Saskatoon news

• Saving small-town fairs: Radisson, Sask. embraces a fading tradition

  13-08-2018 23:41 via cbc.ca
  The Radisson Fair was held over the weekend, transforming the town’s normally quiet Main Street into a hive of activity. But residents say the changing demographics in their town are making it harder to keep the beloved event alive.
  
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• Hundreds of sheep are grazing in Saskatoon’s northeast swale

  13-08-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  About 300 sheep are helping the Meewasin Valley Authority preserve grasslands around Saskatoon.
  
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• Meewasin brings in sheep to improve swale

  13-08-2018 23:29
  Sheep have once again returned to the Meewasin Northeast Swale.
  
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• Moe, Meili take Sask. farmer up on social media invite for harvest

  13-08-2018 22:37 via cbc.ca
  Megz Reynolds, a grain farmer in Saskatchewan, took to social media last week inviting politicians to join her for harvest in order to learn more about the industry.
  
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• Métis artist defends controversial song lyrics

  13-08-2018 22:23 via cbc.ca
  A Métis artist says he wrote a controversial song to draw attention to his people's rights.
  
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• Concerns mount over federal government's Indigenous housing contest

  13-08-2018 22:11 via cbc.ca
  A contest for First Nations communities to win $30 million to go toward innovative housing projects has been referred to by one critic as the "Hunger Games of on-reserve housing."
  
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• Vet college to get Canada’s first PET-CT scanner for animals

  13-08-2018 21:14
  Saskatoon will soon be home to a new tool that will help treat animals in the province.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: from hottest to coolest days of summer

  13-08-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Hopping from the hottest to the coolest day of summer so far with another warm up in Saskatoon’s weather forecast ahead. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan explains.
  
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• 3 facing charges after taxi driver robbed in Saskatoon

  13-08-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  Police say three people are facing charges after a taxi driver was robbed in Saskatoon last week.
  
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• Man charged after shooting fireworks at Justice for Our Stolen Children Camp

  13-08-2018 19:27
  A 25-year-old man has been charged with arson with a disregard for human life after police say he shot fireworks towards protesters at the Justice for Our Stolen Children camp on Sunday.
  
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• Sunday fire deemed suspicious: Fire department

  13-08-2018 18:56
  A suspicious Sunday evening garage fire on Vancouver Ave S. caused an estimated $10,000, the Saskatoon Fire Department says.
  
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• Newly diagnosed HIV cases in Saskatchewan increase for third straight year

  13-08-2018 18:54
  The number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in Saskatchewan has increased for a third straight year.
  
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• Lanigan, Sask. to be without water Aug. 14

  13-08-2018 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Lanigan’s water supply is being shut off between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to complete upgrades to the water treatment plant.
  
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• Nominations open for 2019 Saskatchewan Order of Merit

  13-08-2018 18:41 via globalnews.ca
  Lt.-Gov. W. Thomas Molloy announced Monday nominations will be accepted until Nov. 1, 2018 for the 2019 recipients of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.
  
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• CORN MAZE FUN – VIVA ITALIA !!!

  13-08-2018 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  Grand Opening Weekend will feature a BOUNCY CASTLE for the youngsters.  Watch for night mazes in October.  OPEN WEEKENDS FROM AUGUST 18th TO OCTOBER 31st. Looking for an a-MAZE-ing Adventure with Family and Friends?  Come find your way through the paths and bays of our 6-acre Corn Maze!  Find all the answers to our VIVA ITALIA...
  
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• Letter of the Day: What's the plan for Legal Aid?

  13-08-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  I’m troubled by the recent cuts to the Saskatoon Legal Aid office. Will there be cuts elsewhere? What’s the plan?
  I don’t see how replacing duty counsel and staff positions with private lawyers can control costs and reduce remand numbers. Given Legal Aid’s tariff, lawyers will need high volume and limited time per client to make a fair income. There are a host of system-based hurdles and space problems which limit on a daily basis the number of lawyers who can interview c
  
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• Saskatoon police officer poked by used needle during stolen vehicle search

  13-08-2018 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatoon police officer was injured after being poked by an uncapped used needle during a stolen vehicle search.
  
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• Majority of Canadian cities don’t monitor real-time data of sewage leaks into lakes, rivers

  13-08-2018 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada does require municipal governments to report annually how much untreated wastewater is spilled.
  
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• Chickpeas a healthy snack option

  13-08-2018 16:53 via globalnews.ca
  Three Farmers COO Elysia Vandenhurk explains why chickpeas are a healthy snack alternative.
  
