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• Evidence concludes at trial for companies accused in workplace death at children's hospital site

  24-09-2020 23:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  An Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) trial into the workplace death of a 21-year-old construction worker has adjourned until December for arguments. Read More
  
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• 'They were made to fight': Rare Messerschmitt warplane finds temporary home at Sask. Aviation Museum in Saskatoon

  24-09-2020 23:54
  
  A relic from the Second World War has found a new home at the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum and Learning Centre in Saskatoon.
  
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• Traffic Stop Leads to Weapons Investigation - 800 Block of 22nd Street West

  24-09-2020 23:53 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Four people were arrested for weapons-related offences following a traffic stop last night.At approximately 11:45 p.m., September 23, 2020, Patrol officers conducted a traffic stop in the 800 block of 22nd Street West. As officers approached the vehicle, a knife was seen in plain view in the centre console. Further investigation found a can of bear spray and a second knife hidden underneath the seats. The four occupants were arrested. The driver, a 33-year-old woman, is charged with Possess
  
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• Sask. mining company fined $150K for workplace injury in August 2018

  24-09-2020 23:53 via cbc.ca
  
  A mining company based in Saskatoon was fined $150,000 in provincial court for an incident more than two years ago that seriously injured a worker, the provincial government announced in a news release.
  
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• Backyard dig yields potentially explosive discovery in Saskatoon

  24-09-2020 23:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police say they've wrapped up the search of a property in the city's Sutherland neighbourhood after what appears to have been a scary surprise for a homeowner. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon homeowner makes explosive find while digging in backyard - CBC.ca

  24-09-2020 23:48
  
  Saskatoon homeowner makes explosive find while digging in backyard  CBC.ca
  
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• New bus service to offer on-site medical care in Saskatoon Tribal Council communities

  24-09-2020 23:45
  
  A new mobile bus service will offer medical care in the seven communities that make up the Saskatoon Tribal Council.
  
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• Poor equipment design or improper training? Evidence concludes at trial for companies accused in workplace death

  24-09-2020 23:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  An Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) trial into the workplace death of a 21-year-old construction worker has adjourned until December for arguments. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan police conducting coronavirus self-isolation check-ins

  24-09-2020 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Since the coronavirus pandemic began, seven people in Saskatchewan have had to be detained for not following self-isolation orders.
  
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• Saskatoon homeowner makes explosive find while digging in backyard

  24-09-2020 22:54 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatoon homeowner found what seems to be an old explosive in their backyard Wednesday evening.
  
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• Saskatoon homeowner finds apparent old explosive while excavating backyard

  24-09-2020 22:54 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatoon homeowner found what seems to be an old explosive in their backyard Wednesday evening.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask: Person fined $2K after allegedly not self-isolating while symptomatic

  24-09-2020 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatchewan person has been fined $2,000 after allegedly failing to self-isolate while symptomatic with COVID-19.
  
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• City of Moose Jaw denies firing employee for raising workplace harassment complaints

  24-09-2020 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The city denies 'each and every allegation' and asks the case to be dismissed with costs.
  
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• Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Joe Craig Jr., recovering after car crash

  24-09-2020 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Former Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Joe Craig Jr. is on the road to recovery after being involved in a car crash last month in Tennessee.
  
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• Report to Saskatoon city council describes changes to civic election procedures, polling station locations - CKOM News Talk Sports

  24-09-2020 22:24
  
  Report to Saskatoon city council describes changes to civic election procedures, polling station locations  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Humboldt Mayor Rob Muench decides against re-election campaign

  24-09-2020 22:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Terminally-ill Saskatchewan single mother needs donations to cover immunotherapy

  24-09-2020 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  A terminally-ill single mother from Saskatoon hopes donations will cover costly immunotherapy treatments to give her priceless time with her young children.
  
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• Natural resources sector suffered steepest job losses on record due to COVID-19, StatsCan says

  24-09-2020 22:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Grim job numbers released Thursday demonstrate how hard COVID-19 has hit the oil and gas industry in Canada.
  
