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• Controversial Sask. road project shelved, municipality pledges to work with First Nations

  26-06-2019 23:40 via cbc.ca
  A controversial Saskatchewan road project where ancient artifacts were discovered has been halted for 2019, says the reeve of the local rural municipality.
  
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• Preeceville, Sask. man given 10 years in federal prison for 2017 sexual assault

  26-06-2019 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  Shawn Pasiechnik (right) was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint inside her home in Preeceville, Sask. in December 2017.
  
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• Teen charged in Avalon homicide makes first appearance

  26-06-2019 22:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 15-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 60-year-old man in Saskatoon's Avalon neighbourhood made his first appearance in Saskatoon youth court Wednesday morning. Read More
  
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• Teen charged in Avalon homicide makes first appearance - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  26-06-2019 22:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  Teen charged in Avalon homicide makes first appearance  Saskatoon StarPhoenixThe youth is charged in the Monday night death of a 60-year-old man in the 600 block of Hopkins Street.
  
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• Sheree Fertuck’s husband appears in court on murder charge

  26-06-2019 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  Greg Fertuck is accused of committing first-degree murder connected to Sheree Fertuck’s December 2015 disappearance from the Kenaston, Sask., area.
  
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• Can a computer tell if you're lying? U of Sask. researcher says facial recognition software can breach privacy

  26-06-2019 20:57 via cbc.ca
  A professor at the University of Saskatchewan says computer programs are getting better and better at analyzing emotions, which is opening up a huge variety of questions.
  
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• 'He's innocent': Greg Fertuck's family say police investigation used undercover officers

  26-06-2019 20:53 via cbc.ca
  Greg Fertuck’s mother and brother say police used undercover officers in the investigation that led them to charge the 65-year-old accused of murdering his estranged wife, Sheree Fertuck. 
  
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• 15-year-old charged with 1st-degree murder in Saskatoon homicide - CBC.ca

  26-06-2019 20:22 via cbc.ca
  15-year-old charged with 1st-degree murder in Saskatoon homicide  CBC.caA teenage boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 60-year-old man.
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: late-week rain, long weekend change

  26-06-2019 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Late-week rain and storms before a change slides into Saskatoon and Regina’s weather forecast for the Canada Day long weekend. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• Saskatoon Seniors Celebrate Toronto Raptors' Win By Picking Up Their Own Basketballs - HuffPost Canada

  26-06-2019 20:04 via huffingtonpost.ca
  Saskatoon Seniors Celebrate Toronto Raptors' Win By Picking Up Their Own Basketballs  HuffPost CanadaPopping champagne and dunking some balls, there's no better way to party.
  
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• Roughly $82M available for Saskatchewan student loans in 2019-20

  26-06-2019 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government says it will provide roughly $82 million in financial assistance to about 20,000 post-secondary students in 2019-20.
  
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• Greg Fertuck, charged with wife's murder, appears in court

  26-06-2019 19:49
  A Saskatchewan man accused of killing his wife appeared in court Tuesday morning.
  
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• After 'nightmare' for family, RCMP charge husband in Sheree Fertuck’s death

  26-06-2019 19:49
  A Saskatchewan man accused of killing his wife appeared in court Tuesday morning.
  
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• Saskatoon police seize meth and arrest man in vehicle, seek another who fled - CBC.ca

  26-06-2019 19:06 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police seize meth and arrest man in vehicle, seek another who fled  CBC.caA 33-year-old man is facing numerous charges, including possession of meth for the purpose of trafficking, and police are looking for a second man following a ...
  
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• Saskatoon police seize meth and arrest man in vehicle, seek another who fled

  26-06-2019 19:06 via cbc.ca
  A 33-year-old man is facing numerous charges, including possession of meth for the purpose of trafficking, and police are looking for a second man following a traffic stop involving a suspicious vehicle.
  
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• Husband accused of murdering wife appears in Saskatoon court

  26-06-2019 18:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  Gregory Mitchell Fertuck spoke with his lawyer, but was otherwise silent during his first court appearance on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the 2015 disappearance of his estranged wife Sheree Fertuck. Read More
  
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• FirstOnSite enhances Saskatoon senior team with new Branch Manager - Canadian Underwriter

  26-06-2019 18:40 via canadianunderwriter.ca
  FirstOnSite enhances Saskatoon senior team with new Branch Manager  Canadian UnderwriterMISSISSAUGA, ON, JUNE 26, 2019/insPRESS/ – FirstOnSite Restoration, Canada's leading disaster restoration *service* provider has strengthened its ...
  
