Saskatoon news

• Sask. researchers say they can now better predict storms caused by rising temperatures

  07-03-2018 23:58 via cbc.ca
  Researchers say they've come up with a way to better predict severe storms and protect infrastructure from damage caused by increasing temperatures in Western Canada.
  
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• Saskatoon city hall backs focus on rail relocation to address delays

  07-03-2018 23:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon city hall administration is backing an unexpected approach to address costly railway crossing delays.
  A City of Saskatoon report identifies relocating existing railway lines as the only viable approach to address delays that have been estimated to cost the city $2.5 million in lost productivity.
  Even though rail relocation has been suggested as an unrealistic option due to exorbitant costs and the lack of an identifiable source of funding, the report suggests abandoning the idea of ove
  
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• Deputy attorney general on Crown’s decision not to appeal Gerald Stanley verdict

  07-03-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Deputy Attorney General Anthony Gerein speaks Wednesday about the Crown’s decision not to appeal the not-guilty verdict for Gerald Stanley, who was accused of fatally shooting Colten Boushie.
  
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• Boy located

  07-03-2018 23:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police have located a 12-year-old boy reported missing after he failed to return to class after morning recess Wednesday.
  
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• Assistant deputy attorney general on Crown’s decision not to appeal Gerald Stanley verdict

  07-03-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Assistant Deputy Attorney General Anthony Gerein speaks Wednesday about the Crown’s decision not to appeal the not-guilty verdict for Gerald Stanley, who was accused of fatally shooting Colten Boushie.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Saskatchewan boy creates splint kit for fellow patients at Montreal Shriners Hospital

  07-03-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Carter Brown has created a splint kit with the Montreal Shriners Hospital to help make fractures more bearable for children suffering from brittle bone disease.
  
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• 'I didn't want to shake things up too much': New Sask. NDP Leader Meili assembles shadow cabinet

  07-03-2018 23:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  The new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP opted for continuity rather than change when assembling his first shadow cabinet.
  “A lot of people have already been developing their space in those roles. I didn’t want to shake things up too much at this time,” NDP Leader Ryan Meili told reporters Wednesday before a caucus meeting in Saskatoon.
  NDP Leader Ryan Meili
  One significant shift involves the social services file, which Meili transferred from Nicole Rancourt to Regina Rosemo
  
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• Colten Boushie shooting: No appeal will be filed in Gerald Stanley case, says prosecutions office

  07-03-2018 22:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saying the decision was based only on the law, the Crown will not file an appeal in the case of Gerald Stanley, the Saskatchewan farmer acquitted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Colten Boushie.
  The provincial public prosecutions office announced its decision Wednesday in Regina. The Crown had 30 days following the Feb. 9 verdict to file an appeal in the case. It could launch an appeal only by arguing that an error of law was made during the course of the trial, not simply b
  
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• Crown won’t appeal acquittal in rural shooting of Colten Boushie

  07-03-2018 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Crown says it will not appeal the not-guilty verdict for Gerald Stanley, who was accused of fatally shooting Colten Boushie.
  
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• Recommendations Include Fence At Pond Near School Where Child Died dlvr.it/QK7jqN https://t.co/71pfaJ62ok

  07-03-2018 22:02
  
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• Crown will not appeal Stanley's not guilty verdict

  07-03-2018 21:51
  The not guilty verdict in the Gerald Stanley trial will not be appealed.
  
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• Crown will not appeal Stanley not guilty verdict

  07-03-2018 21:51
  Gerald Stanley’s acquittal will not be appealed.
  
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• Saskatoon scientist receives 3 CIHR grants for cancer research

  07-03-2018 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  A research scientist at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency has recently been acknowledged with triple grant fundings by the CIHR.
  
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• Follow all of Wednesday's action at the Brier curling championship

  07-03-2018 21:35 via cbc.ca
  Team Saskatchewan is looking for their fifth-straight win today at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina.
  
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• Photos: Blades vs. Oil Kings

  07-03-2018 20:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Blades took on the Edmonton Oil Kings at SaskTel Centre on March 6, 2018. The Blades won 6-5.
  
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• Gang murders bucking trend towards a less violent Canada, summit told

  07-03-2018 20:38 via cbc.ca
  Long-term, Canada is becoming a less violent society. But one subset of killings is stubbornly bucking the trend, delegates heard today at a national summit on gun violence hosted by the federal government: gun homicides involving members and associates of criminal gangs.
  
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• Gang murders bucking trend toward a less violent Canada, summit told

  07-03-2018 20:38 via cbc.ca
  Long-term, Canada is becoming a less violent society. But one subset of killings is stubbornly bucking the trend, delegates heard today at a national summit on gun violence hosted by the federal government: gun homicides involving members and associates of criminal gangs.
  
