Saskatoon news

• New trial ordered in Vey and Nicholson conspiracy case

  08-08-2018 23:43
  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson, who were convicted in 2016 for conspiring to murder their spouses.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos renew 50 per cent of season tickets in one day

  08-08-2018 23:31
  Less than 24 hours after the Humboldt Broncos sent out a season ticket renewal notice, more than half of the tickets are already spoken for.
  
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• U.S. tariffs expected to impact new farm equipment sales on Canadian Prairies: dealer

  08-08-2018 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  Shares in Canada's largest farm equipment dealer fell by more than seven per cent Wednesday after it said it expects lower sales of new products in the second half of 2018 as prices rise due to U.S. tariffs on steel and the lower value of the Canadian dollar.
  
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• Nothing beats Doukhobor bread made fresh at the Ex

  08-08-2018 22:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  The recipe is 200 years old. Each batch of dough uses 132 pounds of flour, and makes about 100 loaves. Once the dough rises, the bread is baked in one of three traditional clay-brick ovens, heated by wood fires.
  The Doukhobor Society of Saskatoon has been making and selling Doukhobor bread at the Saskatoon Ex for many years. In fact, some people even go to the Ex just to buy their bread.
  
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• Remai Modern hosts first solo show by Walter Scott

  08-08-2018 22:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  Canadian artist Walter Scott’s first solo exhibition is at Remai Modern.
  Betazoid in a Fog features Scott’s new and recent sculptures.
  “This presentation of Scott’s work speaks to Remai Modern’s ambition to support emerging artists at pivotal moments in their careers,” says the gallery.
  “His work in sculpture has really expanded in the past few years, so this exhibition comes at an exciting moment,” the show’s curator, Rose Bouthillier, said
  
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• Conflict with Saudi Arabia could impact Sask. exports

  08-08-2018 22:31
  A diplomatic dispute between Canada and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia could impact Saskatchewan agriculture.
  
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• Man missing since Friday found, RCMP say

  08-08-2018 22:30
  A 34-year-old man who requires medication has been missing since August 3, Kindersley RCMP say.
  
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• Man missing since Friday found deceased

  08-08-2018 22:30
  Man missing since Friday found deceased
  
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• Man missing since Friday found dead

  08-08-2018 22:30
  RCMP say a man who had been missing since Friday has been found dead.
  
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• Saskatoon Farmers' Market getting curious about cannabis consumables

  08-08-2018 22:04 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatoon Farmers' Market is looking for vendors who can bring cannabis edibles into the product mix.
  
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• North Battleford resident celebrates million-dollar lottery win

  08-08-2018 22:01 via thestarphoenix.com
  Sandra Lee Frank is the eighth Saskatchewan resident in 2018 to claim a lottery prize of at least $1 million.
  “It’s surreal. You always hope for it, but you never think in a million years it will ever happen to you,” Frank said on Wednesday.
  Frank won the $1 million guaranteed prize in the July 28 LOTTO 6/49 draw. She purchased the winning ticket — a $14 quick pick for the July 25 and 28 draws — from the No Frills gas bar in North Battleford.
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• Saskatoon-born business Picatic sold to San Francisco-based company

  08-08-2018 21:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  A prominent ticketing and event company that was based in Saskatoon when it launched a decade ago has been purchased for an undisclosed sum by a billion-dollar San Francisco-based global ticketing and event platform.
  Picatic, a ticketing and event registration platform now based out of Vancouver, was acquired by Eventbrite, which has processed $10 billion in gross ticket sales since it was founded and launched in 2006. The purchase of Picatic is expected to broaden Eventbrite’s operat
  
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• Saskatchewan’s newest millionaire eyes early retirement

  08-08-2018 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  Sandra Lee Frank is eyeing an early retirement after winning the $1 million guaranteed prize in the July 28 Lotto 6-49 draw.
  
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• New Fringe show added as another pulls out

  08-08-2018 21:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  One’s out and one’s in at the Nutrien Fringe Theatre Festival.
  A technical problem forced Chris Visser to yank his show Don’t Laugh.
  “It’s a new concept for this kind of festival so it’s rather experimental and came with its risks,” Visser said in an email. “Fear not, it will be back and bug-free. It received a lot of interest from artists and audience alike.”
  In the same place and times runs the insomnia show I Think I’m Dead, bil
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: hottest August temps ever recorded move in

  08-08-2018 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  Hottest temperatures Saskatoon has ever recorded in August is expected in this week as daytime highs spring into the upper 30s in the weather forecast ahead. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan has how hot it’ll get.
  
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• Fringe Reviews: No syrup in this Waffle House story

  08-08-2018 21:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Waffle House Daze
  4 Stars/5
  In one hour, New York’s Trish Parry lays bare the truth about her early adulthood, including her slow progression towards heroin use.
  Parry takes the audience back to the days when she worked at Waffle House, left her goth boyfriend, found herself directionless, enlisted in the army and dated a drug dealer to get access to heroin.
  Her honest retelling of her experiences is part confessional and part warning. She sees friends die, she steals, she takes her mo
  
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• New trial ordered for Sask. lovers convicted of conspiring to murder their spouses

  08-08-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has order a new trial for Angela Nicholson and Curtis Vey, convicted of conspiring to murder their spouses.
  
