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• Saskatoon police charge 65-year-old man in relation to sexual assault investigation - Global News

  09-06-2022 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon police charge 65-year-old man in relation to sexual assault investigation  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon police charge 65-year-old man in relation to sexual assault investigation

  09-06-2022 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 65-year-old Saskatoon man was arrested and charged after a 31-year-old woman reported that she was sexually assaulted during a massage therapy session.
  
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• COVID-19: Hospitalizations keep falling, 10 new deaths

  09-06-2022 23:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan's COVID-19 hospitalization rate fell to a five-month low this week as the the province exits its latest wave of infections. Read More
  
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• Nutrien to add hundreds of jobs in Sask.

  09-06-2022 23:22
  
  Nutrien says it will be adding hundreds of jobs in Saskatchewan in a major ramp-up of potash production capacity.
  
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• Sask. man's video of close encounter with bear goes viral

  09-06-2022 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Curtis Matwishyn was hoping to snap a few photos of a young black bear in the forest near Waskesiu Lake earlier this month. But the wildlife photographer soon found himself a bit too close for comfort to the animal.
  
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• Sask. man films viral video of close encounter with bear

  09-06-2022 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Curtis Matwishyn was hoping to snap a few photos of a young black bear in the forest near Waskesiu Lake earlier this month. But the wildlife photographer soon found himself a bit too close for comfort to the animal.
  
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• Saskatoon massage therapist charged with sexual assault

  09-06-2022 23:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Saskatoon massage therapist has been arrested and charged with sexual assault after a police investigation into a reported assault in April. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon police say many calls related to downtown shelter stem from 'discomfort' rather than crime - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-06-2022 23:07 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon police say many calls related to downtown shelter stem from 'discomfort' rather than crime  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon police say many calls related to downtown shelter stem from 'discomfort' rather than crime

  09-06-2022 23:07
  
  Jason Wattendorf can attest to the value of the Saskatoon Tribal Council’s downtown wellness shelter.
  
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• COVID-19 hospitalizations drop, 10 deaths reported Thursday

  09-06-2022 23:04 via cbc.ca
  
  COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline in Saskatchewan, according to numbers provided Thursday by the province.
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council chief urges community to back wellness centre

  09-06-2022 22:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Jason Wattendorf knew within a day of arriving at the emergency wellness centre in downtown Saskatoon that it would change his life. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon Métis organization and local Catholic school division renew agreement on Métis education - MBC Radio

  09-06-2022 22:43 via mbcradio.com
  
  Saskatoon Métis organization and local Catholic school division renew agreement on Métis education  MBC Radio
  
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• ‘You only pay for what you use’: Regina Car Share saves costs as gas prices hit all-time high

  09-06-2022 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCSC has a fleet of both electric and non-electric cars. As gas prices continue to rise, John Klein, president of the RCSC, said prices to use their electric vehicles won’t.
  
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• Why you may be seeing yellow 'dust' in Saskatoon - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-06-2022 22:16 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Why you may be seeing yellow 'dust' in Saskatoon  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Why you may be seeing yellow 'dust' in Saskatoon

  09-06-2022 22:16
  
  If you've noticed a thin yellow dusting of pollen in Saskatoon this spring — you're not alone.
  
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• Why you may be seeing tree pollen in Saskatoon | CTV News - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-06-2022 22:16 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Why you may be seeing tree pollen in Saskatoon | CTV News  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Arrest - Sexual Assault Investigation - 4000 Block Degeer Street

  09-06-2022 22:16 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Police Service Sex Crime Unit has charged and arrested a man in connection with a sexual assault that took place in April.On April 3rd, 2022, a 31-year-old woman attended a business in the 4000 block of Degeer Street, for massage therapy. She reports being sexually assaulted by a 65-year-old man, during the massage. On June 9th, 2022, 65-year-old Kenneth Braun (DOB 1956-06-14) was arrested and charged with Sexual Assault.Members of the Sex Crime Unit believe there could be add
  
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• Taxes potentially uncollected: Saskatchewan years behind on potash, oil audits

  09-06-2022 22:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources is years behind on auditing potash, oil and uranium companies, potentially leaving millions of dollars in royalties and taxes uncollected, says the provincial auditor. Read More
  
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• 10 COVID-19 deaths reported in Sask., 187 in hospital

  09-06-2022 21:52
  
  Saskatchewan reported 10 more COVID-19 deaths for the week of May 29 – June 4, up one from the last update.
  
