Saskatoon news

• No charges laid after livestreamed confrontation at Canadian Tire

  28-09-2017 23:59
  Police say no charges will be laid after a confrontation at an east Regina Canadian Tire store that was livestreamed on social media.
  
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• Slashed Tires - 200 block Pringle Ln.

  28-09-2017 23:58 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect/suspects responsible for damaging multiple vehicle tires early this morning.Police received a call at approximately 3:45 a.m., September 28, 2017 for a report of a vehicle fire on the 200 block of Pringle Lane. When officers arrived, the Saskatoon Fire Department had extinguished the fire that was deliberately set beneath the truck. There was no damage from the fire, however, all of the tires on the truck
  
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• Saskatchewan Rush announce largest deal in team history

  28-09-2017 23:58
  New turf will greet Saskatchewan Rush players this upcoming season.
  
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• No charges for former Canadian Tire employee accused of assaulting First Nations man

  28-09-2017 23:58 via cbc.ca
  The Regina Police Service has decided it will not lay charges in the case of a Regina man who accused a former Canadian Tire employee of assaulting him.
  
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• No charges against former Canadian Tire employee accused of assaulting First Nations customer

  28-09-2017 23:58 via cbc.ca
  The Regina Police Service will not lay charges in the case of a Regina man who accused a Canadian Tire employee of assaulting him.
  
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• Police investigating after three people stabbed

  28-09-2017 23:04
  Investigators believe two men and a 17-year-old who arrived at Saskatoon’s St. Paul’s Hospital suffering from stab wounds Thursday morning were all assaulted in the same home, according to police.
  
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• Stabbing - 200 Block Avenue V South

  28-09-2017 22:24 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  At approximately 7:15 a.m., Patrol Officers responded to St. Paul's Hospital after three men arrived each suffering from stab wounds. The wounds have since been determined to be non-life threatening.Further investigation has revealed that the assaults are believed to have occurred at a residence in the 200 block of Avenue V South.The male victims are 17, 18, and 19 years old.This incident is not believed to be random in nature.Targeted Enforcement, with assistance from the Guns & Gangs Unit
  
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• Jury finds Napope not guilty of manslaughter

  28-09-2017 22:12
  Keith Napope has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of Johnathon Keenatch-Lafond.
  
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• Jury finds Keith Napope not guilty of manslaughter, guilty of robbery

  28-09-2017 22:12
  Keith Napope has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of Johnathon Keenatch-Lafond, but guilty of robbing him after a jury deliberated for about 25 hours and heard seven days of testimony.
  
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• Keith Napope found not guilty of manslaughter in stabbing death of Johnathon Keenatch

  28-09-2017 22:07 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon jury has found Keith Napope not guilty in the fatal stabbing of Johnathon Keenatch three years ago.
  
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• Rush and Co-op team up for 2017-18 NLL season dlvr.it/Pr6MY3 https://t.co/0asWAAo8cF

  28-09-2017 22:02
  
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• Sask. doctors say HPV vaccine about cancer, not sex

  28-09-2017 21:29 via cbc.ca
  A head and neck surgeon in Saskatoon says vaccinating children for the human papillomavirus is about cancer, not sex.
  
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• 'Definitely some pretty frightened people': Stray bullet shatters boardroom window during downtown shootout

  28-09-2017 21:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police are not saying much about a bullet that shattered the second-floor window of a downtown office building during a mid-afternoon shootout that sent a 34-year-old man to hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and dog bites.
  The stray round came through the window of Collins Barrow PQ LLP’s unoccupied boardroom shortly after 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, leaving a small hole and shards of glass scattered on the floor, but no injuries, according to the accountancy firm&rsquo
  
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• Saskatchewan centralizes 911 dispatch services under new Crown; raises fees

  28-09-2017 21:14
  The Saskatchewan government is creating a new Crown corporation to transform the way 911 emergency services are delivered.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: heat returns, October begins with a bang

  28-09-2017 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  Stunning 20 degree heat to end September, but rain and a risk of snow move into Sasaktoon’s weather forecast to kickoff October with a bang! Meteorologist Peter Quinlan explains.
  
