Saskatoon news

• Humboldt Broncos’ Darcy Haugan finalist for Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award

  28-05-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  The late Humboldt Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan is one of three finalists for the Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award.
  
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• Teen paralyzed in Humboldt Broncos bus crash heading to U.S. for treatment

  28-05-2018 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  A young hockey player who was paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is heading to the United States for specialized spinal treatment.
  
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• Inquest hears how Gerald Burnouf had encounters in days before death with police, hospital staff

  28-05-2018 23:26 via cbc.ca
  A coroner's inquest in Saskatoon is hearing how Gerald Burnouf had encounters with police and Royal University Hospital staff in the days before his death.
  
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• Increased Bicycle Enforcement

  28-05-2018 23:25 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police will be increasing enforcement on cyclists this spring and summer.SPS is seeing a growing number of break-in’s to sheds and garages as well as bike thefts all across Saskatoon. Oftentimes, these crimes are being committed with the thief using a bicycle. Officers have also heard concern from businesses when it comes to cyclists not following traffic laws. Police will be paying special attention to cyclists traveling late at night in back alleys, cyclists biking on sidewalks
  
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• Retired Sask. RCMP member charged after $18,000 in accounting irregularities discovered

  28-05-2018 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  After the Saskatchewan RCMP received information five years ago that a retired sergeant was responsible for accounting irregularities up to $18,000, the investigation has concluded and charges have been laid.
  
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• Saskatchewan summer forecast: warmer than normal

  28-05-2018 22:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  Prepare for heat in Saskatchewan, as this summer is looking like temperatures will be warmer than normal.
  Doug Gillham, a meteorologist at The Weather Network, says Saskatchewan can look forward to plenty of sunshine after getting past early June.
  “(There was an) early start to summer heat in May. We’re going to have a pause in that pattern, we’re going to go back to more spring like weather in early June, and then as we look at the heart of summer, expect the warm pattern to r
  
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• Former RCMP Sargeant charged with appropriating $18,000 in government funds

  28-05-2018 22:20
  A retired RCMP Sergeant has been charged with theft, fraud and forgery in connection with an investigation dating back to 2013.
  
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• Traffic Restrictions Lifted - Circle Drive and Idylwyld Drive

  28-05-2018 22:19 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Traffic restrictions are now lifted at Circle Drive and Idylwyld Drive, and traffic is flowing normally.(Occurrence Number: 18-53652)
  
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• Saskatoon Public Library completes staff restructuring

  28-05-2018 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  SPL says a majority of employees moving to new positions will be getting a wage increase while some will see their wages decrease.
  
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• Traffic Restrictions- On-ramp to Idylwyld Drive from Circle Drive North

  28-05-2018 21:58 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Traffic restrictions are in place as a tractor trailor unit has broken down on the on-ramp to Idylwyld Drive from Circle Drive north. Both turning lanes from eastbound and westbound of Circle Drive are unable to take the on-ramp.  Motorists are requested to use other on-ramps in the area to gain access to Idylwlyd.(Occurrence Number: 18-53652)
  
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• No partial privatization for Sask. Crown corps after Bill 40 repealed

  28-05-2018 21:58 via cbc.ca
  Some organizations in Saskatchewan are breathing a sigh of relief as Bill 40 — which would allow the province to sell up to 49 per cent of a Crown corporation without public consultation — was repealed last week.
  
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• Interim tag removed, Jeff Jorgenson named City of Saskatoon's new city manager

  28-05-2018 21:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  After working more than 20 years for the City of Saskatoon, Jeff Jorgenson has taken the top job at city hall.
  Jorgenson, who has worked for the city since 1996, was officially introduced Monday as new city manager. He had been serving as interim city manager since the departure of Murray Totland in December.
  Totland, 60, surprised many with the announcement last September that he was leaving the top job at city hall midway through his five-year contract.
  “I’m honoured to have t
  
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• Jeff Jorgenson named as new Saskatoon city manager

  28-05-2018 21:44 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon city council has selected interim city manager Jeff Jorgenson to stay in the job permanently.
  
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• Broncos bus crash survivor Straschnitzki heading to U.S. for treatment

  28-05-2018 21:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  CALGARY — A young hockey player who was paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is heading to the United States for specialized spinal treatment.
  Ryan Straschnitzki, who has been getting physiotherapy twice a day at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre, is scheduled to board a medical flight Wednesday for Philadelphia, where he will continue his rehabilitation at the Shriners Hospital for Children.
  “The Shriners reached out a couple of weeks ago,” said Ryan’s fath
  
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• Injured Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki off to U.S. for 'just better' spinal rehab

  28-05-2018 21:31 via cbc.ca
  Ryan Straschnitzki, who has been getting physiotherapy twice a day at Calgary's Foothills Medical Centre, is scheduled to board a medical flight Wednesday for Philadelphia.
  
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• 'A dark history': Muskowekwan First Nation fights to save former residential school building

  28-05-2018 21:26 via cbc.ca
  A First Nation in east-central Saskatchewan wants to save its former resdiential school building from the wrecking ball.
  