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• Sask. has lowest percentage of people reporting cannabis use in the past 3 months, per capita: StatsCan

  13-08-2018 16:50 via cbc.ca
  With the legalization of marijuana only two months away, new Statistics Canada data shows urban northerners smoke pot more frequently than their provincial counterparts.
  
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• Getting muddy for a good cause

  13-08-2018 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  From obstacles to balance beams – and a mud pit – the Muddy Buddy fun run is aimed at fun for the whole family, including pets, while raising funds for the Saskatchewan SPCA.
  
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• Garage fire in Saskatoon deemed suspicious in nature

  13-08-2018 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatoon Fire Department investigator determined the cause of a garage fire to be suspicious in nature.
  
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• Onion Lake Cree Nation man charged in stabbing death

  13-08-2018 14:36 via globalnews.ca
  Second-degree murder charge laid against man in Onion Lake Cree Nation stabbing death.
  
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• Collective Voice: Good things take time

  13-08-2018 14:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  Grade 9 students in the Collective Voice program at Aden Bowman Collegiate share their lives and opinions through columns. Selected columns run each Monday in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
   
  “I can’t do this anymore.” “ I give up.” “ I’m so dumb.” “ This is pointless.”
  I’m sure we’ve all thought these things about something, even about ourselves. After a while it can get tiring and hard to stop thinking these thi
  
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• Tank: Did Saskatoon learn from loss of Farnam Block?

  13-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Just slightly more than five years ago, Saskatoon’s iconic Lydia’s Pub in the historic Farnam Block building on Broadway Avenue closed suddenly and for good.
  Two years later, the structure was demolished by the owners and work has now begun on a replacement that will house a brew pub.
  Last month, the Globe and Mail published a full-page graphic called Lost Buildings of Canada. The Farnam Block occupied the No. 2 spot.
  We’ll never get Lydia’s and the Farnam Block back, but
  
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• Persephone Theatre opens a case of Joni Mitchell

  13-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon’s Joni Mitchell summer continues with some help from Vancouver’s Firehall Arts Centre.
  First, the University of Saskatchewan awarded the former city resident a honourary degree in absentia. There was Joni Mitchell day in June with the unveiling of two plaques. Now it’s the show Circle Game: Reimagining the Music of Joni Mitchell. It features a cast of actor-musicians with new spins on Mitchell classics like Big Yellow Taxi, River, California and A Case of You.
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• The Boushie family has filed two lawsuits. What happens now?

  13-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The family of Colten Boushie filed a pair of lawsuits against the RCMP and Gerald Stanley last week, setting off a string of events that could potentially wind through the courts for months. The Saskatoon StarPhoenix spoke with University of Saskatchewan law professor Keir Vallance about what comes next in the legal process and why so many civil lawsuits never go to trial.
  Q: What happens after a lawsuit is filed?
  A: Once lawsuits are filed, the defendants — in this case the RCMP and Geral
  
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• Sask. police forces prepared for spike in drug-impaired charges

  13-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan police expect a spike in charges against people who drive after using cannabis once marijuana legalization takes effect, but the provincial chiefs of police association says they’re ready for it.
  Last week, Statistics Canada reported about 15 per cent of 15,300 survey respondents aged 15 years and older admitted they had driven a vehicle within two hours of smoking pot.
  Paul Ladouceur, secretary of the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police, said new technology and
  
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• Day of Mourning to help launch campaign for new transitional homes

  13-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  An event next week honouring people killed in Saskatoon’s sex trade will help launch a campaign aimed at preventing more people from falling victim to the lifestyle.
  On Tuesday, family and supporters will gather at Pleasant Hill Park for the Annual Day of Mourning, a chance to remember the 125 people who have lost their lives due to murder, suicide, disease or overdose. This year marks the 19th year the event has taken place.
  Don Meikle, the event’s organizer and executive director o
  
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• Surgeon says Regina is wasting opportunities to harvest human tissue, is instead buying from U.S.

  13-08-2018 12:30 via cbc.ca
  A Regina surgeon says the provincial health authority is wasting human tissue that could be harvested from transplant donors and is instead purchasing it from private banks, including businesses in the United States.
  
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• Surgeon says Regina is wasting opportunities to harvest human tissue, instead buying from U.S.

  13-08-2018 12:30 via cbc.ca
  A Regina surgeon says the provincial health authority is wasting human tissue that could be harvested from transplant donors and is instead purchasing it from private banks, including businesses in the United States.
  
