Saskatoon news

• Veteran quarterback Collaros looking to prove himself with Roughriders

  10-05-2018 23:47
  Zach Collaros will report to the Saskatchewan Roughriders' training camp with something to prove.
  
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• Saskatoon police charge three after 'high-risk' traffic stop

  10-05-2018 23:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two men and a woman have been charged after police officers conducted a “high-risk” vehicle stop early Thursday morning.
  At roughly 4:30 a.m., an officer in the service’s canine unit observed a stolen U-Haul van travelling around 22nd Street West and Idylwyld Drive, according to a police news release. The officer made an attempt to stop the van, but it fled from police.
  Additional officers were able to successfully deploy a tire deflation device in the area of 19th Street East
  
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• Arrests - Stolen Vehicle / Evade Police - Circle Drive and Clarence Avenue

  10-05-2018 22:00 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Three people are facing charges after being found in possession of a stolen vehicle and evading Police earlier this morning. At approximately 4:30 a.m., May 10, 2018, an officer in the Canine Unit observed a U-Haul van that was known to be stolen traveling in the area of 22nd Street West and Idylwyld Drive. A Patrol officer attempted to stop the vehicle but it fled. Additional responding Patrol Officers successfully deployed a tire deflation device in the area of 19th Street East and 2nd Av
  
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• Saskatoon Public Schools ending grad banquets

  10-05-2018 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Public Schools said graduation banquet costs are becoming prohibitive to some students who are then left unable to participate.
  
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• WestJet Airlines pilots vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action

  10-05-2018 21:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  WestJet pilots have committed to not disrupting passenger travel plans over the Victoria Day long weekend despite voting overwhelmingly to give its union a strike mandate.
  The Air Line Pilots Association said its WestJet members voted 91 per cent in favour of strike action.
  About 95 per cent of WestJet’s 1,500 pilots and WestJet Encore’s 500 pilots voted.
  “The goal is — and always has been — to secure a fair collective agreement that brings stability to the airline,
  
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• Muskeg Lake woman hopes 30 stolen drums will be returned

  10-05-2018 21:12 via cbc.ca
  Calgary police say someone broke into Chantal Chagnon's van early Tuesday morning and stole the instruments she uses to run music-based seminars at Calgary schools.
  
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• 'He was on the verge of overdosing. And it just got overlooked,' says brother of man who died in custody

  10-05-2018 21:05 via cbc.ca
  Cheney Ryan spent this week listening to Saskatoon police officers testify at the inquest into his brother's death, which happened while Michael Ryan was in police custody. He still believes they should have acted differently.
  
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• Synchronized swimming Canadian Prairie Championship in Saskatoon

  10-05-2018 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  Members of Synchro Saskatchewan were on Global News Morning Saskatoon with a synchronized swimming demo as the Canadian Prairie Championship takes place in Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: cloudy days give way to loads of sunshine

  10-05-2018 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  The remainder of the work week will see cloudy skies, but the weekend is full of sunshine which extends into next week. Rebekah Lesko tells us what’s in store for Mother’s Day weekend.
  
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• 'Your suffering is recognized,' judge tells survivors as Sixties Scoop hearings begin in Saskatoon

  10-05-2018 20:35 via cbc.ca
  Sixties Scoop survivors cried, hugged and joked with each other as a Federal Court hearing into a proposed $875-million settlement began Thursday in Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatchewan to use crop-dusters to help crews fight wildfires

  10-05-2018 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  Crop-dusters to be used in central and southern Saskatchewan to fight wildfires.
  
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• WestJet pilots vow not to disrupt long weekend as a goodwill gesture

  10-05-2018 20:33
  WestJet pilots have committed to not disrupting passenger travel plans over the Victoria Day long weekend despite voting overwhelmingly to give its union a strike mandate.
  
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• WestJet pilots vote in favour of strike action

  10-05-2018 20:33
  WestJet pilots have committed to not disrupting passenger travel plans over the Victoria Day long weekend despite voting overwhelmingly to give its union a strike mandate.
  
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• Railway Crossing Issues - 25th Street East and Idylwyld Drive

  10-05-2018 20:30 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service would like to advise motorists of issues with the railway crossing arms at 25th Street and Idylwyld Drive.Reports are that the arms continue to go up and down. CP has been notified and dispatched to address the issue but an ETA on a fix is not yet known.Motorists are asked to find an alternate route.
  
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• Saskatoon’s Brett Levis battles back from serious knee injury with Vancouver Whitecaps

  10-05-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  It would be 551 days before Saskatoon native Brett Levis would appear in another MLS match for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
  
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• WestJet pilots vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action

  10-05-2018 20:04 via cbc.ca
  WestJet pilots could walk off the job as early as May 19 after voting 91 per cent in favour of striking if no deal is reached.
  
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• Sask Fashion Week is here. So what is Sask fashion?

