Saskatoon news

• Appeal dismissed in 2010 killing of ATM repairman Roger Byer

  08-06-2018 23:55 via cbc.ca
  The man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a Saskatchewan ATM technician had his appeal dismissed.
  
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• Saskatoon Fire Department rekindles pitch for regional firefighting training centre

  08-06-2018 23:35 via cbc.ca
  The city's fire chief says a 10-hectare property could draw trainees from near and far.
  
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• Cody Peters makes impression at Riders training camp

  08-06-2018 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  Linebacker Cody Peters made an impression at Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp.
  
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• 'It didn't feel real:' Rosetown man wins million-dollar prize in Lotto Max draw

  08-06-2018 23:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  It was likely the best last-minute purchase Clint Kennedy will ever make.
  Stopping in at Rosetown’s 7-11 convenience store last Friday, he stepped up to the till at 8:24 p.m. — a mere six minutes before the cutoff time for last week’s $60-million Lotto Max draw. When he checked the winning numbers the next day, he couldn’t believe his eyes: Kennedy was the province’s newest millionaire.
  Kennedy won $1 million in the Lotto Max MaxMillions draw, matching all seve
  
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• After pot law passed key vote, is it legal to toke?

  08-06-2018 23:08
  Despite Senators passing the historic marijuana legalization bill, it could still take several weeks or months for the bill to become law as members of Parliament approve, reject or modify more than 40 senator amendments.
  
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• Police participation in Saskatoon Pride Parade

  08-06-2018 22:48 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  June is Pride Month in Saskatoon. In the lead up to the Pride Festival, Saskatoon Pride, OUTSaskatoon, and the Saskatoon Police Service have been working together on both operational and police participation plans to ensure another successful Pride Parade.The goal of all involved in the conversation is to ensure that the primary focus of Pride Month was the LGBTQ2S+ community, including celebrating its strengths and working to overcome barriers people still face, over and above undue media
  
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• Stanley Cup will go to Humboldt, Sask.-born NHLer vows after big win

  08-06-2018 22:40
  Washington Capitals forward Chandler Stephenson plans to bring the Stanley Cup to Humboldt, Sask.
  
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• $21.6M to be invested in Saskatchewan to bring higher-speed Internet to 30 communities

  08-06-2018 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian government has invested into a $500 million program, Connect to Innovate, which will provide higher-speed internet to 30 rural and remote communities and up to 163 institutions in Saskatchewan.
  
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• GoFundMe raising thousands for Calgary student with spinal muscular atrophy

  08-06-2018 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  Shailynn Taylor was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a degenerative muscular disorder that results in the loss of motor function in many of her muscles.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: storms and 30 degree heat this weekend

  08-06-2018 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  30 degree heat & storms slide into Saskatoon’s weather forecast for the weekend. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• 'Humboldt deserves this': Chandler Stephenson bringing Stanley Cup to Humboldt

  08-06-2018 21:32 via cbc.ca
  Ever since victory was in striking distance for the Washington Capitals, Chandler Stephenson has had one wish: to bring the Stanley Cup to Humboldt.
  
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• 'I was scared': Delivery truck passenger saves the day after semi goes out of control on Circle Drive

  08-06-2018 21:24 via cbc.ca
  On Thursday afternoon, David Oyedeji was sitting in the passenger seat of a semi-trailer truck, finishing up a delivery run with Coca-Cola. Suddenly, his driver let out a blood-curdling scream and passed out.
  
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• Saskatoon man calls for changes to assisted -dying law after wife's death

  08-06-2018 21:05
  A Saskatoon man is calling for changes to the assisted dying legislation after his wife was denied and then subsequently died by suicide.
  