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• Suspect Receives Non-Life Threatening Injuries From Downtown Shooting dlvr.it/Pr5n9B https://t.co/IU4kEO5ksb

  28-09-2017 20:53
  
  Suspect Receives Non-Life Threatening Injuries From Downtown Shooting dlvr.it/Pr5n9B https://t.co/IU4kEO5ksb
  
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• Shake Up in 911 dlvr.it/Pr5nMv https://t.co/PcQ6vBWoXi

  28-09-2017 20:53
  
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• Yields down as Saskatchewan harvest now 78% complete

  28-09-2017 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  Rain and cool temperatures slows Saskatchewan harvest with 78 per cent of the crop now in the bin.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: October begins with a bang

  28-09-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Stunning 20 degree heat to end September, but rain and a risk of snow move into Sasaktoon's weather forecast to kickoff October with a bang!
  
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• Suspect fired first at police in downtown Saskatoon, officers returned fire: acting police chief

  28-09-2017 20:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  When a suspicious-acting man fired a shot at Saskatoon police officers after refusing to be taken peacefully into police custody, officers at the scene returned fire and pursued the man on foot, said the city’s acting police chief.
  Since the man had a firearm in his possession and “certainly this individual posed a significant threat to the public as well as our officers … there’s no option to just stay there and let him go,” said acting police Chief Mark Chat
  
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• Saskatoon police shoot man who fired at officers

  28-09-2017 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  Police shoot a man in downtown Saskatoon who fired at officers and said posed a significant threat to the public.
  
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• Armed man shot by police in Saskatoon’s downtown fired at officers: police

  28-09-2017 20:19
  A man taken to hospital after gunfire in Saskatoon’s downtown Wednesday was shot by police, the police service has confirmed.
  
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• FSIN chief accuses Mountie of racial profiling during traffic stop

  28-09-2017 19:54 via cbc.ca
  The chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is accusing an RCMP officer of racial profiling.
  
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• Update - Shooting - 200 Block 4th Avenue South

  28-09-2017 19:53 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Shortly after 3:00 p.m., September 27, 2017, Patrol and Canine Officers responded to a report of a male breaking a window to gain access to a vehicle parked in the 200 block of 4th Avenue South.Responding Officers located the male in the west alley of the 200 block of 4th Avenue and at that time observed him to be carrying a weapon, now known to be a firearm. The suspect refused to comply with repeated requests to follow Police instruction and moved to 4th Avenue. He continued to disobey Of
  
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• Business Optimism Drops in Saskatchewan dlvr.it/Pr57Qc https://t.co/oTVkro8VGn

  28-09-2017 19:45
  
  Business Optimism Drops in Saskatchewan dlvr.it/Pr57Qc https://t.co/oTVkro8VGn
  
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• Former PM Jean Chrétien sounds off in Saskatoon on Trump, North Korea and NAFTA

  28-09-2017 19:42 via cbc.ca
  Always outspoken, Jean Chrétien kicked off a series of conversations with former prime ministers being held at the University of Saskatchewan as part of the Canada 150 celebrations.
  
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• Video: New in theatres Sept. 29

  28-09-2017 19:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a look at some clips from the movies hitting theatres September 29.
  
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• Photos: Oilers vs. Hurricanes in Saskatoon

  28-09-2017 19:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Edmonton Oilers went against the Carolina Hurricanes in a pre-season game at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon on September 27, 2017.
  
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• Sask. farmers harvest more than three-quarters of this year's crop

  28-09-2017 19:12
  More than three-quarters of the crop is in the bin, according to the latest weekly report from Saskatchewan Agriculture.
  
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• Man charged in collision that killed 3 Edmonton women to remain in custody

  28-09-2017 19:00 via cbc.ca
  A man charged in connection with a collision near Lloydminster that killed three people appeared in a North Battleford, Sask., provincial court Thursday via video link.
  
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• Man charged in collision that killed 3 Edmonton women remanded to custody

  28-09-2017 19:00 via cbc.ca
  A man charged in connection with a collision near Lloydminster that killed three people appeared in a North Battleford, Sask., provincial court Thursday via video link.
  
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• Add Two More to Riders Six-Man Injured List dlvr.it/Pr4XB5 https://t.co/aXu3GBhxeF

  28-09-2017 18:42
  
  Add Two More to Riders Six-Man Injured List dlvr.it/Pr4XB5 https://t.co/aXu3GBhxeF
  
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• New Crown corporation to manage Saskatchewan 911 calls

  28-09-2017 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  The new Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency will manage 911 calls in the province with the exception of Regina and Saskatoon.
  