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• Brandon Stucka pleads guilty in crash that killed 3 Edmonton women

  28-05-2018 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  Brandon Stucka pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death in a stolen vehicle crash that killed three Edmonton women.
  
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• ‘Inappropriate, disrespectful’: Headstones vandalized at Woodlawn Cemetery

  28-05-2018 21:10
  About 25 headstones at Woodlawn Cemetery were damaged by vandalism Friday night, according to the City of Saskatoon.
  
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• Cheers, tears mark end of trek to honour Broncos crash victims

  28-05-2018 21:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  HUMBOLDT — A former junior hockey player’s journey of healing has come to an end after he walked 1,200 kilometres from northern Ontario to Saskatchewan to honour the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  Rance Cardinal, who is 24, walked and sometimes ran into Humboldt on Sunday to the cheers and numerous hugs from hundreds of people after a trek that began April 11.
  He set out from Sioux Lookout, Ont., five days after the collision northeast of Saskatoon that killed 16 people a
  
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• Saskatoon headstones broken in ‘sickening’ cemetery vandalism

  28-05-2018 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  About 25 grave markers, some nearly a century old, were knocked down or broken Friday night at Saskatoon's Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
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• City investigating vandalized headstones at Woodlawn Cemetery

  28-05-2018 20:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  Around 30 headstones were damaged during the weekend at Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon.
  Vandals apparently walked into the cemetery and pushed over headstones as well as breaking off crosses on top.
  The cost of the damages is not yet known.
  
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• Student finds rare fossil at Wanuskewin

  28-05-2018 20:46 via cbc.ca
  Wanuskewin, just north of Saskatoon, is known for archaeological finds relating to Indigenous peoples.
  
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• Green Leader Elizabeth May gets $1,500 fine in pipeline arrest

  28-05-2018 20:33
  Green party Leader Elizabeth May has pleaded guilty to a criminal contempt of court charge for violating an injunction at a Kinder Morgan work site in Burnaby, B.C.
  
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• ‘Just a beautiful soul’: Family remembers man killed in weekend crash

  28-05-2018 20:29
  The parents of a 20-year-old man who was killed in a crash over the weekend are remembering him as a “beautiful soul.”
  
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• Flowers laid along Circle Drive to honour man killed in weekend crash

  28-05-2018 20:29
  Flowers, photos, a baseball, watches and a stuffed animal are among a handful of items now sitting at a section of Saskatoon’s Circle Drive to remember a man killed in a crash over the weekend.
  
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• 'You've gotta try it:' Teen paralyzed in bus crash going south for treatment

  28-05-2018 20:26
  A young hockey player who was paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is heading to the United States for specialized spinal treatment.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: risk of thunderstorms with a cold front

  28-05-2018 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  Cold front marches in with thunderstorms and a cool down in Saskatoon's weather forecast for the rest of the month.
  
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• Late Humboldt Broncos coach Darcy Haugan nominated for NHL award

  28-05-2018 20:16
  The late coach of the Humboldt Broncos, Darcy Haugan, has been nominated for the inaugural Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award.
  
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• Impaired driving charges after truck parked in middle of Prince Albert street

  28-05-2018 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  A man found passed out behind the wheel of a running truck parked in the middle of a Prince Albert, Sask., street has been charged with impaired driving.
  
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• Man critically injured in rollover in Saskatoon

  28-05-2018 19:22
  A man was taken to hospital in critical condition Sunday after a single-vehicle rollover on Saskatoon’s Wanuskewin Road.
  
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• U of S researcher building MRI to monitor astronaut’s health in space

  28-05-2018 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  A University of Saskatchewan research team is designing an ankle MRI to be used by astronauts on the International Space Station.
  
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• 2 Saskatoon police officers charged with common assault after traffic stop

  28-05-2018 18:37 via cbc.ca
  Two Saskatoon police officers are charged with common assault after a traffic stop in November.
  
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• Two Saskatoon police constables charged with assault

  28-05-2018 18:22
  Two Saskatoon police officers are facing assault charges tied to a traffic stop last year.
  
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• Saskatoon police constables charged with assault

  28-05-2018 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  Common assault charges were laid against constables Cailin Link and Angela McDade following an investigation by the Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission.
  
