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• Sask. government to pay roughly $500K to cover legal fees for carbon tax appeal

  07-11-2019 23:58
  
  The Government of Saskatchewan has retained external legal counsel to the tune of half a million dollars for its upcoming case against the federal carbon tax.
  
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• 'Start low and go slow': How some Sask. seniors are getting up to speed on cannabis

  07-11-2019 23:40
  
  Interest from seniors about cannabis promoted the executive director of the Prince Albert Senior Advocacy Centre to host a workshop on the topic.
  
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• Seniors turn to cannabis for pain, anxiety relief

  07-11-2019 23:40
  
  Interest from seniors about cannabis promoted the executive director of the Prince Albert Senior Advocacy Centre to host a workshop on the topic.
  
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• City of Saskatoon says Ontario judge to decide whether money lost to scam will be returned - CTV News

  07-11-2019 23:31 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  City of Saskatoon says Ontario judge to decide whether money lost to scam will be returned  CTV News
  
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• City of Saskatoon says Ontario judge to decide whether money lost to scam will be returned

  07-11-2019 23:31
  
  The fate of more than $300,000 in city funds lost in a fraud scheme now rests in the hands of an Ontario Superior Court justice.
  
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• Regina prof granted Husky oil spill documents after lengthy battle with province

  07-11-2019 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government has released the documents related to the Husky oil spill to U of R professor Dr. Patricia Elliott following a two-year battle.
  
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• Prairie Sun Brewery Opens New Location in Central Saskatoon - Canadian Beer News

  07-11-2019 23:06 via canadianbeernews.com
  
  Prairie Sun Brewery Opens New Location in Central Saskatoon  Canadian Beer News
  
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• Sask. hires private firm for carbon tax case at Supreme Court - cost estimated at $400K-$500K

  07-11-2019 22:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's Attorney General Don Morgan said the province has hired MLT Aikins to assist with its carbon tax appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada.
  
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• Private firm hired by Sask. for carbon tax case at Supreme Court estimated to cost $400K to $500K

  07-11-2019 22:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's Attorney General Don Morgan said the province has hired MLT Aikins to assist with its carbon tax appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada.
  
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• QB Cody Fajardo plans to play in Western Final 'no matter how painful' it is

  07-11-2019 22:38
  
  Cody Fajardo says he’ll be playing in the Western Final Nov. 17 at Mosaic Stadium “no matter how painful” it is.
  
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• Sask. gov’t expects to pay upwards of $500K for outside lawyers in carbon tax case

  07-11-2019 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Justice Minister Don Morgan estimates hiring MLT Aikins to help prepare arguments for the Supreme Court carbon tax case will cost upwards of half a million dollars.
  
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• Saskatoon Fire Department EMS calls outpacing city population growth - Global News

  07-11-2019 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon Fire Department EMS calls outpacing city population growth  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon Fire Department EMS calls outpacing city population growth

  07-11-2019 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chief Morgan Hackle says emergency medical calls have climbed 25 per cent, along with calls for the fire department to pick up discarded needles.
  
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• NDP calls for government plan following Saskatoon hospital death - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  07-11-2019 21:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  NDP calls for government plan following Saskatoon hospital death  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Province introduces legislation to protect citizens from heir locators

  07-11-2019 21:40 via cbc.ca
  
  The government of Saskatchewan is introducing legislation to address predatory behaviour by heir locators, who have in some cases taken over 50 per cent of an inheritance in agreements with potential heirs.
  
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• Dozens of teens pack Saskatoon courtroom during appearance of 3 boys accused of killing 15-year-old - CTV News

  07-11-2019 21:26 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Dozens of teens pack Saskatoon courtroom during appearance of 3 boys accused of killing 15-year-old  CTV News
  
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• Dozens of teens pack Saskatoon courtroom during appearance of 3 boys accused of killing 15-year-old

  07-11-2019 21:26
  
  As three teens facing murder charges appeared in provincial court Thursday morning, a crowd of young people filled the courtroom and overflowed into the hallway.
  
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• Five Huskies earn conference football awards; Machart up for Hec Crighton

  07-11-2019 21:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Through their long history — stumbles and celebrations, feasts and droughts, stories and stalwarts — the University of Saskatchewan Huskies never came close to what happened Thursday. Read More
  
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• NDP calls for government plan following Saskatoon hospital death

  07-11-2019 21:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The question of whether overcrowding or understaffing directly contributed to a patient's death at Saskatoon Royal University Hospital is a source of disagreement that found its way to the floor of the Saskatchewan Legislature. Read More
  
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• 'It's becoming a powder keg:' Nurses' union says Saskatoon patient's death sign of larger problem

  07-11-2019 21:16 via cbc.ca
  
  A union representing more than 10,000 nurses says an incident involving a Saskatoon patient's death is an example of systemic issues in the health care system.
  
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• Jeremy Dutcher symphony tour comes to Saskatoon, SSO - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  07-11-2019 21:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Jeremy Dutcher symphony tour comes to Saskatoon, SSO  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Jeremy Dutcher symphony tour comes to Saskatoon, SSO

  07-11-2019 21:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Jeremy Dutcher will be playing some big venues, backed by some big bands, during a North American symphonies tour this fall. Read More
  
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• Testing phase underway to see how new land access app works in rural Sask.

  07-11-2019 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  A prototype app is designed to equip recreational users with the means to ask rural property owners for permission to access their land in Saskatchewan.
  
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• PAGC hears from Navajo lawyers in Saskatoon - paNOW

  07-11-2019 20:27 via panow.com
  PAGC hears from Navajo lawyers in Saskatoon  paNOW
  
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• Saskatoon high school will now hold school-wide Remembrance Day ceremony

  07-11-2019 20:08
  Bishop Mahoney High School will now hold a school-wide Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday.
  