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• Saskatchewan increases support for tourism sector

  24-09-2020 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The government of Saskatchewan is adding privately-owned RV parks and campgrounds, as well as licensed outfitters, to its Saskatchewan Tourism Sector Support Program.
  
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• Update - Ongoing Incident - 100 Block 109th Street West

  24-09-2020 21:49 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Members of the Saskatoon Police and Canadian Forces have concluded their search of the backyard. No further devices were located and all personnel have cleared from the scene. (Occurrence Number: 20-98754)
  
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• Police, military investigate old explosive in Saskatoon back yard

  24-09-2020 21:49
  
  Saskatoon police and members of the Canadian Forces from Dundurn have concluded their search of a backyard after an apparent old explosive was discovered Wednesday night.
  
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• $2K fine issued as Saskatchewan adds 5 new coronavirus cases

  24-09-2020 21:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan health authorities say there are five new coronavirus cases in the province, with 130 active cases and 1,681 total recoveries.
  
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• Sunny but breezy: Sept. 24 Saskatchewan weather outlook

  24-09-2020 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sunny conditions return on Friday, but it will be breezy. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan with all the details in your SkyTracker weather outlook for Thursday, Sept. 24.
  
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• Ongoing Incident - 100 Block 109th Street West

  24-09-2020 21:30 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Saskatoon Police Patrol officers, Explosives Disposal Unit and members of the Canadian Forces from Dundurn are currently at a residence in the 100 block of 109th Street after what appears to be an old explosive was discovered last night. At approximately 6:30 p.m., September 23, 2020, a homeowner located what they thought to be an explosive device while excavating their backyard. Initial investigation of the device indicates it to be several years old and inactive, but police
  
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• Georgia Swarm sign Saskatchewan draftee to 2-year contract

  24-09-2020 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Goalie Laine Hruska, of Warman, Sask., has signed a two-year contract with the NLL’s Georgia Swarm.
  
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• Georgia Swarm sign Saskatchewan draftee Laine Hruska to 2-year contract

  24-09-2020 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Goalie Laine Hruska, of Warman, Sask., has signed a two-year contract with the NLL’s Georgia Swarm.
  
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• Clawing back of CERB payments will hurt poorest in Sask.: Anti-poverty advocate

  24-09-2020 20:40 via cbc.ca
  
  The province says those who claimed CERB during the COVID-19 pandemic would have had enough financial support through that program and is now looking to recover its contributions to those people. That doesn't sit well with a member of the Anti-Poverty Ministry in Regina.
  
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• 'We’re absolutely broken-hearted:' Former Saskatoon man, girlfriend found dead in Jasper remembered as hardworking volunteer firefighters

  24-09-2020 20:24
  
  Matthew Kozak and Zabrina Ferrier were exactly the type of people you’d want serving on a fire department.
  
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• 'We’re absolutely broken-hearted:' Couple found dead in Jasper remembered as hardworking volunteer firefighters

  24-09-2020 20:24
  
  Matthew Kozak and Zabrina Ferrier were exactly the type of people you’d want serving on a fire department.
  
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• 'We're absolutely broken-hearted:' Former Saskatoon man, girlfriend found dead in Jasper remembered as hardworking volunteer firefighters - CTV News Saskatoon

  24-09-2020 20:24
  
  'We're absolutely broken-hearted:' Former Saskatoon man, girlfriend found dead in Jasper remembered as hardworking volunteer firefighters  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Humboldt Mayor Rob Muench opts out of another campaign

  24-09-2020 19:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Meewasin Valley Authority enlists volunteers to save trees from beavers

  24-09-2020 19:27 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatoon conservation group is asking volunteers to give a damn and save trees from being gnawed down by beavers.
  
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• Saskatoon switches back to bi-weekly garbage collection Oct. 1 - CTV News Saskatoon

  24-09-2020 19:24
  
  Saskatoon switches back to bi-weekly garbage collection Oct. 1  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon switches back to bi-weekly garbage collection Oct. 1

  24-09-2020 19:24
  
  The City of Saskatoon is switching back to bi-weekly residential garbage collection starting Oct. 1.
  
