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• Saskatoon Police Board of Commissioners approves $99M budget

  19-09-2019 23:59
  The Saskatoon Police Board of Commissioners has approved a police budget of $98,853,900 for 2020, an increase of 4.5 per cent.
  
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• Saskatoon police table first multi-year budget with 2020, 2021 plans

  19-09-2019 23:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon's city police force has presented its first multi-year budget to the board of police commissioners. Read More
  
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• Aviation buff crosses item off bucket list with flight over Saskatoon in WW2 plane - CTV News

  19-09-2019 23:38 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Aviation buff crosses item off bucket list with flight over Saskatoon in WW2 plane  CTV NewsLocal aviation buff Don MacPherson has flown in a variety of aircrafts, but he had never stepped into a 1942 de-Havilland Tigermoth - until Wednesday night.
  
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• Aviation buff crosses item off bucket list with flight over Saskatoon in WW2 plane

  19-09-2019 23:38
  Local aviation buff Don MacPherson has flown in a variety of aircrafts, but he had never stepped into a 1942 de-Havilland Tigermoth - until Wednesday night.
  
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• Small community, big pride: Investment hoped to boost LGBTQ tourism in Moose Jaw, Sask.

  19-09-2019 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  An almost $100,000 investment from the federal government is seen as "a source of pride" for the LGBTQ community in Moose Jaw, Sask.
  
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• Charges Laid - Assault / Unlawful Confinement - 1700 Block 20th Street West

  19-09-2019 22:13 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Following a lengthy investigation by detectives from the Targeted Enforcement Section, and in consultation with Crown Prosecutors, three people are facing charges in regards to an assault and unlawful confinement earlier this year.Two men, both 26-years-old, and a 24-year-old woman are charged with Attempted Murder. (Court Info #s 991105230, 991105231, 991105237).(Occurrence Number: 19-13093)
  
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• 'I let a lot of people down': Day after brownface photo published, Trudeau still set for Saskatoon stop

  19-09-2019 22:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  Hours before he was scheduled to appear in Saskatoon for a campaign rally, Justin Trudeau said his decision in 2001 to wear brownface while dressed as Aladdin was "deeply regrettable." Read More
  
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• NCC wants thousands of hectares of native Saskatchewan prairie grasslands protected

  19-09-2019 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Nature Conservancy of Canada said healthy natural areas are key in fighting climate change.
  
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• Proposed operating budget for Saskatoon police nears $100M for 2020 - CBC.ca

  19-09-2019 21:25 via cbc.ca
  Proposed operating budget for Saskatoon police nears $100M for 2020  CBC.caFor the first time, the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners has put together a multi-year budget, which estimates the police *service's* budget at about $99 ...
  
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• Proposed operating budget for Saskatoon police nears $100M for 2020

  19-09-2019 21:25 via cbc.ca
  For the first time, the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners has put together a multi-year budget. For 2020, the police budget is estimated at about $99 million.
  
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• Economy, climate change top election issues in Saskatchewan: U of S survey

  19-09-2019 21:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  The economy, climate change and cost of living are the most important federal election issues for Saskatchewan residents, results from a new survey suggest. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon nursing students collect extra produce to help feed the city's hungry - CBC.ca

  19-09-2019 20:58 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon nursing students collect extra produce to help feed the city's hungry  CBC.caNursing students in Saskatoon have created Digging for the Community, an effort to get extra fruits and vegetables into the hands of people in need.
  
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• Saskatoon nursing students collect extra produce to help feed the city's hungry

  19-09-2019 20:58 via cbc.ca
  Nursing students in Saskatoon have created Digging for the Community, an effort to get extra fruits and vegetables into the hands of people in need.
  
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• Officer injured after stolen vehicle rams Prince Albert, Sask. police car during chase

  19-09-2019 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  Police said a chase in Prince Albert, Sask., ended when a reported stolen vehicle rammed a police car, causing to roll into a ditch and injuring an officer.
  
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• Prince Albert officer injured in collision, rollover during high-speed chase

  19-09-2019 20:05 via cbc.ca
  A 25-year-old man is in custody after a high-speed chase on Wednesday, during which the man allegedly fled from police and rammed a police cruiser, tipping it and injuring an officer.
  
