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UPDATE: Saskatoon flag shop pulls Confederate flag from display
By Kurtis DoeringIn the wake of a massacre which left nine people dead in a South Carolina church, Saskatoon Flag Shop owner Judy Denham has pulled her Confederate flags from display.“From a personal...
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'Challenging year' ahead for Saskatoon Health Region
By Kurtis DoeringThe Saskatoon Health Region (SHR) is still $19.36 million in the red coming into the new fiscal year, and if nothing changes, that number could more than double.The 2015-16 operating...
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Northern communities evacuated, again, due to fire
By Kurtis DoeringNot long after residents of Sikichew Lake and Clam Lake Bridge returned home, another round of evacuations has been ordered.Forest fires are threatening the northern communities, just...
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Sask. Jazz Festival plays on despite smoke blanket
By Kurtis DoeringThe show must go on for performers at the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, despite a nearly unprecedented blanket of smoke over Saskatoon.All of the festival’s Monday shows are...
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Softball Championships continue in Saskatoon despite smoky haze
By Kurtis DoeringEven when the smoke in Saskatoon was at its thickest, softball fans young and old flocked to Gordie Howe Park to watch the best softball athletes in the world compete at the highest...
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Former U of S president resigns professor position
By Kurtis DoeringMore than a year after being fired as the University of Saskatchewan’s president, Ilene Busch-Vishniac is leaving the campus. Busch-Vishniac had been serving as a professor in the...
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2015 fire season could be the new normal for northern industries
By Kurtis DoeringAs hundreds of wildfires tear through northern Saskatchewan, the province’s mining sector is being affected in more ways than one.Claude Resources had to suspend operations at its...
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Saskatoon moves to add e-cigs to smoking bans
By Kurtis DoeringSaskatoon city councillors have moved to add electronic cigarettes to the existing bans on public smoking.The Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services...
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NLL's Edmonton Rush officially move to Saskatoon
By Kurtis DoeringSaskatchewan just got a second professional sports team.The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL’s) Edmonton Rush are moving to Saskatoon, and will play under a green and black Saskatchewan...
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U of S prof says Sask. needs to prepare for new wildfire reality
By Kurtis DoeringIn the wake of unprecedented wildfire evacuations and a nine-figure firefighting bill, northern communities and the province of Saskatchewan need to rethink the way they prepare for...
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Bomb threat shutters stores at Midtown Plaza
By Kurtis DoeringA bomb threat made to security at Saskatoon’s Midtown Plaza Wednesday forced stores to close early, and brought out the police explosive disposal unit.Police said at around 6:30 p.m.,...
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Sask. privacy commissioner to weigh in on whistleblower file Tuesday
By Kurtis DoeringAfter being placed on paid suspension in April, Peter Bowden labelled the events around it a “conspiracy.” Many of the circumstances around the Saskatoon care aide’s case remain...
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Oil companies probably aren't swindling you: U of S prof says
By Kurtis DoeringThe price of oil has fallen to a six-and-a-half year low, yet the price of gasoline in Saskatoon still averages over $1.22 per litre for regular.And while some may conclude that...
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Former refugee recalls experience as European migrant crisis worsens
By Kurtis DoeringRick Istifo was only a teenager when he decided to flee Iraq with his family during the first Gulf War and embark on a perilous journey to a better life.Now as hundreds of thousands of...
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Former refugee recalls experience as European migrant crisis worsens
By Kurtis DoeringRick Istifo was only a teenager when he decided to flee Iraq with his family during the first Gulf War and embark on a perilous journey to a better life.Now as hundreds of thousands of...
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Vet says meat-wrapped rat poison left outside her Saskatoon clinic
By Kurtis Doering, Bryn LevyA Saskatoon vet is asking pet owners to stay vigilant after somebody tried to poison her dog.Dr. Teresa Cook owns Frontier Veterinary Services, just off Circle Drive and...
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Saskatoon home trashed by renters, owners stuck with $14K in damages
By Kurtis DoeringSean and Miranda Fyfe were just trying to help out a family in need while making a bit of cash.But now, the Fyfes are on the hook for an estimated $14,000 dollars in damages to their...
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Police say surrounded nurses incident was just a game of hide-and-seek
By Kurtis DoeringSaskatoon police are confident that a game of hide-and-seek explains the case of three Saskatoon nurses who were surrounded by a group of men in a park this week.In a widely-shared...
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Guy Lonechild attempts a return to the FSIN
By Kurtis DoeringIt's been four years since Guy Lonechild was unceremoniously removed as chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN). But now, with the Legislative Assembly...
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Onion Lake chief Wallace Fox charged with assault
By Kurtis DoeringOne of Saskatchewan's most prominent First Nations chiefs has been arrested, and is now facing four criminal charges.Onion Lake chief Wallace Fox had been the subject of an RCMP...
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