Saskatoon news

• From free to $50: Saskatchewan provincial courts add new fees

  03-07-2018 23:42 via cbc.ca
  If you're taken to small claims court in Saskatchewan, as of this month you will be charged to file your counterclaim even though it used to be free.
  
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• Saskatoon’s professional basketball team named Saskatchewan Rattlers

  03-07-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  The new name, logo and colours of the new Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) team in Saskatoon was announced on Tuesday.
  
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• Saskatchewan Rattlers unveiled as name of new pro-basketball team

  03-07-2018 21:58
  The Saskatchewan Rattlers. That’s the name of a new pro-basketball team to be based in Saskatoon.
  
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• Ottawa expects NAFTA progress this summer despite Mexican elections and Trump trade bluster

  03-07-2018 21:29 via cbc.ca
  The federal government is still expecting NAFTA talks to accelerate this summer even though U.S. President Donald Trump says he's in no rush to sign a deal until after the U.S. midterm elections this fall.
  
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• Theft/Evade Police - 800 block Broadway Ave.

  03-07-2018 21:20 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A Saskatoon man was arrested last night following a report of a stolen car and an evade Police incident.At approximately 8:20 p.m. on July 2, 2018, officers were dispatched to a fast food restaurant in the 800 block of Broadway Avenue. A male had entered the business falsely identifying himself as an employee. After stealing another employee’s wallet and keys, he fled in their white Honda Civic. A short time later, the car was located by Police and a traffic stop was attempted near the int
  
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• Funnel cloud weather advisory issued in western Saskatchewan

  03-07-2018 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory for possible funnel clouds in western Saskatchewan on Tuesday. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan has the latest.
  
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• Why Nathan Oystrick applied for Humboldt Broncos coaching job

  03-07-2018 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  Nathan Oystrick answered why he applied for the head coach and general manager position with the Humboldt Broncos junior “A” hockey team.
  
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• Indigenous protest camp staying put at Saskatchewan legislature after meeting with ministers

  03-07-2018 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  The Justice for Our Stolen Children camp pitched "actionable items" to overhaul Saskatchewan's social services and justice systems in a meeting with government
  
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• New Humboldt Broncos head coach hopes to make Darcy Haugan proud

  03-07-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  Nathan Oystrick says he is honoured to lead the Humboldt Broncos this upcoming SJHL season and hopes to make late head coach Darcy Haugan proud.
  
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• Broncos coach-GM Nathan Oystrick knows 'what the team has come to mean to so many people'

  03-07-2018 20:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  Acknowledging both the professional opportunity and also the importance of job, Regina native and former National Hockey League player Nathan Oystrick has been introduced as the new head coach and general manager of the Humboldt Broncos.
  The hiring comes three months after the tragedy in which 16 people on the Broncos team bus died in a highway collision.
  Dustin Penner of the Edmonton Oilers is taken down by Nathan Oystrick and Ron Hainsey of the Atlanta Thashers on March 12, 2009, in NHL action
  
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• Alleged Fallen Saints leader sentenced to 15 months

  03-07-2018 20:46
  A man charged in the Project Forseti case has been sentenced to 15 months incarceration.
  
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• 'It's hurt so many people': Rosetown family killed in highway collision to be remembered Friday

  03-07-2018 20:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  A family of five from Rosetown killed in a highway collision Friday will be laid to rest following a memorial service this week at the west-central town’s hockey arena.
  A funeral for Troy and Carissa Gasper, and their children Kael, Shea and Maks, is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. at Rosetown’s AGT Foods Centre, which can accommodate over 2,000 people.
  A 71-year-old woman from Swift Current was also killed in the head-on collision between two SUVs on Highway 4 north of Elrose, which
  
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• Playground fundraiser for Gasper family surpasses $45K

  03-07-2018 20:30
  A fundraising effort to build a playground to honour a family of five killed in a head-on crash has raised more than $45,000 in 24 hours.
  
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• That's a jazz wrap: 2018 fest attracted 75,000

  03-07-2018 20:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  The SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival attracted an estimated 75,000 this year.
  The 32nd annual event wrapped up on Sunday. The record is around 80,000.
  Only two shows, both on the free stage, had to be cancelled due to bad weather. There were 137 free and ticketed shows over 10 days. The economic spinoff is more than $8 million, organizers say.
  Headliners included the Flaming Lips, City and Colour and Tom Cochrane on the main stage and Dee Dee Bridgewater and Michael Kaeshammer at the Broadway
  
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• 20 grams of crack cocaine seized in Sandy Bay, Sask.

  03-07-2018 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP seized 20 grams of crack cocaine in Sandy Bay, Sask., on the Canada Day long weekend.
  