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• Smoke from western wildfires prompts air quality statement in Regina, Saskatoon

  08-08-2018 20:59
  Smoke from wildfires in Alberta and B.C. has prompted Environment Canada to issue an air quality statement for Regina and Saskatoon.
  
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• Semi rollover triggers traffic restrictions on Tuesday afternoon

  08-08-2018 20:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  The single-vehicle collision brought emergency crews to the 2100 block of Miller Avenue at around 4 p.m. Tuesday. The truck appeared to be transporting a disposal bin with a heavy equipment vehicle inside.
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• Wildfire smoke triggers air quality statement for Saskatoon, Regina

  08-08-2018 20:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  Smoke from wildfires in B.C. and Alberta are settling over the central Prairies and it’s creating hazy conditions in the cities of Regina and Saskatoon.
  The national forecaster issued a special air quality statement for both of the cities on Wednesday morning, noting the smoke is expected to cause poor air quality and reduce visibility.
  The air quality statement explained a northwesterly flow is helping transport smoke from the western wildfires into the province. Alongside Saskatoon and R
  
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• Saskatoon Hilltops adjusting to roster turnover on offence

  08-08-2018 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  While the Saskatoon Hilltops’ starting quarterback hasn't changed this year, their offence will have a different look.
  
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• Heat warning issued for Saskatoon, central Sask.

  08-08-2018 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  Hottest temperatures Saskatoon has ever recorded in August is expected in this week as daytime highs spring into the upper 30s in the weather forecast ahead.
  
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• 'It's surreal,' says Saskatchewan's latest lottery millionaire

  08-08-2018 20:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Staring at her lottery ticket, head spinning, Sandra Lee Frank didn’t immediately realize how much money she had just won. She only knew there were a lot of zeroes.
  After tucking the ticket away in her purse, stopping at her mother’s for a quick — if distracted — visit, and eventually checking the winning numbers online, the North Battleford resident confirmed what she initially struggled to wrap her head around: Frank is the eighth Saskatchewan resident in 2018 to c
  
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• Swift Current Firefighters set to make TV debut

  08-08-2018 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  Swift Current Fire Department will be getting a taste of the Hollywood limelight as they are set to appear on the second season of Hellfire Heroes on the Discovery Channel.
  
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• CFLPA investigating league's sanctions against players under 'serious allegations'

  08-08-2018 20:06 via cbc.ca
  The CFL Players' Association says it is investigating league sanctions against players who have recently been the subject of "serious allegations."
  
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• Carlyle Fiset

  08-08-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  Carlyle Fiset anchors the evening news for Global in Regina and Saskatoon.
  
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• Carrie Underwood coming to Saskatoon in May 2019

  08-08-2018 19:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  Songs like Jesus, Take the Wheel and Before He Cheats will soon be blasting through the speakers at Sasktel Centre as country superstar Carrie Underwood is coming to Saskatoon.
  Underwood will be in Saskatoon on May 31, 2019 as part of her “Cry Pretty 360 Tour” which will see the well-known musician touring 55 arenas across Canada and the U.S. to promote her new album Cry Pretty set for release on Sept. 14.
  She’ll start the tour in Greensboro, NC on May and be joined by art
  
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• Seniors at Saskatoon Fringe invite young to sit a spell

  08-08-2018 19:28 via cbc.ca
  Seniors are on duty at the Saskatoon Fringe Festival. They are sitting on a special green bench on Broadway Avenue offering a chance for the young to soak up the hard-won wisdom of the old.
  
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• Saskatoon police officers plead not guilty to assault, trial dates set

  08-08-2018 18:56
  Trial dates have been set for two Saskatoon police officers charged with assault.
  
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• Heat warnings issued as Sask. temperatures rise

  08-08-2018 18:47
  Heat warnings have been issued for most of western Saskatchewan as temperatures continue to climb in the province.
  
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• Central and southern Saskatchewan under air quality statement due to wildfire smoke

  08-08-2018 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada expands a special air quality statement to all of central and southern Saskatchewan due to wildfire smoke.
  
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• Passing lanes under construction between North Battleford and Cochin

  08-08-2018 18:30
  Two sets of passing lanes are now under construction on Highway 4 between North Battleford and Cochin.
  
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• Passing lanes under construction on Highway 4

  08-08-2018 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  Two sets of passing lanes under construction on Highway 4 between North Battleford and Cochin aim to improve road safety.
  