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• RCMP searching for two missing teen boys from the Kawacatoose First Nation

  13-08-2018 06:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  RCMP from the Punnichy detachment are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two young teen boys who were last seen at a residence on the Kawacatoose First Nation. 
  Fourteen-year-old Hayden Joseyounen and 13-year-old Jaiven Morin were last seen Sunday morning at around 10 a.m. — though the RCMP news release states that recent information has indicated that the boys are now in Regina. 
  Joseyounen is described as standing five feet 10 inches tall, wei
  
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• Garage fire in Meadowgreen neighbourhood deemed suspicious

  13-08-2018 05:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  A fire that began in an alley before spreading to a garage in Saskatoon’s Meadowgreen neighbourhood on Sunday evening is being considered as suspicious, the fire department said in a news release.
  Fire crews were dispatched to the alley behind 201 Vancouver Avenue South after first receiving a call that a chair was on fire in the alley. Soon after the initial call a second call came in to report that the fire had spread to a nearby garage.
  Three engines, one ladder truck and one rescue tru
  
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• Man arrested after homicide on Onion Lake Cree Nation: RCMP

  13-08-2018 04:59 via cbc.ca
  A 20-year-old man from Onion Lake Cree Nation has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
  
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• Sports briefs: Saskatoon well represented in hockey, baseball championships

  13-08-2018 03:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Team Canada took on Team Iroquois in the international indoor World Junior Lacrosse Championship at SaskTel Centre on Sunday night. Results were not available at press deadline. Canada went into the final as the top seed in the three team tournament after defeating Iroquois 26-9 on Wednesday and the United States 16-7 on Friday.
   
  Saskatoon Sisters to represent Canada in hockey tournaments
  Sisters Sophie and Grace Shirley of Saskatoon have been selected to represent Canada nationally.
  
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• Unlikely heroes commended after motel fire in Wadena

  13-08-2018 02:41
  Four comedians became heroes in the town of Wadena as they saved a building from burning down.
  
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• World record soccer juggler shows off his moves at the Fringe

  13-08-2018 02:23 via thestarphoenix.com
  Soccer juggler Victor Rubilar from Argentina holds five different world records — all involving his unique skills with soccer balls. He’s performed in countries all over the world.
  
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• Second-degree murder charge laid in man's death in Onion Lake

  13-08-2018 02:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 20-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyson Blair Crosschild on Onion Lake Cree Nation.
  RCMP say they received a report about a stabbing at a home on Onion Lake. When they arrived, they found Crosschild, 28, outside the home in obvious medical distress, RCMP said in a media release.
  Emergency responders and officers started life-saving efforts, but could not revive Crosschild, who was pronounced dead at a hospital.
  Dakota Dean Whitstone of Onion Lake, was a
  
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• Two weekend homicides brings Saskatoon's 2018 total to eight

  13-08-2018 02:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two weekend deaths have pushed the number of homicides in Saskatoon so far this year to eight.
  Saskatoon police said Sunday they have identified the victim found in an apartment building in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood Saturday morning as a 23-year-old male.
  Police have yet to reveal any details about a male found Friday night in the hallway of a downtown apartment high-rise, but they do not believe the two cases to be related.
  In both cases, which police arrived at 12 hours apart, the injure
  
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• Suspect in custody following homicide on Onion Lake Cree Nation

  13-08-2018 02:04
  Onion Lake RCMP have arrested a suspect after a homicide that occurred on Saturday morning.
  
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• CPR and AED training event aims to equip people in Saskatoon with skills, confidence to respond

  13-08-2018 01:32 via globalnews.ca
  Community of Heroes is a CPR and AED training event aimed at giving people the knowledge and confidence to respond to a cardiac emergency.
  
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• Veterans association convention set to help those who have 'slipped through the cracks'

  13-08-2018 00:19 via thestarphoenix.com
  Canada’s oldest association for military veterans is gathering in Saskatoon for their regular national convention.
  Delegates from the Army, Navy, and Air Force Veterans in Canada Association are gathering for the 54th Biennial Dominion Convention to discuss ways to better serve veterans and their families in Canada.
  Dominion vice-president and event chairperson Wayne Bourget said they are expecting more than 200 delegates to attend, including veterans and representatives from the federal g
  
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• Chris Jones on Duron Carter’s release

  13-08-2018 00:05 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager and head coach Chris Jones spoke to the media Aug. 12 regarding the team’s decision to release wide receiver Duron Carter.
  
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