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• Mongolian-style lodging coming to Saskatchewan campground

  08-06-2018 21:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan residents will soon have access to new a camping venue based on ancient Mongolian structures.
  On Friday, the provincial government announced the opening of a yurt at Anglin Lake in Great Blue Heron Provincial Park. The structure, which a provincial news release described as a meeting between nature and comfort, allows visitors to take in the park while sleeping comfortably in a shelter more substantial than a tent.
  “The yurt is a great opportunity for guests to experience beau
  
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• A&W Canada to eliminate plastic straws from all restaurants

  08-06-2018 20:18 via cbc.ca
  Canadian fast food chain making the switch to paper straws, full phase out by 2019.
  
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• Severe thunderstorms wash out roads, cause flash flooding in south Sask.

  08-06-2018 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  Slow moving severe thunderstorms packed quite the punch with heavy downpours causing localized flooding.
  
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• Police introduce 'zero tolerance' policy for people drinking on 8th Street

  08-06-2018 20:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  Several complaints from businesses on 8th Street has resulted in city police putting in place a “zero tolerance” policy around drinking and loitering along the busy road.
  On Friday, a news release from city police indicated the service has been receiving an “increasing number of complaints” from businesses in the 3500 block area due to people loitering, drinking and harassing customers while sitting in parked cars.
  As a result, Saskatoon police will be assigning officers
  
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• Rancher rescues baby bison stuck in badger hole

  08-06-2018 20:06
  A baby bison was in a hole lot of trouble last month.
  
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• 'Super rewarding': Sask. ICE investigation leads to rescue of 12 abused children in Philippines

  08-06-2018 19:00 via cbc.ca
  An upload of child pornography was the tip-off for Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit to begin an investigation that would lead not only to charges against suspects, but also eventually led to the rescue of abused children a world away.
  
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• Shopping Centre Parking Lot Enforcement

  08-06-2018 18:33 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service is increasing enforcement in parking lots in the 3500 block of 8th Street East.The SPS has received an increasing number of complaints from businesses in the area regarding people loitering, consuming alcohol in parked vehicles and harassing patrons of businesses. Beginning immediately, SPS will be assigning officers to a specialized patrol of the area during peak problem hours, along with regular patrol. Officers will be enforcing liquor related laws as well as
  
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• Photos: Editorial Cartoons: June 2-8

  08-06-2018 18:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  Here’s a compilation of the StarPhoenix’s editorial cartoons from the past week.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Saskatoon Police must shift priorities

  08-06-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Re: Province leads in victims of violent crime per capita (SP, May 31)
  It is indeed sad to see this headline and story. The Saskatoon Police Service has utterly failed to take control of crime fighting in our city.
  Instead we live in a city in which the police force is obsessed with traffic enforcement. I’m sure there is no other city’s police officers so intent on chasing down speeders and distracted drivers in a city that has so many low speed limits. It is apparent that
  
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• Plaid for Dad campaign raises money and awareness to end prostate cancer

  08-06-2018 17:10 via globalnews.ca
  Canadians are encouraged to wear plaid on June 15 to honor dads and raise money and awareness to end prostate cancer.
  
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• Gearing up for the NLL championship final in Saskatoon

  08-06-2018 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  Brandon Urban and Kelsey, from the Saskatchewan Rush Crush dance team, get us excited for the NLL championship final in Saskatoon.
  
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• Scott Moe says new U.S. tariffs hurting steel projects in Saskatchewan

  08-06-2018 16:54 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Scott Moe said the tariffs have particularly hurt workers at the Evraz steel plant in Regina because they often ship products to the U.S.
  
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• Woman suffers violent sexual assault on Onion Lake First Nation

  08-06-2018 16:48
  Police are looking for a suspect after a violent sexual assault that happened on the Onion Lake First Nation on June 2.
  
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• What’s trending in the world of comic books

  08-06-2018 16:45 via globalnews.ca
  Co-owner of Amazing Stories Comics in Saskatoon, Jody Cason, talks about what’s hot in the comic book world.
  
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• Woman hospitalized for injuries from violent sexual assault: Onion Lake RCMP

  08-06-2018 16:37 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP say a woman was hospitalized for injuries from a violent sexual assault on Onion Lake Cree Nation.
  
