Saskatoon news

• Correction - Man in Medical Distress - 100 Block Wall Street

  15-02-2018 23:53 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The device that was utilized was an on-site AED. The staff also provided assistance to the man in distress. Police wish to thank everyone involved.(Occurrence Number: 18-15844)
  
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• Nutrien to cut 33 office positions in Sask., moving others into province

  15-02-2018 23:25 via cbc.ca
  Potash company Nutrien is cutting a number of jobs at its corporate office in Saskatoon, according to the company's vice-president.
  
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• Arrest warrant issued in connection with Avenue P homicide

  15-02-2018 23:22
  An arrest warrant has been issued for a 26-year-old man suspected of first-degree murder in Saskatoon.
  
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• New Prairie-based venture aims to grow protein market through federal partnership

  15-02-2018 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  A new Saskatchewan-driven business initiative is getting a major start with hundreds of millions in federal funding through the Innovation Supercluster Program.
  
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• Saskatoon homicide: Arrest warrant issued for Brandin Cole Brick; considered armed, dangerous

  15-02-2018 23:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 26-year-old man believed to be armed and dangerous is wanted by Saskatoon police in connection with the city’s first homicide of 2018.
  An arrest warrant has been issued for Brandin Cole Brick, 26, in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man who was pronounced dead at the scene on Wednesday around 4:30 a.m. in the area of Avenue P South between 21st and 22nd Streets. In a news release issued Thursday, police said Brick is “arrestable for first-degree murder.”
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• Bre McAdam's Saskatoon court wrap for February 15

  15-02-2018 22:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  Watch: In a regular feature, StarPhoenix court reporter Bre McAdam talks about some of the cases that went through Saskatoon courts this week.
  
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• Update - Homicide Investigation - 100 Block Avenue P South

  15-02-2018 22:42 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  A warrant has been issued for a 26-year-old man wanted in connection to the death of a 28-year-old man located on Avenue P South yesterday morning.Brandin Cole BRICK, DOB 1991-07-11, is arrestable for First Degree Murder.As a result of the homicide investigation, members of the Saskatoon Police Service have been attempting to locate Mr. Brick. These efforts included executing a search warrant at a residence in the 400 block of Avenue S South yesterday afternoon.This is not believed to be random
  
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• Rival fundraisers reveal a country divided online post-Gerald Stanley verdict

  15-02-2018 22:17 via cbc.ca
  The online response to the acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the death of Colten Boushie has taken on a life of its own with people hurling hate and throwing a substantial amount of money at two rival GoFundMe fundraising campaigns.
  
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• Saskatoon police trying to track down man in connection with suspected homicide

  15-02-2018 22:14 via cbc.ca
  The sister of a Saskatoon man apparently killed on Avenue P S this week says she tried to talk to him about not associating with gangs, but he always told her “you don’t have to worry about me.”
  
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• Saskatoon police arrest man wanted in connection with suspected homicide

  15-02-2018 22:14 via cbc.ca
  The sister of a Saskatoon man apparently killed on Avenue P S this week says she tried to talk to him about not associating with gangs, but he always told her “you don’t have to worry about me.”
  
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• RCMP code-of-conduct investigation to take place after 'appalling' comment on Colten Boushie's death

  15-02-2018 21:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  OTTAWA — The RCMP says it will undertake a code-of-conduct investigation into a private Facebook group posting by a person believed to be an officer who reportedly said Colten Boushie deserved to die.
  A report on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network says an RCMP officer on the Prairies posted the message, which says the shooting of the 22-year-old Indigenous man on a Saskatchewan farm should never have been “allowed to be about race.”
  Boushie died when he and four other pe
  
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• University of Saskatchewan A Part Of Agricultural Supercluster dlvr.it/QGWlLK https://t.co/SeL112P5EI

  15-02-2018 21:52
  
  University of Saskatchewan A Part Of Agricultural Supercluster dlvr.it/QGWlLK https://t.co/SeL112P5EI
  
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• Man Revived By Police AED dlvr.it/QGWlGY https://t.co/KtWnyc1wCP

  15-02-2018 21:52
  
  Man Revived By Police AED dlvr.it/QGWlGY https://t.co/KtWnyc1wCP
  
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• Senate deal to vote on pot bill on June 7 means no actual sales before August

  15-02-2018 21:51
  Canadians will have to wait until at least early August -- and maybe as late as early September -- to legally purchase recreational marijuana after senators strike a deal to hold a final vote by June 7.
  
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• STCA Worried About Vehicle For Hire Act In Saskatchewan dlvr.it/QGWY9Y https://t.co/YjVeRFp7lC

  15-02-2018 21:16
  
  STCA Worried About Vehicle For Hire Act In Saskatchewan dlvr.it/QGWY9Y https://t.co/YjVeRFp7lC
  
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• RCMP reeling after messages from a private Facebook group leaked

  15-02-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale has announced an investigation into “appalling” messages from an alleged RCMP officer that were leaked from a private Facebook group.
  
