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• Sask. canoeists win epic Yukon River Quest race

  29-06-2019 23:41 via cbc.ca
  Ivan English has been canoeing for three decades but had never attempted the grueling Yukon River Quest. He won it on his first attempt with his paddling partner Mike Vincent.
  
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• Saskatoon home covered in flags to celebrate Canada Day - News Talk 650 CKOM

  29-06-2019 22:40 via ckom.com
  Saskatoon home covered in flags to celebrate Canada Day  News Talk 650 CKOMA Saskatoon woman put up a special display to celebrate Canada Day. Debra Larsen decorated her Lorne Avenue ho...
  
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• Review: Sweeney Todd shows the dark side of humanity - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  29-06-2019 20:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  Review: Sweeney Todd shows the dark side of humanity  Saskatoon StarPhoenixBringing a darker show like Sweeney Todd to Saskaton was a bit of a risk — but one that certainly paid off for the Saskatoon Summer Players.
  
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• Review: Sweeney Todd shows the dark side of humanity

  29-06-2019 20:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  Although theatre has been evolving in Saskatoon over the years, it was still a risk for Saskatoon Summer Players' to bring the grotesque tale of Sweeney Todd to life in the city for the first time. However, it was a risk that certainly paid off. Read More
  
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• The Docket: Sheree Fertuck murder case, woman charged in human trafficking granted bail and more

  29-06-2019 19:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  StarPhoenix court reporter Bre McAdam talks about court cases that took place in Saskatoon over the past two weeks. Read More
  
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• Garbage-hauling ship arrives in Canada after journey from Philippines

  29-06-2019 17:54
  A ship carrying an infamous load of Canadian trash that had been rotting in the Philippines since as far back as 2013 has arrived at a port south of Vancouver.
  
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• Saskatoon Police Taser man facing drug trafficking charges - CBC.ca

  29-06-2019 17:44 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Police Taser man facing drug trafficking charges  CBC.caSaskatoon Police have arrested a 33-year-old man on charges of drug trafficking, dangerous driving and assaulting a police officer.
  
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• Saskatoon Police Taser man facing drug trafficking charges

  29-06-2019 17:44 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Police have arrested a 33-year-old man on charges of drug trafficking, dangerous driving and assaulting a police officer.
  
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• Saskatoon man buys canoe with briefcase full of Canadian Tire money - CTV News

  29-06-2019 17:35 via ctvnews.ca
  Saskatoon man buys canoe with briefcase full of Canadian Tire money  CTV NewsA Saskatoon man made the 'most Canadian purchase ever' ahead of the Canada Day long weekend, buying a full-sized canoe with a briefcase full of Canadian ...
  
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• New Faces New Places: Tweed focuses on cannabis education for all generations - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  29-06-2019 17:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  New Faces New Places: Tweed focuses on cannabis education for all generations  Saskatoon StarPhoenixAnother Cannabis store has popped up in downtown Saskatoon, with a heavy focus on engaging customer's curiosity about the plant to help expand their ...
  
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• What's open, what's closed on Canada Day long weekend in Saskatoon - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  What's open, what's closed on Canada Day long weekend in Saskatoon  Saskatoon StarPhoenixFire up the barbecue. Head to the cabin. Take in some fireworks. It's the Canada Day long weekend.For those staying around Saskatoon, here's a guide to ...
  
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• What's open, what's closed on Canada Day long weekend in Saskatoon

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Fire up the barbecue. Head to the cabin. Take in some fireworks. It’s the Canada Day long weekend. Read More
  
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• What you need to know about Saskatoon solar neighbourhood's demise - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  What you need to know about Saskatoon solar neighbourhood's demise  Saskatoon StarPhoenixSaskatoon city council effectively killed a proposed $1-billion solar-powered neighbourhood when it voted against changing city hall's development schedule to ...
  
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• What you need to know about Saskatoon solar neighbourhood's demise

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon city council effectively killed a proposed $1-billion solar-powered neighbourhood when it voted against changing city hall's development schedule to accommodate Arbutus Properties. Read More
  
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• New Faces New Places: Tweed focuses on cannabis education for all generations

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Another cannabis store has popped up in downtown Saskatoon, with a heavy focus on engaging customer curiosity about the plant to help expand their knowledge and understanding. Read More
  
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• Judge doubles suggested sentence in 'drug-fuelled, rural crime spree'

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  PRINCE ALBERT — A woman who pleaded guilty to 17 offences in what a judge described as a  43-day-long “drug-fuelled, rural crime spree” has received more than twice as much jail time than the Crown and defence jointly suggested. Read More
  
