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• SP photographer Michelle Berg named finalist for two national awards

  27-05-2022 23:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Michelle Berg, a veteran photographer at the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, has been named a finalist in two categories at a prestigious national awards ceremony. Read More
  
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• Prince Albert police lay murder charge after pedestrian fatally injured by vehicle

  27-05-2022 23:47
  
  A pedestrian injured by a vehicle in Prince Albert has died.
  
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• Former U of S Huskie Nelson Lokombo ready to roll for Riders after achilles injury

  27-05-2022 23:27
  
  Saskatchewan Roughriders rookie Nelson Lokombo is ready to return to the football field after missing the entire 2021 season with an achilles injury.
  
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• Saskatoon council approves plans for 'major' leisure centre - CTV News Saskatoon

  27-05-2022 21:49 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon council approves plans for 'major' leisure centre  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon council approves plans for 'major' leisure centre

  27-05-2022 21:49
  
  Saskatoon city council and the YMCA are entering a partnership with the intention to plan and build a new joint-use leisure centre in Saskatoon's east side.
  
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• Texas officers waited more than an hour to confront school shooter as kids kept calling 911

  27-05-2022 20:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school, including one who pleaded, "Please send the police now," as officers waited more than an hour to breach the classroom after following the gunman into the building, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Texas officers waited 48 minutes to confront school shooter as kids kept calling 911

  27-05-2022 20:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront the gunman, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Police wrongly believed gunman was barricaded at Texas school, official says

  27-05-2022 20:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront the gunman, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Cocaine trafficking in Northwest Territories links suspects, victim in Saskatoon shooting - CBC.ca

  27-05-2022 20:18 via cbc.ca
  
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• Cocaine trafficking in Northwest Territories links suspects, victim in Saskatoon shooting

  27-05-2022 20:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Mohamed Abdula Ali and Jonathan Oullet-Gendron, both charged with killing Brandon Baxandall, were previously arrested in Yellowknife in a cocaine trafficking case in 2017.
  
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• Roughriders hosting a Green and White Day in Saskatoon Saturday - CJWW

  27-05-2022 20:16 via cjwwradio.com
  
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• We have always been here: Historians search for LGBTQ2S+ stories in rural Sask.

  27-05-2022 20:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Prairie Pride is a series by Local Journalism Initiative reporter Julia Peterson that celebrates queer life in rural Saskatchewan. Read every Saturday until June 25 or visit thestarphoenix.com/PrairiePride. Read More
  
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• MADD hopes smashed car display will serve as sobering reminder of impaired driving dangers

  27-05-2022 19:42
  
  People headed to the lakes this summer on Highway 2 north will get a graphic message about drinking and driving courtesy of MADD’s smashed vehicle display.
  
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• Bryan Adams announces November return to Saskatoon - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  27-05-2022 19:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Solar flower provides power to Saskatoon high school while inspiring students - CBC.ca

  27-05-2022 19:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Solar flower provides power to Saskatoon high school while inspiring students  CBC.ca
  
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• Bryan Adams announces return to Saskatoon in November

  27-05-2022 19:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Bryan Adams is scheduled to bring his So Happy it Hurts tour to Saskatoon in November. Read More
  
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• Western premiers demand 'sustainable' health-care funding from federal government at meeting in Regina

  27-05-2022 19:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's western premiers are meeting in Regina on Friday and they are demanding "sustainable" health-care funding from the federal government.
  
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• Saskatoon police seize gun, drugs, cash in bust - CTV News Saskatoon

  27-05-2022 19:07 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon police seize gun, drugs, cash in bust  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon police seize gun, drugs, cash in bust

  27-05-2022 19:07
  
  Three men are facing a series of drug trafficking and gun charges following an investigation by Saskatoon police.
  
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• Bagpipes and cheers ring out as new commanding officer takes over Saskatchewan RCMP

  27-05-2022 18:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Rhonda Blackmore was sworn in Thursday as the new commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP.
  
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• Morning news rewind: Friday, May 27

  27-05-2022 17:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' on Friday, May 27.
  
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• Three Arrested - Drug Trafficking / Firearms Investigation

  27-05-2022 16:17 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Three men have been arrested and charged following an investigation into drug trafficking and firearms by the Saskatoon Police Service Drug Unit.On May 20, 2022, members of the Tactical Support Unit assisted in executing search warrants on addresses in the 100 block of Isabella Street East, 700 block of Appleby Drive, and 1900 block of 7th Street East. The investigation and subsequent searches resulted in the seizure of: 1x loaded 9mm Taurus PT111 G2 restricted handgun 51x rounds of 9mm ammuniti
  
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• Attridge Drive closed between Nelson Road and McOrmond Drive on Saturday - Saskatoon.ca |

  27-05-2022 16:01 via saskatoon.ca
  
  Attridge Drive closed between Nelson Road and McOrmond Drive on Saturday  Saskatoon.ca |
  
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• Murray Sinclair given Order of Canada for championing Indigenous rights and freedoms

  27-05-2022 15:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Murray Sinclair was awarded the Order of Canada during a ceremony Thursday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
  
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• Officials aim to 'change the face of curling' by welcoming greater diversity, inclusion

  27-05-2022 15:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Richard Norman delivered a keynote address years in the making on Thursday morning. Norman played a crucial role in helping organize a symposium being held this week by Curling Canada titled "Changing the Face of Curling."
  
