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• Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation starts evacuation of northern community due to wildfire

  13-08-2024 23:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) is moving its members out of the remote northern community of Sandy Bay, Sask., because of a wildfire in the area.
  
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• Saskatoon police weigh in on crime stats amid violent year

  13-08-2024 23:21 via cbc.ca
  
  The numbers are painting a violent picture in Saskatoon. In July, StatsCan gave the city one of the highest crime severity rates in the country. This week, Saskatoon police are weighing in with their own numbers.
  
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• Here's where you might see Apple Maps vehicles around Saskatchewan

  13-08-2024 23:01
  
  Residents in nearly 20 cities and towns across Saskatchewan will have the chance to spot field teams from Apple as they gather images, GPS traces and LiDAR for use in the company's Maps app.
  
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• Indigenous themed thermal spa coming to Saskatoon's Dakota Dunes Resort - CTV News Regina

  13-08-2024 22:52 via news.google.com
  Indigenous themed thermal spa coming to Saskatoon's Dakota Dunes Resort  CTV News Regina
  
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• Indigenous themed thermal spa coming to Saskatoon's Dakota Dunes Resort

  13-08-2024 22:52
  
  A new thermal spa is coming to one of Saskatchewan’s popular tourist destinations.
  
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• FIBA 3x3 Women's Series, YXE Urban Games taking over Saskatoon streets - MSN

  13-08-2024 22:24 via news.google.com
  FIBA 3x3 Women's Series, YXE Urban Games taking over Saskatoon streets  MSN
  
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• FIBA 3x3 Women's Series, YXE Urban Games taking over Saskatoon streets - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  13-08-2024 22:11 via news.google.com
  FIBA 3x3 Women's Series, YXE Urban Games taking over Saskatoon streets  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Prince Albert police lay first-degree murder charge in death of 'always funny' father of four

  13-08-2024 22:10
  
  Prince Albert police have charged a man in the stabbing death of 41-year-old Norman Wenzel last month.
  
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• FIBA 3×3 Women's Series, YXE Urban Games taking over Saskatoon streets

  13-08-2024 22:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The best women's 3x3 basketball players are descending on Saskatoon this week, competing alongside a newly-unveiled festival for the city. Here are five things to know about this weekend's FIBA 3x3 Women's Series tour stop and the XYE Urban Games: Read More
  
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• University of Saskatchewan research gets Canadian Space Agency funding

  13-08-2024 21:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Two out of 17 grants awarded recently by the Canadian Space Agency will go to projects at the University of Saskatchewan. Read More
  
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• Boy hit by vehicle, seriously injured in Melville, Sask.: RCMP

  13-08-2024 21:13 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP say a boy under the age of 12 was seriously injured when he was hit by a vehicle in a residential area of Melville, Sask., on Monday night. He was flown to a hospital in Saskatoon.
  
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• Sask. highways minister pleads with feds to interject in railway dispute

  13-08-2024 21:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Looming job action by the country's two main railways or by the rail workers would have a "devastating effect" on provincial and national economies and reputations, says Saskatchewan's highways minister. Read More
  
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• Young boy from Melville, Sask. taken to hospital after serious collision

  13-08-2024 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Monday around 9 p.m., Melville RCMP responded to the collision in the residential area of 7th Avenue and King Street
  
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• Canada's foreign worker program a 'breeding ground for contemporary slavery,' says UN report

  13-08-2024 20:19
  
  Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program serves as a 'breeding ground for contemporary slavery,' according to a scathing UN report examining Canada's efforts to limit unfair labour.
  
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• Egadz to honour 11 people who lost their lives to the sex trade in Saskatoon in the last year - CTV News Saskatoon

  13-08-2024 20:17 via news.google.com
  Egadz to honour 11 people who lost their lives to the sex trade in Saskatoon in the last year  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Egadz to honour 11 people who lost their lives to the sex trade in Saskatoon in the last year

  13-08-2024 20:17
  
  A Saskatoon non-profit that supports at-risk youth is honouring 11 people who lost their lives to the sex trade in the last year.
  
