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• Fairhaven residents can expect to see more officers in the neighbourhood: Saskatoon police

  25-01-2023 23:38
  
  Fairhaven neighbourhood residents can expect to see an increased uniformed presence of police and fire personnel in the coming months, according to the Saskatoon Police Service.
  
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• Fairhaven residents can expect to see more officers in the ... - CTV News Saskatoon

  25-01-2023 23:38 via news.google.com
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• Fire investigator says lack of smoke detectors led to Saskatoon woman's death

  25-01-2023 23:29
  
  A Saskatoon fire investigator concluded that a lack of smoke alarms and an abundance of combustible material contributed to the high-intensity blaze that led to the death of a 79-year-old woman on 37th Street West on Monday.
  
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• Apartment suite overrun by dozens of cats shut down by Saskatoon’s fire department

  25-01-2023 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The animal control bylaw in Saskatoon doesn't have any stipulations on how many pets you can have, but it does have regulations on feces and cleanliness.
  
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• Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools to start lunchroom supervision fee - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  25-01-2023 23:12 via news.google.com
  Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools to start lunchroom supervision fee  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools to start lunchroom supervision fee

  25-01-2023 23:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools is moving ahead with its plan to start charging a $7 per student per month fee to families of elementary school students (kindergarten to Grade 8) who stay at school for lunch. Read More
  
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• Airport taxi fees and ash scattering sites discussed at Saskatoon City ... - CJWW

  25-01-2023 23:02 via news.google.com
  
  Airport taxi fees and ash scattering sites discussed at Saskatoon City ...  CJWW
  
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• More charges laid in Saskatoon grandparent scam - Global News

  25-01-2023 22:54 via news.google.com
  
  More charges laid in Saskatoon grandparent scam  Global News
  
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• More charges laid in Saskatoon grandparent scam

  25-01-2023 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three Quebec men were charged in relation to these grandparent scams in early January. Officers say these scams have cost residents a total of over $100,000.
  
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• New charges laid against one of men accused in 'grandparent' scam

  25-01-2023 22:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police have laid new charges against one of the 25-year-old men accused of being involved in a "grandparent" scam targeting area residents. Read More
  
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• ‘Siberian express’ on its way to Saskatchewan, bringing -30 windchills

  25-01-2023 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  The end of the week will bring a cold snap with windchill temperatures below minus thirty and overnight lows of mid minus twenties. 
  
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• Saskatoon council OKs seeking partner for arena, convention centre

  25-01-2023 22:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon city council voted to put out a call for private partners to help run a new arena proposed for downtown Saskatoon, and a new, or substantially renovated convention centre to replace TCU Place. Read More
  
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• Rising Bank of Canada interest rates force difficult mortgage payments on Saskatchewan homes

  25-01-2023 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The central bank raised its policy rate to 4.5 per cent on Jan. 25, 2023, an increase of 25 basis points and the highest the Bank of Canada’s key rate has been since 2007.
  
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• Update: Additional Charges - Organized Crime / Fraud Investigation - Multiple Family / Grandparent Emergency Scams

  25-01-2023 21:33 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Police Service Economic Crime Section has laid additional charges in connection to an organized crime and fraud investigation.A 25-year-old man, previously arrested as part of the investigation into multiple Family/Grandparent Emergency scams, now faces additional charges of both Fraud Over $5000 and Recruiting for a Criminal Organization.His total charges to date include; Fraud Over $5000 (x13) and three criminal organization related charges.This investigation is ongoing
  
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• Sask. Ronald McDonald House gets $225K donation

  25-01-2023 21:32
  
  The Saskatoon Knights of Columbus has donated $225,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC).
  
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• Fresh air is the best medication for mental health: Outdoor advocate

  25-01-2023 21:21
  
  Jeff Roe is an outdoor enthusiast who turns to cross-country skiing to boost his wellbeing.
  
