Saskatoon news

• Severe thunderstorm watch over Saskatoon lifted

  30-05-2018 23:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  UPDATE: 3:55 p.m.: Environment Canada has lifted a severe thunderstorm watch that was put in place over Saskatoon on Wednesday morning. 
  Saskatoon may be set for a soaking.
  Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Bridge City on Wednesday morning, as a cold front will be pushing eastward towards Manitoba, with a storm potentially set to hit this afternoon.
  The national forecaster indicated in an alert the system could create thunderstorms capable of producing strong win
  
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• Failed leadership candidate Alanna Koch still on payroll

  30-05-2018 23:43
  Failed Saskatchewan Party leadership candidate Alanna Koch is still bringing in a salary, despite not working since April 6.
  
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• Man charged with kidnapping after woman seen on Saskatoon outskirts screaming for help

  30-05-2018 23:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 27-year-old Saskatoon man faces 13 charges, including kidnapping and forcible confinement, after a witness saw a woman with an infant inside a vehicle, screaming for help.
  Saskatoon RCMP received a report Tuesday around 9:20 a.m. from a witness who reported seeing the woman in the back of a vehicle pleading for someone to call police, according to an RCMP news release.
  The caller told police the vehicle was travelling south on Clarence Avenue in the RM of Corman Park and provided them wit
  
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• Saskatoon police seize more than 700 grams of meth, $18,000 in cash

  30-05-2018 23:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  City police seized more than $18,000 and about 775 grams of methamphetamine following an investigation into drug trafficking in Saskatoon.
  Around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, members of the Saskatchewan Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team (SIDEST) concluded an investigation into the city’s meth trade, according to a police news release.
  With help from the tactical support unit, SIDEST officers also seized about 11 grams of cocaine, a single hydromorphone tablet and other items police said were &
  
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• 'It's an exciting day for us': Mitch Love named Blades new head coach

  30-05-2018 22:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  The final time Mitch Love played as a visitor against the Saskatoon Blades, the jersey of team legend Brent Ashton was retired in a special ceremony, Canadian Idol finalist Theresa Sokyrka sang the national anthem and the Blades were ranked among the top-10 teams in Canadian junior hockey.
  The 33-year-old Love — who that night for the Everett Silvertips scored five points, a whopping one-game total for a player who finished with 29 points in the 2004-05 season — won’t have much
  
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• ‘The Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline’: How you saw the Trans Mountain purchase

  30-05-2018 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  "I think we should call it the Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline. Because he's toast. He is toast," said one caller to a CKNW/CHQR simulcast.
  
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• UPDATE: Regina Missing Child Located

  30-05-2018 22:45 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  12 year old Sidney Pelletier has been located.The Saskatoon Police Service would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance in the matter. 
  
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• Mitch Love named new Blades coach

  30-05-2018 22:29
  Mitch Love is moving up. The now-former assistant coach of the WHL’s Everett Silvertips is headed north to take on the head coaching job with the league’s Saskatoon Blades.
  
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• SIDEST Investigation - Crystal Meth Trafficking

  30-05-2018 22:19 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A Saskatoon man was arrested yesterday following a drug trafficking investigation.On May 29, 2018, The Saskatchewan Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team (SIDEST), completed an investigation which targeted crystal methamphetamine trafficking in Saskatoon. With assistance from members of the Tactical Support Unit, at approximately 2:00 p.m., a 33 year old Saskatoon man was taken into custody without incident in the 400 block 20th Street West. SIDEST investigators seized a loaded handgun wi
  
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• Mitch Love new Saskatoon Blades head coach

  30-05-2018 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades have hired Mitch Love as the team’s new head coach.
  
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• Residents in Moose Jaw, Sask. wake up to snowy streets after early morning hail storm

  30-05-2018 21:59 via cbc.ca
  A severe hail storm hit Moose Jaw, Sask., early Wednesday morning but residents and Environment Canada say the damage was not as bad as the 2016 storm that hit the city.
  
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• Residents in Moose Jaw, Sask. wake up to snow-filled streets after early morning hail storm

  30-05-2018 21:59 via cbc.ca
  A severe hail storm hit Moose Jaw, Sask., early Wednesday morning but residents and Environment Canada say the damage was not as bad as 2016's storm that hit the city.
  
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• SGI Canada and Canadian Red Cross partner on disaster relief efforts in Sask.

  30-05-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  Jan Radwanski from the Canadian Red Cross presented a cheque to SGI Canada on May 30 for $35,000 towards a partnership on disaster relief and discussed why it’s so vital.
  
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• Hearing dates set for woman accused of killing retired educator Colin Sutherland

  30-05-2018 21:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  Less than two months after Colin Sutherland was found dead in his downtown Saskatoon apartment suite, preliminary hearing dates have been set for the woman accused of killing him.
  The hearing for Sheritta Kahpeaysewat, 30, is scheduled to take place in Saskatoon provincial court in October and November. It will determine if there is enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial.
  Sutherland, 54, was a recently-retired educator when he died in his apartment in the 200 block of Fifth Avenue Nort
  
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• Fighting to die: is medically assisted death criteria too vague?

