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• 4 new sets of signs will mark treaty boundaries, raise awareness on Sask. highways

  19-10-2023 23:57 via cbc.ca
  
  A pair of signs will be visible on highways in the Estevan, Moosomin, Lanigan and La Ronge areas welcoming drivers into a specific treaty territory. "The treaties opened the way for people to come and live here and in Saskatchewan," Mary Musqua-Culbertson said following the unveiling.
  
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• Union says Sask. mayor pushed picketing city workers with his truck

  19-10-2023 23:47
  
  The union representing inside workers in Prince Albert released a video Thursday that it says shows Mayor Greg Dionne nudging two picketing members with his truck outside city hall.
  
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• Union says Sask. city mayor pushed his truck into picketing workers

  19-10-2023 23:47
  
  The union representing inside workers in Prince Albert released a video Thursday that it says shows Mayor Greg Dionne nudging two picketing members with his truck outside city hall.
  
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• Review of Saskatchewan tire recycling system recommends changes

  19-10-2023 23:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Scrap tire processing could potentially resume at a Saskatoon-area facility, depending on the terms of a contract offer expected from the operator of the province’s tire recycling program. Read More
  
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• Escaped Sask. inmate found in Saskatoon: police - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  19-10-2023 23:09 via news.google.com
  
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• Escaped Sask. inmate found in Saskatoon: police

  19-10-2023 23:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police on Monday located and arrested a prisoner who escaped from the Besnard Lake Correctional Camp earlier this month, RCMP said in a news release issued late Thursday. Read More
  
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• Sask. treaty commissioner, province unveil more treaty boundary highway signs

  19-10-2023 22:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  More signs along Saskatchewan highways will provide important acknowledgement and recognition of treaty territories in the province, the province's treaty commissioner says. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency confirms 2023 fire season one of the worst in two decades

  19-10-2023 22:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Only once or twice in the past two decades has the magnitude of wildfires in Saskatchewan compared to the 2023 season, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's vice-president of operations says. Read More
  
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• Sask.'s top court dismisses Christopher Duke's appeal of sexual assault conviction

  19-10-2023 22:24 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal heard Christopher Duke's appeal of his sexual assault conviction on Thursday. It was quickly dismissed by the trio of judges who heard the case.
  
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• Saskatoon man located after a month missing - CJWW

  19-10-2023 22:13 via news.google.com
  
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• U Sask. Huskies receiving core being counted on down stretch drive - Global News

  19-10-2023 22:10 via news.google.com
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• U Sask. Huskies receiving core being counted on down stretch drive

  19-10-2023 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  With just two games to go in their regular season, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies football team will be looking to their receiving core to step up and provide scoring.
  
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• Saskatoon police look for larger budget as calls and population increase - Global News

  19-10-2023 22:08 via news.google.com
  Saskatoon police look for larger budget as calls and population increase  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon police look for larger budget as calls and population increase

  19-10-2023 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The budget for the Saskatoon Police Service was discussed at the police commissioner's meeting Thursday, with increases in the budget set for the next two years.
  
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• Former St. Anne's nun 8th person charged for alleged abuses at that residential school

  19-10-2023 21:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Francoise Seguin is the eighth worker and third nun to face criminal charges from their time at St. Anne's residential school in northern Ontario since provincial police opened a probe in the 1990s.
  
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• Cumberland House declares state of emergency due to lack of water

  19-10-2023 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cumberland House along with the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan are declaring a state of emergency due to a lack of water in the community's reservoir for the upcoming winter.
  
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• Saskatoon police Chief Troy Cooper retiring from active duty - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  19-10-2023 21:41 via news.google.com
  
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• Saskatoon police Chief Troy Cooper retiring from active duty

  19-10-2023 21:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Calling it "an honour" to serve six years as Saskatoon's top cop, Troy Cooper is stepping down as the city's chief of police. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper announces retirement

  19-10-2023 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper announced that his last day before retirement will be Jan. 16, 2024.
  
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• Four new treaty boundary signs to be put along Saskatchewan highways

  19-10-2023 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The new signs will mark the boundaries of Treaty 2, 4, 6, and 10 along Saskatchewan highways.
  
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• Amundrud's week-to-week progression: Huskies' QB learning on the fly as team prepares to host Calgary

  19-10-2023 21:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Anton Amundrud's arms, feet, eyes and brain are taking in a lot of new information this fall. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon police chief Troy Cooper to retire

  19-10-2023 21:07
  
  Saskatoon police chief Troy Cooper announced his retirement during a news conference on Thursday.
  
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• Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper Announces Retirement From Policing

  19-10-2023 21:05 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Issued in partnership with the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners;After almost six years serving as Police Chief of the Saskatoon Police Service, today Troy Cooper announced he will retire from policing effective January 16, 2024. The public announcement was made at a news conference called by the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners prior to the Board’s regular public meeting on October 19, 2023.“As we move into 2024 and begin engagement for our next strategic plan, it is th
  
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• Watch live action from the Pan American Games in Chile

  19-10-2023 21:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Watch live coverage of competition from the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
  
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• Facing water shortage, Cumberland House declares state of emergency

  19-10-2023 20:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Without enough water to fill the community's reservoir for the winter, the Village of Cumberland House has declared a state of emergency. Read More
  
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• Ruff-ly 100 animals need foster care homes as Saskatoon SPCA gets ready to move - Global News

  19-10-2023 20:20 via news.google.com
  Ruff-ly 100 animals need foster care homes as Saskatoon SPCA gets ready to move  Global News
  
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• Ruff-ly 100 animals need foster care homes as Saskatoon SPCA gets ready to move

  19-10-2023 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatoon SPCA is looking for more people to sign up for its foster program as it prepares to move locations in the new year.
  