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• Video shows arsonist setting nightclub ablaze released by Saskatoon Crime Stoppers

  15-02-2018 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  A surveillance video released by Saskatoon Crime Stoppers shows the person suspected of setting fire to the Matriarch Nightclub in December 2017.
  
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• Saskatoon Crime Stoppers releases video footage of nightclub arson

  15-02-2018 20:41 via cbc.ca
  Police in Saskatoon have released more information in an attempt to solve a nightclub arson case.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: polar vortex crashes Family Day weekend

  15-02-2018 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  Polar vortex presses into Saskatoon’s weather forecast for the Family Day weekend after -40 to -50 wind chills return. Peter Quinlan reports.
  
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• First Nations lawyer on Indigenous people and the justice system

  15-02-2018 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  Lawyer Drew Lafond represents First Nations clients throughout Alberta and is well-versed with the issues some people face with the justice system. He joined Jennifer Crosby to talk about Gerald Stanley being found not guilty of killing Colten Boushie, and the broader issues it has brought up.
  
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• H2S ruled out of mysterious leak at Unity, Sask.

  15-02-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Many people in Unity, Sask., became ill on Jan. 2 after they were overcome by a mysterious odour.
  
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• 'Appalling' comment on Saskatchewan Indigenous man's death probed by RCMP

  15-02-2018 20:07
  The RCMP says it will undertake a code-of-conduct investigation into a private Facebook group posting by a person believed to be an officer who reportedly said Colten Boushie deserved to die.
  
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• Saskatchewan-based 'supercluster' among winners of $950M federal competition

  15-02-2018 19:54 via cbc.ca
  Protein Industries Canada was among the five winners of the federal government's Innovation Superclusters Initiative and will be privy to a portion of a $950-million fund to bolster innovation in Canada.
  
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• Sask. wins federal bid that would help Canada become the world leader in supplying plant-based proteins

  15-02-2018 19:54 via cbc.ca
  Protein Industries Canada was among the five winners of the federal government's Innovation Superclusters Initiative and will be privy to a portion of a $950-million fund to bolster innovation in Canada.
  
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• Man in Medical Distress - 100 Block Wall Street

  15-02-2018 19:02 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A man is recovering in hospital after going into medical distress last night.At approximately 11:30 p.m., February 14, 2018, Police responded to the 100 block of Wall Street where a man was reported to be in medical distress. Two members that overheard the call come in, quickly responded. While they were on route, staff at the Centre were attempting CPR and reporting that the man did not have a pulse. Upon Police arrival, Officers immediately utilized the AED that was onboard the Sergeant's
  
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• Alleged Comment By RCMP Officer About Colten Boushie Under Investigation dlvr.it/QGVhlR https://t.co/kWZPywblXR

  15-02-2018 19:01
  
  Alleged Comment By RCMP Officer About Colten Boushie Under Investigation dlvr.it/QGVhlR https://t.co/kWZPywblXR
  
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• RCMP investigating whether Mountie wrote on Facebook that Boushie 'got what he deserved'

  15-02-2018 18:32 via cbc.ca
  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says an investigation is underway into a report that an RCMP officer wrote on Facebook that Colten Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm in 2016, "got what he deserved."
  
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• RCMP investigate Facebook post, possibly written by Mountie, saying Boushie 'got what he deserved'

  15-02-2018 18:32 via cbc.ca
  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says an investigation is underway into a report that an RCMP officer wrote on Facebook that Colten Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm in 2016, "got what he deserved."
  
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• SUV hits power pole on Airport Drive

  15-02-2018 18:29
  Traffic restrictions are in place after an SUV hit a power pole on Saskatoon’s Airport Drive.
  
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• Public Advisory - Suspicious Activity

  15-02-2018 17:54 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service is advising the public to be vigilant and to report suspicious activity to the Police after receiving three separate reports.The first incident occurred in early December 2017 in the area of 33rd Street West and Avenue H North. The second two occurred on February 7th in the areas of 21st Street and Avenue P South, and the 400 block of Avenue G South.In each incident, a female was approached as she was walking by a man in a vehicle. No one was injured as a r
  
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• Video: New in theatres Feb. 16

  15-02-2018 17:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a look at some clips from the movies hitting theatres February 16.
  
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• Indigenous leaders question Quebec's commitment to feds' new framework

  15-02-2018 17:49
  First Nations leaders are welcoming Justin Trudeau's pledge to revamp relations, but some Quebec chiefs fear an obstructionist approach to self-determination could hinder the process.
  
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• Update - Police Presence - 400 Block Avenue S South

  15-02-2018 17:39 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A warrant executed at a residence in the 400 block of Avenue S South yesterday afternoon is completed.Police did not locate any persons or weapons inside the residence. 
  
