Saskatoon news

• 'They are being deceptive': Hamlet residents must sell homes or lose water service

  29-08-2018 22:43 via cbc.ca
  Seventy people in a Saskatchewan hamlet near Lloydminster are frustrated and angry at elected officials for quietly buying neighbouring properties rather than upgrading their water systems.
  
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• 'If it's not illegal, it most certainly is immoral': Hamlet residents must sell homes or lose water service

  29-08-2018 22:43 via cbc.ca
  Seventy people in a Saskatchewan hamlet near Lloydminster are frustrated and angry at elected officials for quietly buying neighbouring properties rather than upgrading their water systems.
  
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• 'Element of magic in the air': Pro wrestling legend Mick Foley in Saskatoon 20 years after Hell in the Cell

  29-08-2018 22:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  After a pro wrestling career that spanned three decades and included thousands of shows with hundreds of performers for dozens of promoters, it’s a one-second fall that Mick Foley is asked about more than anything else.
  For wrestling fans, the moment is ingrained: Foley being thrown by The Undertaker from the roof of an enclosed cage known as Hell in the Cell and onto the announcer’s table 16 feet below. (“As God as my witness, he’s broken in half!” yelled colour co
  
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• Injured Inuit hunters huddled for 3 days after polar bear killed friend

  29-08-2018 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  Two injured Inuit hunters huddled for three days with the body of their friend who was killed by a polar bear, four other bears circling their camp.
  
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• Slow driving Prince Albert, Sask. motorist charged with impaired driving

  29-08-2018 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  Police pulled over a 33-year-old man travelling at a low rate of speed, and charged him with impaired driving in Prince Albert, Sask.
  
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• Davidson students turn reading assignment into skin cancer protection initiative

  29-08-2018 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  A reading assignment by Grade 4 students from Davidson to learn about skin cancer turned into an idea for the first free sunscreen dispenser in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Prince Albert police seize colourfully decorated sawed-off rifle, charge 4

  29-08-2018 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  Police conducted a search in Prince Albert, Sask., that lead to the seizure of a colourfully decorated gun.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: 50 km/h wind gusts, more showers ahead

  29-08-2018 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  50 km/h wind gusts, a chance of showers and cooler days move into Saskatoon’s weather forecast behind a cold front. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan has the latest.
  
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• If U.S. and Canada sign trade deal after strong GDP growth, interest rates could rise

  29-08-2018 20:57 via cbc.ca
  If trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. end in the deal soon, some economists say strong three per cent growth in the second quarter could be enough for the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates again next week.
  
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• 'Near perfect' weather leads to smooth construction season for City of Saskatoon

  29-08-2018 20:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  The City of Saskatoon’s efforts to improve road and sidewalk infrastructure has been going as smooth as a freshly paved street.
  The city is reporting the Building Better Roads construction season is roughly two thirds of the way complete, with some areas even experiencing progress ahead of schedule, according to a City of Saskatoon news release.
  “We’re really pleased that our road and sidewalk work is already about 90 per cent complete,” said Celene Anger, the city’
  
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• Moe commits to fully funding new teachers contract

  29-08-2018 20:25
  The provincial government will fully fund the upcoming contract with Saskatchewan teachers, Premier Scott Moe announced Wednesday.
  
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• It's not easy being teen: Expert says parents should be on lookout for back-to-school anxiety

  29-08-2018 20:19 via cbc.ca
  Parents should watch for signs that their teen might be overwhelmed by the stress and anxiety sometimes associated with a return to school.
  
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• Saskatchewan government to fully fund teachers' new contract following arbitration: Premier Moe

  29-08-2018 19:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  Almost four months after refusing commit to fully fund a new contract for the province’s teachers, the Saskatchewan government now says it will cover the cost of whatever an arbitrator decides they should be paid.
  Premier Scott Moe announced the change, framed as “another step” toward repairing fractious relations with teachers, in a speech to the Saskatoon Teachers’ Association’s (STA) convention Wednesday morning in Saskatoon.
  While some in the education sector ha
  
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• Saskatchewan unveils full climate change plan; will not submit to Ottawa for assessment

  29-08-2018 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said Saskatchewan will not be submitting Prairie Resilience, the province’s climate change plan, to Ottawa for evaluation.
  