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• Graham DeLaet ready for test run on PGA's Korn Ferry Tour

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Graham DeLaet has been away from the PGA Tour for 18 months due to back issues, but he's now ready to give tournament golf another go. Read More
  
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• Cuthand: First Nations continue to debate pipeline expansion

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  If you think that First Nations in Canada march forward in lockstep, think again. The First Nations debate over the construction of the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline is as fractured and divided as in the rest of the country. Read More
  
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• Book Reviews: Paula Jane Remlinger, Raye Hendrickson, John Donlan

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I don’t know Paula Jane Remlinger, a poet from Beaver Creek just south of Saskatoon, so I wasn’t called in to help with the title of her first collection of poems, This Hole Called January (Thistledown, $12.95). That hole business, coupled with the gloomy cover image of a socked-in Winter day, wants to label this a winter book, perhaps along the lines of Patrick Lane’s Winter. Read More
  
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• App helps inform surgical patients about procedures

  29-06-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Surgeons at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine are hoping a bit of Hollywood magic can change the way patients consent to procedures. Read More
  
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• How to celebrate Canada Day around Saskatoon - News Talk 650 CKOM

  29-06-2019 15:00 via ckom.com
  How to celebrate Canada Day around Saskatoon  News Talk 650 CKOMThere are a lot of ways to celebrate Canada's birthday around Saskatoon. DIEFENBAKER PARK. The Optimist Canada Day party begins with a buffet pancake ...
  
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• At G20, Trudeau highlights plight of Canadians in China, but details scarce

  29-06-2019 15:00
  Justin Trudeau kept his cards close to the vest as he wrapped up high-stakes G20 meetings in Japan, acknowledging Canada's protracted impasse with China but offering few details about the ongoing effort to liberate the two Canadians caught in the crossfire.
  
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• Letters to the editor June 29, 2019

  29-06-2019 14:17 via thestarphoenix.com
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• 'Pathetic': Sask. woman hopes for tougher sentences after sister killed in drunk driving incident

  29-06-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  No amount of time given to an impaired driver who rolled a vehicle and killed a Saskatchewan woman would have been enough time to her, but Destiny Schaffer said she didn't think that driver would be out of jail so soon.
  
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• CEW Deployment - 33 year old Saskatoon man arrested

  29-06-2019 06:05 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 33 year old man is in custody facing charges related to drug trafficking, dangerous driving, and assaulting a police officer.At approximately 6:00 p.m. on June 28th a wanted man was located in the 900 block of Spadina Cres. K-9 was utilized when the subject fled. The subject continued to be combative and assaulted an officer as Police were attempting to arrest him. A conducted energy weapon (CEW) was used to successfully control the subject.The incident will be reviewed in accordance
  
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• Sask. Premier disappointed by Ontario court ruling on federal carbon pricing

  29-06-2019 05:20 via cbc.ca
  Premier Scott Moe is disappointed by an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that sided with the federal government over the constitutionality of Ottawa's carbon tax.
  
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• Political Panel: Premier Scott Moe appears at Pride

  29-06-2019 05:20 via cbc.ca
  Leader-Post columnist Murray Mandryk and CBC legislative reporter Adam Hunter discuss the week in politics with Saskatoon Morning host Jennifer Quesnel.
  
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• The environment is becoming the hot button issue of the federal election: Nanos survey

  29-06-2019 04:00
  The environment is emerging as ‘one of the defining battle grounds’ for the upcoming federal election, according to recent polls held by Nanos Research.
  
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• Video calling for removal of 'parasitic tribe' worries Jewish group

  29-06-2019 03:07
  An online video posted by a Saskatoon leader of a right-wing extremist group has the Jewish community worried about the spread of hate.
  
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• Planning to see Canada Day fireworks at Diefenbaker Park? Here's what you need to know - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  29-06-2019 02:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  Planning to see Canada Day fireworks at Diefenbaker Park? Here's what you need to know  Saskatoon StarPhoenixHere's what you need to know if you plan to watch the fireworks on Canada Day at Diefenbaker Park.
  
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• Planning to see Canada Day fireworks at Diefenbaker Park? Here's what you need to know

  29-06-2019 02:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  If you're planning to head to Diefenbaker Park to watch the Canada Day fireworks show Monday evening, here are a few tips: Read More
  
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• Be familiar with your fireworks, fire department says

  29-06-2019 02:21
  With Canada day approaching this weekend, there will be an opportunity to set off some fireworks, one of four days all year where private citizens are allowed to do so.
  