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• Supercluster tech groups to share in up to $950M in federal funds

  15-02-2018 17:14
  Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has named five technology groups that will each get a piece of up to $950 million in what the government calls its "superclusters" initiative, a high-tech collaboration strategy aimed at fostering growth and creating jobs.
  
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• 'He took my heart:' Colten Boushie’s father remembers kind, goofy son

  15-02-2018 17:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  Colten Boushie came into the world smiling.
  It was Halloween 1993 in Ronan, Mont., about 225 kilometres southeast of the Roosville Border Crossing in British Columbia.
  A trial is set to begin soon over the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie in Saskatchewan.
  Pete Boushie still remembers how beautiful the baby’s mother, Debbie Baptiste, was and how excited he was for the arrival of their third son. And he remembers the smile on the boy’s face after he was born.
  They named him Colten C
  
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• Letter of the Day: Canada Post making money

  15-02-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s that time of the year again, the time for the annual Canada Post ‘sky is falling’ series of articles and editorials. But I couldn’t help but notice that most, if not all of them, seem to leave out some rather important information about Canada Post.
  Canada Post has turned a profit in 20 out of the last 22 years. One of those years was because the corporation locked out the employee union for a number of weeks.
  Canada Post turned a net profit of $63 million in 2015 an
  
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• Single Vehicle Collision - 2000 Block Airport Drive

  15-02-2018 16:58 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are currently at the scene of a single vehicle collision on Airport Drive.The vehicle is reported to have struck a power pole which is now obstructing traffic in the 2000 block of Airport Drive. Traffic restrictions are in place, and Police are asking the public to avoid the area as crews work to clean up. The injuries to the male driver are unknown at this point.More information will be released when it is available.(Occurrence Number: 18-15945)
  
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• Saskatoon police hand out 1,300 tickets in fall traffic blitz

  15-02-2018 16:46 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service received $70,000 for a traffic enforcement blitz in the fall. Each stop had four to eight officers focusing on everything from impaired driving to speeding.
  
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• Liberals dismiss Brown suggestion rivals were behind sex misconduct allegations

  15-02-2018 16:36
  The Ontario Liberals are dismissing former Tory leader Patrick Brown's suggestion that his political adversaries may have been behind the sexual misconduct allegations that forced his resignation and threw his party into turmoil.
  
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• Former Ontario Tory leader Patrick Brown says he will sue CTV News

  15-02-2018 16:36
  Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown says he is suing CTV News over its reporting of what he alleges are false accusations of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Fishing without licences offered Family Day long weekend in Saskatchewan

  15-02-2018 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan’s lakes are open to anyone without a fishing licence during the Family Day long weekend.
  
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• SuperDogs at Saskatchewan Blue Cross Gardenscape

  15-02-2018 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  SuperDogs is at the Saskatchewan Blue Cross Gardenscape Show, March 24th to the 26th at Prairieland Park
  
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• Paulsen: Time to consider criminal responsibility for online comments

  15-02-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It’s been a long and difficult week for the province of Saskatchewan.
  When you weren’t talking about the Gerald Stanley trial, you were constantly refreshing your Twitter and Facebook feeds trying to keep up. I’m embarrassed to admit that I was one of those jerks who turned my cellphone on in the middle of a children’s movie theatre when I heard the verdict was going to be announced. 
  Both the public interest in the trial, and the media attention, were anticipated. H
  
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• 'He took my heart': Colten Boushie's father remembers kind, goofy son

  15-02-2018 15:44 via cbc.ca
  Pete Boushie still remembers how beautiful the baby's mother, Debbie Baptiste, was and how excited he was for the arrival of their third son. And he remembers the smile on the boy's face after he was born. They named him Colten Cale Boushie but he quickly became Co Co.
  
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• Today's Schedule dlvr.it/QGTMGz https://t.co/nwq46Cz9gM

  15-02-2018 15:42
  
  Today's Schedule dlvr.it/QGTMGz https://t.co/nwq46Cz9gM
  
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• The Scoreboard dlvr.it/QGTLxw https://t.co/SxaMEilNeg

  15-02-2018 15:42
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Toughy

  15-02-2018 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon SPCA brings by Toughy, a cat with a chilling backstory.
  
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• Listen to episode 5 of CBC Saskatchewan's original podcast 'Boushie'

  15-02-2018 15:16 via cbc.ca
  CBC Saskatchewan has launched "Boushie", a podcast series that chronicles the story of Colten Boushie and the white farmer, Gerald Stanley, who was charged with second-degree murder and found not-guilty in connection to his death.
  
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• Kootenay Ice lose 3-2 to Saskatoon Blades

  15-02-2018 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades edged the Kootenay Ice in Western Hockey League action on Wednesday.
  
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• 'Prayers won't fix this': Florida student blasts Trump's shooting response

  15-02-2018 14:54
  A student who survived the high school shooting that left 17 dead in Florida wants Donald Trump and Congress to 'do something' about gun control, rather than simply offering thoughts and prayers to the victims of America's latest mass shooting.
  
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