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• 'Hands tied behind our back': Sask. cannabis sellers react to new branding rules

  17-10-2019 23:55
  The Saskatchewan Independent Cannabis Retailers Network (SICRN) says it is unfair that their members face advertising restrictions that alcohol retailers don’t.
  
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• Laplante pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal downtown fight

  17-10-2019 23:22
  A man charged in the death of another man in downtown Saskatoon pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter in provincial court.
  
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• Black Museum exhibit in Regina shows off creepy side of Canada's true crime history

  17-10-2019 22:48 via cbc.ca
  A treasure trove of true crime is on display at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Heritage Centre in Regina.
  
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• Adarius Bowman announces his retirement from the CFL

  17-10-2019 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  After 141 games in the CFL, Adarius Bowman is retiring from professional football.
  
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• Victim bear sprayed during attempted cell phone theft, Saskatoon police say

  17-10-2019 21:53
  Two people face several weapons charges following an alleged bear spray incident Wednesday.
  
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• Taylor Wolff, convicted of murder after man’s disappearance, loses appeal

  17-10-2019 21:08
  A man convicted of killing a former friend, whose body was never found, has had his appeal dismissed by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.
  
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• Mac the Moose may be challenged for 'largest moose' title as Quebec town enters the fray

  17-10-2019 21:08 via cbc.ca
  Moose Jaw’s claim to having the world's largest moose sculpture may be short-lived. The Saskatchewan city recently replaced the antlers on Mac the Moose in an effort to regain the title from a city in Norway, but a town in Quebec has now thrown down the gauntlet.
  
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• BHP sets 2021 timeline for Jansen, Sask. potash mine investment decision

  17-10-2019 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  BHP says its board of directors will decide the fate of the Jansen potash mine project in 2021.
  
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• Punnichy, Sask. man charged in Regina’s 4th homicide of 2019

  17-10-2019 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  A 27-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection to Regina's fourth homicide of 2019.
  
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• High court dismisses convicted killer Taylor Wolff's application for reduced sentence

  17-10-2019 20:11 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan's highest court has rejected an attempt by convicted killer Taylor Wolff to get his parole eligibility date moved closer.
  
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• High court dismisses convicted killer Taylor Wolff's appeal

  17-10-2019 20:11 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan's highest court has rejected an attempt by convicted killer Taylor Wolff to appeal his conviction.
  
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• Project combating human waste on northern Saskatchewan river

  17-10-2019 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  The number of Urine Diverting Vermicomposting Toilets installed through a project in northern Saskatchewan is up to two but work is being done to add more.
  
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• Morrissey Reschedules Saskatoon Concert - Exclaim!

  17-10-2019 20:10 via exclaim.ca
  Morrissey Reschedules Saskatoon Concert  Exclaim!
  
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• ‘I’m impressed’: Sask. police see little change since cannabis legalization

  17-10-2019 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Cannabis has been legal for exactly a year, and the impact it's had on police services in Saskatchewan has been minimal.
  
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• 2 charged following alleged armed robbery with bear spray in Saskatoon - CBC.ca

  17-10-2019 19:54 via cbc.ca
  2 charged following alleged armed robbery with bear spray in Saskatoon  CBC.ca
  
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• 2 charged following alleged armed robbery with bear spray in Saskatoon

  17-10-2019 19:54 via cbc.ca
  Police say three people tried to rob a man of his cell phone Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Robbery/Assault with Bear Spray - 2500 block 18th St. W

  17-10-2019 19:20 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Two people are facing a number of weapons related charges following a bear spray incident, yesterday.At approximately 4:45 p.m., on October 16, 2019, Saskatoon Police received numerous reports of a group of people fighting in the 2500 block of 18th Street West. Before Police arrived, a male victim had fled to a nearby school. He told officers that he had been approached from behind by three unknown people who attempted to steal his phone while he was using it. When he refused, he was struck by a
  
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• Progress made on Saskatchewan harvest, 69% now in the bin

  17-10-2019 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Agriculture said Thursday that 69 per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 55 per cent a week ago but well below the five-year average for this time of year.
  
