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• Sightings of Mackenzie Trottier pair Calgary and Saskatoon police on investigation - Globalnews.ca

  09-12-2021 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Sightings of Mackenzie Trottier pair Calgary and Saskatoon police on investigation

  09-12-2021 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calls have been made to Calgary Police Service of sightings of Mackenzie Trottier in downtown Calgary. Saskatoon and Calgary police are working together to look into the tips.
  
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• She's only been a full-time hairstylist for 2 years — but her designs are going to the Grey Cup

  09-12-2021 23:23 via cbc.ca
  
  She grew up playing with her dolls' hair, but now Lohifa Pogoson-Acker is designing the hair of some high-profile cats — the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who will play against Winnipeg Blue Bombers in this weekend's Grey Cup.
  
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• Read My Book: The Hard Side of the Moon envisions a secret factory on the moon

  09-12-2021 23:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  So maybe after the last Lunar Excursion Module returned to Earth, there was a lot more activity happening on the Moon than we thought: Maybe there’s a secret factory complex on the far side; and maybe they’re making something really huge that could just possibly change everything for the human race. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon bar and event venue taking proactive steps to make guests feel safer - Globalnews.ca

  09-12-2021 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Saskatoon bar and event venue taking proactive steps to make guests feel safer

  09-12-2021 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Savhanna Joy Wilson was hired as the consultant to work with Amigos to become more safe and inclusive and they said it didn’t take a 'PR nightmare' for the venue to reach out.
  
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• Saskatoon police look for help in investigation into suspicious fire in June

  09-12-2021 22:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police are asking for help in identifying a man who may have information about a suspicious fire at Market Mall in June. Read More
  
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• Want to do some baking for a friend these holidays? CBC Saskatoon Morning has the recipes - CBC.ca

  09-12-2021 21:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Want to do some baking for a friend these holidays? CBC Saskatoon Morning has the recipes  CBC.ca
  
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• Want to do some baking for a friend these holidays? CBC Saskatoon Morning has the recipes

  09-12-2021 21:27 via cbc.ca
  
  As part of the Make the Season Kind fundraiser for the Food Banks of Saskatchewan, CBC Radio's Saskatoon Morning is kicking off a campaign to spread kindness through baked goods.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask.: 62 new cases, no additional deaths reported Thursday

  09-12-2021 21:27 via cbc.ca
  
  The province is reporting 62 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Thursday.
  
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• Saskatoon temporary homeless shelter gets final approval, set to open Monday

  09-12-2021 20:55
  
  Saskatoon City Council unanimously approved a temporary homeless shelter in the downtown core during a special meeting Thursday morning.
  
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• New Faces, New Places: Counselling approach at ME First Wellness leads to quicker resolutions

  09-12-2021 20:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  New businesses and non-profit organizations regularly open and move in Saskatoon. Today, the StarPhoenix talks to Urban Morelli, owner of ME First Wellness, a professional counselling service that recently opened on 33rd Street West that focuses on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), which he says tends to develop solutions more quickly with fewer sessions compared to traditional counselling methods.  Read More
  
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• Saskatoon tribal chief excited after city council approves downtown temporary shelter

  09-12-2021 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  City council has approved a 50-bed emergency shelter to be run by the Saskatoon Tribal Council in the city's downtown.
  
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• Sunwing flight to Mexico marks start of 'recovery' for Saskatoon airport - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-12-2021 19:53 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Sunwing flight to Mexico marks start of 'recovery' for Saskatoon airport  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Sunwing flight to Mexico marks start of 'recovery' for Saskatoon airport

  09-12-2021 19:53
  
  A plane took off at the Saskatoon airport at 10:15 Thursday morning bound for Mexico - and with it came a bit of hope.
  
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• North Battleford resident facing 2 charges in child pornography case

  09-12-2021 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Battlefords RCMP has laid charges against a North Battlefield resident after a “lengthy” investigation into possession of child pornography.
  