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• Unstable ground shuts gas down for resort communities

  03-07-2018 19:52 via cbc.ca
  The decision impacts a total of nine properties in South Lake, which is at Buffalo Pound Lake near Moose Jaw, and in Shores Acres, at Last Mountain Lake near Regina.
  
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• Ex-NHLer, Sask. native Nathan Oystrick named new head coach-GM of Humboldt Broncos

  03-07-2018 19:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  Acknowledging both the professional opportunity and also the importance of job, Regina native and former National Hockey League player Nathan Oystrick has been introduced as the new head coach and general manager of the Humboldt Broncos.
  The hiring comes three months after the tragedy in which 16 people on the Broncos team bus died in a highway collision.
  Dustin Penner of the Edmonton Oilers is taken down by Nathan Oystrick and Ron Hainsey of the Atlanta Thashers on March 12, 2009, in NHL action
  
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• Funnel cloud weather advisory issued for Saskatoon

  03-07-2018 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory for possible funnel clouds in Saskatoon and parts of central Saskatchewan on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Speeding towards failure': Why a Métis lawyer quit the MMIWG Inquiry

  03-07-2018 19:03 via cbc.ca
  Breen Ouellette says the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls doesn't have enough time, money or power to properly do its job.
  
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• 'Speeding towards failure': Why a Métis lawyer has quit the MMIWG Inquiry

  03-07-2018 19:03 via cbc.ca
  Breen Ouellette says the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls doesn't have enough time, money or power to properly do its job.
  
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• Prince Albert police investigating first homicide of 2018

  03-07-2018 18:40 via cbc.ca
  Police in Prince Albert are investigating the city's first homicide of the year after a 28-year-old man died in hospital.
  
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• Company pleads not guilty in Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan workplace death

  03-07-2018 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  Banff Constructors Ltd., charged in a workplace death at the construction site of the new children’s hospital in Saskatoon, has pleaded not guilty.
  
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• Outdoor education program in Saskatoon to take half as many students after budget shortfall

  03-07-2018 18:32 via cbc.ca
  A program that offered Saskatoon Grade 11 students an outside-the-classroom learning experience has been cut back due to a shortfall in education funding.
  
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• Man wounded in Prince Albert shooting dies in hospital

  03-07-2018 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  Prince Albert police said a shooting that left a man dead is the first homicide of 2018 in the northern Saskatchewan city.
  
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• Prince Albert homicide: 28-year-old man dies after shooting last week

  03-07-2018 18:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 28-year-old man has died after being shot last week in Prince Albert in what police are investigating as the city’s first homicide of 2018.
  According to Prince Albert police, the man was shot Thursday around 9 p.m. in an alley in the 200 block of Ninth Street East. He later died in Saskatoon hospital, Prince Albert police said Tuesday.
  An autopsy is expected to be conducted this week.
  
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• SaskEnergy ending service for 9 properties in resort communities due to ground shifting

  03-07-2018 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  SaskEnergy is shutting down service for nine properties, seven at South Lake on Buffalo Pound Lake and two in Shore Acres on Last Mountain Lake.
  
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• Tipi camp demonstrators to speak to the media at 10:30

  03-07-2018 18:01
  Protesters at the Justice for our Stolen Children camp are expected to speak to the media at 10:30 a.m.
  
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• Tipi camp demonstrators looking for reform to foster care system

  03-07-2018 18:01
  The Justice for our Stolen Children demonstrators spoke at the Saskatchewan legislative grounds on Tuesday morning following their meeting with provincial ministers on Monday.
  
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• Letter of the Day: "Imagine Idylwyld" plan is madness

  03-07-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Re: City pitches one less traffic lane for Idylwyld (SP, June 12)
  Have our city councillors lost their collective mind?
  Do they really think it’s a pressing need to chop a lane for motorized traffic on Idylwyld Drive (20th Street to 23rd Street) and add a raised bicycle track, and wider sidewalks, on both sides of the avenue?
  Foot traffic on that stretch of Idylwyld is light and bicycle traffic even lighter. Vehicle traffic is always heavy. The last thing we need there is one less traffic
  
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• Humboldt Broncos to name new head coach

  03-07-2018 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  A new head coach for the Humboldt Broncos is expected to be announced Tuesday morning.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos name new head coach

  03-07-2018 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  Nathan Oystrick has been named the new head coach and general manager of the Humboldt Broncos.
  
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• Protesters say justice camp in Regina will stay up following meeting with provincial ministers

  03-07-2018 17:42 via cbc.ca
  The Justice For Our Stolen Children camp at Wascana Park near the Saskatchewan legislature will remain standing, according to representatives of the camp.
  
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• Bruno, Sask. cherry festival cancelled over summer jobs program

  03-07-2018 17:13 via cbc.ca
  A well-known festival in a small Saskatchewan town has been cancelled this year after it was refused money from a federal summer jobs program.
  