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• Grandstand lineup announced for the 2022 Saskatoon Ex - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  27-05-2022 15:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Grandstand lineup announced for the 2022 Saskatoon Ex  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Grandstand lineup announced for the 2022 Saskatoon Ex

  27-05-2022 15:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The final performance on the SaskTel Grandstand at this year’s Saskatoon Ex was announced on Friday as the Ex prepares to return to Prairieland Park for six days in August. Read More
  
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• Letters: Nuclear advocate counters claims about safety, costs, jobs

  27-05-2022 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Letter writer Tim Nickel (May 17) repeats some popularly held myths about nuclear power that the Canadian Nuclear Society, a neutral, independent, learned society would like to correct. Read More
  
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• Kohlman: Vegetable frittata a great way to eat local asparagus

  27-05-2022 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Frittatas are famous for being quick and easy to make, and they often come to the rescue when I look in my fridge and ponder what I’m going to eat, be it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Read More
  
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• Sask. continues to lead Canada in HIV transmission, posts record infections in 2021

  27-05-2022 14:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan’s HIV transmission rates remain the highest in the country, after latest provincial health data reveals a record-breaking 237 diagnoses in 2021 — a nearly 30 per cent increase from the 184 cases recorded in 2020.
  
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• Western premiers call on Ottawa to discuss health-care dollars

  27-05-2022 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Earlier this year, Canada's premiers asked Ottawa for a $28-billion increase to health transfers, which would bring the federal funding share to 35 per cent from 22 per cent.
  
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• Health transfers to be on the agenda as western premiers meet in Saskatchewan

  27-05-2022 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Earlier this year, Canada's premiers asked Ottawa for a $28-billion increase to health transfers, which would bring the federal funding share to 35 per cent from 22 per cent.
  
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• Tank: Saskatoon arena site will determine how the facility is paid for - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  27-05-2022 14:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Tank: Saskatoon arena site will determine how the facility is paid for  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Raise funds for research: Five things to do this weekend in Saskatoon - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  27-05-2022 14:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Raise funds for research: Five things to do this weekend in Saskatoon  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Tank: Saskatoon arena site will determine how the facility is paid for

  27-05-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon taxpayers should focus on one component among the key ingredients in choosing the site for a new downtown arena and surrounding entertainment district. Read More
  
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• Sask. academics say premiers' health-care pitch is flawed

  27-05-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe promises to keep up demands for the federal government to pay a bigger chunk of health-care costs when he hosts a meeting of the country's premiers in Regina on Friday. Read More
  
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• Raise funds for research: Five things to do this weekend in Saskatoon

  27-05-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Sunday is the last day to immerse yourself in the Canadian Arctic in Arctic: A Man Under the Ice. There are also plenty of music celebrations, fundraising events and comedy performances to take in this weekend. Read More
  
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• Gate to be installed at Rotary Park to limit nighttime noise

  27-05-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon city council has voted in favour of installing a gate at the parking lot of Riverfront Rotary Park to discourage late-night visitors who residents say have been keeping them up at night. 
  
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• Sask. mothers continue to feel impact of baby formula shortage

  27-05-2022 13:36
  
  A baby formula shortage caused by a recall of products manufactured at a facility in the United States has created a ripple effect into Saskatchewan, with many mothers feeling the strain trying to feed their babies.
  
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• Sask. man's conflict with dog rescue brings calls for regulations

  27-05-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Regina man’s conflict with a dog rescue has brought to light issues within the rescuing community.
  
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• Regina man's conflict with dog rescue brings calls for regulations

  27-05-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Regina man’s conflict with a dog rescue has brought to light issues within the rescuing community.
  
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• Conflict involving Sask. animal foster family returning dog to rightful owner brings calls for regulation

  27-05-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A dog rescue in Saskatchewan is calling for legislation and regulation after a miscommunication with a foster family. The Lucky Paws Dog Rescue says a dog had been fostered out to a family in Regina, but recently had to be returned to his original owner — a 12-year old girl from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation who was using the support animal to help cope with the loss of her mother.
  
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• Solar flower provides power to Saskatoon high school while inspiring students

  27-05-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A solar-fed microgrid is providing a Saskatoon school with energy and educational opportunities.
  
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• RCMP lay charges in 2020 suspicious death

  27-05-2022 04:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Three men are facing charges in connection with the death of a 20-year-old man nearly two years ago in Shellbrook. Read More
  
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• Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant gets another $55 million for upgrade

  27-05-2022 03:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The renewal project commencing in June 22 intends to ensure the plant meets standards of providing Regina and Moose Jaw with safe and reliable drinking water well into the future
  
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• 'Looking for huge crowds': PGA Tour Canada circuit returns with 2022 Elk Ridge Open

  27-05-2022 02:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  It’s been a long wait — 990 days, to be exact — since PGA Tour Canada hit its last official tee shot. Read More
  
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• Trial begins for woman detained in violent struggle in FreshCo parking lot

  27-05-2022 02:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Annette Custer cried as she watched a body camera video of her violent arrest by a loss prevention officer in a Saskatoon FreshCo grocery store parking lot last year. Read More
  
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• Sask. woman’s granddaughter recognized for helping save her life when she had two strokes

  27-05-2022 02:49
  
  A Saskatchewan woman’s granddaughter is being recognized for helping save her life and minimizing the effects of stroke after she called 911.
  
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• 10-year-old Sask. girl helps save grandmother's life

  27-05-2022 02:49
  
  A Saskatchewan woman’s granddaughter is being recognized for helping save her life and minimizing the effects of stroke after she called 911.
  
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• Saskatchewan paramedics administer nearly 500% more naloxone doses since 2019

  27-05-2022 02:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Paramedics have given substantially more doses of Narcan, an opioid overdose reversal drug, over the last three years. The data was released during Paramedic Services Week.
  
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