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• Year Review: Mental Health & Suicide Intervention Call Transfer Protocol

  25-01-2023 21:19 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  One year ago, the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS), in partnership with the Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service (SCIS), announced the Mental Health & Suicide Intervention Call Transfer Protocol to offer an alternative to a police response for low-risk calls centred on mental health.When a call of personal crisis is received to the SPS Communications, call-takers may assess for criteria suitable to transfer the call to the Mobile Crisis Service (MCS). In each assessment, the call-taker must c
  
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• Saskatchewan Rattlers to open 2023 season on May 31

  25-01-2023 21:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatchewan Rattlers will open the 2023 season on May 31. Read More
  
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• 'Crucial' to address residential school abuse claims: feds spokesman

  25-01-2023 20:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  WHITECAP — Addressing historical claims related to abuse committed against Indigenous children at residential schools is a crucial step toward renewing relationships with Indigenous Peoples, a federal government spokesman said in response to a proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian and Saskatchewan governments. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon library ignored lifting of COVID restrictions, privacy commissioner says - Global News

  25-01-2023 20:48 via news.google.com
  Saskatoon library ignored lifting of COVID restrictions, privacy commissioner says  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon library ignored lifting of COVID restrictions, privacy commissioner says

  25-01-2023 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Management told employees on March 11, 2022, that they must submit either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, even though the provincial mandate was lifted Feb. 14.
  
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• Winter Play Program begins on Saturday, January 28 - Saskatoon.ca |

  25-01-2023 20:46 via news.google.com
  
  Winter Play Program begins on Saturday, January 28  Saskatoon.ca |
  
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• Indigenous identity fraud 'ultimate step in colonialism': Metis lawyer

  25-01-2023 20:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Since Grey Owl a century ago, people of European descent have falsely claimed to be Indigenous for personal gain or a sense of absolution, but one Metis legal expert says it would take a psychiatrist to try to fully answer why. Read More
  
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• Current Saskatoon downtown library sold, costs rise for new location - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  25-01-2023 20:31 via news.google.com
  Current Saskatoon downtown library sold, costs rise for new location  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Current Saskatoon downtown library sold, costs rise for new location

  25-01-2023 20:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon Public Library says a multi-million-dollar increase to construction costs on its future downtown location has been covered by savings elsewhere in the $134-million budget. Read More
  
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• 414 impaired driving offences in Saskatchewan for month of December

  25-01-2023 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  For the month of December 2022, SGI said police reported 414 impaired driving offences thanks to enforcement that included dozens of check stops.
  
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• Lunchtime fee coming to Saskatoon Catholic schools

  25-01-2023 18:45
  
  Parents and caregivers of children who attend Saskatoon's Catholic schools will now be charged for lunchtime supervision.
  
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• Sask. woman in critical condition after 'rogue wave' incident on honeymoon in Mexico

  25-01-2023 18:20
  
  A Saskatchewan woman is recovering in a hospital in Mexico during what was supposed to have been one of the happiest trips of her life.
  
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• Saskatoon youth centre develops province-wide app for missing at ... - Prince Albert Daily Herald

  25-01-2023 18:15 via news.google.com
  
  Saskatoon youth centre develops province-wide app for missing at ...  Prince Albert Daily Herald
  
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• Arrest - Robbery - 100 Block Kenderdine Road

  25-01-2023 18:13 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Guns and Gangs Unit has made an arrest in connection to an robbery that took place over the weekend.On January 20th, 2023, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Patrol officers made a traffic stop in the 100 block of Kenderdine Road. Officers learned that the driver of the vehicle had just been robbed at gunpoint, at a residence in the area. The victim reported a laptop had been stolen.At around 6:00 a.m. on January 21, 2023, a search warrant was authorized and executed on a reside
  
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• Sask. regional park now holds world record for longest line of water inflatables

  25-01-2023 18:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Tammy Tengen said that the park was only recently alerted to the fact it had broken the record. The line was 358.70 metres long, 143 metres longer than the previous record set at a pool in Milan, Italy.
  
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• 'Perfect storm': Sask. farmer overrun with hundreds of deer — and they brought coyotes

  25-01-2023 18:03
  
  "Two or three deer are cute," said Iver Johnson. "Two or three hundred are a problem."
  
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• Hundreds of deer descended on a Sask. farmer's property. Then the coyotes came.