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• 'May not take effect for hours': What the Sask. government wants you to know about cannabis edibles

  17-10-2019 18:49
  The province is focused on the safety of edible cannabis products and wants to ensure consumers are aware of the risks, says Minister Responsible for Liquor and Gaming Authority Gene Makowsky.
  
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• Sask. net metering program will impact green energy efforts: SUMA

  17-10-2019 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  SUMA said the provinces’ new net metering program will impact communities looking to use alternative energy sources to deal with climate change.
  
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• Cannabis edibles, extracts, topicals now legal, but unavailable in Sask. for at least 60 days

  17-10-2019 18:34 via cbc.ca
  One full year after recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada, more products are becoming available on the market — but people in Saskatchewan will have to wait two months.
  
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• U of Huskie men's volleyball gets set for new season, sweeps series of matches to capture Huskie Invitational

  17-10-2019 18:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s been a reversal of fortune for the University of Saskatchewan men’s volleyball squad heading into the new season. Read More
  
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• Sports briefs: Blades, Huskies and Rush

  17-10-2019 18:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  Perfect weekend for Huskies' Jadyn Steinhauer Read More
  
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• Letter of the Day: Next generation will inherit debt

  17-10-2019 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  This letter is written from a retiree to the members of younger generations who, over the next 10, 20 or 30 years, will inherit the national debt (as well as provincial and municipal debts) that our governments have saddled us all with. Read More
  
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• BHP eyes Jansen potash mine decision by early 2021

  17-10-2019 17:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  Just over one year after crews finished sinking a pair of kilometre-deep shafts at the Jansen potash mine east of Saskatoon, BHP says it will take the multi-billion-dollar project to its board of directors for final approval by early 2021. Read More
  
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• Sean McKay relishing role as Saskatchewan Huskies volleyball coach

  17-10-2019 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Sean McKay is looking forward to what he hopes will be a long run with the Saskatchewan Huskies men’s volleyball team.
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders 2019 playoff tickets on sale

  17-10-2019 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Roughriders announced that playoff tickets will go on sale on Thursday morning.
  
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• BHP eyes Jansen potash mine decision by early 2021 - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  17-10-2019 17:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  BHP eyes Jansen potash mine decision by early 2021  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Letter of the Day: Foreign aid should increase, not be cut

  17-10-2019 16:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  So Andrew Scheer, if elected, would cut Canada’s International Assistance (foreign aid) by 25 per cent. He intends to pay for tax cuts and credits at home by denying countries that he thinks don’t deserve our help. Already, the amount that he claims is going to such countries has been proven false, and the method by which the Conservatives arrived at the cut-off figure has been called bizarre and arbitrary. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon SPCA seeks purr-fect home for Magoo

  17-10-2019 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon SPCA is looking for a special home for Magoo, who is blind and needs special attention and care.
  
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• Murder conviction in death of James Carlson upheld by Saskatchewan Appeal Court

  17-10-2019 16:15 via globalnews.ca
  Taylor Wolff's appeal of his second-degree murder conviction in the death of James Carlson has been dismissed by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.
  
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• Gregarious Saskatoon zoo manager Tim Sinclair-Smith resigning

  17-10-2019 16:02 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo Manager Tim Sinclair-Smith is resigning from his position.
  
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• Celebrating small business week in Saskatoon

  17-10-2019 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  Kendra Cruson from the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce explains the importance of small businesses to the economy and events taking place in Saskatoon to celebrate small business week between Oct. 21-25.
  