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• Saskatoon police constables charged with common assault after November traffic stop

  28-05-2018 18:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two Saskatoon police constables have been charged with common assault in connection with a traffic stop last November.
  Constables Cailin Link and Angela McDade are now on administrative duties pending the outcome of court proceedings. The two are scheduled to appear June 28 in Saskatoon provincial court.
  According to Saskatoon police in a news release, Link and McDade conducted a traffic stop on Nov. 7, 2017, arresting a man for obstructing officers. No one was injured as a result of the arrest,
  
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• Letter of the Day: Transit system needs to be fixed

  28-05-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Again Saskatoon Transit speaks of things to come, using fancy buzz words like “DART” and “BRT — Bus Rapid Transit.”
  The latest study version, Future Bus Rapid Transit Plans, calls for a restructuring of Saskatoon Transit to more of a grid network with direct two-way routes serving major corridors and development nodes. Hmm, that sounds like what Transit had before the complete overhaul in 2005 — two-way bus routes abandoned for single-direction, supposedly to
  
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• Saskatoon Police Service Members Charged

  28-05-2018 17:56 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Two members of the Saskatoon Police Service are each facing a charge of common assault following a traffic stop last November.Constables Cailin Link and Angela McDade conducted the traffic stop on November 7, 2017.  The man operating the vehicle was arrested for obstructing officers.  No injuries occurred as a result of the arrest.  The vehicle operator later made a complaint to the Saskatoon Police Service who then notified the Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission (PCC).&nbs
  
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• One of two rescued moose calves being cared for in Moose Jaw dies

  28-05-2018 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  Just seven days after being picked up, The Wild & Cared Free Wildlife Rehabilitation Inc. announced on their Facebook page the morning of May 28 that their second rescue moose calf, Pamplemousse, has died.
  
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• Garden patch growing food for Saskatoon Food Bank

  28-05-2018 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  Volunteers are always welcome to help at the garden patch, which brings the community together to grow food for the Saskatoon Food Bank.
  
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• MMIWG inquiry hears testimony in Calgary from government staff

  28-05-2018 16:59 via cbc.ca
  The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is holding hearings in Calgary this week.
  
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• Progress made containing Rabbit Creek wildfire in Prince Albert National Park

  28-05-2018 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Rabbit Creek wildfire in Prince Albert National Park has grown to over 35,000 hectares.
  
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• BPW Saskatoon supports equality for all people

  28-05-2018 16:16 via globalnews.ca
  BPW Saskatoon, which uses leadership, education and advocacy to support equality for all people, is hosting an event to raise funds for its educational bursaries.
  
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• BMO and CIBC-owned Simplii Financial reveal hacks of customer data

  28-05-2018 16:15 via cbc.ca
  Two Canadian banks warned customers Monday that they have been the targets of hackers, and the personal information of tens of thousands of customers may have been stolen.
  
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• Disco band Boney M. bringing Christmas concert to Saskatoon

  28-05-2018 16:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  In a new partnership between the Broadway Theatre and TCU Place, disco/reggae band Boney M., featuring original lead singer Liz Mitchell, is taking the stage in Saskatoon in December.
  “Originally founded in Germany by writer and producer Frank Farian, Boney M. dominated worldwide charges throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s with a string of hits still played on the radio today,” says the news release announcing the concert, which is set for Dec. 10 at TCU Place.
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• Tourism important to Saskatoon’s economy

  28-05-2018 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  Aviva Kohen from Tourism Saskatoon explains #Saskatooning and the importance of the tourism industry to the city’s economy.
  
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• Overtime costs at City of Saskatoon rise in 2017

  28-05-2018 15:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  It took a lot of extra work to get the Remai Modern art gallery open in October. Nobody knows it better than the facility’s building manager.
  The highest single City of Saskatoon overtime payout in 2017 went to Remai Modern building manager Vince Regnier, who nearly doubled his regular 2017 salary with $73,434 in overtime pay, for a total of $148,040.
  Regnier was required to work overtime to prepare the gallery for its October 2017 opening. The city has since hired an additional building o
  
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• 'We're really at a breaking point': Speed bumps laid out by Caswell Hill residents removed by city

  28-05-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The City of Saskatoon has removed speed bumps laid out by residents of Caswell Hill attempting to slow traffic in their neighbourhood after the bumps were deemed dangerous for drivers.
  Chelsea Dignean, who lives near the corner of Avenue D and 31st Street, said residents have been pleading with the city for years for help to slow down the fast and potentially dangerous traffic through the area.
  “We’re really at a breaking point,” Dignean said. “I’m terrified to watc
  
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• Young Innovators: U of S study targets enzyme's role in breast cancer

  28-05-2018 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Considering that one in nine women is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime, someone close to you could get the potentially fatal disease, as University of Saskatchewan graduate student Raghuveera Goel knows too well.
  “I saw my mother’s best friend passing away in just one month after she was diagnosed with breast cancer,” said Goel, a PhD biochemistry student. “That’s why I was drawn to cancer research.”
  After coming from India to join biochem
  
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• Tank: Six Saskatoon councillors buck trend on campaign financing

  28-05-2018 14:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon residents may have checked their calendars to make sure it’s 2018 after hearing city council voted down a ban on union and corporate campaign contributions.
  Last week’s vote marked the second time in just over two years that council has rejected halting the unpopular practice of allowing business and union money to influence elections.
  In late 2015, a different council voted 6-3 against the ban. Last week council voted 6-5 against it. Both votes took place at the committee
  
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• Video: See the car designed by the U of S Huskie Formula Racing team

  28-05-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Members of the U of S team show off the design of their car that took home a top-20 finish out of 116 teams at an international competition in Michigan.
  
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