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• Husband accused of murdering wife appears in Saskatoon court - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  26-06-2019 18:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  Husband accused of murdering wife appears in Saskatoon court  Saskatoon StarPhoenixGregory Mitchell Fertuck made his first court appearance facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of his estranged wife.
  
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• Arrest - Methamphetamine Trafficking - 400 block 4th Avenue North

  26-06-2019 18:07 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 33 year old Saskatoon man is in custody and Police are searching for a second man following a traffic stop involving a suspicious vehicle.At approximately 3:45 a.m., June 26, 2019, Patrol Officers spotted the Ford SUV in an alley behind a home in the 400 block of 4th Avenue North.  The vehicle was running with two people inside.  While the stop was being conducted, the driver fled the vehicle on foot.  The second man in the vehicle was taken into custody.  A search of
  
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• Letter of the Day: Answers needed on long-term care

  26-06-2019 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  My disappointment in the people in power positions is ongoing as they keep ignoring or passing along my concerns about staff shortages in Long Term Care (LTC) throughout Saskatchewan. First the Health Minister, then the CEO of Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), who passed my concerns back to the LTC facility where my father lives. Read More
  
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• Canadian farmers expect to plant fewer canola seeds amid ongoing China row

  26-06-2019 17:35
  Months after China banned Canadian canola imports, a new survey reports that Canadian farmers expect to plant fewer canola seeds this year.
  
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• Saskatchewan Rattlers forward excited playing in CEBL

  26-06-2019 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Rattlers forward Chad Posthumus describes the experience of playing summer basketball across Canada in the CEBL as the team prepares to take on the Fraser Valley Bandits on June 27.
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush protect 11 players ahead of NLL expansion draft

  26-06-2019 16:17 via globalnews.ca
  Each National Lacrosse League team will lose two players in the July 9 expansion draft.
  
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• Smoke’s Poutinerie makes special Canada Day poutine

  26-06-2019 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  Jason Evanochko and Marissa Moore with Smoke’s Poutinerie in Saskatoon talk about Canada’s favourite national dish and make their special Canada Day poutine.
  
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• ‘Somewhere to go’: Regina sex trafficking victim calls for more safe houses

  26-06-2019 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are getting renewed attention following the release of the final report from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
  
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• Mounties called in to trace origins of mystery meat as China halts Canadian imports

  26-06-2019 14:57 via cbc.ca
  Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says the RCMP has been called in to investigate the origins of a pork shipment to China that arrived with a fake Canadian export certificate.
  
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• Mounties called in to trace origins of mystery meat as Canada halts exports to China

  26-06-2019 14:57 via cbc.ca
  Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says the RCMP has been called in to investigate the origins of a pork shipment to China that arrived with a fake Canadian export certificate.
  
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• Canada launches probe into false documents as China halts imports of meat

  26-06-2019 14:57 via cbc.ca
  International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr says Canada has launched an investigation into forged veterinary certificates as China has suspended all meat imports.
  
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• 15-year-old charged with 1st-degree murder in Saskatoon homicide

  26-06-2019 14:51 via cbc.ca
  A teenage boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 60-year-old man.
  
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• 15-year-old charged in Saskatoon murder

  26-06-2019 14:51 via cbc.ca
  A teenage boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 60-year-old man.
  
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• 'Somewhere to go:' Sex trafficking victim calls for more safe houses

  26-06-2019 14:45 via cbc.ca
  For years, Beatrice Wallace blamed herself. Not only did she feel shame and guilt, but the 46-year-old Regina mother kept it hidden. Her "dirty little secret," as she calls it, was working the streets.
  
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• SWAT members who dealt with Joshua Megeney had no formal crisis negotiation training, death inquest hears - CBC.ca

  26-06-2019 14:10 via cbc.ca
  SWAT members who dealt with Joshua Megeney had no formal crisis negotiation training, death inquest hears  CBC.caThe police officers who encountered Megeney during a tense 2016 standoff did so without the on-site aid of crisis negotiators, an inquest into Megeney's death ...
  
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• SWAT members who dealt with Joshua Megeney had no formal crisis negotiation training, death inquest hears

  26-06-2019 14:10 via cbc.ca
  The police officers who encountered Megeney during a tense 2016 standoff did so without the on-site aid of crisis negotiators. Tacticians fired on Megeney when he pointed a rifle at them, they said.
  