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• Sask. Teachers' Federation beefs up mental health supports

  17-10-2019 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Stress and mental health concerns are affecting Saskatchewan teachers so severely that their union has brought in a 24-hour counselling service to help. Read More
  
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• Million-dollar takeover offers, driving tips and 3 other takeaways on legal pot's 1-year birthday

  17-10-2019 14:18 via cbc.ca
  What's up with the 12 legal cannabis stores that have yet to open in Saskatchewan? Plus why the "sky hasn't fallen" when it comes to policing pot and why owning a store isn't a licence to print money.
  
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• Million Dollar Doobie: Why 1 Saskatchewan pot figure won't sell his store, despite some big offers

  17-10-2019 14:18 via cbc.ca
  Plus: What's up with the 12 legal cannabis stores that have yet to open in Saskatchewan? Why the "sky hasn't fallen" when it comes to policing pot. And why owning a store isn't a licence to print money.
  
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• Million Dollar Doobie: Why 1 Saskatchewan pot figure won't sell his claim, despite some big offers

  17-10-2019 14:18 via cbc.ca
  Plus: What's up with the 11 other legal cannabis stores that have yet to open in Saskatchewan?
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Bridge construction

  17-10-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see an image of construction on the Broadway Bridge, from Oct. 17, 1974. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-A8520-6) Read More
  
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• The Indigenous Poets Society scoring big at national competition

  17-10-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon-based team from The Indigenous Poets Society was the first up with a group poem during its first bout at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Guelph, Ont. Read More
  
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• Letters to the editor Oct. 17

  17-10-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Scheer's cuts a bad idea Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan is too adorably lame to properly celebrate legal weed

  17-10-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Denying ourselves joy is a proud Saskatchewan tradition. It’s right next to guys wearing white sunglasses and losing consciousness while zipper merging.
  
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• Métis land claim could spark 'reset' in relations between Indigenous people and government, says prof

  17-10-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  University of Saskatchewan professor Ken Coates hopes this week's massive Métis land claim will spark a change in the relationship between governments and Indigenous people.
  
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• Opioid prescriptions dropping in some provinces, report says

  17-10-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  About eight per cent fewer people in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia were prescribed opioids in 2018 than in 2013, an encouraging trend in the opioid crisis, according to a new report. 
  
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• 2 Vehicle Collision - 200 Block of Laurier Drive

  17-10-2019 09:10 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Emergency Services attended to a 2 vehicle collision in the 200 block of Laurier Drive at 1130pm on October 16, 2019. 3 people were transported to hospital by EMS in stable condition. 2 males aged 37 and 29 sustained minor injuries while a 24 year old female suffered a fractured leg.The 37 year old male was charged under the Traffic Safety Act with Drive left of Centre of road. (Occurrence Number: 19-110897)
  
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• WHL Roundup: Wednesday, October 16, 2019

  17-10-2019 07:41 via globalnews.ca
  Nolan Foote scored 1:05 into overtime on Wednesday, leading his Kelowna Rockets to a 3-2 win over the Swift Current Broncos.
  
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• Crimes top of mind at police board community consultation

  17-10-2019 06:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  Representatives of the Pleasant Hill Community Association were silent during their presentation to a group of residents and members of the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners at a community consultation meeting Wednesday night. Read More
  
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• Appeal court extends longest-ever sentence for child pornographer in Saskatchewan

  17-10-2019 04:15 via cbc.ca
  On Wednesday, Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal ruled the sentencing judge in Philip Michael Chicoine's trial made an error in principle that impacted the 12-year sentence he was given. The gravity of the offences warranted a longer prison term, the appeal court said, extending Chicoine's sentence to 15 years.
  
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• Appeal court raises sentence for man who paid women to live-stream overseas child sex abuse

  17-10-2019 03:01 via thestarphoenix.com
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• Sask. fiddle legend continues his legacy as Hometown Hero

  17-10-2019 02:53
  The sound of new melodies fill the air at John Arcand's acreage outside Saskatoon.
  
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• Coalition of northern Metis communities file historic land claim - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  17-10-2019 02:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  Coalition of northern Metis communities file historic land claim  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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