  10-05-2018 20:03 via cbc.ca
  With Saskatchewan Fashion Week upon us, Melissa Fiacco muses on what defines our province's sense of style.
  
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• Penile implant helps Sask. man find a new normal after cancer

  10-05-2018 20:00 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatchewan man says a penile implant changed his life after his recovery from prostate cancer. But the procedure isn't funded in the province.
  
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• Saskatoon’s Brett Levis battles back from serious knee injury with Whitecaps

  10-05-2018 19:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  VANCOUVER — Defender Brett Levis made his Major League Soccer debut for the Vancouver Whitecaps when he came on in the 84th minute of a game against the Portland Timbers on Oct. 23, 2016.
  In his brief appearance, the Saskatoon native suffered an ACL tear in his right knee. It would be 551 days before Levis would appear in another MLS match for Vancouver.
  Many things changed in the world during Levis’ rehab period. Donald Trump became president of the United States. The #MeToo movemen
  
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• Traffic patterns change at new Saskatoon interchange construction site

  10-05-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Westbound traffic on College Drive is currently being diverted to the eastbound lanes at the interchange construction site at McOrmond Drive.
  
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• Police chief says charges could be laid in racist tirade, but 'our judicial system is broken'

  10-05-2018 19:54
  Lethbridge’s police chief admits that charges could potentially be laid against a B.C. woman who shouted racist vitriol at a group of men in Denny’s, but suggested that 'our judicial system is broken' and already bogged down by delays.
  
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• Alberta Denny's responds to racist confrontation caught on video

  10-05-2018 19:54
  The Denny’s restaurant in Lethbridge, Alta. where a racist confrontation between patrons was caught on video has responded to the incident.
  
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• Saskatoon Horticultural Society – SPRING PLANT & WATER GARDENING SALE

  10-05-2018 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  It’s that time of year once again that the Saskatoon Horticultural Society’s events begin.  These events support our fundraising efforts for our organization to continue funding 3 Scholarships as well as informational workshops and seminars to promote gardening within the City of Saskatoon.
  
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• SASKATOON POLICE SERVICE – COMMUNITY INFORMATION NIGHT

  10-05-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  Please join us for an informative evening with guest speakers from SCAN and our Guns & Gangs unit.
  
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• Nutrition main focus as 10 Sask. schools set to get 'extreme' makeovers

  10-05-2018 19:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  Ten schools across the province will soon be undergoing an “extreme” makeover as winners of the 2018 Mosaic Extreme School Makeover Challenge.
  Among the 10 are Howard Coad Elementary School in Saskatoon and École Connaught Community School and Miller Comprehensive Catholic High School in Regina.
  All ten schools are set to receive $10,000 for projects like improvements to kitchen facilities, gardens and increasing awareness about First Nation and Metis knowledge.
  Howard Coad in
  
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• Number of nurses working in Saskatchewan grows 27 per cent since 2007

  10-05-2018 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  There are now more than 16,000 licensed nurses practising in the province, an increase of 3,700 since 11 years ago.
  
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• Semi and car involved in serious highway accident near Saskatoon

  10-05-2018 19:15 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police say no one was seriously injured after a car and semi were involved in a highway accident on the outskirts of Saskatoon Thursday morning.
  
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• Tim Hortons president vows to improve franchisee relations after unrest

  10-05-2018 19:11 via cbc.ca
  The president of Tim Hortons has been crisscrossing the country, meeting with thousands of franchisees in a bid to regain their trust and convince them that the fast food giant is committed to improving its strained relationship with some owners.
  
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• Sask. seeding progressing after slow start to 2018

  10-05-2018 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  Nine per cent of the 2018 Saskatchewan crop is now in the ground, below the five-year average of 19 per cent for this time of year.
  
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• Sask. officials urge caution around predatory animals

  10-05-2018 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan’s Environment Ministry said precautions should be taken when at parks or campgrounds where there is a higher risk of encountering a predator.
  
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• Sajjan says Harper's endorsement of Trump's Iran decision 'not helpful'

  10-05-2018 18:09
  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan broke from the prime minister and foreign minister's message track on Stephen Harper co-signing a full-page advertisement in Wednesday's edition of the New York Times hailing U.S. President Donald Trump's leadership on Iran, saying it was out of line for the former prime minister to do so.
  
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• Harper endorses Trump's Iran decision in New York Times ad

  10-05-2018 18:09
  Former prime minister Stephen Harper is one of several former international leaders and diplomats to co-sign a full-page advertisement in Wednesday's edition of the New York Times hailing U.S. President Donald Trump’s leadership on Iran.
  