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• Saskatoon police investigate alleged arson at Market Mall

  09-12-2021 19:42
  
  Saskatoon police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who may have information about a suspicious fire at Market Mall in June.
  
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• Occupant smothers grease fire with wet blanket: Saskatoon Fire Department

  09-12-2021 19:40
  
  A kitchen grease fire, caused by unattended cooking, Wednesday evening caused $25,000 in damage, according to Saskatoon Fire Department.
  
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• Missing Saskatoon woman may have been spotted in Calgary

  09-12-2021 18:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The search for Saskatoon missing woman Mackenzie Trottier has shifted to Calgary. Read More
  
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• Request for Public Assistance - Suspicious Fire

  09-12-2021 18:16 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Saskatoon Police are requesting public assistance in identifying an individual who may have information about a suspicious fire at a business in June.At approximately 9:30 a.m., June 2, 2021, Saskatoon Police and Saskatoon Fire responded to a fire inside a business in a mall located in the 2300 block of Preston Avenue. The fire was initially determined to be suspicious and further investigation deemed it to be arson.Investigators are seeking public assistance in identifying an individual they be
  
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• What the arrival of the omicron variant means for Saskatchewan

  09-12-2021 18:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Experts say the arrival of omicron in the province was expected, and although it is a reason to be concerned there's no cause for panic.
  
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• 'No risk' to community from current Sask. Omicron cluster: Shahab

  09-12-2021 17:36
  
  Saskatchewan Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said the province is keeping a careful eye on the presence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
  
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• Saskatoon emergency downtown shelter approved, plans to open Monday - Globalnews.ca

  09-12-2021 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Saskatoon emergency downtown shelter approved, plans to open Monday

  09-12-2021 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Service providers said changes to income support, along with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have led to more people experiencing homelessness.
  
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• Afghan woman escapes Taliban and starts over in Saskatoon with help of Global Gathering Place

  09-12-2021 17:28 via cbc.ca
  
  The couple fled the Taliban without telling their family, carrying only a laptop bag and two sets of clothes.
  
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• Saskatoon city council approves lease for emergency shelter

  09-12-2021 17:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon city council has unanimously approved the lease of a city-owned building at 145 First Avenue North for use as a temporary homeless shelter. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan unveils plan to deal with surgical backlog caused by COVID-19

  09-12-2021 17:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province said in order to eliminate the current backlog, it has set a target of performing an additional 7,000 surgeries in 2022-23 over pre-pandemic levels.
  
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• Supreme Court restores manslaughter conviction in Regina child starvation case

  09-12-2021 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada restored Kevin Goforth's convictions of manslaughter and negligence causing bodily harm after hearing arguments Tuesday.
  
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• Adopt a Pet with Lemon the Cat

  09-12-2021 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatoon SPCA hopes that life will give you Lemon. The 1 year old tortie is looking for a forever home. The SPCA’s Brooke Weisbrod also gives some winter walking tips for your canine.
  
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• YXE Underground: How the Saskatoon Fire Department is helping tackle homelessness - Toys Matrix

  09-12-2021 15:30 via toysmatrix.com
  
  YXE Underground: How the Saskatoon Fire Department is helping tackle homelessness  Toys Matrix
  
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• CFL analyst previews Grey Cup, recaps Riders season that was

  09-12-2021 15:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Winnipeg and Hamilton will battle for the Grey Cup on Sunday. CFL analyst Darrell Davis joins Global News Morning from Hamilton on the atmosphere there, and looks back at the Riders season
  
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• Police on the roads this holiday to catch impaired drivers

  09-12-2021 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police are looking out this holiday season to ensure everyone can get home safely. SGI’s Tyler McMurchy joins Global News Morning with a reminder that checkstops will be looking for impaired drivers.
  
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• YXE Underground: How the Saskatoon Fire Department is helping tackle homelessness - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-12-2021 14:27 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  YXE Underground: How the Saskatoon Fire Department is helping tackle homelessness  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• YXE Underground: How the Saskatoon Fire Department is helping tackle homelessness

  09-12-2021 14:27
  
  Respect, dignity and empathy are three qualities Saskatoon Fire Department Assistant Chief Yvonne Raymer reinforces to her colleagues every day when they’re working with Saskatoon’s most vulnerable population.
  