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• Saskatchewan's oldest permanent settlement celebrates 250th anniversary

  13-08-2024 20:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Philomene Chaboyer says she is proud of her community of Cumberland House and hopes for an even better future as the northern Saskatchewan village celebrates its 250th anniversary.
  
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• Saskatchewan to enhance cancer treatment safety through genotyping

  13-08-2024 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Sask. government, SHA, and Saskatchewan Cancer Agency are launching a genome testing program to improve the safety of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment.
  
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• Having trouble finding a place to rent in Saskatchewan? You aren’t alone

  13-08-2024 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some people in Saskatchewan are having trouble finding a place to rent this summer, as vacancy rates have reached a near-decade low.
  
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• Saskatoon police investigate several stabbings on weekend - SaskToday.ca

  13-08-2024 18:44 via news.google.com
  Saskatoon police investigate several stabbings on weekend  SaskToday.ca
  
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• SARM president Roy Orb is stepping down after 20 years

  13-08-2024 18:44
  
  After 20 years at the helm of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), Ray Orb is taking a bow.
  
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• SARM president Ray Orb is stepping down after 20 years

  13-08-2024 18:44
  
  After 20 years at the helm of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), Ray Orb is taking a bow.
  
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• Police looking for suspect after someone was shot at in Saskatoon - SaskToday.ca

  13-08-2024 17:59 via news.google.com
  Police looking for suspect after someone was shot at in Saskatoon  SaskToday.ca
  
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• 101-year-old Sask. D-Day veteran receives France’s highest distinction

  13-08-2024 16:57
  
  A Saskatchewan Second World War veteran is the most recent recipient of France’s highest order of distinction.
  
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• Saskatoon mayor requests $75,000 in renovations ahead of fall election - 650 CKOM News Talk Sports

  13-08-2024 16:09 via news.google.com
  Saskatoon mayor requests $75,000 in renovations ahead of fall election  650 CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Saskatoon police arrest man after alleged golf club assault - 650 CKOM News Talk Sports

  13-08-2024 15:02 via news.google.com
  Saskatoon police arrest man after alleged golf club assault  650 CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Saskatchewan man arrested after three people have finger chopped off

  13-08-2024 14:49
  
  A Saskatchewan man has been arrested after police say three people were threatened at gunpoint and each had a finger chopped off.
  
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• Tank: Saskatoon scores big in private partnership for arena district - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  13-08-2024 14:03 via news.google.com
  Tank: Saskatoon scores big in private partnership for arena district  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Tank: Saskatoon scores big in private partnership for arena district

  13-08-2024 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  You need not support the proposed arena district planned for downtown Saskatoon. Read More
  
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• Opinion: Stretchflation sneak as groceries get pricier, not just bigger

  13-08-2024 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  There's "shrinkflation," which everyone despises — when the quantity decreases but the price stays the same — and there's also "shelflation," where a product's shelf life is compromised due to supply chain issues. Read More
  
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• Letters: Religious beliefs must be equally subject to critique, satire

  13-08-2024 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Letter writer James McLane’s indignation (SP, Aug. 8) over the Olympic opening ceremonies stems from a misconception — that faith enjoins similar restrictions upon non-believers as adherents. He is constrained by his creed’s restrictions; I am not. Read More
  
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• CTV News Saskatoon at 11:30 for Monday, August 12, 2024 - CTV News Saskatoon

  13-08-2024 11:52 via news.google.com
  CTV News Saskatoon at 11:30 for Monday, August 12, 2024  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 'Outright fraud': This Saskatoon builder left a trail of customers who say they paid and got nothing

  13-08-2024 09:30
  
  A group of customers say they've lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after dealing with the Saskatoon-based Prairie Timber Group Ltd.
  
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• Miller Express rebound with commanding win over Saskatoon in Game 2 of East Final - Moose Jaw Today

  13-08-2024 07:00 via news.google.com
  Miller Express rebound with commanding win over Saskatoon in Game 2 of East Final  Moose Jaw Today
  
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• Saskatoon sees highest year-over-year rent hikes - CTV News Saskatoon

  13-08-2024 05:30 via news.google.com
  
  Saskatoon sees highest year-over-year rent hikes  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Sask. hockey player Duncan MacPherson died in Austria 35 years ago. His parents still search for answers.

