Saskatoon news

• Fire in northeast Saskatchewan continues to grow

  12-09-2017 23:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  Residents of the small northeastern community of Tyrrell Lake are the latest to head south as fires in the area threaten homes and infrastructure.
  While a mandatory evacuation order has not been issued, Steve Roberts, the province’s executive director of wildfire management, said four permanent residents and other people who have recreational cabins in the area were advised Monday afternoon that it was in their best interests to leave.
  “The fire did not actually reach there
  
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• Photos: Children's Discovery Museum funding announcement

  12-09-2017 22:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  The transformation of the Mendel Art Gallery to the Children’s Discovery Museum has received a big boost, thanks to $3 million in funding from the federal government. A media event to announce the funding was held at the Mendel in Saskatoon, September 12, 2017.
  
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• How employers can prep for marijuana legalization

  12-09-2017 22:41 via cbc.ca
  A conference in Saskatoon called Work Better Safer is aiming to help employers explore ways to get ready for the emergence of marijuana on the job as the date of legalization draws near.
  
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• Relative Newcomer Fiala is 58th Blades Captain dlvr.it/PmZKKV https://t.co/kPlzbI0C7u

  12-09-2017 22:35
  
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• Pope names new bishop for Saskatoon

  12-09-2017 21:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  Nearly a year after the position was vacated, Saskatoon’s Roman Catholic Diocese has a new bishop.
  Pope Francis announced Tuesday that Mark Hagemoen will be the eighth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. A date for his installation has not been set.
  Hagemoen is currently bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, a region that includes northern Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and part of Nunavut. 
  He spent his early life in Vancouver and earne
  
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• Woman convicted of assault in 2015 Wollaston Lake death

  12-09-2017 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  Woman charged with manslaughter in 2015 Wollaston Lake death convicted on lesser charge of assault.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: rain, big cool down move in

  12-09-2017 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  Sunny weather shifts out and is replaced by rain and much cooler temperatures in Saskatoon’s weather forecast. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan with the details.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades name veteran defenceman Evan Fiala their new captain

  12-09-2017 21:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  Evan Fiala leaves Wednesday for the NHL Detroit Red Wings’ main camp and, boy, did the Saskatoon Blades give him quite the send-off.
  While unveiling the team’s new third jersey on Tuesday, the Blades named Fiala — a 20-year-old defenceman from Clavet — as the team’s new captain for the upcoming Western Hockey League season.
  It’s been a whirlwind of change for Fiala during the past year.
  “My stomach’s still not settled here,” he admitted Tuesd
  
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• 'We never let him go without supervision': Daycare worker says Saskatoon boy who died had autism

  12-09-2017 20:38 via cbc.ca
  The five-year-old boy who died Monday after wandering from his Saskatoon school yard into a pond needed specialized supervision due to his autism and lack of English-language skills, says the daycare worker who dropped him off that morning.
  
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• Union questions staffing levels after death of Saskatoon kindergarten student

  12-09-2017 20:38 via cbc.ca
  The union representing education support workers is questioning staffing levels after a five-year-old boy died near a Saskatoon school.
  
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• Impaired driver who crashed truck into City of Saskatoon vehicle fined

  12-09-2017 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  An impaired driver who crashed a pickup truck into a City of Saskatoon vehicle on College Drive was fined $3,000.
  
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• Family barely escapes carbon monoxide poisoning in Warman, Sask., gas leak

  12-09-2017 20:23 via cbc.ca
  A woman and two teens barely escaped death this morning when a faulty furnace filled their Warman home with carbon monoxide.
  
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• Evan Fiala named Saskatoon Blades captain

  12-09-2017 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  Evan Fiala has been named captain of the Saskatoon Blades.
  
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• 3 seriously injured in Saskatoon home invasion

  12-09-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Police said three people were seriously injured after being assaulted in a Saskatoon home invasion.
  
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• Real life Hulk to appear at Saskatoon comic expo

  12-09-2017 19:55 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatoon Comic and Entertainment Expo always features big stars, but try this one on for size: six feet five inches tall and 250 pounds of pure muscle.
  
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• Cyclist suffers minor injuries after being hit by car

  12-09-2017 19:46
  The Saskatoon Police Service responded to a collision between a car and a cyclist at 19th Street and Avenue X around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
  
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• Appeal for Saskatoon man convicted of murder adjourned for second time

  12-09-2017 19:34
  A Saskatoon man convicted of murdering his wife has had his appeal adjourned for a second time.
  