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• Racism against immigrants is nothing new in Saskatchewan, it just looks a little different

  19-09-2019 20:00 via cbc.ca
  Multiculturalism was never part of the original blueprint for Saskatchewan.
  
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• Man charged in Saskatoon’s 12th homicide of 2019 appears in court

  19-09-2019 19:41
  A 31-year-old man was in Saskatoon Provincial Court thursday morning charged with manslaughter following the death of a 49-year-old man.
  
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• Survey says: economy, climate change and cost of living top issues for Sask. voters

  19-09-2019 19:30 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan voters say the economy, climate change and the cost of living are their three biggest concerns in the upcoming federal election, according to a new poll.
  
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• Constituency offices of Sask. Party members who resigned have closed

  19-09-2019 19:30 via cbc.ca
  The constituency offices of former Saskatchewan Party MLAs Corey Tochor (Saskatoon Eastview) and Warren Steinley (Regina Walsh Acres) have closed, leading to the loss of one part-time and two full-time staff positions.
  
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• In wake of fallout from brownface, blackface images, Trudeau to visit Saskatoon

  19-09-2019 19:17
  Justin Trudeau is scheduled to speak at the Delta Bessborough Hotel at 6 p.m. Thursday.
  
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• In wake of fallout from brownface, blackface images, Trudeau holds town hall in Saskatoon

  19-09-2019 19:17
  Justin Trudeau is scheduled to hold a town hall at the Delta Bessborough Hotel at 6 p.m. Thursday.
  
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• Harvest in Saskatchewan well behind 5-year average

  19-09-2019 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Agriculture says 23 per cent of the 2019 crop is in the bin, well behind the five-year average of 50 per cent for this time of year.
  
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• Getting to know the dingoes at the Saskatoon zoo

  19-09-2019 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  Chris Carr learns more about Euci and Maple, two adult female dingoes at the Saskatoon zoo, and how they will help raise awareness about the plight of the dingoes.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Old STC building could be converted

  19-09-2019 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  For reasons that are not quite clear, city council has decided to push the Farmers' Market from their present location. I believe it has to do with a leaky roof, which, as the owners, the city should have to fix, but it seems like it's a done deal. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon Public Library proposes new $154M downtown building

  19-09-2019 17:34 via globalnews.ca
  The report said Frances Morrison Central Library is deficient on significant building code changes, including a lack of adequate fire exits.
  
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• Saskatchewan government reviewing birth alert policies

  19-09-2019 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  The province is reviewing whether it will keep the practice that critics say discriminates against Indigenous parents.
  
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• Saskatoon SPCA seeks home for Archie

  19-09-2019 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  Jasmine Hanson from the Saskatoon SPCA introduces us to Archie, a shih tzu in need of a new home, and the importance of having proper pet identification.
  
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• Growing enrolment, research highlight back-to-school at U of S

  19-09-2019 16:53 via globalnews.ca
  University of Saskatchewan president Peter Stoicheff discusses enrolment, a new Prince Albert campus, research and the Huskies as students are back on campus for another school year.
  
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• A&W Beyond Meat ad featuring Rider fans drawing anger from some people

  19-09-2019 16:05 via globalnews.ca
  Some people have beef with the new A&W Beyond Meat commercial featuring Saskatchewan Roughrider fans
  
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• Assault charge upgraded to manslaughter after man dies in Saskatoon’s 12th homicide of 2019 - Global News

  19-09-2019 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  Assault charge upgraded to manslaughter after man dies in Saskatoon’s 12th homicide of 2019  Global NewsA man who was seriously assaulted in late July has died from his injuries in the city's 12th homicide of 2019, Saskatoon police said.
  
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• Assault charge upgraded to manslaughter after man dies in Saskatoon’s 12th homicide of 2019

  19-09-2019 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  Police have not revealed the nature of the injuries the 49-year-old victim sustained in late July.
  
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• Saskatoon police reviewing all street check reports; officer training complete

  19-09-2019 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon city police officers have completed their training and supervisors are reviewing every "contact interview" report submitted daily, now that a formal policy, set out by the Saskatchewan Police Commission last year, is in place. Read More
  
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• Adams and Parkin: Election 2019 – Are Canadians losing confidence in their democracy?