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• Saskatchewan athletes excited to see lacrosse return to Olympic stage

  19-10-2023 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bridget Pottle, executive director of the Saskatchewan Lacrosse Association said adding the sport to the Olympics gives athletes new goals and opportunities.
  
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• Jury makes nine recommendations at inquest into Shane Cantre's death at RPC

  19-10-2023 20:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• Crown files direct indictment for Sask. medicine man accused of sexual assault

  19-10-2023 19:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Crown has filed a direct indictment against Cecil Wolfe, a Saskatchewan medicine man accused of sexually assaulting 12 women between 2013 and 2021. Read More
  
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• Sask. government seeking builders for new long-term care facility

  19-10-2023 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Thursday, the government announced it had issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a team to design and build the specialized facility.
  
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• Sask. MLA: Only 'gay agenda' is keeping 'queer and trans kids alive'

  19-10-2023 19:41
  
  Saskatchewan's only out, gay MLA spoke for nearly six hours Wednesday as the province's opposition NDP continued to delay the passage of a controversial piece of legislation.
  
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• Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation members living in 'anxiety 24/7 now' amid violence that prompted state of emergency

  19-10-2023 18:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The death of a teen boy earlier this month at Deschambault Lake, which prompted Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation to declare a state of emergency this week, has "shaken us to the core," Chief Karen Bird says. Read More
  
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• Sask. families are getting 'quicker access' to mental health care

  19-10-2023 18:14
  
  Instead of waiting weeks, children, youth, and their caregivers in Prince Albert can now access free counselling in a matter of days.
  
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• Saskatoon residents now have access to drinking water advisory ... - CJWW

  19-10-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Saskatoon residents now have access to drinking water advisory ...  CJWW
  
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• Sask. human rights commission denounces 'disappointing' school pronoun legislation

  19-10-2023 17:58
  
  The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission has come out against proposed legislation that would force schools to alert parents if youth want to be referred to by a different pronoun or name.
  
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• BRING BACK THE JOY – Saskatoon Quilter's Guild 2023 QUILT ... - Global News

  19-10-2023 17:52 via news.google.com
  
  BRING BACK THE JOY – Saskatoon Quilter's Guild 2023 QUILT ...  Global News
  
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• Canada's economy has less competition than it used to, new report says

  19-10-2023 17:49 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal agency in charge of ensuring there's healthy competition between companies in Canada says there's less of it than there used to be.
  
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• Red Pheasant Cree Nation breaks ground on North Battleford retail development

  19-10-2023 17:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A Saskatchewan First Nation is about to make a new contribution to urban development in one of the province's urban centres. Read More
  
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• 'Never too late' to shelve Parents' Bill of Rights, says Sask. Human Rights Commission

  19-10-2023 17:28 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission is calling the government's Parents' Bill of Rights disappointing and polarizing.
  
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• Law professors, human rights commissioner tell Sask. government to shelve Parents' Bill of Rights

  19-10-2023 17:28 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission is calling the government's Parents' Bill of Rights disappointing and polarizing, while a group of U of S law professors says the government is "knowingly overriding the constitutional rights of its citizens."
  
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• Virtue and Moir lead star-studded group of inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

  19-10-2023 17:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir join the Order of Sport, among seven other athletes and two builders awarded Canada's highest sporting honour.
  
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Thursday, Oct. 19 - Global News

  19-10-2023 17:08 via news.google.com
  Saskatoon morning news rewind: Thursday, Oct. 19  Global News
  
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Thursday, Oct. 19

  19-10-2023 17:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Thursday, Oct. 19.
  
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• Deputy Sheriff – Court Security (Saskatoon) – COU001609 - paNOW

  19-10-2023 17:02 via news.google.com
  
  Deputy Sheriff – Court Security (Saskatoon) – COU001609  paNOW
  
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• Saskatchewan Blue Cross partners with Saskatoon Council on ... - Canada NewsWire

  19-10-2023 16:28 via news.google.com
  
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• Saskatoon weather: Warm and sunny — are we sure it's fall? - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  19-10-2023 16:20 via news.google.com
  
  Saskatoon weather: Warm and sunny — are we sure it's fall?  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Permanent residency backlog persists despite progress, AG report says

  19-10-2023 16:20 via cbc.ca
  
  A new report from the auditor general of Canada released Thursday warns that while progress has been made, the federal government must improve how it manages immigration programs to reduce permanent residency backlogs.
  
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• Saskatoon weather: Warm and sunny — are we sure it's fall?

  19-10-2023 16:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A look at Thursday’s Saskatoon weather by Environment Canada. Read More
  
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• LISTEN: Aden Bowman receiver turning heads in Saskatoon - CJME News Talk Sports

  19-10-2023 15:24 via news.google.com
  
  LISTEN: Aden Bowman receiver turning heads in Saskatoon  CJME News Talk Sports
  
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