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• Former Sask. uranium mine site deemed safe for hunting, fishing, province says

  13-05-2023 23:37
  
  The Saskatchewan uranium mine site at Cluff Lake, operated by Orano, has received the thumbs up to be transferred back to the province after being deemed safe for hunting, trapping and fishing.
  
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• Saskatoon police use of Tasers, guns increased in 2022: report

  13-05-2023 22:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police discharged their firearms and stun guns more times last year than in either of the two previous years, says a new report to the board of police commissioners. Read More
  
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• Wildfire continues to threaten communities of the Buffalo River Dene Nation

  13-05-2023 21:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Approximately 600 people from the Buffalo River Dene Nation remain in the area, which is threatened by a wildfire.
  
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• City of Saskatoon considering changes to election process - CTV News Saskatoon

  13-05-2023 20:51 via news.google.com
  City of Saskatoon considering changes to election process  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• City of Saskatoon considering changes to election process

  13-05-2023 20:51
  
  The City of Saskatoon is looking at modernizing the election experience for residents.
  
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• Sask. Highway Hotline had 10.6 million hits over past year

  13-05-2023 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Highway Hotline has been a busy online site, with at least 10.6 million visits over the past year according to the province.
  
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• 'We're resilient': Sask. First Nation still healing after a devastating fire

  13-05-2023 19:38
  
  Members of the Mosquito Grizzly Bears Head Lean Man Band are still recovering after a fire on April 24 demolished an 8-plex home.
  
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• Sask. program aims to boost Indigenous representation in potash mines

  13-05-2023 19:13
  
  A program that aims to connect Indigenous students to potash mining jobs saw its third graduation ceremony on Friday.
  
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• 'It's a win-win': Sask. government helps turn recycling warehouse into group home for those with disabilities

  13-05-2023 18:51
  
  A recycling warehouse in Rosthern has been converted into a group home for those in the community who have physical or intellectual disabilities.
  
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• Sask. RCMP say it was 'in contact' with man in days before disappearance

  13-05-2023 16:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan RCMP say a 20-year-old man whose remains were found months after he had been reported missing had been "in contact" with police in the days before his disappearance. Read More
  
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• Closure is not the end of Saskatoon noodle and ice cream restaurant’s unique menu

  13-05-2023 15:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon’s noodle king has been living the dream of his youth for the last 16 years. Read More
  
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• Video shows Quebec prison guards' violent effort to force Sask. inmate to lock up

  13-05-2023 14:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Lawyers for a Saskatchewan inmate who has taken the Correctional Service of Canada to court released surveillance footage showing a violent attempt by staff at a Quebec prison to force the inmate to lock up. Read More
  
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• Phil Tank: Saskatoon gets some closure on Remai Modern fiscal fiasco - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  13-05-2023 14:07 via news.google.com
  Phil Tank: Saskatoon gets some closure on Remai Modern fiscal fiasco  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Doug Cuthand: U.S.-Canada border carves up First Nations territory

  13-05-2023 14:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A month ago, tragedy struck on Akwesasne territory when a boat containing eight migrants capsized, killing everyone. It was a tragic case of human smuggling in the porous and complicated border that runs through the Mohawk territory. Read More
  
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• Tax talk focus of Sask. legislative debate

  13-05-2023 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Tax season may be over, but tax talk was the centre of debate inside the Saskatchewan legislature.
  
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• Phil Tank: Saskatoon gets some closure on Remai Modern fiscal fiasco

  13-05-2023 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon city hall promises it has learned some tough lessons from the long, expensive, divisive journey to build the Remai Modern art gallery. Read More
  
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• Letter: Concern misplaced over funding of private schools in Sask.

  13-05-2023 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Why the misplaced and exaggerated concern stirred up by columnist Murray Mandryk and the NDP against funding private schools? (May 5) Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan firefighters brush up on their survival skills

  13-05-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Firefighters across central Saskatchewan gathered to receive special training with the goal of preventing deaths and close calls.
  
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• U.S. fisher's lake trout catch poses challenge to record set in N.W.T.

  13-05-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Scott Enloe's catch in Colorado poses a challenge to the record set by angler Lloyd Bull, who pulled a 32.6-kilogram lake trout from the waters of Northwest Territories’ Great Bear Lake in 1995.
  
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• The overbudget Trans Mountain pipeline project is carrying $23B in debt — and needs to borrow more

  13-05-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The overbudget Trans Mountain expansion owes its lenders at least $23 billion, and it's looking to take on more private debt as the federal government shuts its wallet and construction costs skyrocket.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of Canadians get concussions each year — many don't recover

  13-05-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Hundreds of thousands of Canadians get concussions every year, and a growing body of research suggests that many take much longer to recover than previously thought — or don’t ever fully recover at all.
  
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• Police watchdog called in over RCMP interaction with man later found dead

  13-05-2023 02:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Human remains were found near a home on Big Island Lake Cree Nation on May 3. A forensic autopsy identified the remains as 20-year-old Dominic Kahpoonapit.
  
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• Playing with guns results in Saskatoon school lockdown - SaskToday.ca

  13-05-2023 02:03 via news.google.com
  
  Playing with guns results in Saskatoon school lockdown  SaskToday.ca
  
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• Former NFL lineman Bryan Cox Jr. gets second chance with Saskatchewan Roughriders

  13-05-2023 01:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  'I've been at home for two years since my last time being at camp,' said Roughrider Bryan Cox Jr. 'It just means the world to me to ... run around and play the game I love again.'
  
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• Golf carts could get green light to drive on some Sask. roads

  13-05-2023 01:48 via cbc.ca
  
  SGI has updated its policy to allow people to drive golf carts on certain municipal roads, if the municipality passes a bylaw, which is subject to SGI approval.
  
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• Saskatoon driver hits motorcyclist after ignoring traffic lights - Global News

  13-05-2023 01:19 via news.google.com
  
  Saskatoon driver hits motorcyclist after ignoring traffic lights  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon driver hits motorcyclist after ignoring traffic lights

  13-05-2023 01:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The motorcyclist sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. 
  
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• Thief smashes window, leaves sour situation for Sask. candy shop owner

  13-05-2023 01:15
  
  Things turned sour for a Prince Albert candy shop owner after her front window was smashed during a recent break-in.
  
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• Lotto 6-49: Saskatoon couple wins $5M | CTV News - CTV News Saskatoon

  13-05-2023 01:13 via news.google.com
  Lotto 6-49: Saskatoon couple wins $5M | CTV News  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 'An electric shock through my body': Saskatoon couple wins $5 million in lottery

  13-05-2023 01:13
  
  A Saskatoon couple has won $5 million in a lottery draw.
  
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• ‘When we found out it was like an electric shock’: Saskatoon couple reacts to winning $5 million Lotto 6/49 draw - Global News

  13-05-2023 00:26 via news.google.com
  ‘When we found out it was like an electric shock’: Saskatoon couple reacts to winning $5 million Lotto 6/49 draw  Global News
  
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• Two Indigenous players squared off in the 1911 World Series. This book tells their story

  13-05-2023 00:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Author Traci Sorell wrote a book called Contenders Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series, about the true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who, in 1911, were the first Indigenous pro baseball players to compete against each other in a World Series.
  
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• Male pointing firearm at Saskatoon school not a serious situation - CJWW

  13-05-2023 00:08 via news.google.com
  
  Male pointing firearm at Saskatoon school not a serious situation  CJWW
  
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