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• Saskatchewan RCMP charge 3 additional people in 2020 homicide of 20-year-old man

  24-01-2023 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three additional men are charged in the 2020 homicide of Wesley Custer, which makes it a total of six suspects who have been arrested in relation to the death.
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council chief rejects responsibility for neighbourhood issues - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  24-01-2023 23:41
  Saskatoon Tribal Council chief rejects responsibility for neighbourhood issues  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• 'It's going to help the youth': EGADZ launching missing person app for Saskatchewan

  24-01-2023 23:38
  
  EGADZ youth Centre, in partnership with the province of Saskatchewan, is launching the Missing Youth Saskatchewan app, aimed at freeing up police resources.
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council chief rejects responsibility for neighbourhood issues

  24-01-2023 23:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand is asking people seeing the ugly side of the city’s homelessness crisis unfolding in the Fairhaven neighbourhood to call the authorities, rather than sending him pictures. Read More
  
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• ‘This allows police to put resources where needed’: EGADZ launches new missing youth app

  24-01-2023 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Downtown Youth Centre Inc. – EGADZ is launching a new app to help youth workers. The Missing Youth Saskatchewan app will digitize risk assessment.
  
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• EGADZ launches new app aimed at limiting missing youth reports to Saskatoon police

  24-01-2023 23:23 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon-based EGADZ has launched an app that will help government care home operators determine a youth's level of risk and whether police should be involved, and it's aimed at reducing the number of young people reported missing. Read More
  
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• Three Sask. men charged with first-degree murder in 2020 death

  24-01-2023 23:20
  
  The Saskatchewan RCMP has charged three more people in the 2020 death of 20-year-old Wesley Custer.
  
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• High turnover cost adds to Saskatoon low-income housing vacancy rate: SHA

  24-01-2023 23:18
  
  The Saskatchewan Housing Corporation opened the doors to four units on Tuesday, giving both an indication of how many low-income housing units in Saskatoon are vacant as well as the work that goes into maintaining the spaces.
  
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• High turnover cost adds to Saskatoon low-income housing vacancy rate: Sask. Housing

  24-01-2023 23:18
  
  The Saskatchewan Housing Corporation opened the doors to four units on Tuesday, giving both an indication of how many low-income housing units in Saskatoon are vacant as well as the work that goes into maintaining the spaces.
  
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• High turnover cost adds to Saskatoon low-income housing vacancy ... - CTV News Saskatoon

  24-01-2023 23:18
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• Advocates frustrated a year after Saskatchewan’s pledge to explore rare disease strategy

  24-01-2023 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The mother of a Saskatoon boy who had to go to the USA for life-saving treatment fears her efforts to improve rare disease treatment at home will go unheard.
  
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• Lagimodiere, Spyglass sentenced for killing Tristen Roy in random, drive-by shooting

  24-01-2023 22:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Tristen Roy did not have an easy life, but he was a beacon of light for people who needed him. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief calls out ‘lies and corruption’ about wellness centre - Global News

  24-01-2023 22:25
  Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief calls out ‘lies and corruption’ about wellness centre  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief calls out ‘lies and corruption’ about wellness centre

  24-01-2023 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Arcand says they have police stats saying that the crime has remained the same in the Fairhaven community since the wellness centre opened back at the end of November.
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council chief pushes back against criticism of wellness centre in Fairhaven neighbourhood

  24-01-2023 22:16 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon Tribal Council Tribal Chief Mark Arcand says he's frustrated with criticism that has surfaced since the opening of the emergency wellness centre in the city's Fairhaven neighbourhood.
  
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• Saskatoon Tribal Council chief pushes back against criticism of ... - CBC.ca

  24-01-2023 22:16
  
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• Donovan Bailey talks about Saskatoon, Olympic gold, and what would happen if he ran again - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  24-01-2023 21:25
  Donovan Bailey talks about Saskatoon, Olympic gold, and what would happen if he ran again  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Donovan Bailey talks about Saskatoon, Olympic gold, and what would happen if he ran again

  24-01-2023 21:18 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Donovan Bailey will always know that he was once, unlike the rest of us, the world's fastest human. Read More
  
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• U of S lab seeing increase in unclassified COVID-19 Omicron subvariants

  24-01-2023 20:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are noting an increase in unclassified COVID-19 Omicron subvariants across three of the province's cities. Read More
  
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• 'We deserve justice and recognition': Sask. residential school survivors file class action lawsuit

  24-01-2023 20:27
  
  Several survivors of the Île-à-la-Crosse residential school have filed a class action lawsuit that aims to get compensation for those who suffered harm while attending the school.
  
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• Canadian team discovers power-draining flaw in most laptop and phone batteries

  24-01-2023 20:12 via cbc.ca
  
  The phone, tablet or laptop you're reading this on is likely having its battery slowly drained because of a surprising and widespread manufacturing flaw, according to researchers in Halifax.
  
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• Île-à-la-Crosse, Sask. school survivors fight for compensation

  24-01-2023 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Michelle LeClair, vice-president of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, said you can see the effects of these schools in northern Saskatchewan today.
  
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• Maidstone RCMP report more than $570K lost to cryptocurrency scams in 2022

  24-01-2023 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Once a crypto transaction has been complete, it cannot be reversed,' RCMP said. 'If the investment looks too good to be true, it probably is.'
  
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• Seeking 'justice and recognition,' class action filed by survivors of Ile-a-la-Crosse residential school

  24-01-2023 19:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  WHITECAP — A survivor of the Ile-a-la-Crosse residential school says he hopes a class action lawsuit filed recently will bring other survivors "the justice we deserve." Read More
  
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• Sask. boarding school survivors launch proposed class-action lawsuit against federal, provincial governments

  24-01-2023 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school operated in northern Saskatchewan for more than 100 years.
  