  19-09-2019 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  There are few certainties heading into an election campaign; the outcome is up for grabs. The one thing many do feel certain of is that it is Canada's turn to be buffeted by the winds of populism. As we prepare to cast our votes, we are feeling increasingly left behind economically, becoming less welcoming of immigrants, and losing confidence in our democracy. Read More
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Hospital cornerstone

  19-09-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see Premier Tommy Douglas speaking at the laying of the cornerstone for the University Hospital, from Sept. 19, 1952. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B1504-4) Read More
  
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• Demand for Cree-language education outpaces teacher supply

  19-09-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  When Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand went to school, he wasn’t allowed to speak Cree. Read More
  
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• Letters to the editor Sept. 19

  19-09-2019 13:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Old STC building could be new Farmers' Market Read More
  
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• Saskatoon doctors discuss their mental health: ‘We’re trying to do what’s best for our patients’ - Global News

  19-09-2019 13:51 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon doctors discuss their mental health: ‘We’re trying to do what’s best for our patients’  Global NewsSaskatoon doctors met to discuss their wellness and mental health and stresses of the job.
  
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• Saskatoon doctors discuss their mental health: ‘We’re trying to do what’s best for our patients’

  19-09-2019 13:46 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon doctors met to discuss their wellness and mental health and stresses of the job.
  
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• Saskatoon doctors discuss their mental health

  19-09-2019 13:42 via globalnews.ca
  Every day their job is to take care of your health and it means sometimes the health of doctors themselves can be overlooked. As Nathaniel Dove reports, Saskatoon physicians held a meeting to look into this issue.
  
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• Magazine subscription service's demise could prompt important conversation about fundraising for schools

  19-09-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  I am happy my children will not lose class time to hear about all of the cheap trinkets they could win if they sell magazines for their school; that they won't be coming home in tears because they didn't sell X number of magazines during Week One of the fundraising campaign for a chance as a plastic keychain.
  
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• Alberta parents David and Collet Stephan found not guilty in their toddler's death after retrial

  19-09-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  David and Collet Stephan, an Alberta couple who treated their son's illness with natural remedies rather than taking him to a doctor, have been found not guilty in the toddler's death after a retrial.
  
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• Saskatoon police revving up tickets for noisy vehicles - CBC.ca

  19-09-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police revving up tickets for noisy vehicles  CBC.caThe Saskatoon Police have been ticketed drivers for noisy vehicles at a record pace this year. With more than three months left in 2019 police have given out ...
  
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• Saskatoon police revving up tickets for noisy vehicles

  19-09-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatoon Police have been ticketed drivers for noisy vehicles at a record pace this year. With more than three months left in 2019 police have given out more than 140 tickets for loud mufflers, which is closing in on last year’s total of just under 160 charges.
  
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• Trudeau will take questions this afternoon following appearance of new blackface video

  19-09-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will field media questions this afternoon following the emergence of photos and videos showing the Liberal leader in racist makeup.
  
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• Liberal Party confirms 3rd instance of Trudeau wearing blackface

  19-09-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal Party has confirmed Justin Trudeau appeared in a short amateur video in blackface — a third instance of Trudeau appearing in racist makeup in the past — less than 12 hours after he admitted to wearing such makeup on just two occasions and acknowledged the actions were "racist."
  
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• Report pegs cost for new downtown public library at $154M

  19-09-2019 05:59
  The cost for a new downtown library is estimated to be around $154 million, with $87.5 million in borrowing needed.
  
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• Indigenous group renews calls for Saskatchewan to end 'birth alerts'

  19-09-2019 05:18 via cbc.ca
  The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for the Saskatchewan government to do away with birth alerts which some say discriminate against Indigenous woman.
  
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• Football Huskies up one spot on U Sports Top 10

  19-09-2019 03:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  After a dominating 44-9 victory over the University of Regina Rams (1-2), the University of Saskatchewan Huskies football team has received a bump in this week's U Sports Top-10 rankings. Read More
  
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• The Interpreter: Libor Zabransky bridges language gap and helps anchor Blades blue line - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  19-09-2019 03:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Interpreter: Libor Zabransky bridges language gap and helps anchor Blades blue line  Saskatoon StarPhoenixSaskatoon Blades will open the season with a pair of Euro imports from the Czech Republic, including former Kelowna Rocket Libor Zabransky.
  
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• The Interpreter: Libor Zabransky bridges language gap and helps anchor Blades blue line

  19-09-2019 03:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  They call Libor Zabransky the Interpreter. Read More
  
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