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• Public Advisory - Emergency Response Exercise - Skyxe Saskatoon Airport

  12-09-2017 19:32 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service wishes to advise the public of an emergency response exercise taking place tomorrow at Skyxe Saskatoon Airport. Shortly after 8:00 a.m., September 13, 2017, the SPS will be involved in a multi-agency emergency response exercise in a controlled area of the Air Terminal Building. There will be no threat to public safety as a result of this exercise, but the public can expect to see a large presence of emergency personnel in the vicinity of the airport.The exercise
  
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• Sask. maintains 'Triple A' credit rating by Moody's Investors Service

  12-09-2017 19:25 via cbc.ca
  Despite a tough spring budget, the government of Saskatchewan has maintained the highest credit rating possible from a major lending agency.
  
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• Rush to have more new company in NLL dlvr.it/PmXXHG https://t.co/wMAfiZeHxK

  12-09-2017 19:22
  
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• Research to Study Alzheimers in First Nations dlvr.it/PmXXQ1 https://t.co/ix0vw84aXl

  12-09-2017 19:22
  
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• Children's Discovery Museum receives $3 million in funding from federal government

  12-09-2017 19:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  The transformation of the Mendel Art Gallery to the Children’s Discovery Museum has received a big boost, thanks to $3 million in funding from the federal government.
  The children’s museum and the Canadian government announced the donation Tuesday at the building that long held the Mendel Art Gallery, but is now transitioning into the children’s museum. The funding announced Tuesday, which comes through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, “will support the renovati
  
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• Fence city ponds, petition demands after kindergartner’s death

  12-09-2017 19:19
  The death of a kindergarten student from Saskatoon’s École Dundonald School has prompted several residents to call for fences around city ponds.
  
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• Home Invasion - 800 Block of Macklem Drive

  12-09-2017 19:17 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are investigating a home invasion which occurred in the 800 block of Macklem Drive this morning.At approximately 2:00 a.m., September 12, 2017, Police received an emergency call from a woman inside the house. She claimed that at 2 - 3 men, armed with weapons, had forced their way inside. They demanded money and assaulted two other men and herself with weapons before fleeing. The victims sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries.No arrests have been made.
  
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• Man dead after semi rollover near Burstall, Sask.

  12-09-2017 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  Leader RCMP say an 18-year-old man is dead after a semi rollover near Burstall, Sask., on Sept. 7.
  
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• Saskatchewan’s Aaa credit rating confirmed by Moody’s

  12-09-2017 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  Moody’s Investors Service has confirmed Saskatchewan continues to have a Aaa credit rating from the agency.
  
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• Terry Fox Run Goes This Weekend dlvr.it/PmXC4H https://t.co/CtjMydcUQl

  12-09-2017 18:49
  
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• 18-year-old dies in semi rollover in southwest Saskatchewan

  12-09-2017 18:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  An 18-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle rollover on a grid road near Burstall.
  Leader RCMP, along with Burstall fire and emergency medical crews, responded Thursday around 7 p.m. to the rollover of a semi unit carrying diesel fuel on the Mendham grid road, RCMP said in a news release.
  An 18-year-old man was taken from the scene via STARS helicopter but later pronounced dead. Another 18-year-old man in the vehicle was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries, RCMP said.
  Burstall is
  
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• 18-year-old man dies in semi rollover

  12-09-2017 18:31
  A man has died after a semi rollover near the Alberta Saskatchewan border last week.
  
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• Saskatchewan Once Again Boasts a Aaa Credit Rating dlvr.it/PmWrf0 https://t.co/SNjFcYdx92

  12-09-2017 18:15
  
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• CFL Power Rankings: Bombers get the last laugh on Roughriders

  12-09-2017 18:15 via cbc.ca
  With their entertaining Banjo Bowl victory over Saskatchewan, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers took revenge — and the No. 2 spot in our weekly rankings — from their rivals.
  