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• Saskatchewan unveils climate change plan; will not submit to Ottawa for assessment

  29-08-2018 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said Saskatchewan will not be submitting Prairie Resilience, the province’s climate change plan, to Ottawa for evaluation.
  
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• 'More effective than a carbon tax:' Saskatchewan digs in heels on climate change

  29-08-2018 19:34
  The Saskatchewan government is doubling down on its climate change strategy and continues to defy Ottawa's demand it put a price on carbon emissions.
  
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• Sask. gov't says new climate change rules meant to 'protect' trade-exposed companies

  29-08-2018 19:22 via cbc.ca
  The province announced new emissions "performance standards" Wednesday for more than 40 "large industrial emitters" that, if successful, are expected to reduce the province's overall emissions by 1.1 per cent by 2030.
  
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• Sask. gov't details new climate change rules for 'large industrial emitters'

  29-08-2018 19:22 via cbc.ca
  The province announced new emissions "performance standards" Wednesday for more than 40 "large industrial emitters" that, if successful, are expected to reduce the province's overall emissions by 1.1 per cent by 2030.
  
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• Sask. will abide by arbitrator's decision on teachers' contract: Premier Moe

  29-08-2018 19:19 via cbc.ca
  Premier Scott Moe announced Wednesday that the Saskatchewan government will fully pay the cost of a new contract for teachers in the province when the ongoing arbitration process is complete.
  
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• In 'surprise' move, Sask. says it will fully fund teachers in coming school year

  29-08-2018 19:19 via cbc.ca
  Premier Scott Moe announced Wednesday that the Saskatchewan government will fully pay the cost of a new contract for teachers in the province when the ongoing arbitration process is complete.
  
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• Significant court decision could determine Trans Mountain's fate, experts say

  29-08-2018 19:07
  A court decision expected Thursday could determine the fate of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and further define Canada's duty to consult with First Nations, experts say.
  
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• Legal Aid Saskatchewan responds to NDP’s concerns about closure in Saskatoon

  29-08-2018 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  The NDP says the Saskatchewan government won’t provide any transparency around whether or not they have discussed closing a Legal Aid office in Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatchewan to fully fund next teachers’ contract

  29-08-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said the next teachers’ contract, currently in binding arbitration, will be fully funded by the province.
  
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• Helicopter from Alta., divers from Man. to help search for missing boy, 7

  29-08-2018 18:05
  RCMP are bringing a helicopter from Alberta and divers from Manitoba to help in the search for a missing seven-year-old boy.
  
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• Letter of the Day: Health system staff deserve living wage

  29-08-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Healthcare negotiations continue between the provincial government/SAHO and SEIU-West, CUPE and SGEU. These men and women provide administration, diagnostic and therapeutic tests; they are part of the nursing team; they provide a safe, clean environment for people to recover from illness or injury; and they are proud of the work they do on behalf of the health care system.
  But I would like to remind one and all that union members are engines of economic diversity. Thousands of us
  
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• Alberta and Manitoba RCMP resources now assisting search for missing 7-year-old boy

  29-08-2018 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP say the search for 7-year-old Greagan Geldenhuys is now a recovery mission, as family and friends continue to hold out hope.
  
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• Driver in stolen vehicle pepper-sprayed by Saskatoon police

  29-08-2018 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatoon police officer pepper-sprayed the driver of a reported stolen vehicle after she refused to leave the vehicle.
  
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• YXE Underground podcast dedicated to extraordinary people

  29-08-2018 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  Eric Anderson is launching YXE Underground, a website and podcast dedicated to people doing extraordinary things in Saskatoon.
  
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• B.C. sues opioid makers for 'negligence and corruption' about addiction risks

  29-08-2018 16:41 via cbc.ca
  British Columbia has filed a lawsuit against multiple pharmaceutical companies in an effort to reclaim health-care costs incurred during the ongoing opioid crisis.
  
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• U.S.-based owner of Town Shoes to close all 38 stores in Canada by January

  29-08-2018 16:39 via cbc.ca
  Ohio-based DSW Inc. says it will shutter its Town Shoes Ltd. brand and close its 38 stores, all in Canada.
  
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• Loaded syringe, hatchet found by Saskatoon police in stolen car after altercation

  29-08-2018 16:26 via cbc.ca
  A botched getaway in Saskatoon early Tuesday morning has led to the arrest of a man, and a woman who was wanted on outstanding warrants.
  