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• Duo wants Vegas Golden Knights to be Sask.'s NHL team

  07-03-2018 20:26 via cbc.ca
  Justin Reeves and his partner Greg Moore (aka #TJAGS) are have now started a petition calling for Saskatchewan to officially adopt the fledgling NHL franchise as Saskatchewan’s team.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -30 wind chills return, more snow ahead

  07-03-2018 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  -30 wind chills return to the region with more snow possible in Saskatoon’s weather forecast. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan explains.
  
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• 3 B.C. residents charged in Saskatoon drug bust

  07-03-2018 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  Two men and a woman from British Columbia are facing charges after a drug bust in Saskatoon.
  
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• 12-year-old Regina girl dies at home in Gardiner Park

  07-03-2018 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  A Grade 7 student of Ecole St. Elizabeth, a Regina Catholic School, has died.
  
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• Tow truck drivers to rally on Saskatchewan highways

  07-03-2018 19:04
  Tow truck drivers and emergency responders are set to park along shoulders of Saskatchewan highways Wednesday, as a warning to drivers to slow down and to honour drivers who’ve died on the job.
  
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• Contaminated sites problematic for future BRT stations in Saskatoon

  07-03-2018 18:53
  Contaminated sites could present problems for some proposed bus rapid transit stations in Saskatoon.
  
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• CRAFT DISPLAY and TEA – Presented by The Saskatoon Craft Guild

  07-03-2018 18:36 via globalnews.ca
  APRIL 18th:  2:00pm to 8:00pm.  APRIL 19th:  2:00pm to 8:00pm. Admission includes entry to the Display and Tea Room.  Featured crafts include: Quilting, Smocking, Crochet, Knitting, Needlepoint, Creative Stitchery, Hardanger, Rug Making, Card Making, and Swedish Weaving. ADMISSION:  $5.00.
  
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• City recommends partial fence near Dundonald pond after kindergarten student death

  07-03-2018 18:22 via cbc.ca
  For ponds in new neighbourhoods, gentle slopes and locations "a safe distance" from schools are suggested.
  
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• Potash mine fire near Esterhazy, SK leaves 70 workers stranded

  07-03-2018 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  More than 70 workers were stranded underground for several hours last weekend when a fire broke out at a potash mine near Esterhazy, Saskatchewan.
  
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• ST. MARY’S EASTER TEA

  07-03-2018 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  Admission of $3.00 INCLUDES REFRESHMENTS. There will be excellent Easter breads and baking for sale.  Come Celebrate with us!!!
  
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• CN apologizes for grain shipment backlog, mobilizes more equipment and workers

  07-03-2018 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  Interim CN CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest issued an apology for not meeting the expectations of its grain customers nor its own high standards.
  
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• Helping Women Dress For Success dlvr.it/QK67Nz https://t.co/KBDJluvLy6

  07-03-2018 17:34
  
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• Economic Forum to Tackle Challenge of the New Economy dlvr.it/QK67Wx https://t.co/tMzy2rftl5

  07-03-2018 17:34
  
  Economic Forum to Tackle Challenge of the New Economy dlvr.it/QK67Wx https://t.co/tMzy2rftl5
  
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• GTNT's youth group looks at food choices

  07-03-2018 17:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  Food choices form the theme of Pimatisiwin, Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre’s season-ender, a play performed by members of the theatre’s youth program Circle of Voices.
  Written by Curtis Peeteetuce, the play follows members of the Kihew family, the food they eat and how that affects their physical, mental and spiritual lives.
  Circle of Voices assists aspiring artists in strengthening self-confidence and cultural awareness while developing professional skills, and provides an
  
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• Adopting the Golden Knights? Saskatchewan duo makes their case

  07-03-2018 17:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  Greg Moore and Justin Reves made videos, visited Vegas, and personally implored Saskatchewan’s new premier to hear them out.
  It’s time, they say, for Saskatchewan to officially adopt the Las Vegas Golden Knights as this province’s NHL team — because, well, why not?“When we say, ‘Hey, you need a team to cheer for in the winter that’s not the Roughriders,’ (Saskatchewan people) are like, ‘Oh yeah, you’re right — we need to keep thos
  
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• U.S. Cabinet members say Canada, Mexico could escape new tariffs

  07-03-2018 17:04
  Two members of U.S. President Donald Trump's Cabinet suggested Wednesday that Canada and Mexico might escape new tariffs on steel and aluminum, a potential bargaining chip in North American trade talks that heeds the 'surgical approach" advocated by House Speaker Paul Ryan.
  
