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• From therapy to a new passion: Lego Star Wars superfan earns world record

  14-10-2022 23:57
  An Edmonton man recently became the world record holder for the most Lego Star Wars sets. That journey started 23 years ago as a way to recover from surgery and has since become a new life passion.
  
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• Moon Time Sisters’ menstrual product donation drive returns to Saskatchewan

  14-10-2022 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  "If you're a family living under the poverty line, it is frequently taken off the list," founder Nicole White said in response to menstrual product insecurities in remote areas.
  
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• Largest ‘group win’ in Western Canada history for Lotto Max Maxmillions draw

  14-10-2022 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Fifty-two Maxmillions winners from Western Canada will be sharing the $1 million prize, each taking home around $19 K.
  
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• Saskatoon police to seek $760K operating budget increase - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  14-10-2022 23:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police to seek $760K operating budget increase  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Saskatoon police to seek $760K operating budget increase

  14-10-2022 23:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  Citing inflationary pressures on fuel and natural gas heating costs and an approved plan to make the Alternative Response Officer unit permanent, Saskatoon city police have increased their 2023 operating budget request by $760,000. Read More
  
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• Sask. woman exempted from union membership due to religious beliefs, says labour board

  14-10-2022 23:10 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatchewan woman has been exempted from union membership in her workplace because of her religious beliefs.
  
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• Turpel-Lafond now claims her father was adopted from a Cree family

  14-10-2022 23:03 via cbc.ca
  After months of declining to directly answer CBC's questions about her father's parentage, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has now claimed in a statement on Twitter that her father, who she says was Cree, was adopted by her grandparents.
  
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• Group of 52 people share $1M lottery prize

  14-10-2022 23:02
  A group of 52 people made history as the largest group to take home a $1 million lottery prize in western Canada.
  
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• 'I love winning': Hilltops celebrate 25 years with Tom Sargeant at the helm

  14-10-2022 23:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Time flies when you’re having fun. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon businesses think outside the box to grow - Global News

  14-10-2022 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon businesses think outside the box to grow  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon businesses think outside the box to grow

  14-10-2022 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  Local businesses in Saskatoon are finding new and unique ways of selling their services to stay in business as the economy continues to slowly recover from COVID pandemic closures.
  
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• ‘This is a rare property’: Nearly $5 million home hits the market in Saskatoon

  14-10-2022 22:20
  A home on Saskatchewan Crescent West is for sale with a record listing price of $4.95 million.
  
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• Feds don't know how many employees speak an Indigenous language at work

  14-10-2022 22:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it doesn't know how many of its employees are expected to speak an Indigenous language as part of their job, as it faces calls to expand compensation to those who do. Read More
  
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• Body worn cameras make Saskatoon parking enforcement officers feel more safe: report

  14-10-2022 21:52
  A new city report reveals more details concerning the use of body cameras by parking enforcement officers.
  
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• Climate change fears high across Canada, lower on Prairies: poll

  14-10-2022 21:23 via thestarphoenix.com
  OTTAWA — Most Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is caused by humans, but the regional differences in how people responded to that question show the political battles over the environment are still going strong, a new poll suggests. Read More
  
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• City to consider tapping Saskatoon fire hydrants during future extreme heat events - CTV News Saskatoon

  14-10-2022 21:13 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  City to consider tapping Saskatoon fire hydrants during future extreme heat events  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• City to consider tapping Saskatoon fire hydrants during future extreme heat events

  14-10-2022 21:13
  City council is being asked to consider tapping fire hydrants during future extreme heat events to help keep vulnerable people hydrated.
  
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• Saskatchewan COVID-19 wastewater numbers stop reporting variant breakdowns

  14-10-2022 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. John Giesy said that some particles in a sample they might identify as BA.2, but may not have enough information to assign another subvariant.
  
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• 'Lost its vision ': Poundmaker Cree Nation cuts ties with FSIN

  14-10-2022 21:08
  Poundmaker Cree Nation is leaving the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), saying the organization has “lost its vision to preserving and protecting treaty rights.”
  
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• Saskatchewan Health Authority seeks to fill 175 open full-time positions across the province

  14-10-2022 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority has 175 open job opportunities for various health-care positions across the province.
  
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• Huskies on the Hot Seat – Nyhus - Global News

  14-10-2022 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Huskies on the Hot Seat – Nyhus  Global News
  
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• Huskies on the Hot Seat – Nyhus

  14-10-2022 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Derek Bidwell spoke with starting quarterback, Mayson Nyhus, and talked about things like his favourite movie, and some of the guilty pleasure music on his playlist.
  
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• Q and A: Great Western president more likely to raise a pint than the Stanley Cup

  14-10-2022 20:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan success story Great Western Brewing Company is expanding into the National Hockey League market, announcing a five-year partnership with the Calgary Flames. Read More
  
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• Demolition underway at new Saskatoon library site - CTV News Saskatoon

  14-10-2022 20:58 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  Demolition underway at new Saskatoon library site  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Demolition underway at new Saskatoon library site

  14-10-2022 20:58
  Construction crews tore down a strip mall today to make way for the new central library.
  
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• Biggar, Sask. receives funding to move ahead with downtown revitalization project

  14-10-2022 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  'It's a chance to celebrate our history and where we come from, where we're going,' Biggar Mayor Jim Rickwood said while discussing the town's revitalization project.
  
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• Coats for Kids program collecting winter gear for Saskatoon children

  14-10-2022 20:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  An annual program that dates back almost two decades is again urging Saskatoon residents this weekend to donate new or gently used winter gear to help children in the city stay warm during the winter. Read More
  
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• RCMP investigating sudden death of 24-year-old Manitoba woman at golf course in Creighton, Sask.