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• Top Things to Do This February in Saskatoon - To Do Canada

  24-01-2023 18:56
  Top Things to Do This February in Saskatoon  To Do Canada
  
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• Sask. RCMP ask for public's help finding man accused of second-degree murder

  24-01-2023 18:13
  
  Saskatchewan RCMP are asking the public for help finding a man accused of committing second-degree murder.
  
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• Sask. Opposition MLA, Indigenous leaders call for halt of Crown lands auction

  24-01-2023 17:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Indigenous leaders and the Opposition NDP critic for First Nation and Métis relations assembled at the Saskatchewan Legislature Monday, once again calling on the provincial government to halt an upcoming auction for Crown lands.
  
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• Scam targetting seniors brings 'level of sophistication': Saskatoon Police

  24-01-2023 17:14
  
  Saskatoon police have released details into its investigation of a recent string of scams in the city, which is believed to total more than $100,000.
  
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• Scam targeting seniors brings 'level of sophistication': Saskatoon Police

  24-01-2023 17:14
  
  Saskatoon police have released details into its investigation of a recent string of scams in the city, which is believed to total more than $100,000.
  
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• Saskatoon scammers used 'suckers list' to target seniors, police say

  24-01-2023 17:14
  
  Saskatoon police have released details into its investigation of a recent string of scams in the city, which is believed to total more than $100,000.
  
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Tuesday, Jan. 24th - Global News

  24-01-2023 16:38
  Saskatoon morning news rewind: Tuesday, Jan. 24th  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Tuesday, Jan. 24th

  24-01-2023 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Tuesday, Jan. 24.
  
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• Accessible mental health services continue to be out of reach for Canadians: advocates

  24-01-2023 16:05
  
  Due to the impact of the pandemic, Canadians need mental health services more than ever. But advocates say barriers like cost and location continue to make mental health care inaccessible for many.
  
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• Saskatoon Police Service discusses online extortion of youth - Global News

  24-01-2023 15:59
  Saskatoon Police Service discusses online extortion of youth  Global News
  
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• Find wellness practitioners across Sask. through The Lit Garden: Virtual Wellness Shop

  24-01-2023 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Businesses and non-profit organizations regularly open and move in Saskatoon. Today the StarPhoenix talks to Lynne Brochu and her mother Maggie Brochu, who have been busy perfecting The Lit Garden: Virtual Wellness Shop, which is a new Saskatchewan-wide online directory where people can find health and wellness practitioners. Originally, they started online just for Moose Jaw, but came to realize their focus was too small, so they spent a lot of time developing their directory for all of Saskatc
  
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• Sask. teen will not receive COVID-19 vaccine after appeal court reverses decision in parental dispute

  24-01-2023 13:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Saskatoon father who won a 2021 ruling to allow him to have his daughter receive a COVID-19 vaccination against her mother's wishes says a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal overturning the lower court judgment sets a dangerous precedent. Read More
  
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• 'We wrote that play, together': U of S research paints picture of lived experiences of Iranian women

  24-01-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A University of Saskatchewan graduate originally from Tehran, Iran, has experienced firsthand the type of oppression that women can be subjected to under extremist Islamic rule. Read More
  
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• Lumsden clinic has stopped treating large animals due to lack of willing vets

  24-01-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  After more than two decades of providing services for large and small animals at her veterinary clinic in Lumsden, Dr. Tanya Marshall had to face an unfortunate reality when she decided to close the large-animal part of her practice. Read More
  
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• 'We shouldn't be hungry here': Sask. farmer donates 25 tonnes of peas to Regina Food Bank

  24-01-2023 11:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The Regina Food Bank says large donations straight from food producers are uncommon, but very appreciated.
  
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• My daughter may have needed speech therapy, but her speaking at all is a priceless gift

  24-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Amy Boyes' daughter, Madeline, didn’t say a word until she was nearly two. When she eventually talked, she missed many words in her sentences. For other toddlers, this delay might have seemed worrisome, inexplicable even. But for Boyes, it was a victory.
  
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• Hangover headaches are the least of your worries. Scientists say drinking can be hard on the brain

  24-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It’s no secret that a night of drinking can rattle your head. But what does science say about how it affects your brain? Research suggests alcohol can negatively affect mental health conditions or hike the risk of cognitive issues and dementia — and cutting back could give your brain a boost.
  
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• Saskatoon scammers used 'suckers list' to target seniors, police say - CTV News Saskatoon

  24-01-2023 09:00
  Saskatoon scammers used 'suckers list' to target seniors, police say  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Pair sentenced for murder of Saskatoon man 'at the wrong place, at the wrong time' - CBC.ca

  24-01-2023 09:00
  Pair sentenced for murder of Saskatoon man 'at the wrong place, at the wrong time'  CBC.ca
  
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• Saskatchewan Indigenous leaders continue to stand up to province on selling Crown lands

  24-01-2023 00:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Indigenous leaders gather at the Legislature on Monday morning with calls to the province to stop selling Crown lands as they say it impacts Indigenous rights.
  
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• New USask human trafficking study asks for sweeping system changes

  24-01-2023 00:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to a new study, women and girls in remote and rural areas are most likely to be victims of human trafficking. Researchers say social systems lead women to vulnerability.
  
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• Quebec men cost Saskatchewan residents over $100K in scam, face charges of organized crime

  24-01-2023 00:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three Quebec men were arrested on Jan. 10 and Jan. 11 and are reported to have cost residents a total of over $100,000.
  
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