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• Video: New in theatres May 11

  10-05-2018 18:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a look at some clips from the movies hitting theatres May 11.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Joni Mitchell deserves honour

  10-05-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The hullabaloo over naming River Landing after Joni Mitchell is fascinating, I’m sure. The naysayers are just as interesting, very interesting indeed. Well I need to wade in here and say, “Shame on you.” Give a girl her due. No one is more outspoken then Bob Dylan and he won a Nobel Prize.
  I am happy to have an icon like Joni Mitchell admit she started her singing career here. It has a nice ring to it. I could say Gordie Howe, but I am in the deep south and nobody plays hockey
  
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• Wildfire expert says situation can be dangerous even after rain

  10-05-2018 17:51 via cbc.ca
  Mike Flannigan says people across Saskatchewan shouldn't get complacent about wildfires after this week's rain.
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Bandon the kitten

  10-05-2018 16:34 via globalnews.ca
  Bandon, a 10-week-old kitten, is one of six siblings at the Saskatoon SPCA who is looking for a new home.
  
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• Didn't get a mobile emergency test alert? This might be why

  10-05-2018 16:18
  Many Canadians are wondering why their phone did not respond during emergency mobile alert testing this week. Now, an operator of the system in Alberta is acknowledging the system’s limitations.
  
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• Romaine lettuce linked to 6 E. coli illnesses in Canada

  10-05-2018 16:04 via cbc.ca
  Six Canadians have been stricken by a strain of E. coli that has a similar genetic fingerprint to romaine lettuce from the U.S. southwest that has already sickened 149 people, federal health officials say.
  
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• The Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for May 10, 2018

  10-05-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Stay up to date with the news and stories that matter in Saskatoon and beyond. 
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  The long road home: Humboldt Broncos’ Kaleb Dahlgren alive, and thankful
  When Kaleb Dahlgren’s parents saw him the night of April 6, there was a mark on his left temple, near the eye. That marking was a number, then a letter: 5C. It was embedded into his face like a branding. The number 5C, they know, is either a seat or overhead compartment number, and it’s evidence that he “f
  
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• Two Sask. residents, four other Canadians sickened by E. coli from romaine lettuce

  10-05-2018 15:48
  Federal health officials say two Saskatchewan residents are among six Canadians who have been stricken by a strain of E. coli that has a similar genetic fingerprint to romaine lettuce from the U.S. southwest that has already sickened 149 people in 29 states.
  
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• Travel Tips: travel safety tips for kids

  10-05-2018 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  Barb Crowe and Marcy Atchison from Ixtapa Travel in Saskatoon join Global News Morning Saskatoon to offer up tips on how to keep kids safe while travelling – and today’s deals of the week.
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Snowstorm

  10-05-2018 15:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives.
  Today, we see a photo from a snowstorm, from May 10, 1953.
  (Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B1817-6)
  
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• 'Without STC, I am in prison': People with disabilities press for return of Sask. bus company

  10-05-2018 14:29 via cbc.ca
  The loss of Saskatchewan Transportation Company has made Jamie Ellis feel trapped. Ellis and a group of people with disabilities were at legislature on Wednesday to press for the return of the provincial bus company.
  
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• Canadian Tire buys sportswear company Helly Hansen for nearly $1B

  10-05-2018 14:25 via cbc.ca
  Canadian Tire is buying Norway-based sportswear company Helly Hansen for nearly $1 billion.
  
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• Video: Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor tells his story

  10-05-2018 14:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  A little more than a month after the horrific crash involving the Humboldt Broncos bus that killed 16 people, survivor Kaleb Dahlgren tells his story about that day and what the future has in store.
  
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• Video: Father of Broncos bus crash survivor tells his story about that day

  10-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A little more than a month after the horrific crash involving the Humboldt Broncos bus that killed 16 people, Mark Dahlgren, the father of survivor Kaleb Dahlgren, tells his story of the frightful day.
  
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• U of R rebuked by judge for falsely alleging its carbon capture partners committed fraud

  10-05-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A Court of Queen’s Bench judge has rebuked the University of Regina for falsely alleging its carbon capture business partners had committed fraud.
  
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• Sixties Scoop survivors split over settlement offer as hearings loom

  10-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Sixties Scoop survivors unhappy with the federal government’s settlement offer will have a chance to make their voices heard in Saskatoon. 
  A federal judge will be in the city to listen to comments about the offer from survivors and advocates during hearings starting Thursday morning. 
  The settlement proposed by the federal government allocates $750 million to Sixties Scoop survivors and their families and $50 million for foundations to help provide support and healing. An additi
  
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• Saskatoon-bound Patrick Chan digs his blades into a Q and A

  10-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan retired last month, after a decorated career that included three world championships, two Olympic silver medals, and Olympic gold in the team event at the 2018 Games.
  He’s in Saskatoon Friday with a wide array of skating luminaries for Stars on Ice, which is slated for 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Chan talked with Kevin Mitchell this week about adjusting to the real world, why it would be easier for a figure skater to transition to a hockey player than t
  
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