Saskatoon news

• NLL expansion draft: San Diego Seals pluck Mydske, Sorichetti from NLL champion Saskatchewan Rush

  16-07-2018 23:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two members of the National Lacrosse League champion Saskatchewan Rush were selected by the San Diego Seals in the NLL expansion draft.
  Veteran defender Brett Mydske was taken Monday as San Diego’s second pick and fourth overall. Transition player Adrian Sorichetti was picked in the next round as San Diego’s third pick and sixth overall.
  Saskatchewan Rush defender Adrian Sorichetti celebrates after a win against the Rochester Knighthawks in the Rush home opener at SaskTel Centre in S
  
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• Prices at Western Development Museum set to rise as $2.3M renovation gets underway

  16-07-2018 23:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  People may be paying more the next time they visit Saskatoon’s Western Development Museum.
  Admission prices will be increasing to help cover the cost of a $2.3 million infrastructure project to improve the museum’s parking lot, the WDM announced Monday.
  While the museum, Boomtown Cafe and the gift shop will remain open, Pion-Era — one of the museum’s largest summer events — has been cancelled this year.
  The multi-million-dollar project includes a “complete exc
  
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• Reporter calls out immigration photo on social media as fake news

  16-07-2018 23:16
  A Vancouver radio reporter says people on social media, including a vocal British politician, should be more careful about spreading fake news.
  
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• Ex-Saskatoon reporter calls out altered immigration photo shared on social media

  16-07-2018 23:13 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Vancouver radio reporter says people on social media, including a vocal British politician, should be more careful about spreading fake news.
  Lasia Kretzel was working for CKOM in Saskatoon in 2015 when she attended a rally supporting Syrian refugees.
  She wrote a story about the rally and snapped a photo of a woman with a sign around her neck that read: “My door is open for refugees.”
  The same photo is circulating again on social media, but with the sign changed to: “My legs
  
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• Driver 'trying to get to Craven in a hurry' clocked at 182 km/h, fined $1,044: Saskatoon police

  16-07-2018 22:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  A driver headed to Saskatchewan’s biggest country music festival was issued a $1,044 ticket after Saskatoon police clocked the vehicle at more than 180 kilometres per hour.
  According to the Saskatoon police traffic unit on its verified Twitter account, a driver “trying to get to Craven in a hurry” was caught on radar driving 182 km/h on Highway 11. The Country Thunder music jamboree was held in Craven from Thursday through Sunday.
  “What are you willing to risk other peopl
  
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• Justice for Our Stolen Children camp files legal challenge over arrests

  16-07-2018 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Justice for Our Stolen Children camp has filed a legal challenge over allegations the June 18 arrests of six protestors violated constitutional rights.
  
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• Prices at Western Development Museum set to rise as multi-million renovation gets underway

  16-07-2018 21:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  People may be paying a little more when they visit the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon as admission prices will be increasing to help the museum pay for a multi-million dollar renovation.
  The Western Development Museum (WDM) announced Monday it’s preparing to start a $2.3 million infrastructure project that will improve the museum’s parking lot, according to a news release.
  While the museum, Boomtown Café and the gift shop will remain open, one of the museum’s la
  
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• Indigenous housing providers raise alarms about future of federal funding deals

  16-07-2018 21:13
  Indigenous social housing providers will soon push the federal government to rethink plans to overhaul their funding arrangements because they worry the Liberal proposals could leave thousands of low-income families on the street.
  
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• Woman armed with needle demands $40 at Prince Albert store

  16-07-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Prince Albert police are attempting to identify a woman, who reportedly used a needle during an armed robbery.
  