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• Bruno cherry festival cancelled over summer jobs program

  03-07-2018 17:13 via cbc.ca
  A well-known festival in a small Saskatchewan town has been cancelled this year after it was refused money from a federal summer jobs program.
  
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• RCMP searching for dark green car after Shellbrook homicide

  03-07-2018 17:06 via cbc.ca
  Police are searching for a car they believe may have been involved in a homicide in Shellbrook, Sask.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos to make announcement about head coach position this morning

  03-07-2018 16:48 via cbc.ca
  The home arena of the Humboldt Broncos in Saskatchewan is hosting a special announcement on Tuesday morning regarding the head coach position.
  
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• Former NHL player Nathan Oystrick named Humboldt Broncos head coach-GM

  03-07-2018 16:48 via cbc.ca
  A Regina-born former NHL defenceman is the new coach and general manager of the Humboldt Broncos, the team that lost its coach and 15 others in the deadly bus crash in Saskatchewan in April.
  
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• Symptoms and treatment of Lyme disease and West Nile virus

  03-07-2018 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  Pharmacist Kelly Kizlyk looks at Lyme disease and West Nile virus symptoms and how each are treated.
  
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• People 'dying unnecessarily' because of racial bias in Canada's health-care system, researcher says

  03-07-2018 16:34 via cbc.ca
  As some people raise concerns about anti-Indigenous racism in the Northwest Territories’ health-care system, an expert says it’s not just an issue in the territory.
  
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• Lawyer with MMIWG inquiry resigns, citing government interference

  03-07-2018 16:29 via cbc.ca
  A lawyer for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has announced he's resigned, and in a statement cites government interference among his reasons.
  
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• ‘I hope that I can make him proud’: Humboldt Broncos name Nathan Oystrick head coach and GM

  03-07-2018 16:23
  The Humboldt Broncos announced Tuesday that Nathan Oystrick has been named as the team’s new head coach and general manager.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos to announce new head coach

  03-07-2018 16:23
  The Humboldt Broncos are expected to announce their new head coach today.
  
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• VW considering revolutionary new take on its iconic Beetle: report

  03-07-2018 16:13
  A completely new Volkswagen Beetle may be under consideration, but if it is given the go ahead by the company's bosses it looks as though it will be an all-electric model with a more practical four-door configuration.
  
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• Good summer reads from McNally Robinson

  03-07-2018 16:08 via globalnews.ca
  From staff picks to award winners, Caroline Walker from McNally Robinson with some book ideas for a summer read.
  
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• Saskatoon Summer Players performing Annie

  03-07-2018 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon Summer Players general manager Anita Smith and Shawn Stevenson, who plays Daddy Warbucks, discuss the musical Annie currently being performed at the Remai Arts Centre.
  
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• ADvice: what is sensory marketing?

  03-07-2018 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Townend from William Joseph Communications explains what sensory marketing is and the impact it can have on consumers.
  
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• Survey could resolve Broadway dispute over bus-only lanes

  03-07-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A survey of more than 150 businesses in the Broadway district could resolve a mixed message over whether the idea of bus-only lanes is supported or opposed.
  DeeAnn Mercier, executive director of the Broadway Business Improvement District (BID), said in an email Friday that such a survey is under consideration.
  Saskatoon city council held a meeting on June 20 to listen to feedback on a proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) style upgrade to the city’s transit system.
  Mercier presented on behalf o
  
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• Letters to the editor July 3, 2018

  03-07-2018 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Special place in hell
  I really tried to keep my mouth shut, but he was in our country and therefore fair game. The man leading America right now and supposedly making it great again, has no sense of diplomacy or class, whatsoever. This world is not his private sandbox and calling our prime minister and leaders of other great nations names and telling lies, is just unacceptable.
  To think we were once all allies and fought against tyranny and communism and now it has come to this &h
  
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• Tank: Lower speed limit revived because all else has failed

  03-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a deep breath. We’re not talking about anything as controversial as backyard fires, bike lanes, bus-only roadways or user fees for trash pickup.
  All we’re talking about here is the possibility of lowering the speed limit on residential streets in Saskatoon.
  This topic of dropping the speed limit in residential areas is resurfacing in the wake of a divisive battle over speeding, traffic and safety in the Avalon neighbourhood.
  This notion is being revived out of frustration, not n
  
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• Saskatoon physician disciplined for practising without licence

  03-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A physician has been reprimanded, suspended for one month and ordered to take an ethics course after she admitted practising medicine at a Saskatoon hospital without a licence for more than a week last summer.
  The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan’s (CPSS) ruling against Tiffany Wai Mai Lee is thought to be the first time in 30 years a Saskatchewan physician has been disciplined for practising without a licence.
  CPSS associate registrar Bryan Salte said Lee did not leave e
  
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