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• New bishop named for Saskatoon

  12-09-2017 18:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  A new bishop has been named to lead Saskatoon’s Roman Catholic Diocese nearly one year after the position was vacated.
  Pope Francis announced Tuesday that Mark Hagemoen will be the eighth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. A date for his installation has not been set.
  Hagemoen is currently the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, a region that includes northern Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and part of Nunavut. 
  Hagemoen spent his ear
  
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• Extra support being offered at Dundonald School after drowning death of five-year-old student

  12-09-2017 18:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  Extra counsellors and senior school board administration are at Dundonald School to help staff, students and families deal with the drowning death of a five-year-old boy in a nearby pond.
  Saskatoon Public School Division spokeswoman Veronica Baker on Tuesday said the division pulled counsellors from other schools and that supports are available for families that need help dealing with the Kindergarten student’s death. She said families and students are being encouraged to come forward if t
  
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• Pope appoints Mark Hagemoen as new Catholic Bishop of Saskatoon

  12-09-2017 18:03 via cbc.ca
  Pope Francis has found a new bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Climate change is 'idiotic' obsession

  12-09-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Too bad that, despite the assault on biological diversity that the Nature Conservancy Council says we human beings are visiting upon the Earth (Nature losing ground despite conservation, SP, Aug. 25), Chicken Little hasn’t gone extinct but, rather, seems to be thriving! Biologist Dan Kraus covers much ground that I agree with. But then he says “our natural species are also facing new threats such as … climate change that unknown 20,000 days ago.” He did mean days, not ye
  
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• SGI part of working group to develop regulations for self-driving vehicles

  12-09-2017 17:51 via cbc.ca
  Self-driving cars may seem like a thing of the future, but Saskatchewan Government Insurance is already in talks about the potential arrival of the technology.
  
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• Man walking on Highway 2 North hit by vehicle and killed

  12-09-2017 17:45 via cbc.ca
  RCMP say a 55-year-old man from Black Lake, Sask. was killed after being struck by a vehicle as he walked along Highway 2 North near Christopher Lake Monday evening.
  
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• Canadian police forces ask government to postpone legal marijuana date past July 2018

  12-09-2017 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  Representatives from different police forces are appearing before the House of Commons health committee, which is studying the government's bill to make marijuana legal.
  
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• Provincial compensation now available for property damaged in August storm

  12-09-2017 17:40
  People whose property was damaged in the Aug. 8 rainstorm can now apply for financial assistance.
  
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• Two northern Saskatchewan wildfires grow in size

  12-09-2017 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  Shifting winds, along with hot, dry weather, create dynamic conditions for two northern Saskatchewan wildfires to grow in size.
  
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• Blair says pot legalization needs to happen quickly, as police seek delay

  12-09-2017 17:06
  Amid concerns from Canadian law enforcement agencies that police will not be ready to apply legalized marijuana laws by July 2018, the federal point-man on pot says it’s important to get the new regime in place as soon as possible.
  
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• Man dead in pedestrian collision on Highway 2 near Christopher Lake

  12-09-2017 17:05 via globalnews.ca
  A man was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 2 near Christopher Lake
  
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• Pedestrian killed in collision near Christopher Lake Monday night

  12-09-2017 16:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  A pedestrian has been killed after being hit by a vehicle Monday night near Christopher Lake, according to a news release.
  Prince Albert RCMP were called to the scene of a serious collision Monday night at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Highway Two North near Christopher Lake. A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle travelling northbound.
  The pedestrian, a 55-year-old man from Black Lake, was pronounced dead at the scene. RCMP will not be releasing the name of the deceased.
  The driver of the vehicle in
  
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• Pedestrian dies after crash on highway north of Prince Albert

  12-09-2017 16:39
  A 55-year-old man has died after being struck by a vehicle on a highway north of Prince Albert.
  
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• Buy a smile cookie, support Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation

  12-09-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  Buying a Tim Hortons smile cookie for the next week will help raise funds for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation.
  
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• Sask. maintains Triple A credit rating

  12-09-2017 16:07
  Despite some recent tough economic times, Saskatchewan is maintaining its Triple A credit rating.
  
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• StarPhoenix daily update for Sept. 12, 2017

  12-09-2017 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Dundonald Kindergarten boy drowns at recess
  It was supposed to be a celebratory day — the Monday kicking off the first full week of the new school year. Instead, the Dundonald school community has been left stunned and saddened by the death of a five-year-old Kindergartner who was found after morning recess in a nearby pond. Click here to read more
  
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• La Loche school shooting: sentencing hearing resumes in October for teen killer

  12-09-2017 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  The sentencing hearing for a teen guilty of killing four people in the La Loche school shooting will resume in October.
  
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• What people need to know about shingles

  12-09-2017 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  Pharmacist Kelly Kizlyk with what to know about shingles, the warning signs and treatment options.
  
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• SaskEnergy conducting controlled natural gas flare near airport

  12-09-2017 15:45
  SaskEnergy is conducting a controlled natural gas flare near the Saskatoon Airport Tuesday morning.
  
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