  30-05-2018 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  There are a number of conditions set out by the federal government before a medically assisted death can proceed, but some argue it is too vague.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch for Saskatoon, potential for over 60mm of rain by Friday

  30-05-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Saskatoon, with the potential to receive over 60 mm of rain between Wednesday and Friday evening.
  
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• No vagueness to medically assisted death criteria

  30-05-2018 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  Bryan Salte from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan says the criteria surrounding medically assisted death is not particularly vague.
  
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• Delicate balance creating guidelines for medically assisted death

  30-05-2018 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon criminal defence lawyer Brian Pfefferle says it is a delicate balance creating guidelines for medically assisted death.
  
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• 'Home is the perfect setting': More choosing to bring dead loved ones into the home

  30-05-2018 20:54 via cbc.ca
  There is a slow movement underway in Saskatchewan, a return to more traditional ways where a family would sit with a dead loved one in the home for a period.
  
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• Saskatoon under severe thunderstorm watch

  30-05-2018 20:39 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon may be set for a soaking.
  Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Bridge City on Wednesday morning, as a cold front will be pushing eastward towards Manitoba, with a storm potentially set to hit this afternoon.
  The national forecaster indicated in an alert the system could create thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.
  The storm is expected to weaken as it moves toward the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, but Environment Canad
  
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• 2 facing drug trafficking charges in Yorkton, Sask.

  30-05-2018 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  Yorkton Municipal RCMP have charged two people with drug trafficking after seizing what is believed to be meth and cocaine.
  
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• St. Albert pays tribute to local players killed in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  30-05-2018 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  The St. Albert Humboldt Remembrance Committee will also honour the legacy of each young man by installing memory plaques on four benches in the community north of Edmonton.
  
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• Man charged with kidnapping after woman, baby feared for their lives

  30-05-2018 20:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 27-year-old Saskatoon man is facing numerous charges after a woman with an infant feared for their lives during an alleged kidnapping on Tuesday morning.
  At roughly 9:20 a.m., Saskatoon RCMP received a report from someone who said they saw a woman screaming in the back of a vehicle for someone to call police, according to an RCMP news release.
  The caller told police the vehicle was travelling south on Clarence Avenue in the RM of Corman Park and provided police with a description of the v
  
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• CP Rail reaches tentative deal with Teamsters union, ending strike

  30-05-2018 19:52 via cbc.ca
  CP has reached a tentative deal with the union representing striking engineers, meaning operations will be back to normal as early as Thursday.
  
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• Kidnapping charges laid in Corman Park incident

  30-05-2018 19:38 via cbc.ca
  A 27-year-old Saskatoon man is facing five charges after an alleged kidnapping Tuesday.
  
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• Yorkton RCMP lay weapon charges against man found with BB gun

  30-05-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  A 25-year-old man armed with a BB gun was arrested by Yorkton Municipal RCMP.
  
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• Woman and infant safe, man in custody after alleged kidnapping

  30-05-2018 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  A person called Saskatoon RCMP Tuesday morning stating a woman was in the back seat of a vehicle screaming for help.
  
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• Streets flood after second storm hits Moose Jaw

  30-05-2018 19:16
  A hail storm hammered the city of Moose Jaw on Tuesday night.
  
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• Hail storm hammers Moose Jaw on Tuesday night

  30-05-2018 19:16
  A hail storm hammered the city of Moose Jaw on Tuesday night.
  
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• Sask. internet celebrity Alinity targeted online after dispute with YouTube star PewDiePie

  30-05-2018 19:00 via cbc.ca
  WARNING: This story contains language some may find offensive. Natalia Mogollon has received hundreds of threats and negative comments online over the past month. She wants it to stop.
  
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• Woman, infant kidnapped; man arrested south of Saskatoon

  30-05-2018 18:59
  Kidnapping and forcible confinement charges have been laid against a 27-year-old man after a report of a woman seen screaming in the back seat of a vehicle led to a high-risk arrest south of Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatchewan had highest violent crime rate in 2016: Statistics Canada

  30-05-2018 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  Statistics Canada reports Saskatchewan had the highest rate of police-reported violent crime in 2016.
  
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• Insurance pit stops exist before Uber and Lyft can come to Sask.

  30-05-2018 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  Legislation allowing ride sharing in Saskatchewan has passed, but insurance regulations need to be finalized.
  
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• Competition Bureau asks Bayer to divest assets to win Monsanto deal approval

  30-05-2018 18:26
  The Competition Bureau is forcing Bayer AG to divest some of its Canadian canola, soybean and vegetable seed, traits and herbicide assets before it will allow the German pharmaceutical giant to purchase agricultural business Monsanto Company.
  