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• Rwandan community rallying around family of 15-year-old killed in Saskatoon - CBC.ca

  07-11-2019 20:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Rwandan community rallying around family of 15-year-old killed in Saskatoon  CBC.ca
  
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• Rwandan community rallying around family of 15-year-old killed in Saskatoon

  07-11-2019 20:04 via cbc.ca
  
  A close family friend says the Rwandan community has been rallying around the family of the young man, trying to offer them support during this difficult time.
  
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• The doNate the Gift of Life campaign

  07-11-2019 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  A boy from the Maymont, Sask., area has spent his entire life in and out of the hospital, but now his family is waiting on a phone call that could change everything. Ciara Yashcuk has the story.
  
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• ‘DoNate the Gift of Life’ campaign created while Sask. boy waits for organ donation

  07-11-2019 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A boy from the Maymont, Sask., area has spent his entire life in and out of the hospital, but now his family is waiting on a phone call that could change everything. Ciara Yashcuk has the story.
  
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• Riders QB Fajardo up for CFL's most outstanding player award

  07-11-2019 19:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo is a finalists for the CFL's most outstanding player award after being named the West Division most outstanding player .
  
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• STF says it won't participate in government committee on class size, composition

  07-11-2019 19:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says it will not take part in a new provincial government initiative to address problems with under-resourced classrooms, calling the proposal an attempt to undermine ongoing contract negotiations. Read More
  
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• SaskPower to move forward with natural gas plant in Moose Jaw

  07-11-2019 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  SaskPower has completed its review of new federal regulations and decided to proceed with a 350-megawatt natural gas plant in Moose Jaw.
  
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• Police board approves 8 new officers, debate moves to Saskatoon city council - Global News

  07-11-2019 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police board approves 8 new officers, debate moves to Saskatoon city council  Global News
  
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• Police board approves 8 new officers, debate moves to Saskatoon city council

  07-11-2019 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark said the debate to hire eight new officers will take place during the city’s budget deliberations.
  
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• Three teens charged with second-degree murder appear in Saskatoon court

  07-11-2019 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatoon courtroom was filled with supporters of the 15-year-old victim and more than a dozen people were standing throughout the proceedings.
  
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• 'He's gonna kill somebody!' Sideswiped commuter recounts run-in with swerving Saskatoon sanding truck - CBC.ca

  07-11-2019 18:43 via cbc.ca
  
  'He's gonna kill somebody!' Sideswiped commuter recounts run-in with swerving Saskatoon sanding truck  CBC.ca
  
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• 'He's gonna kill somebody!' Sideswiped commuter recounts run-in with swerving Saskatoon sanding truck

  07-11-2019 18:43 via cbc.ca
  Sheldon Maerz was on his way to work when he encountered the City of Saskatoon one-ton sanding truck caught on video earlier this week swerving erratically. He wants to know how the city employee ever got on the road that morning.
  
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• NDP calls for government plan following report of Saskatoon hospital death

  07-11-2019 18:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP is calling on the provincial health minister to deliver a plan that would address emergency room conditions that allegedly contributed to a patient death. Read More
  
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• Alberta premier chartered $16K flight to fly 3 premiers to Saskatoon after Stampede event - CBC.ca

  07-11-2019 18:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta premier chartered $16K flight to fly 3 premiers to Saskatoon after Stampede event  CBC.ca
  
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• Trio charged in fatal shooting of Saskatoon teen remanded until next appearance

  07-11-2019 18:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  A teenager charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Saskatoon cried in the prisoner's box as he appeared in youth court. Read More
  
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• Retail liquor permits for some communities going up for auction online

  07-11-2019 18:02
  
  The province is opening up an online auction for retail liquor permits for some communities later this month.
  
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• As one door closes for trappers in Saskatchewan, another opens

  07-11-2019 17:56 via cbc.ca
  Wrangler Hamm, the president of the Saskatchewan Trappers Association, said the winding down of the North Amercan Fur Auctions was initially concerning, but it could open more doors for trappers in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Alberta premier chartered $16K flight to fly 3 premiers to Saskatoon after Stampede event

  07-11-2019 17:55 via cbc.ca
  Premier Jason Kenney spent over $16,000 in public money to fly three other premiers from Calgary to the Council of Federation meeting in Saskatoon last July, Alberta's Official Opposition said Thursday.
  
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• Letter of the Day: No demand for oil or nuclear energy

  07-11-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It was a curious thing to see in the Oct. 25 StarPhoenix both John Gormley's column ("Prairie alienation is real") and a story on nuclear energy ("Sask. government ponders nuclear power"). Read More
  
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• Adam Machart earns player of the week honours

  07-11-2019 16:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  Adam Machart's efforts in the University of Saskatchewan's 28-23 victory over the University of Alberta Golden Bears in the Canada West semifinal have earned him the title of U Sports offensive player of the week for football. Read More
  
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• Sask. NDP calls on federal government to exempt grain drying from carbon tax

  07-11-2019 16:50 via cbc.ca
  The leader of the provincial opposition is asking the federal government to rebate farmers forced to dry their grain after a wet harvest this year.
  
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• Focus Saskatchewan – Nov. 2, 2019

  07-11-2019 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  Host Allison Bamford shares Saskatchewan’s greatest stories.
  
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• Warm up with Brit's Picks

  07-11-2019 15:47
  Halloween is in the rear-view mirror, and it’s time to find some November entertainment!
  
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• Saskatoon’s lead pipe replacement program

  07-11-2019 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark explains the city’s lead pipe replacement program, the upcoming budget debate and rising crime rates.
  
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• The deep freeze continues: This is your Saskatoon forecast - CTV News

  07-11-2019 15:27 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  The deep freeze continues: This is your Saskatoon forecast  CTV News
  
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