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• Gardening: A history lesson on holiday cacti

  09-12-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Easy to care for, long-lived (40 years is not unusual) and relatively inexpensive, holiday cacti are popular flowering houseplants. They are available in a wide variety of colours, including red, rose, purple, lavender, peach, orange, cream, white and bicolours, and their pendulous branches make them ideal for hanging baskets. Depending on their bloom period, they are variously called Thanksgiving cactus, Christmas cactus or Easter cactus. Read More
  
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• Bridges: Sara Williams brings love of horticulture to the prairies

  09-12-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Sara Williams was born in the United States, lived in Tanzania and has led garden tours all over the world, but it was a five-acre "plot of sand" just outside Saskatoon she chose to make home. Read More
  
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• Auditor finds corrections ministry improving data collection on rehabilitation programs

  09-12-2021 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety has improved its data collection around rehabilitation programs and reoffending, but needs to use this information to evaluate the programs' effectiveness, a new report from the provincial auditor says. Read More
  
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• Tank: The joke's on Saskatoon taxpayers in city council's tax hikes - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  09-12-2021 13:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Tank: The joke's on Saskatoon taxpayers in city council's tax hikes  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Giant Christmas tree

  09-12-2021 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see a giant Christmas tree in the Bessborough Hotel lobby, from Dec. 9, 1972. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-A7314-5, photo by Donna Perkins) Read More
  
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• Tank: The joke's on Saskatoon taxpayers in city council's tax hikes

  09-12-2021 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Some members of Saskatoon city council showed a sense of humour last week while finalizing the city's budget for the next two years. Read More
  
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• Lisiecki returns to Saskatoon with classical piano recital

  09-12-2021 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Internationally renowned classical pianist Jan Lisiecki is excited to return to Saskatoon with his latest program for one of only two Canadian stops on his Poems of the Night world tour. Read More
  
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• Letters: Easier to put off travel right now

  09-12-2021 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Holiday impaired driving an unaffordable risk in Nipawin and Melfort

  09-12-2021 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The holidays bring droves of drivers visiting friends and family to celebrate the season — and heightened risks of impaired driving in small and rural communities. Read More
  
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• 25th Street Theatre's Fruitcake explores the tidings and tensions of family Christmas

  09-12-2021 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The central tension around this fruitcake isn't about whether anyone will eat it. Read More
  
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• Pandemic, low prices blamed for 95% decline in Sask. commercial lake trout harvest

  09-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A fisher in northern Saskatchewan is blaming the pandemic and low prices for a sudden and severe decline in the commercial lake trout harvest.
  
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• Justice system needs more trauma-informed training, says Métis lawyer

  09-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Indigenous lawyer Myrna McCallum has created a podcast to address need for more trauma-informed training in the justice system.
  
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• Holiday hilarity: Wild Sask. Christmas display sparks neighbours' droll 'ditto' response

  09-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  When the holiday season hits you can try to compete with your neighbour on Christmas decorations — or you can play along with them.
  
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• Couple's 'ditto' light display works smarter, not harder, to keep up with the Griswolds

  09-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  You can try to compete with your neighbour's Christmas decorations — or you can play along with them. Saskatchewan couple Chris Boechler and Mandie Scrivens decided to pare down their decorations for a witty comment on the epic light display next door.
  
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• We'll all be paying a lot more for food next year, says Canada's Food Price Report

  09-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Sky high food prices were one of many negative impacts that Canadians felt during the pandemic plagued year of 2021. And a new report suggests that problem is only going to get worse next year.
  
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• Doctors, advocates call for changes to breast cancer screening guidelines

  09-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Doctors and breast cancer experts say they're concerned about recently published findings that call into question a decades-old study that has informed Canada's breast cancer screening guidelines and which led to a recommendation against yearly mammograms for women in their 40s.
  
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