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• Warman mayor says graffiti, vandalism at skate park is 'disheartening'

  09-06-2022 21:48
  
  Warman's skate park was closed earlier in the week after it was hit by graffiti and its washroom was vandalized.
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council looking toward future of wellness centre after lease extension - CBC.ca

  09-06-2022 21:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon Tribal Council looking toward future of wellness centre after lease extension  CBC.ca
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council looking toward future of wellness centre after lease extension

  09-06-2022 21:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Tribal Chief Mark Arcand says he's happy the emergency wellness centre will stay in its current location for the time being, but he's already looking for a permanent home for the program. 
  
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• Man charged after Saskatoon police seize shotgun, machete from home - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-06-2022 20:54 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Man charged after Saskatoon police seize shotgun, machete from home  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Man charged after Saskatoon police seize shotgun, machete from home

  09-06-2022 20:54
  
  A 27-year-old Saskatoon man is facing firearms-related charges, Saskatoon police say.
  
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• Uber ranked the 10 most forgetful cities in Canada and Saskatoon made the cut - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-06-2022 20:26 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Uber ranked the 10 most forgetful cities in Canada and Saskatoon made the cut  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Uber ranked the 10 most forgetful cities in Canada and Saskatoon made the cut

  09-06-2022 20:26
  
  Saskatoon made the top 10 when it comes to Uber riders — based on what they leave behind.
  
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• Saskatoon police Guns and Gangs Unit seizes several weapons from Fairhaven home

  09-06-2022 20:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  An investigation by the Saskatoon police Guns and Gangs Unit has led to firearms charges for a 27-year-old man. Read More
  
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• One Arrested/Firearm Seized - 300 block Barber Crescent

  09-06-2022 19:36 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  A 27-year-old Saskatoon man is facing firearms related charges following an investigation by members of the SPS Guns and Gangs Unit.On June 8, 2022 the Unit, along with members of the Tactical Support Unit, executed a search warrant at a home in the 300 block of Barber Crescent.  It was believed firearms may be inside the residence.  Several other people inside the home at the time were detained and later released.  A search of the property resulted in officers locating a loa
  
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• Nutrien to accelerate ramp-up of annual potash production capacity

  09-06-2022 19:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Nutrien Ltd., the Canadian company that is the largest fertilizer producer in the world, has announced a major ramp-up of potash production capacity as the war in Ukraine drives concern over global food security. Read More
  
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• Typical mortgage payment could be 30% higher in 5 years, Bank of Canada warns

  09-06-2022 18:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Inflated house prices and high household debt levels are a major vulnerability to Canada's economy, the Bank of Canada warned in a report assessing the strength of the country's financial system on Thursday.
  
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• Saskatoon mayor addresses entertainment district, downtown core in city speech | CTV News - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-06-2022 18:39 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon mayor addresses entertainment district, downtown core in city speech | CTV News  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• In state of the city speech, mayor says he wants youth to feel 'sense of coolness' in Saskatoon

  09-06-2022 18:39
  
  Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark’s state of the city address on Wednesday touched on the future of the downtown core and key issues facing the city.
  