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• Feds announce funding for coal energy transition in Saskatchewan, Alberta

  29-06-2019 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  Five organizations in Saskatchewan are receiving federal funding to help with the phase out of coal after an announcement made on Friday.
  
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• Once more, with feeling: Valkyries, Riot meet in title clash

  29-06-2019 02:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Valkyries will do their usual running, cutting, hitting, blocking Saturday afternoon in Regina. Thoughts of a beloved coach who helped them hone those skills are never far behind. Read More
  
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• Joshua Megeney’s family forever grateful for compassionate jury, family lawyer says

  29-06-2019 02:13
  An inquest jury determined a man who was shot by a Saskatoon police officer died by homicide from a gunshot wound to the head.
  
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• Water and sewer treatment plant workers reject city's contract offer - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  29-06-2019 02:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  Water and sewer treatment plant workers reject city's contract offer  Saskatoon StarPhoenixCity of Saskatoon union has been without a deal since 2016 when all city contracts expired.
  
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• Water and sewer treatment plant workers reject city's contract offer

  29-06-2019 02:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  An attempt to remove contract language prompted a group of City of Saskatoon workers to reject the city's latest offer, the union local's president says. Read More
  
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• Union representing SaskTel employees says it's asking members for strike mandate

  29-06-2019 02:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  The union representing SaskTel workers says it plans to ask for a strike mandate as two dates for mediation with the Crown corporation are scheduled for early July. Read More
  
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• Federal funding to help Sask. communities phase out coal

  29-06-2019 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  A bit of relief is coming to Saskatchewan’s coal mining communities after the federal government made a funding announcement Friday morning. Allison Bamford reports.
  
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• Prisoner back in custody after escape in northern Saskatchewan

  29-06-2019 01:56 via globalnews.ca
  Grant Kenneth McKenzie, 30, was taken back into custody after he escaped earlier this month in northern Saskatchewan.
  
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• Photos: Child's play at new museum

  29-06-2019 01:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  More than a decade after it was first proposed to city hall, the Nutrien Wonderhub — formerly known as the Children's Discovery Museum — officially opened its doors Friday in the former Mendel Art Gallery building along the Saskatoon riverbank. Read More
  
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• Joshua Megeney inquest ends with 4 recommendations for Saskatoon police - Global News

  29-06-2019 01:54 via globalnews.ca
  Joshua Megeney inquest ends with 4 recommendations for Saskatoon police  Global NewsJoshua Megeney's family will forever be grateful for a jury's efforts examining the Saskatoon Police *Service* (SPS)'s actions, according to the lawyer for relatives ...
  
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• Crown downgrades child porn charges against Abdul Jat

  29-06-2019 01:39
  A man who was found guilty of child porn and extortion charges has had his charges downgraded.
  
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• Joshua Megeney inquest ends with 4 recommendations for Saskatoon police

  29-06-2019 01:37 via globalnews.ca
  A jury recommended reviewing Saskatoon police tactics and improving training at the conclusion of the Joshua Megeney inquest.
  
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• Police forces investigating themselves not credible, lawyer says after Megeney inquest

  29-06-2019 01:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  Deaths involving police should be investigated by an independent body, says the lawyer representing the family of a 28-year-old Alberta man fatally shot by a Saskatoon police officer during a standoff three years ago. Read More
  
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• Pay increases, pension protection part of deal struck between U of S, support workers

  29-06-2019 01:33
  Support workers at the University of Saskatchewan who have been working without a contract since 2015 reached a tentative agreement with the administration Friday, the union says.
  
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• CUPE 1975, University of Saskatchewan reach tentative deal on new contract

  29-06-2019 01:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  After approximately four years working without a contract, support staff at the University of Saskatchewan have a deal to vote on. Read More
  
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• Minute at the Movies: June 28

  29-06-2019 01:21 via globalnews.ca
  In the latest edition of Minute at the Movies, Todd James reviews “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and “Annabelle Comes Home.”
  
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• Jury has 4 recommendations for Saskatoon police after Joshua Megeney inquest

  29-06-2019 01:09 via globalnews.ca
  A jury recommended reviewing Saskatoon police tactics and improving training at the conclusion of the Joshua Megeney inquest. Ryan Kessler reports.
  
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• ‘It was a labour of love’: Nutrien Wonderhub opens in Saskatoon - Global News

  29-06-2019 00:46 via globalnews.ca
  ‘It was a labour of love’: Nutrien Wonderhub opens in Saskatoon  Global NewsChildren's discovery museum opens in old Mendel Art Gallery building.
  
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