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• Canada, Mexico may be exempted from U.S. tariffs

  07-03-2018 17:04
  The White House said Wednesday that Mexico, Canada and other countries may be spared from President Donald Trump's planned steel and aluminum tariffs under national security "carve-outs," a move that could soften the blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners and dire economic warnings from lawmakers and business groups.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Ban plastic bags completely

  07-03-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Re: Plastic bags could soon be forbidden in recycling bins (SP, Feb. 14)
  It is time to implement a complete ban of thin single-use plastic bags in Saskatoon. Four municipalities in Manitoba have already implemented a plastic bag ban. The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities proposed the idea in 2014. California has had a state-wide ban since 2016 and Montreal banned these plastic bags Jan. 1; this is not a radical idea.
  If Saskatoon is going to ban plastic bags from the recycling pro
  
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• CN Rail apologizing for grain backlog, promising to do 'much better'

  07-03-2018 16:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  One of Canada’s largest railways is apologizing for its failure to meet customers’ expectations amid growing concern about a costly grain backlog.
  Canadian National Railway Co. also pledged to “immediately improve” the movement of crops from Western Canada. CN issued its mea culpa one day after it and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. received a letter from the federal government describing rail performance as “disappointing” and requesting rapid action.
  “We
  
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• Trump to meet with video game execs and critics

  07-03-2018 16:45
  While decades of research have failed to find a link between gun violence and graphic depictions of violence in movies and video games, U.S. President Donald Trump has bemoaned the prevalence of violent images readily available to kids such as his 11-year-old son.
  
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• Trump reopens a seemingly settled video-game debate

  07-03-2018 16:45
  In the wake of the Florida school shooting, U.S. President Donald Trump is reviving an old debate over whether violent video games can trigger violent behaviour. There's just one problem: Roughly two decades of research has repeatedly failed to uncover any such link.
  
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• Pond safety committee releases recommendations following drowning of 5-year-old boy

  07-03-2018 16:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  A committee studying retention pond safety after the death last fall of a kindergarten student near Ecole Dundonald School is ready to release its findings.
  The City of Saskatoon scheduled meetings in the Dundonald neighbourhood Tuesday night and Wednesday night to reveal its committee’s recommendations on how to improve pond safety.
  Ahmedsadiq Elmmi, a five-year-old student at Dundonald, was found in a storm water retention pond on Sept 11. The pond is located approximately 100 metres fro
  
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• After close call in snowmobile accident, man urges others to be prepared

  07-03-2018 16:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  As he recovers from a broken tibia and fibula in his left leg, Dava Yip credits emergency preparations and the people who came to his rescue for preventing a worse outcome from his snowmobiling accident.
  Yip, 45, was snowmobiling with his friend Kelly Irvine along a trail between Nipawin and Lower Fishing Lake on Feb. 16. By all accounts, it was a beautiful day. They planned to go to Lower Fishing Lake in Narrow Hills Provincial Park, eat and then head back to Nipawin. Conditions were good and t
  
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• Indigenous leaders divided in support for MMIW inquiry's extension request

  07-03-2018 16:30
  A request for a two-year extension from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is getting a mixed response from First Nations leaders.
  
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• Crown won't appeal not-guilty verdict in Gerald Stanley murder trial

  07-03-2018 16:18 via cbc.ca
  Crown prosecutors will not appeal the acquittal of Gerald Stanley, the Saskatchewan farmer who was accused of fatally shooting a young Indigenous man in the head.
  
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• Crown will not appeal verdict in Gerald Stanley murder trial

  07-03-2018 16:18 via cbc.ca
  The Crown says it won't appeal the not-guilty verdict for a Saskatchewan farmer who was accused of fatally shooting a young Indigenous man in the head.
  
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• As deadline for appeal looms, Boushie's uncle says it's 'like waiting for a verdict all over again'

  07-03-2018 16:18 via cbc.ca
  As the Monday deadline for the Crown to appeal the acquittal of Gerald Stanley approaches, Alvin Baptiste, Colten Boushie's uncle, is re-living old, terrible feelings.
  
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• Crews tackle overnight house fire

  07-03-2018 16:12
  No one was injured after fire broke out at a home on Avenue Y South early Thursday morning.
  
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• BoC holds interest rate, underlines 'growing' trade uncertainty

  07-03-2018 16:00
  The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate target on hold Wednesday as it pointed to a climate of broadening, important unknowns around trade.
  
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• No Injuries in Mine Fire dlvr.it/QK5Tvz https://t.co/5XsKZnUkDz

  07-03-2018 15:57
  
  No Injuries in Mine Fire dlvr.it/QK5Tvz https://t.co/5XsKZnUkDz
  
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• Understanding the role food plays in people’s lives

  07-03-2018 15:48 via globalnews.ca
  “Circle of Voices,” a new play at the Gordon Tootoosis Theatre, looks at the role food plays in people’s lives.
  
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• Damage in Saskatoon house fire estimated at $50K

  07-03-2018 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  A fire at a home in the 200-block of Avenue Y South caused an estimated $50,000 in damage.
  
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• The search for habitable planets

  07-03-2018 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  University of Saskatchewan astronomy lecturer Stan Shadick is part of a team searching for exoplanets – planets in other solar system which are suitable to support life.
  
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