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• Wetlands provide learning experience for Saskatoon elementary school - CBC.ca

  09-06-2022 18:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Wetlands provide learning experience for Saskatoon elementary school  CBC.ca
  
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• Wetlands provide learning experience for Saskatoon elementary school

  09-06-2022 18:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Students at Colette Bourgonje School in Saskatoon’s Rosewood neighbourhood are getting the chance to take their classroom outside. Colette Bourgonje School has been designated as Saskatoon's Wetland Centre of Excellence for its hands-on learning in a nearby wetland in Hyde Park. The designation is a partnership with Ducks Unlimited. 
  
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• Police searching for escaped inmate from Saskatchewan healing lodge

  09-06-2022 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) said around 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Willow Cree Healing Lodge was notified Edward Parisian escaped during an escorted temporary absence. 
  
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• Saskatoon Opera producing feminist take on Bizet's Carmen - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  09-06-2022 17:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon Opera producing feminist take on Bizet's Carmen  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Saskatoon Pride Festival returns with a variety of community-driven events - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  09-06-2022 17:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon Pride Festival returns with a variety of community-driven events  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Saskatoon Opera producing feminist take on Bizet's Carmen

  09-06-2022 17:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  To the person embodying her, Carmen makes sense. Read More
  
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• Read My Book: In Truth is the first book in a trilogy by Arti Auburne

  09-06-2022 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Daughter, sister, wife and mother Arti Auburne depicts women’s lives with an authentic and evocative voice in her debut novel. Her reflections on the patriarchy were fuelled by a new urgency when her own child posted #MeToo. Auburne’s literary fiction, In Truth, resulted from these musings as a clarion call for the validation of women’s realities and subjectivities. Read More
  
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• Gardening: Pines for the Prairies — Mugo pine

  09-06-2022 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Saskatoon Pride Festival returns with a variety of community-driven events

  09-06-2022 16:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  For the first time since 2019, the Saskatoon Pride parade will be held in person, culminating in a Pride Festival and Market at River Landing that will feature local businesses, art and artisans, and a festival stage at the amphitheatre. Read More
  
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• Court documents shed new light on charges in Megan Gallagher homicide

  09-06-2022 15:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A man charged in connection to the death of 30-year-old Saskatoon woman Megan Michelle Gallagher lived in the same block where a woman asked to be picked up by a taxicab using Gallagher's phone, court records show. Read More
  
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• Tank: Sask. Tory MP mum on vaccine status, but outspoken on abortion

  09-06-2022 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan Conservative Member of Parliament Cathay Wagantall refuses to reveal her vaccine status, although whether that really remains a mystery for most is doubtful. Read More
  
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• Throwback Thursday: CKOM hits the airwaves

  09-06-2022 14:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see CKOM president Bob Hosie and guests as CKOM Radio, 1340 on the radio dial, goes on the air for the first time from its studios in the Empire Hotel, from June 9, 1951. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B710-2) Read More
  
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• Partial evacuation of Stanley Mission due to wildfire and smoke

  09-06-2022 14:21 via cbc.ca
  
  A partial evacuation of Stanley Mission is underway due to smoke and a nearby wildfire.
  
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• Letters: Saskatoon needs to get over the hump on pothole repair - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  09-06-2022 14:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Letters: Saskatoon needs to get over the hump on pothole repair  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Letters: Saskatoon needs to get over the hump on pothole repair

  09-06-2022 14:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Indigenous scholar says he was rejected by University of Sask. over lack of documentation

  09-06-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An award-winning Cree-Métis professor who grew up in northern Saskatchewan will not be moving to his home province's university because administrators demanded certain paperwork to prove he's Indigenous.
  
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• 4 Good Samaritans chase down stolen truck with 5-month-old baby inside

  09-06-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A frightening moment of uncertainty was transformed into a story of heroism last weekend after four Good Samaritans chased after a stolen truck with a five-month-old baby inside near Strathmore, Alta., helping to reunite the infant with its family.
  
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• Young Canadian leaders converge on Saskatoon to tackle social ills - Canada's National Observer

  09-06-2022 12:10 via nationalobserver.com
  
  Young Canadian leaders converge on Saskatoon to tackle social ills  Canada's National Observer
  
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