Sister of man beaten near Melfort frustrated by judicial system after assailants plead to lesser offence | Saskatoon police major crimes investigating high-speed crash that left 16-year-old dead | Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
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Sister of man beaten near Melfort frustrated by judicial system after assailants plead to lesser offence; Shanda Tansowny, a nurse living in Calgary, says she spent nearly every day for three months looking into the alleged assault of her brother, Chris Hawkins\.

Sister of man beaten near Melfort frustrated by judicial system after assailants plead to lesser offence

April 16 , 2024 at 04:57:48 p.m. CST • :

Two men accused of binding and beating a man on a rural property near Melfort, Sask., pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm, a lesser charge than what the victim's family expected.

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Saskatoon police major crimes investigating high-speed crash that left 16-year-old dead; Police say a 15-year-old was driving the car\.

Saskatoon police major crimes investigating high-speed crash that left 16-year-old dead

April 16 , 2024 at 04:54:46 p.m. CST • :

Friends and family are grieving the loss of a 16-year-old who was killed in a crash that injured two other teens here on Saskatoon's Taylor Street E. on Sunday morning.

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Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending;

Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending

April 16 , 2024 at 02:02:16 p.m. CST • :

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fourth budget delivers a big-ticket housing program for millennials and Generation Z voters — a multi-billion dollar commitment to be paid for in part with a tax hike on the rich and corporate Canada.

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Unruly day at the Sask. Legislature: Harpauer apologizes, Harrison storms out; Sask\. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Randy Weekes reading texts from Finance Minister Donna Harpauer accusing him of letting legislature become an 'Opposition puppet show\.'

Unruly day at the Sask. Legislature: Harpauer apologizes, Harrison storms out

April 15 , 2024 at 07:10:09 p.m. CST • :

It was an unruly afternoon at the Saskatchewan Legislature building on Monday.

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You work hard to recycle, but where do items go after you toss them in the blue bin?; A close-up shot of a blue recycling bin\.

You work hard to recycle, but where do items go after you toss them in the blue bin?

April 16 , 2024 at 08:27:57 a.m. CST • :

One expert compared it to tracking wheat. It would be very hard to know if a specific Saskatchewan farmer's grain ends up in your loaf of bread.

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Text messages and tantrums: a wild afternoon in Saskatchewan's legislative assembly; Man in black gown holds cellphone  

April 15 , 2024 at 04:57:01 p.m. CST • :

Text messages and tantrums: a wild afternoon in Saskatchewan's legislative assembly

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Sask. carbon rebate cheques go out, but future amounts uncertain; New fees will be introduced in Calgary and beyond come 2024\.  

April 15 , 2024 at 05:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Sask. carbon rebate cheques go out, but future amounts uncertain

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16-year-old dead, 2 teens in hospital after single-car collision in Saskatoon; A Saskatoon Police Service officer is beside an upside down vehicle with a red tent popped up beside it, and debris scattered on April 14, 2024\.  

April 14 , 2024 at 12:38:10 p.m. CST • :

16-year-old dead, 2 teens in hospital after single-car collision in Saskatoon

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Explaining powwow culture as powwow season kicks off; People attending a powwow\.  

April 16 , 2024 at 05:34:13 p.m. CST • :

Explaining powwow culture as powwow season kicks off

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Saskatoon man in Edmonton burn unit will need help during long, painful recovery; Man covered in medical bandages in a hospital bed with a woman in a gown leaning over him\.  

April 12 , 2024 at 04:34:20 p.m. CST • :

Saskatoon man in Edmonton burn unit will need help during long, painful recovery

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April 16 , 2024 at 09:23:39 a.m. CST • :

These 10 Sask. volunteers are being honoured for contributions to community

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April 16 , 2024 at 02:43:42 p.m. CST • :

Liberals pledge $9B in new money for Indigenous communities in 2024 budget

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April 16 , 2024 at 05:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Sask. man training for half Ironman triathlon while battling Stage 4 cancer

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April 16 , 2024 at 01:25:25 p.m. CST • :

Coroner's inquest focuses on how police failed to find gun on prisoner who later shot self in cell

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April 15 , 2024 at 04:51:55 p.m. CST • :

Sask. man accused of abducting his daughter takes stand in his own defence

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