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• Nutrien fined $150,000 for workplace injury at Rocanville mine mill

  24-09-2020 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Aug. 2, 2018, Saskatoon-based Nutrien, operating as Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, was charged under the occupational health and safety regulations after one of its employees was seriously injured.
  
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• Closure of King George School in Saskatoon like losing 'heart of our community,' survey suggests - CBC.ca

  24-09-2020 19:08
  
  Closure of King George School in Saskatoon like losing 'heart of our community,' survey suggests  CBC.ca
  
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• Closure of King George School in Saskatoon like losing 'heart of our community,' survey suggests

  24-09-2020 19:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Many are on board with three aging Saskatoon elementary schools coming together to form one new school, but some neighbourhood residents are worried they'll lose the heart of their community in the process.
  
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• 'I did not tell her I oppose masks': Saskatoon MLA Cheveldayoff says he supports masks in schools - CTV News Saskatoon

  24-09-2020 19:01
  
  'I did not tell her I oppose masks': Saskatoon MLA Cheveldayoff says he supports masks in schools  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 'I did not tell her I oppose masks': Saskatoon MLA Cheveldayoff says he supports masks in schools

  24-09-2020 19:01
  
  The MLA of Saskatoon Willowgrove released a statement contradicting a widely shared Facebook post that alleged Cheveldayoff was encouraging a campaign against masks.
  
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• Nutrien fined $150K for worker's serious injury

  24-09-2020 18:34
  
  Nutrien has been fined $150,000 after an incident that seriously injured a worker.
  
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• Workers wanted: Elections Saskatchewan recruiting up to 17,000 for pandemic vote

  24-09-2020 18:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  REGINA -- Returning officers in Saskatchewan are beginning to recruit what the province's elections agency expects to be thousands more volunteer workers needed to work the polls during October's pandemic vote. Read More
  
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• Arrest - Break and Enter in Progress - 1900 Block Quebec Avenue

  24-09-2020 17:23 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  A man was arrested and charged after he was seen on video surveillance breaking into a compound early this morning. At approximately 3:20 a.m., September 24, 2020, Police were notified that a man was seen on video surveillance inside a compound in the 1900 block of Quebec Avenue. When patrol officers arrived, a short foot pursuit ensued. The SPS Air Support Unit was able to locate the individual and observed him to discard multiple bags of copper wire as he fled. He was eventually arrested
  
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• Some in North Saskatchewan on “pins and needles” after McClean Lake coronavirus case

  24-09-2020 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pam Schwann, president of Saskatchewan Mining Association, said the sector's health precautions and contact tracing will minimize the impact on northern communities.
  
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• Sask. Premier Scott Moe says throne speech failed to address energy, agriculture sector

  24-09-2020 16:54
  
  Premier Scott Moe slammed the Liberal government's new speech from the throne, saying it neglects Saskatchewan’s concerns.
  
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• USask students wary to report sexual violence amid high rates nationally

  24-09-2020 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The University of Saskatchewan is working to prevent sexual violence on campus, but some students say more needs to be done.
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Ava the cat, and the importance of grooming

  24-09-2020 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Brooke Weisbord with Saskatoon SPCA joins us with Ava the cat, and talks about the importance of grooming your feline friend.
  
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• Man charged in connection to major drug bust north of Biggar, Sask. appears in court

  24-09-2020 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The drug bust happened on May 15 during a drug trafficking investigation at the property in the RM of Glenside, 27 kilometres north of Biggar, Sask.
  
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• Sask. MLA supports mask use in schools, despite social media post alleging he didn't

  24-09-2020 16:02 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatoon MLA says he supports mask use in schools, despite a Facebook post circulating that says otherwise.
  
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• 5 new COVID-19 cases in Sask.; 130 active

  24-09-2020 16:02
  
  There are five new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, the province reported on Thrusday.
  
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• COVID-19 travel insurance, unique testing sites in Travel Tips

  24-09-2020 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Barb Crowe with Ixtapa Travel joins us in this week’s Travel Tips to talk COVID-19 insurance that airlines are offering, and how some German airports are conducting coronavirus testing.
  
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