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• 70-year-old drowns in northern Saskatchewan lake

  16-07-2018 20:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 70-year-old man from the Hatchet Lake First Nation is died after a boat he was in capsized on Wollaston Lake.
  Wollaston Lake RCMP responded Sunday around 4 p.m. to a report of a pleasure craft that had capsized on the northern lake, according to an RCMP news release. Three of the occupants were rescued by staff of a nearby business, but a fourth passenger — the 70-year-old man — drowned, RCMP said.
  The RCMP will not release the man’s name, and said the incident remains u
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: sizzling 30-degree heat rolls in

  16-07-2018 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  Sizzling mid-30 degree heat rolls into central Saskatchewan, but there is a cool down in Saskatoon's weather forecast ahead.
  
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• Protesters camped outside Saskatchewan legislature taking province to court

  16-07-2018 20:24
  The Justice for Our Stolen Children camp will be taking the provincial government to court next month.
  
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• Protest camp taking legal action against government

  16-07-2018 20:24
  The Justice for Our Stolen Children camp will be taking the provincial government to court next month.
  
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• 1 man dead after boat capsizes on northern Saskatchewan lake

  16-07-2018 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan RCMP say a 70-year-old man drowned after a boat capsized on Wollaston Lake this past weekend.
  
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• RCMP investigate drowning death of 70-year-old man on Wollaston Lake

  16-07-2018 19:41
  The RCMP is investigating a drowning Sunday on Wollaston Lake, 800 kilometres north of Saskatoon.
  
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• Major crimes assisting RCMP in Gravelbourg missing-person case

  16-07-2018 19:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  The RCMP major crimes unit is assisting Gravelbourg RCMP as police search for a 48-year-old Kincaid man who has been missing for four days.
  Claude Landry was last seen in the Gravelbourg area on July 12 wearing a red polo shirt, white shorts, a white baseball cap and Sugi running shoes, according to an RCMP news release.
  According to RCMP, Landry has multiple tattoos: a heart on his chest, the word ‘freedom’ on his back, the name ‘Payton’ on one of his hands, a cartoon of
  
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• Woman killed in head-on collision near Lloydminster, Sask.

  16-07-2018 19:20
  A 34-year-old woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash north of Lloydminster.
  
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• Driver, 34, killed in two-vehicle collision north of Lloydminster

  16-07-2018 19:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 34-year-old woman is dead after a two-vehicle collision near Lloydminster.
  Maidstone RCMP responded Sunday around 4:25 p.m. to multiple 911 calls reporting a collision on Highway 17 approximately five kilometres north of Lloydminster. A pickup truck and a minivan collided head-on in the shoulder of the northbound lane, RCMP said in a news release.
  The 34-year-old woman driving the minivan was declared dead at the scene, according to RCMP. An 11-year-old girl in the minivan was transported to h
  
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• Man dies after boat capsizes in northern Sask.

  16-07-2018 19:10
  A 70-year-old man from Hatchet Lake First Nation has died after a boating accident on Sunday.
  
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• Head-on crash kills one north of Lloydminster

  16-07-2018 19:08
  A head-on crash in the shoulder of a Saskatchewan highway left a woman dead and sent two others, including an 11-year-old girl, to hospital Sunday.
  
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• Woman dead in head-on crash north of Lloydminster

  16-07-2018 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan RCMP say a woman is dead after a head-on collision north of Lloydminster this past weekend.
  
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• Precautionary drinking water advisory in effect for Naicam, Sask.

  16-07-2018 18:30
  People who live in Naicam, 200 kilometres east of Saskatoon, are being told to boil their drinking water this week as crews work on the town's water system.
  
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• Suspicious Vehicle - 1000 Block McCormack Road

  16-07-2018 18:29 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are trying to identify a suspicious vehicle which was reported to have followed two young girls in the 1000 block of McCormack Road yesterday.The girls reported being followed as they left a school yard and walked home at approximately 8:00 p.m., July 15, 2018.  They arrived home and reported seeing a man driving the silver SUV. Neither girl was injured.  Anyone with information is asked to contact the SPS at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. 
  
