 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  Kyla Bouvier’s group 306 Outdoor Tribe motivated people to connect back with nature and are starting something called laughter yoga.
  
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• Riders swap Canadian kickers, sign Saskatoon native Sean Stenger - 3downnation.com

  03-06-2019 16:02 via 3downnation.com
  Riders swap Canadian kickers, sign Saskatoon native Sean Stenger  3downnation.comThe Saskatchewan Roughriders have switched Canadian kickers in and out. Felix Menard-Briere has left the prairie province and Sean Stenger joins the Riders.
  
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• Truck, trailer slide into river at Saskatoon boat launch - Global News

  03-06-2019 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  Truck, trailer slide into river at Saskatoon boat launch  Global NewsA truck and boat trailer ended up submerged in the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon on Sunday afternoon. The truck was at the public boat launch on Spadina Crescent just before 5 p.m. when it slid into the river along with the boat trailer it was hauling, Saskatoon Fire Department officials said in a release. READ MORE: Motorcyclist seriously injured in Saskatoon crash The fire department’s water-trained pe
  
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• Truck, trailer slide into river at Saskatoon boat launch

  03-06-2019 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  A truck towing a trailer slid into the South Saskatchewan River at the boat launch on Spadina Crescent in Saskatoon.
  
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• One Bad Son drummer Kurt Dahl spends 36 hours homeless in Saskatoon

  03-06-2019 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  One Bad Son drummer Kurt Dahl talks about his experience taking part in Sanctum Survivor and what it was like to live homeless in Saskatoon for 36 hours.
  
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• Saskatoon man gets 16 months for trying to arrange sex with mother and 11-year-old daughter on Craigslist - CBC.ca

  03-06-2019 15:18 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon man gets 16 months for trying to arrange sex with mother and 11-year-old daughter on Craigslist  CBC.caBrendan Olynick claimed his online pitch to have sex with a mother and daughter was fantasy role playing. A Saskatoon judge didn't buy it.
  
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• Saskatoon man gets 16 months for trying to arrange sex with mother and 11-year-old daughter on Craigslist

  03-06-2019 15:18 via cbc.ca
  Brendan Olynick claimed his online pitch to have sex with a mother and daughter was fantasy role playing. A Saskatoon judge didn't buy it.
  
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• Tank: Did Saskatoon really get that upset over backyard bonfire limits? - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-06-2019 15:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  Tank: Did Saskatoon really get that upset over backyard bonfire limits?  Saskatoon StarPhoenixCity has lived for more than a year with a 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. time limit.
  
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• Western Development Museum's LGBTQ2+ collection paints a bigger picture

  03-06-2019 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Western Development Museum’s collection of 19th and 20th-century wedding dresses is extensive, but not comprehensive, says its curator. The museum’s acquisition of clothing worn at the first weddings for same-sex couples in the province is part of a larger effort to change that. Read More
  
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• Tank: Did Saskatoon really get that upset over backyard bonfire limits?

  03-06-2019 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A year later, it appears the smoke has cleared, if you'll excuse what one hopes is one of the last of those excruciating backyard bonfire metaphors. Read More
  
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• Motorcyclist seriously injured in Saskatoon crash - Global News

  03-06-2019 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  Motorcyclist seriously injured in Saskatoon crash  Global NewsA motorcyclist was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a collision Sunday on Saskatoon’s west side. The collision between the motorcycle and a passenger vehicle happened just before 2 p.m. at 33rd Street West and Circle Drive. READ MORE: 2 dead following multi-vehicle crash east of Weyburn, Sask. on Highway 13 The vehicle was on its roof with one person trapped inside and the motorcycle was in the middle of
  
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• Motorcyclist seriously injured in Saskatoon crash

  03-06-2019 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  A motorcyclist was taken to Royal University Hospital with what officials said were possibly life-threatening injuries after a collision Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Rescue divers used after Saskatoon truck sinks into river at boat launch

  03-06-2019 14:35 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon water enthusiast had a bad day on Sunday after his boat trailer and truck sunk in the South Saskatchewan River.
  
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• Truck and trailer removed from river

  03-06-2019 14:18
  The Saskatoon Fire Department’s Water Rescue Team was called to help after a truck and trailer went into the water Sunday afternoon.
  
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• SHA seeks new head for obstetrics and gynecology department after resignation - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  03-06-2019 14:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  SHA seeks new head for obstetrics and gynecology department after resignation  Saskatoon StarPhoenixThiel's resignation comes as an external review is underway into the province's gynecologic oncology services.
  
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• SHA seeks new head for obstetrics and gynecology department after resignation

  03-06-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The search is on for an interim head of the Saskatchewan Health Authority's obstetrics and gynecology program after Dr. John Thiel resigned last month. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon police charge man for evading police in stolen car - Global News

  03-06-2019 13:44 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police charge man for evading police in stolen car  Global NewsA 35-year-old Saskatoon man is facing charges after he allegedly evaded the Saskatoon Police *Service* in a stolen Audi on Saturday evening.
  
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• Calgary police offer advice for Saskatoon safe injection site - News Talk 650 CKOM

  03-06-2019 11:04 via ckom.com
  Calgary police offer advice for Saskatoon safe injection site  News Talk 650 CKOMCalgary is one of the cities Saskatoon is looking to as it plans for Saskatchewan's first safe injection site....
  
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• Indigenous players subjected to racist taunts, discriminatory calls, say parents

  03-06-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  In a four-part series, CBC News is looking at racism in hockey reported by Indigenous players. It comes a year after a First Nations team was subjected to racist slurs and taunts at a tournament in Quebec.
  
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• How measles outbreak spurred renewed interest in national vaccine registry

  03-06-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  There are renewed calls for a national immunization registry after an outbreak of measles in New Brunswick. But creating a registry would mean co-ordinating the 13 different vaccination systems of the provinces and territories.
  
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• Trudeau declines to call deaths of Indigenous women and girls a genocide

  03-06-2019 10:19
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped short of calling the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls a genocide on Monday -- despite being called upon to do so -- when he spoke after accepting the report of the national public inquiry he called on the issue.
  
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• Killing, violence toward Indigenous women, girls 'amounts to genocide': PM

  03-06-2019 10:19
  The federally funded commission tasked with documenting the causes of missing and murdered against Indigenous women and girls has suggested 231 recommendations to address the issue.
  
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• After three years, MMIWG inquiry releases report

  03-06-2019 10:19
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received the long-anticipated report from the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on Monday after its four commissioners performed a ceremony, including coating its pages with medicines and wrapping it in a blanket.
  
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• Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women issues final report with sweeping calls for change

  03-06-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  After more than three years, dozens of community meetings and testimony from well over 2,000 Canadians, the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls inquiry will deliver its final report to the federal government at a hand-off ceremony in Gatineau, Que. today. 
  
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• High school city golf championship preview

  03-06-2019 07:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  The high school golf city championships tee off Monday at Saskatoon Golf & Country Club. Sixty-five competitors from 11 schools across Saskatoon will be vying for this year's championship. Another 75 golfers participated in the 9-hole fun event at Silverwood Golf Course last Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Firearms, suspected meth, cocaine found during search of Kerrobert, Sask. home

  03-06-2019 03:55 via cbc.ca
  A 36-year-old man is facing several drug and firearm charges after RCMP officers executed a search warrant at a local home.
  
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