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• RCMP searching for suspect after violent sexual assault

  08-06-2018 15:53 via thestarphoenix.com
  Police are searching for a unknown male suspected of breaking into an Onion Lake Cree Nation residence and committing violent sexual assault on June 2.
  RCMP Investigators have determined that between approximately 9 and 10 a.m., an unknown male suspect, armed with weapons, broke into a residence and sexually assaulted the lone adult female occupant who was present. The suspect fled the scene in an unknown direction. The female victim was treated and released from Lloydminster Hosp
  
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• Friday morning SkyTracker weather forecast for Saskatoon

  08-06-2018 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  Fiona Odlum with your Friday morning weather forecast for Saskatoon and area.
  
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• Bridges Events June 8-14

  08-06-2018 15:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to [email protected].
  # MUSIC
  Fri., June 8
  Piano Friday: Maurice DrouinJay & JoThe Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N.
  Stuck in the ‘80sBuds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.
  Paradise RoadArmy & Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N.
  The RhythmairesFairfield Seniors’ Centre, 103 Fairmont Ct.
  Slightly O
  
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• Premier Moe says meetings with Trump administration are necessary, says use of U.S. lobbyists will continue

  08-06-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe wrapped up a whirlwind two-day trip to Washington D.C and said his face to face meetings with Trump administration officials are "necessary."
  
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• Victims speak out with a powerful message on childhood sexual abuse

  08-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Gail Kelly is a former national alpine ski team member. She does not want the same elite-level sport experience for her own three children, however.
  Kelly, who was abused by coach Bertrand Charest as a teen, needs to see change before she will believe kids are truly safe in sport.
  So strong was their desire to see new safeguards put in place for children in sport that Kelly and fellow Charest victims Geneviève Simard, Amélie-Frédérique Gagnon and Anna Pachal had
  
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• Traffic tickets down in Saskatchewan, but government still banking on $6.4 million in new revenue

  08-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police officers are issuing more traffic tickets than ever, but their ramped-up enforcement efforts are more than offset by a massive decline in the number of tickets issued provincewide during the last two years.
  Saskatchewan government records show a gradual increase in the number of tickets issued under the Traffic Safety Act, from slightly more than 100,000 during the 2006-2007 fiscal year to a peak of more than 240,000 in 2015-16.
  Then the number started to decline — to abou
  
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• Sleeping on the roof: Lakeridge School reaches fundraising goal

  08-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A group of teachers at Lakeridge Elementary School slept under the stars from an unusual place on Thursday night — the roof of the school.
  The stunt was a milestone reached after the students raised $1,000 for Ronald McDonald House. About 12 teachers volunteered to take part, including the vice-principal and the principal.
  David Symynuk, Brenda Newbigging, and Jacky Lee Keeler are three of the teachers involved with the student leadership council, renamed the Lakeridge Leaders, a group of
  
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• Off to the races: 5 Things for the weekend, June 8-10

  08-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  From Elvis tribute concerts to chuckwagon racing, there’s plenty of events happening in Saskatoon to fill your weekend.
  1 — Head to Marquis Downs, where chuckwagon races started Thursday and are scheduled all weekend. Drivers are competing to win the Saskatoon World Chuckwagon Races Championship. In their only Saskatchewan stop, the World Professional Chuckwagon Association and the “Half-mile of Hell” are sure to provide an exciting show.
  2 — For the first time in S
  
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• Increase in inactive oil and gas wells could cost Saskatchewan $4B in future cleanup: auditor

  08-06-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Since 2005, inactive oil and gas wells have increased by almost 90 per cent in Saskatchewan, and the provincial auditor says the government has some work to do. Auditor Judy Ferguson issued a report today that estimated the overall future cleanup cost of the province's inactive wells at $4 billion.
  