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• 'I'll get better': Paralyzed Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki working to improve at sledge hockey

  08-08-2018 18:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  CALGARY — Ryan Straschnitzki spent an hour at his second home Tuesday.
  The 19-year-old Albertan, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, spent an hour practising sledge hockey at the Winsport Centre in Calgary under the watchful eye of former national team member Chris Cederstrand.
  “It feels like when you’re on the ice you have nothing to worry about so I just like being out here and having fun,” said Strasch
  
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• Letter of the Day: Mental health resources needed

  08-08-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I am not a mental health worker or advocate.
  As a way to help with the healing process, Wounded Warriors Canada hosted a retreat this week at Elk Ridge Resort in Waskesiu for the Humboldt bus crash first responders. This is such a wonderful initiative.
  Wounded Warriors Canada is an organization that assists veterans and first responders in dealing with their mental health after experiencing traumatic events. What’s more, no medical referral is needed and there is n
  
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• Self-defence training for deaf and hard of hearing women coming to Saskatoon

  08-08-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  Shana Pasapa said a planned self-defence course for women who are deaf or hard of hearing started off with a video which provided step-by-step instructions in sign language.
  
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• Home sweet home — prairie baby boomer homeowners prefer to stay put: survey

  08-08-2018 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  A Royal LePage survey found 67 per cent of baby boomer homeowners in Manitoba and Saskatchewan prefer to remain in their current homes over moving or downsizing.
  
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• Kindersley RCMP searching for missing man with medical condition

  08-08-2018 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  Stephen Thompson, who has been reported missing in the Snipe Lake area, has a medical condition and needs medication.
  
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• Poor air quality in west-central Saskatchewan due to wildfire smoke

  08-08-2018 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  Smoke from wildfires in B.C. and Alberta is being pushed into west-central regions of Saskatchewan by a northwesterly air flow.
  
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• Illusionist Jason Andrews performing at Saskatoon Ex

  08-08-2018 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  Illusionist Jason Andrews gives Fiona Odlum a demonstration of what people can expect at his show at the Saskatoon Ex.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos player paralyzed in bus crash working to improve at sledge hockey

  08-08-2018 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  Sledge hockey is one of the more popular events at the Winter Paralympic Games. It became an official event in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.
  
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• 'I'll get better': Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player working to improve at sledge hockey

  08-08-2018 15:36 via cbc.ca
  Ryan Straschnitzki spent an hour practising sledge hockey at the Winsport Centre in Calgary under the watchful eye of former national team member Chris Cederstrand.
  
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• Back to school technology

  08-08-2018 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  Michael Hainsworth looks some of the latest back to school tech ideas.
  
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• Video: Nothing beats Doukhobor bread made fresh at the Ex

  08-08-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The recipe is 200 years old. Each batch of dough uses 132 pounds of flour, and makes about 100 loaves. Once the dough rises, the bread is baked in one of three traditional clay-brick ovens, heated by wood fires.
  The Doukhobor Society of Saskatoon has been making and selling Doukhobor bread at the Saskatoon Ex for many years. In fact, some people even go to the Ex just to buy their bread.
  
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• Audit questions City of Saskatoon's ability to hit greenhouse gas targets

  08-08-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The City of Saskatoon should either revise its greenhouse gas targets or ramp up its reduction efforts, an audit of the city’s plan says.
  City council’s finance committee considered the results of the audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers at its meeting Tuesday afternoon.
  The city has adopted a reduction target to reduce city hall’s corporate greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent below 2014 levels by 2023 and by 80 per cent by 2050.
  The city’s targets for community-wide reduc
  
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• Kindersley man with medical condition missing since Friday

  08-08-2018 14:48 via cbc.ca
  Police say 34-year-old Stephen Thompson has a medical condition that requires he take medication.
  
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• Historic cabin to showcase local history, after repairs

  08-08-2018 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Once a few restorations are made, a small cabin in Nipawin Regional Park will soon become a place for visitors to see the history of the area.
  Lyle Swaney, a board member for the Nipawin Regional Park, said the cabin was built sometime in the 1930s and operated as a Department of Natural Resources beaver house. It used in conjunction with the fire tower, acting mainly as housing for the people working in the tower at the time.
  Originally located in the Fort à La Corne forest, it was
  
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• Heat warning issued for parts of western Saskatchewan

  08-08-2018 14:19 via globalnews.ca
  A heat warning for western Saskatchewan is expected on Wednesday as a period of extreme heat moves into the province.
  
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• Fuller: Was the Ex beer fridge real? It's all a blur

  08-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Ex is on, which means it’s time for the media to cover the Ex, which means rookie reporters will be trolling the grounds for stories.
  I’m telling you right now, they have no idea what it used to be like — and I can say that because I have no idea what it used to be like, and I was there. Almost.
  Usually, it’s the summer intern assigned the Ex stories. It’s a rite of passage. If they sent a 65-year-old reporter, you’d be thinking, ‘What did he do
  
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• A taste of Doukhobor history at the Saskatoon Ex

  08-08-2018 13:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  As you walk down the midway at the Saskatoon Ex, one thing you may not expect to find is a booth for homemade Doukhobor bread.
  Volunteer bakers are making and selling Doukhobor bread at the Saskatoon Ex.
  About 60 people volunteer each year to help with the bread, which is made fresh right on the exhibition grounds and sold as a fundraiser for the Doukhobor Society of Saskatoon.
  “We make approximately 700 loaves of bread per day right now,” said one of the volunteers, Harvey Kazakoff.
  
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