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• Premier Scott Moe cautiously optimistic about Trans Mountain purchase

  30-05-2018 18:06 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Scott Moe says he hopes the Trans Mountain purchase works, but has lingering questions.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Keep our climate commitments

  30-05-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  As a grandmother I feel I must be committed to do what I can to globally get use of fossil fuels reduced as quickly as possible, to have renewable sources of energy become our only sources of energy.
  I have great confidence in Canada’s ability to join other world leaders to have clean energy economies.
  I was proud we undertook commitments under the Paris Agreement, but to keep them, scientists are warning we have to leave most of the fossil fuel deposits in the ground. It is totally wrong
  
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• Riders training camp report: Travis Bond shores up o-line

  30-05-2018 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  Travis Bond is looking to make his mark on the Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive line while defensive back Nick Marshall is creating a buzz in this Rider training camp report.
  
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• Fitness and mental health

  30-05-2018 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  Personal trainer Jesse Martin explains why workouts are not only good for the body, it helps with stress levels and overall mental health.
  
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• Commuter chaos avoided despite strike by CP Rail train conductors

  30-05-2018 16:51
  Canada's three largest cities avoided commuter chaos this morning after a Canadian Pacific Railway deal with one of its unions ensured a strike won't affect metropolitan passenger services.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline expansion good for Saskatchewan: Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce

  30-05-2018 16:13 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce says the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is good for the Saskatchewan economy.
  
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• The jury may still be out on former top pick Judge, but he's ready for supporting role with Saskatchewan Roughriders

  30-05-2018 15:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  Cameron Judge has seen his Hollywood-based dad on TV and film, but never on game film.
  “I’ve been trying to,” says Judge, a linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, “but I haven’t been able to find any.”
  His dad, Christopher Judge, is probably best known for his role as Teal’c on Stargate SG-1; yet, prior to acting, he played football for the University of Oregon Ducks.
  “From what I’ve heard, he was a pretty physical player, a big safety,
  
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• Climate Justice Saskatoon opposed to feds buying Trans Mountain pipeline

  30-05-2018 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  Mark Bigland-Pritchard with Climate Justice Saskatoon outlines the group’s reason why they are opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and its purchase by the federal government.
  
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• Agriculture equipment innovations make farming more profitable

  30-05-2018 15:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Agriculture equipment innovations are ensuring greater productivity and profit margins for farmers.
  John Deere has put more focus on data and technology. South Country Equipment has also recognized its importance.
  “(We) provide data that will allow our customers to make good decisions … (and) make more money on the farm,” says Don Henry, South Country’s sales development manager.
  The Operations Centre on MyJohnDeere.com is just one example. Depending on the subscription,
  
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• Why was a senior government official talking with Bill Boyd before his infamous business trip to China?

  30-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  CBC has learned that in the weeks leading up to Bill Boyd’s now-infamous trip to China, during which the then-MLA pitched an immigration scheme, he called the senior Saskatchewan official responsible for China, William Wang.
  
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• Productive pastry: group of friends sells pies for STARS

  30-05-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Pat Trask and seven other ladies wanted to do something to raise money for a charity. So they became the pie ladies of Louise Street.
  “We’re all elderly ladies, but that doesn’t mean we’re not able to do something,” she says.
  The women, ranging in age from 77 to 88, get together regularly to play cards, have supper, or do other activities. When the time came to choose what they would do for charity, they decided to make and sell homemade pies.
  Even the crusts were h
  
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• 'It's troubling': Sask. Premier says Bill Boyd's contact with senior civil servant will be reviewed

  30-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says revelations published by the CBC about Bill Boyd's contact with a senior government official just days before Boyd went on his infamous business trip to China to promote his private immigration scheme is "troubling, to be honest."
  
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• Hursh: Prosperous times in the grain sector

  30-05-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The last decade has been the most prosperous in the history of grain farming in Western Canada, and particularly in Saskatchewan.
  Record high farm incomes have generated record high farmland prices, prompting some observers to wonder when and how the party will end.
  There have certainly been challenges over the past 10 years. Depending upon the area and the year, flooding and drought have taken a toll. But there has been an unprecedented run of profitable grain prices. Not every crop has been a
  
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• 'The challenge of expansion': Young farmers face ever-higher price wall in getting land

  30-05-2018 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Byron Tenkink’s pea shoots and microgreens now grace the shelves of Saskatchewan Co-op stores.The 29-year-old organic farmer is on the cusp of inking another deal, one that could put his strawberries in Safeway and Sobey’s stores.
  But Tenkink’s farm — some might call it a garden — sits on scarcely more than one acre of land. He leases the plot from his parents.
  “I’m now faced with the challenge of expansion,” he said. “That’s kind of a
  
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• Blotter-fresh: Crimes of the Month soaks up criminal activity

  30-05-2018 14:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  The “police blotter” is a term that goes back to at least 1887.
  Much debate surrounds the origin of “police blotter,” some of which you can read at wordorigins.org if you can’t sleep at night.
  Which brings us to Crimes of the Month, which is another kind of police blotter. It records arrests from day to day and is absorbent enough to soak up spilled coffee.
  On the basis of those grounds, the large and well-paid staff of Crimes of the Month has been busy compiling Ma
  
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• Sask. passes act to welcome services like Lyft, Uber

  30-05-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  The provincial government passed The Vehicles For Hire Act on Tuesday, which outlines how the ride-booking companies will be allowed to operate.
  
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