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• Gormley: Secrecy of murder victims' names is wrong

  08-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Who wants to live in a world where you can be murdered in secret?
  If the Regina Police Service’s quick embrace of ambiguous privacy laws is any indication, they seem fine with the idea. But it’s not something that should be allowed to happen.
  RPS recently decreed that privacy laws prohibit them from disclosing the names of homicide victims, relying on a yet-untested privacy regulation that deems the “information of a deceased person is their personal information” and can
  
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• Gardening: The sweet complications of prairie pears

  08-06-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Most of the pears hardy on the prairies are hybrids of the Manchurian pear (Pyrus ussuriensis) and the European pear (P. communis). Breeders have sought to combine the hardiness of the former with the fruit size and quality of the later.
  Some of the earliest breeding carried out on the prairies was by Dr. Cecil Patterson, the first head of the Department of Horticulture at the University of Saskatchewan. The Apostle series of eight pears was released in 1960 just prior to his retirement. While m
  
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• Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain dead at 61

  08-06-2018 13:25
  American TV celebrity and food writer Anthony Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room Friday in France while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions around the world. He was 61.
  
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• Saskatoon's weather for Friday: High of 28 with a chance of showers

  08-06-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon is heading into a hot weekend, with a high if 28 C forecast for Friday.
  A mix of sun and cloud is expected, with a 30 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon and a risk of thunderstorms, according to Environment Canada.
  The skies should clear in the evening. The forecasted low is 15.
  
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• Indigenous students guaranteed 2 spaces at U of S law, and work at home in N.L.

  08-06-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  According to a U of S law professor, the move is a "final piece of the puzzle" in Indigenous legal education.
  
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• 'A big day': Indigenous students guaranteed 2 spaces at U of S law, and work at home in N.L.

  08-06-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  According to a U of S law professor, the move is a "final piece of the puzzle" in Indigenous legal education.
  
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• Cody Peters making an impression at Riders training camp

  08-06-2018 07:17 via globalnews.ca
  It’s the Riders’ second and final pre-season game Friday, and the last for many players to make an impression. But Derek Bidwell tells us for a member of “the blue and gold”, it sounds like he’s already done that.
  
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• Capitals' Chandler Stephenson a Saskatchewan-made NHL player

  08-06-2018 05:34 via thestarphoenix.com
  As Washington Capitals’ forward Chandler Stephenson chased the Stanley Cup, his old coaches watched intently back home in Saskatoon. We’ve talked to a coach from every season of Stephenson’s minor-hockey progress, including the man who coached his ringette team at four years old, to document the making of an NHL player.
  
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• Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives win majority in Ontario

  08-06-2018 05:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  TORONTO — Doug Ford rode a populist wave to power in Ontario on Thursday, capturing a Progressive Conservative majority by harnessing voters’ economic anxiety and anger with a scandal-plagued Liberal government.
  The Tory leader’s election promises, which invited comparisons to U.S. President Donald Trump, were in stark contrast to the other left-leaning major parties and included income tax cuts, scrapping the Liberals’ updated sex-ed curriculum and strongly opposing a ca
  
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• At long last, Ovechkin and Capitals are Stanley Cup champs

  08-06-2018 05:10 via cbc.ca
  The Washington Capitals can finally call themselves Stanley Cup champions after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 5 on Thursday.
  
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• Capitals beat Golden Knights 4-3 to win Stanley Cup

  08-06-2018 05:08
  The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup champions for the first time. Lars Eller scored with 7:37 left in the third period as the Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 5 of the best-of-seven final to take the series 4-1.
  
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• Saskatoon police make 'one of the largest seizures' of fentanyl and methamphetamine

  08-06-2018 04:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  Members of the Saskatoon Police Service and the RCMP comment on a big drug bust where officers seized a wide range of drugs, including a large amount of fentanyl and methamphetamine
  
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• From Saskatoon to the Philippines, ICE investigator helps bring justice for children

  08-06-2018 04:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit officer Cpl. Jared Clarke was a key witness at the trial of a Filipino woman charged with human trafficking, accused of live streaming the sexual abuse of her children for money.
  
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