  13-08-2024 03:23
  
  Anyone who was around Saskatoon in 1989 may remember the name of a local hockey player, Duncan MacPherson, whose story gripped the city.
  
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• Attendance down slightly at 2024 Saskatoon Exhibition - Global News Saskatoon

  13-08-2024 02:39 via news.google.com
  
  Attendance down slightly at 2024 Saskatoon Exhibition  Global News Saskatoon
  
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• Attendance down slightly at 2024 Saskatoon Exhibition

  13-08-2024 02:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Just under 205,000 people came out to enjoy the rides and entertainment at the Saskatoon Exhibition this yea. That's slightly down from 225,000 in 2022 and 230,000 in 2021.
  
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• Multiple stabbings early Saturday morning in Saskatoon - CJWW

  13-08-2024 01:24 via news.google.com
  
  Multiple stabbings early Saturday morning in Saskatoon  CJWW
  
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• More than 200,000 people flooded through Saskatoon Ex gates in 2024 - 650 CKOM News Talk Sports

  13-08-2024 01:20 via news.google.com
  
  More than 200,000 people flooded through Saskatoon Ex gates in 2024  650 CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Attendance dips at Saskatoon Exhibition — second-lowest of past decade - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  13-08-2024 01:16 via news.google.com
  Attendance dips at Saskatoon Exhibition — second-lowest of past decade  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Attendance dips at Saskatoon Exhibition — second-lowest of past decade

  13-08-2024 01:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Total attendance at the 2024 edition of the Saskatoon Exhibition was the second-lowest of the past decade for the annual fair, according to Prairieland Park. Read More
  
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• Weapons Offence - 300 Block of Avenue I North

  13-08-2024 00:37 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Police are investigating in relation to a weapons call early Monday morning.On August 12, 2024 at approximately 2:10 a.m. police were called to 22nd Street West and Avenue I North for a report of a weapon call in progress. Call information stated someone had shot at the caller.Upon arrival, officers located the victims sitting in a vehicle that had the passenger side window smashed. The victims explained the incident happened while picking up someone from a residence in the 300 block of Avenue I
  
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• Golf club wielding ruffian had someone else's identity documents: Saskatoon police - CTV News Saskatoon

  13-08-2024 00:36 via news.google.com
  Golf club wielding ruffian had someone else's identity documents: Saskatoon police  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Golf-club wielding ruffian had someone else's identity documents: Saskatoon police

  13-08-2024 00:36
  
  A 39-year-old man is facing a number of charges after police say he was swinging a golf club at people on the street on Sunday.
  
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• Man faces charges after three people have fingers cut off near La Ronge, Sask.

  13-08-2024 00:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  RCMP say a 30-year-old man faces a list of charges after three people were taken to a rural location in the La Ronge, Sask. detachment area, threatened with a gun and assaulted; each person had a finger severed during the June attack. Read More
  
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• Canadians should be prepared for more wildfires and hurricanes: Environment Canada

  13-08-2024 00:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Human-caused climate change is making heat waves much more likely and is triggering extreme events like wildfires and storms, the federal government says.
  
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• Charges Laid - Assault P.O. - 500 Block of Walmer Road

  13-08-2024 00:05 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  One man is facing charges relating to an assault Sunday morning.On August 11, 2024 at approximately 11:30 a.m. police were called to the 500 block of Walmer Road for a report of a male swinging a golf club confronting the complainant. While police were checking the area, another call came in from the 100 block of 20th Street West that a male was intimidating people with a golf club.Upon police arrival, officers observed the suspect in an altercation with a male victim; the suspect then noticed p
  
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• Multiple stabbings mean a busy weekend for Saskatoon police - 650 CKOM News Talk Sports

  13-08-2024 00:02 via news.google.com
  
  Multiple stabbings mean a busy weekend for Saskatoon police  650 CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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