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Lonely Planet editor calls Saskatoon 'tunefully suggestive'
The Associated Press
Date: Friday Jan. 20, 2012 9:43 AM ET
SASKATOON An editor with the popular travel guide "Lonely Planet" has declared Saskatoon the most "tunefully suggestive city" in the world.
New Yorker Robert Reid was hired to create online videos for seven cities for the Canadian Tourism Commission.
In the Saskatoon video on YouTube, he declares it to have "the greatest city name of all time -- Saskatoon Saskatchewan" and sets out to write a song about it.
Reid raps rhapsodic in the video about how "it's got seven bridges, it's got river trails, and it's the place from which Joni Mitchell hails."
He also interviews Mayor Don Atchison and shows off one of his proudest awards -- a trophy bestowed upon him by comedian Rick Mercer as "Canada's Craziest Mayor."
Saskatoon Tourism is promoting the video on their Twitter feed, and media relations coordinator Alex Stang says Reid did a good job of capturing the feeling of the city.
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