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• No verdict after second day of deliberations at Saskatoon manslaughter trial

  28-09-2017 18:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  After 20 hours of deliberating, a Saskatoon jury has yet to reach a verdict for Keith Clarence Napope, the 31-year-old man on trial for the robbery and manslaughter of 35-year-old Johnathon Keenatch-Lafond.
  Napope is accused of participating in a drug robbery that led to Keenatch-Lafond being fatally stabbed in his chest on Nov. 17, 2014.
  Jurors must decide if Napope stabbed Keenatch-Lafond, or if he aided or abetted the person who stabbed him.
  During more than a week of testimony, the jury
  
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• No verdict after second day of deliberations at Napope manslaughter trial

  28-09-2017 18:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  After 20 hours of deliberating, a Saskatoon jury has yet to reach a verdict for Keith Clarence Napope, the 31-year-old man on trial for the robbery and manslaughter of 35-year-old Johnathon Keenatch-Lafond.
  Napope is accused of participating in a drug robbery that led to Keenatch-Lafond being fatally stabbed in his chest on Nov. 17, 2014.
  Jurors must decide if Napope stabbed Keenatch-Lafond, or if he aided or abetted the person who stabbed him.
  During more than a week of testimony, the jury
  
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• Suspect fired at Saskatoon police with improvised weapon before police returned fire

  28-09-2017 18:20 via cbc.ca
  The man who attracted a large police response in downtown Saskatoon Wednesday afternoon had shot at police members before officers returned fire, according to the police service.
  
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• Acting police chief says it's 'extremely fortunate' no bystanders hurt in downtown shooting

  28-09-2017 18:20 via cbc.ca
  The man who attracted a large police response in downtown Saskatoon Wednesday afternoon had shot at police members before officers returned fire and wounded him, according to the police service.
  
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• Alexandra King named first Cameco chair in Indigenous health

  28-09-2017 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  Alexandra King, the first Cameco chair in Indigenous health, looking to improve health care for Indigenous people and communities in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Missing Boy Found dlvr.it/Pr4BLq https://t.co/Iu9yzs92w8

  28-09-2017 18:09
  
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• Letter of the Day: Sick leave worsens among city staff

  28-09-2017 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The City of Saskatoon continues to demonstrate how inept it is at managing things in house as it appears council continues to pass the buck by continuing to contract out to ‘Bridges Health’ in order to monitor sick leave usage, something that is carried out both within a department and at City Hall payroll.
  The Bridges program was launched as a nine-month program to try and reduce the number of sick days and help employees return to work, it has had the exact opposite effect by causi
  
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• Media Availability - Shooting - 200 Block 4th Avenue South

  28-09-2017 17:31 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service will hold a media availability following the shooting incident that occurred downtown on the afternoon of September 27, 2017.Acting Chief Mark Chatterbok will be available to speak to media at 11:00 a.m., September 28, 2017 in the Media Room at SPS Headquarters.A news release with updated information will also be available at that time.(Occurrence Number: 17-102545)
  
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• UPDATE: Arrest - Armed Robbery

  28-09-2017 17:11 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police have arrested a youth in connection to an armed robbery that occurred early Tuesday morning.  At approximately 4:30 a.m., September 26, 2017, officers located a person matching the suspect description near the intersection of 21st Street West and Avenue L South. He was arrested without incident.A 16 year old male is facing charges of Robbery and Breach of Undertaking.(Court Info Number: 991026863)(Occurrence Number: 17-101979)
  
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• Today's Schedule dlvr.it/Pr35Fm https://t.co/VzJkN2GQNb

  28-09-2017 16:26
  
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• Adopt a Pet: meet cuddly kittens Emilia and Sophie

  28-09-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  Emilia and Sophie are two cute and cuddly kittens at the Saskatoon SPCA who are looking for their new homes.
  
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• Brushed off: The sad ending to an icon's life: Web update for Thursday, Sept 28

  28-09-2017 16:14 via thestarphoenix.com
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  Allen Sapp at the gallery which bears his name in 2006.
  Brushed Off: Documents suggest famous artist Allen Sapp believed he was taken advantage of
  Celebrated artist Allen Sapp was in his late 70s and living not far from the North Battleford gallery that bears his name when his adopted daughter visited him and was shocked by what she saw. Sapp’s paintings
  
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• Light the Night Walk in Saskatoon

  28-09-2017 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  There is still time to sign up for the Light the Night Walk in Saskatoon to help support leukemia and lymphoma patients.
  
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