Joni Mitchell may pull collection of personal artifacts from Saskatoon. Singer tired of waiting

A close friend of Joni Mitchell, above, says the singer is "distraught" Saskatoon is not recognizing her.

Photograph by: Aaron Harris, The Canadian Press , The StarPhoenix

By Charles Hamilton, The StarPhoenix:
It has to be said: You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.
If Saskatoon can't find a home for one of the largest collections of her personal artifacts, Joni Mitchell is going to move it elsewhere, says a close family friend who spoke to the legendary singer earlier this week.
"The very last thing she said was, 'Well, if Saskatoon is not interested, basically it's going to go,'," Ron Lamb told The StarPhoenix.
"It's kind of devastating."
Lamb has been in possession of the collection - including Mitchell's graduation dress, personal scrap books and years worth of tour diaries - for several years, but since it's not on display anywhere in the city, hardly anyone in Saskatoon even knows it exists.
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