  25-01-2023 18:03
  
  A Sask. farmer says his property has been overrun with hundreds of deer, bringing predators and disease with them, and is pleading to the provincial government for a long-term solution.
  
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• 'Burden off of their plate': How a private chef changed life for Canadian lugers

  25-01-2023 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Chef Jade Berg was initially hired to provide nourishment for Canadian luge athletes on the road during the World Cup season, but the connection quickly grew much deeper than just food.
  
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• Cooking fire damages Saskatoon home | CTV News - CTV News Saskatoon

  25-01-2023 17:59 via news.google.com
  
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• Cooking fire damages Saskatoon home

  25-01-2023 17:59
  
  Unattended cooking resulted in a fire that caused $20,000 in damage to a basement suite, Saskatoon’s Fire Department (SFD) says.
  
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• RCMP ask for public help in finding wanted Saskatoon man - WestCentralOnline.com

  25-01-2023 17:08 via news.google.com
  
  RCMP ask for public help in finding wanted Saskatoon man  WestCentralOnline.com
  
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• Saskatoon stove fire leads to $20k in damages

  25-01-2023 17:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters say they evacuated one person and their pet from the home, found a small fire on the stove, and extinguished it while also removing the burned pot.
  
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• Sask. Housing Corp. provides tour of social housing properties in Saskatoon - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  25-01-2023 16:40 via news.google.com
  Sask. Housing Corp. provides tour of social housing properties in Saskatoon  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Sask. Housing Corp. provides tour of social housing properties in Saskatoon

  25-01-2023 16:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The main goal of the corporation, said SHC presdient Louise Michaud, who conducted the tour, is to house low-income people and house them "appropriately and affordably." Read More
  
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Wednesday, Jan. 25

  25-01-2023 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Wednesday, Jan. 25.
  
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• Giant snow dragon makes winter return to Saskatoon - 650 CKOM News Talk Sports

  25-01-2023 15:29 via news.google.com
  
  Giant snow dragon makes winter return to Saskatoon  650 CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Kohlman: Berry Cornmeal and Jam Cake raises the winter spirits

  25-01-2023 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  At the tail end of 2022, a little gem of a cookbook was self-published by Julie Van Rosendaal. "You are Human and You Need Cake" is her latest collection of recipes, and as you might have guessed, it’s all about cake. Read More
  
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• Mike Tanton mentors Indigenous youth through love of basketball

  25-01-2023 13:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Mike Tanton's life could have gone in two very different directions, and he would have likely been a leader either way. Read More
  
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• Zambory, Silas: Government needs to improve health care environment

  25-01-2023 13:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  This winter, Saskatchewan’s registered nurses are feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and unheard. Read More
  
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• Prairie Pride: First-of-its-kind report highlights Sask. transgender community

  25-01-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Prairie Pride is a series by Local Journalism Initiative reporter Julia Peterson that celebrates queer life in rural Saskatchewan. Visit thestarphoenix.com/prairiepride to read more. Read More
  
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• Letter: Saskatoon city council had better option to fund snow removal

  25-01-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  City of Saskatoon Coun. Darren Hill is not the only one that is upset that the first choice for covering the $20-million cost of snow removal this year was to raise taxes. It is even more astounding that the city would then consider borrowing the funds at an additional estimated cost to taxpayers of $14 million. Read More
  
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• To TikTok or not to TikTok? How Sask. musicians are using the platform

  25-01-2023 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With a billion users, TikTok has rapidly become one of the most important social media players in the game. It may not suit every musician who is trying to promote their music, but for some it can be a passion. 
  
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• Ottawa to begin 'intense' talks to rewrite First Nations child welfare compensation deal

  25-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa will attempt to renegotiate its $20-billion compensation package for people affected by the First Nations child welfare system, court records say.
  
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• Just how risky is it to drink more alcohol than Canada's new guide advises?

  25-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  When newly revamped guidelines for low-risk alcohol use were revealed last week, it quickly sparked debate and, in some cases, frustration. Some Canadians were quick to dismiss them, saying the risks felt overblown. But are they?
  
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