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• Country Thunder done for another year

  16-07-2018 18:28 via globalnews.ca
  Police were busy on the campground during the festival with 98 calls during the event with Saturday being the busiest day for police.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Cat at large

  16-07-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It was with some dismay that I read the article about the Saskatoon man who reported his cat stolen and dumped, because I don’t feel a lot of sympathy for pet owners who allow their cats to roam around the city.
  As an SPCA volunteer reported, it is against city bylaws to have your cat roam, so why should we feel sorrow and compassion for this man and his cat.
  As a parent, I have had cats roaming in my yard and using my children’s sandbox as a litter box. We were forced to provide a c
  
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• Drowning of NHL goalie Ray Emery not suspicious: Police

  16-07-2018 18:00
  The drowning of former NHL goalie Ray Emery does not appear suspicious, police said.
  
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• Food for Thought: Rosco’s Roti

  16-07-2018 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  Solongo Lewis, who owns a Saskatoon restaurant which specialized in Caribbean food, whips up a dish with Jackie Wilson.
  
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• Hazards of driving high

  16-07-2018 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  Fiona Odlum and Michelle Okere of MADD Canada, on MADD’s push to make people aware of the hazards while driving high.
  
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• FIBA 3X3 coming up in Saskatoon

  16-07-2018 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  Fiona Odlum, along with Michael Linklater and Todd Brandt, preview the FIBA 3X3 coming up in Saskatoon.
  
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• FIBA 3X3 coming back to Saskatoon

  16-07-2018 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  Team Saskatoon captain Michael Linklater and Tourism Saskatoon CEO Todd Brandt preview the FIBA 3X3 World Tour event coming up this weekend in Saskatoon.
  
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• U.S. hits back with WTO challenge against Canada's retaliatory tariffs

  16-07-2018 17:48
  The United States says it's firing back at the Canadian government's recent retaliatory tariffs on American imports by launching a formal challenge with the World Trade Organization.
  
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• U.S. files challenge against Canadian tariffs with WTO

  16-07-2018 17:48
  The United States says it's firing back at the Canadian government's recent retaliatory tariffs on American imports by launching a formal challenge with the World Trade Organization.
  
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• Members of Prime Minister's Youth Council call on Trudeau to halt Kinder Morgan buyout

  16-07-2018 17:18
  Members of the Prime Minister’s Youth Council are calling on Justin Trudeau to halt the government’s $4.5-billion purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline, arguing that it violates his promises to environmentalists and indigenous peoples and jeopardizes international climate change pacts.
  
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• Members of PM's Youth Council call on Trudeau to halt Kinder Morgan buyout

  16-07-2018 17:18
  Members of the Prime Minister’s Youth Council are calling on Justin Trudeau to halt the government’s $4.5-billion purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline, arguing that it violates his promises to environmentalists and indigenous peoples and jeopardizes international climate change pacts.
  
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• Real fake news: Canadian reporter slams Nigel Farage for sharing falsified photo

  16-07-2018 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  On Saturday, Farage tweeted a photo of a woman wearing a sign that read: 'My legs are open for refugees.'
  
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• Impaired driving of a golf cart, $1,044 speeding ticket among Country Thunder offences: police

  16-07-2018 15:50
  A driver on Highway 11 speeding to the Country Thunder Music Festival was slapped with a hefty fine by Saskatoon police. Another man was charged for allegedly driving golf cart on grounds while highly intoxicated.
  
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• Driver dinged with $1K ticket on highway to Country Thunder

  16-07-2018 15:50
  A driver on Highway 11 speeding to the Country Thunder Music Festival was slapped with a hefty fine by Saskatoon police.
  
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• Home sales inch higher in June, but average prices still down 1.3% in past year

  16-07-2018 15:35
  Home sales increased last month for the first time this year, but average selling prices are still slightly lower than they were a year ago.
  
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• Large fire burns shed, fence in Saskatoon

  16-07-2018 15:07
  Firefighters were kept busy at an early morning house fire in Saskatoon on Monday.
  