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• 'I'm not a crisis negotiator': Saskatoon police tacticians tell what led to Joshua Megeney shooting

  26-06-2019 14:10 via cbc.ca
  The police officers who encountered Megeney during a tense 2016 standoff did so without the on-site aid of crisis negotiators, an inquest into Megeney's death has heard.
  
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• School divisions need to stop pretending cuts to speech-language won't hurt children

  26-06-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  This province is home to highly-trained teachers who are doing an amazing job, but they can’t address the diverse needs of all children. 
  
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• Opinion | School divisions need to stop pretending cuts to speech-language won't hurt children

  26-06-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  This province is home to highly-trained teachers who are doing an amazing job, but they can’t address the diverse needs of all children. 
  
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• National HIV Testing Day works to break down stigma - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  26-06-2019 13:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  National HIV Testing Day works to break down stigma  Saskatoon StarPhoenixSaskatoon is holding a testing drive for National HIV Testing Day. About one out of five Canadians living with HIV don't know they have it.
  
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• Clark wants Saskatoon city hall to consider MMIWG inquiry proposals - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  26-06-2019 13:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  Clark wants Saskatoon city hall to consider MMIWG inquiry proposals  Saskatoon StarPhoenixThe 1200-page final report from the federal Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls contains 231 calls to justice, with some directed at ...
  
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• Bobby Orr, the Russians, and two Stanley Cups: Saskatoon's Van Impe had quite a career - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  26-06-2019 13:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  Bobby Orr, the Russians, and two Stanley Cups: Saskatoon's Van Impe had quite a career  Saskatoon StarPhoenixEd Van Impe, a two-time Stanley Cup champion with Philadelphia, does some reminiscing prior to his Sask. Hockey Hall of Fame induction.
  
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• Wizards, spies and Rubik's Cubes: Summer camp options abound in Sask.

  26-06-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Summer camp used to mean jumping in a lake, learning how to tie slipknots and songs around the campfire. With school ending this week, those kinds of activities remain popular. But kids now have dozens of other options.
  
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• Saskatoon Catholic passes balanced budget without cutting teaching positions - CBC.ca

  26-06-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Catholic passes balanced budget without cutting teaching positions  CBC.caAs the Saskatoon Public School Division goes through staffing and program changes to balance their budget, the city's Catholic division was able to maintain the ...
  
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• Saskatoon Catholic passes balanced budget without cutting teaching positions

  26-06-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Chair Diane Boyko said while a small increase in funding from the provincial government is a good step, she said the division finds 'little reason to celebrate the fiscal reality that we face.'
  
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• Old soul, new soul: Denise Valle's music explores R&B fusion - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  26-06-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Old soul, new soul: Denise Valle's music explores R&B fusion  Saskatoon StarPhoenixValle, with her R&B/pop/soul musical style, will be taking the stage at the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival for the second year in a row.
  
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• Old soul, new soul: Denise Valle's music explores R&B fusion

  26-06-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The first time Denise Valle performed at the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival — on the free stage in the park in 2018 — the Saskatoon-based singer-songwriter wore an outfit given to her by her mother. Read More
  
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• 'Nothing like' visits with youth from La Loche, says Raptors president Ujiri

  26-06-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The school shooting in La Loche was more than three years ago and thousands of kilometres away, but those affected remain close to the heart of Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri. Read More
  
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• National HIV Testing Day works to break down stigma

  26-06-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon will host its second National HIV Testing Day event on Thursday to help reduce the stigma around knowing your status. Read More
  
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• Jazz Festival local artist spotlight: Graham Tilsley

  26-06-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The StarPhoenix is highlighting local artists playing at this year's SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival. Reporter Alexa Lawlor spoke with Graham Tilsley, a multi-instrumentalist who for the first time is playing the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival under his own name. Read More
  
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• Clark wants Saskatoon city hall to consider MMIWG inquiry proposals

  26-06-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark wants to know if city hall can help address issues raised in the federal Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Read More
  
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• Bobby Orr, the Russians, and two Stanley Cups: Saskatoon's Van Impe had quite a career

  26-06-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Ed Van Impe was a Broad Street Bully from head to toe, a defenceman blending skill and toughness, and he still looks back fondly on those days and those people. Read More
  
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• Atchison declines to address rumours of Saskatoon mayoral rematch - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  26-06-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Atchison declines to address rumours of Saskatoon mayoral rematch  Saskatoon StarPhoenixA poll commissioned by a Regina-based communications firm finds Don Atchison might have a tough time if he runs in the 2020 civic election.
  
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