  14-10-2022 20:37 via cbc.ca
  A 24-year-old woman from Flin Flon, Man., died at a golf course in Saskatchewan last week.
  
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• Mendicino to visit site of Saskatchewan stabbings, talk First Nations policing plan

  14-10-2022 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  James Smith Chief Wally Burns has lobbied the federal government to have its own police service, a healing lodge and more supports for mental health and addictions.
  
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• Marco Mendicino to visit James Smith Cree Nation after Saskatchewan stabbings

  14-10-2022 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  James Smith Chief Wally Burns has since lobbied the federal government to have its own police service, a healing lodge and more supports for mental health and addictions.
  
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• Council committees looking at parking officer body cams, animal control bylaw changes

  14-10-2022 20:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon city council's planning, development and community services committee meets on Monday. Among the items up for discussion: a report that aims to take some of the surprise out of a previous revelation that parking services staff have had body-worn cameras since the spring of 2021, and discussion of proposed amendments to the city's animal control and dangerous animal bylaws.  Read More
  
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• Wes Hall faced racism as he climbed corporate ladder. He wants to make sure others don't have to

  14-10-2022 20:17 via cbc.ca
  Wes Hall was raised by his grandmother in a tin-roof shack in Saint Thomas, Jamaica, before moving to Canada as a teenager and working to become one of the country’s most successful corporate leaders.
  
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• Regina inmate charged with second degree murder after Wednesday altercation

  14-10-2022 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety put out a release on a fatal fight between two inmates and will be conducting an internal investigation.
  
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• Mendicino to visit James Smith Cree Nation after stabbing massacre

  14-10-2022 19:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  DARTMOUTH, N.S. -- The federal public safety minsiter says he is to travel to James Smith Cree Nation next week to advance the Liberal government's plan to have First Nations policing recognized as an essential service. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon police seize cocaine and crack in afternoon bust

  14-10-2022 19:27
  A 37-year-old man faces drug trafficking charges after executing a search on the 2000 block of Main Street yesterday.
  
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• Regina Correctional Centre inmate, 46, dies while on remand, province says

  14-10-2022 18:43 via cbc.ca
  A 46-year-old man died in a Regina prison earlier this week.
  
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• Province posts over 175 new full-time rural, remote health jobs

  14-10-2022 18:28
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and Ministry of Health posted 125 new, full-time, front-line healthcare positions in rural and remote communities to address staffing shortages.
  
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• Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to be available in Saskatchewan

  14-10-2022 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  Starting Monday, people in Saskatchewan aged 12 and older will be able to receive the Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccination.
  
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• Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to be available in Saskatchewan for ages 12 and up

  14-10-2022 18:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  REGINA — People in Saskatchewan aged 12 and older will be able to get the Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday. Read More
  
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• Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine available for Sask. residents aged 12+ starting Oct. 17

  14-10-2022 18:14
  Saskatchewan residents 12 years of age and older will be able to receive the Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine starting on Oct. 17.
  
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• Morning news rewind: Friday, Oct. 14

  14-10-2022 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Friday, Oct. 14.
  
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• Arrest - Drug Trafficking Investigation - Cocaine, Forged Documents Seized

  14-10-2022 17:44 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Members of the Saskatoon Crime Reduction Team have concluded investigation into the drug trafficking activities of a 37-year-old Saskatoon man.On October 13, 2022 at approximately 4:00 p.m., officers conducted enforcement action on a man suspected of trafficking cocaine in a dial-a-dope operation; he was arrested at an address in the 2000 block of Main Street East without incident.Following the execution of a search warrant at the address, officers seized: $350.00 CAD 87.4 grams powdered cocaine
  
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• Poundmaker Cree Nation cuts ties with FSIN

  14-10-2022 16:36 via cbc.ca
  Poundmaker Cree Nation is leaving the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations [FSIN].  Poundmaker, located about 225 kms northwest of Saskatoon, will now deal directly with the federal and provincial governments.
  
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• Poundmaker Cree Nation cuts ties with Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

  14-10-2022 16:36 via cbc.ca
  Poundmaker Cree Nation is leaving the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. Poundmaker, located about 225 kms northwest of Saskatoon, will now deal directly with the federal and provincial governments.
  
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• Aspen Ridge parade home exemplifies modern West Coast style - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  14-10-2022 15:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  Aspen Ridge parade home exemplifies modern West Coast style  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• More Indigenous students are graduating on time at Saskatoon public schools - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  14-10-2022 15:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  More Indigenous students are graduating on time at Saskatoon public schools  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Westbow Homes brings west coast style to the SRHBA Parade of Homes

  14-10-2022 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  This is the final weekend to visit the Saskatoon & Region Home Builders’ Association (SRHBA) Parade of Homes. The parade features 19 show homes, located in eight neighbourhoods, designed and constructed by 12 Certified Professional Home Builders, all members of the SRHBA. Read More
  
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• More Indigenous students are graduating on time at Saskatoon public schools

  14-10-2022 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A few years ago, ribbon skirts were not seen in the halls at Brevoort Park School in Saskatoon. A presentation by Knowledge Keeper Judy Greyeyes over Zoom during the pandemic marked the beginning of a change. Read More
  
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• Experience a variety of creativity: Five things to do this weekend in Saskatoon - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  14-10-2022 14:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  Experience a variety of creativity: Five things to do this weekend in Saskatoon  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Sask. woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of Randy Garrett

  14-10-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Randy Garrett was robbed of a life with his four daughters, his grandchildren and his 84-year-old mother when he died after a violent attack by his intimate partner. Read More
  
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