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• Immigration critics urge Liberals to present clear plan, costing for asylum seekers

  16-07-2018 14:05
  Opposition MPs will try to put some political pressure on the government by urging their Liberal counterparts to examine the issue of cross-border asylum seekers at a special meeting of the immigration committee Monday. Watch it live.
  
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• Immigration critics urge Liberals to come up with answers on asylum issue

  16-07-2018 14:05
  With tensions over asylum seekers mounting between Ottawa and Ontario Premier Doug Ford's new PC government, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel wants to give provincial immigration ministers another chance to air their grievances — and Lisa MacLeod says she'd happily do so.
  
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• Immigration critics to press Liberals on plan, costing for asylum seekers in special summer sessions

  16-07-2018 14:05
  Opposition MPs will try to put political pressure on the government when the immigration committee holds special summer hearings on the issue of cross-border asylum seekers.
  
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• Immigration critics press Liberals on costs, plan for asylum seekers

  16-07-2018 14:05
  After hurling accusations of creating hysteria, crippling provinces and taking an ad-hoc approach to a crisis, MPs on the immigration committee agree to hold special hearings on the influx of people illegally crossing the border to claim asylum in Canada.
  
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• Tank: Saskatoon's ride-sharing revolution could be more of a ripple

  16-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon certainly falls short of being a perfect city, but it’s difficult to deny the Paris of Prairies is fairly unique.
  As a mid-sized city closing in on 300,000 people that endures bitterly, sometimes unrelentingly cold winters, it’s difficult to find another comparable community in Canada, other than our Saskatchewan sister, Regina.
  That makes predictions about how the introduction of ride-sharing companies will affect the city’s transportation landscape extremely difficu
  
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• Space-age ultrasound technology helping connect Saskatchewan

  16-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  An ultrasound clinic in Saskatoon is performing ultrasounds remotely on patients in Stony Rapids using technology originally designed to diagnose astronauts in space
  
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• Saskatoon home care nurse faces disciplinary action over stolen sufentanyl

  16-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A Saskatoon home care nurse who allegedly took 18 vials of a powerful opioid drug from a patient last year will face a disciplinary hearing by her professional regulatory body this fall.
  In a notice of discipline hearing published online this summer, the Saskatchewan Association of Licensed Practical Nurses (SALPN) says it received a complaint that Natasha Janzen was guilty of professional misconduct.
  According to the notice, Janzen “removed and diverted to (herself)” 10 vials of suf
  
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• Remote presence technology improves access to ultrasound in northern Sask.

  16-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Nadine Kanigan’s hand guides an imitation ultrasound probe across her desk in her dimly lit Stonebridge office. She doesn’t need to look at the video feed to her right to know her motions are being perfectly replicated more than 1,000 kilometres away. Instead, she gazes at the screen to her left, inspecting the inner workings of the abdomen of a woman in Stony Rapids.
  “With the ability of technology and the speed of the Internet, we’re really able to scan as if we are rea
  
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• Regina justice camp to launch legal action over arrests

  16-07-2018 14:00
  A lawyer for the Justice For Our Stolen Children camp says it plans to launch legal action after six people in the camp were arrested last month.
  
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• Justice For Our Stolen Children camp set to make 'major announcement'

  16-07-2018 14:00
  The Justice For Our Stolen Children camp say they will make a 'major' announcement on Monday.
  
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• Five things to make you hungry for Taste of Saskatchewan

  16-07-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Taste of Saskatchewan is back for its 23rd year of celebrating Saskatoon’s restaurants in a food-filled festival by the river.
  SaskTel Centre executive director Scott Ford has been the co-ordinator of Taste of Saskatchewan since Year 1, and he pointed out some things to look forward to this year at the event, which begins Tuesday and runs to July 22.
  1. New restaurants. There are 30 restaurants at the Taste of Saskatchewan event, and Ford said there are a handful of new faces to
  
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