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• Décor and Design: choosing the right fabric

  29-08-2018 16:17 via globalnews.ca
  What are different applications for fabrics in interior design and which ones are the best to use? Brandon from Metric Design breaks it all down.
  
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• Arrest made in Edam, Sask. home invasion

  29-08-2018 15:45 via globalnews.ca
  An inmate serving time at Lethbridge Correctional Centre in Alberta has been charged in a January home invasion near Edam, Sask.
  
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• Air Canada says mobile app breach may affect up to 20,000 customers

  29-08-2018 15:40
  Some 20,000 Air Canada customers woke up Wednesday to learn their personal information may have been compromised after a breach in the airline's mobile app, which prompted a lock-down on all 1.7 million accounts until their passwords could be changed.
  
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• Town Shoes stores to close across Canada, 400 workers affected

  29-08-2018 15:21
  DSW Inc. says it will shutter its Town Shoes Ltd. brand and close all of its stores.
  
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• 'I feel relieved is all, really': Crown stays aggravated assault charge against man who claimed wrongful arrest, racial profiling

  29-08-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Cory Charles sits on a concrete bench outside a medical clinic on Saskatoon’s west side, playing with a tarnished ring on one of his fingers and shielding his eyes from the late summer sun.
  Earlier this week, the 35-year-old was staring down an aggravated assault charge — and the possibility of years in prison — laid in connection with a stabbing he maintains had nothing to do with him.
  On Monday morning, he appeared in Saskatoon provincial court after being arrested for breach
  
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• Hanging with FLY ladies: Aerial arts offer a chance to conquer fears and 'be a kid again'

  29-08-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  When I was a kid, I'd look up and see other girls on the monkey bars, swinging and twisting on the bars without a care in the world. When a friend suggested aerial arts, it seemed like a way to redeem myself for all those years of timidity, of holding back while watching others be so free and joyful.
  
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• 'Not very common': Endangered Little Brown Bats found on Sask. grasslands

  29-08-2018 14:32 via cbc.ca
  Bat biologist Joe Poissant found endangered Little Brown Bats living at Saskatchewan's Old Man on His Back conservation area.
  
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• In program's first year, med school fills seats reserved for low-income students

  29-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A new initiative at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine has allowed six students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds who would not otherwise have been awarded a seat at the medical school to begin their studies at the college this month.
  The College of Medicine made a decision last spring to start reserving six of its 100 seats for Saskatchewan residents from households that bring in less than $80,000 a year.
  Under the Diversity and Social Accountability Admission
  
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• Editorial: Turn down the heat on immigration, politicians

  29-08-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The differences between the federal Liberals and the Conservatives over immigration are so great, it seems, that the issue is likely to become a centrepiece of the 2019 federal election. But is the gap really that deep?
  Of late, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has loudly defended immigration, asserting that “intolerance towards immigrants has no place in Canada.” Nor will he tolerate any political party that practises “the politics of fear and division.”
  Yet his target, the
  
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• Byelection blackout blues: How Saskatchewan's rules could use a rethink in the digital age

  29-08-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  No matter the party in power, the government of Saskatchewan must follow legislation that outlines what communications are allowed and what are not allowed during byelections. The problem? Social media.
  
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• Headstone honours historic drowning victim

  29-08-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The unmarked grave of Nevil Pendygrasse, the first known drowning victim of the South Saskatchewan River, now has a headstone, thanks to the man who purchased the Pendygrasse House.
  Obert Friggstad hadn’t lived in the house on St. Henry Avenue for long before he learned of the family history. In 1972, Friggstad saw an ad in the paper for a house by the river; although his wife was busy, he went to go see the house anyway.
  “I came home and said, ‘I bought it,'” Friggstad r
  
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• Feds want to bar public from courtroom during Witness Protection Program lawsuit

  29-08-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  ​The federal government wants to ban the public from a Regina courtroom during proceedings in a lawsuit about the Witness Protection Program, a move one of the lawyers involved calls "atrocious."
  
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• Experts question threat to exclude Canada from U.S.-Mexico trade deal

  29-08-2018 10:12
  Donald Trump's administration is giving Canada until Friday to sign onto a bilateral trade deal between the U.S. and Mexico or be treated as "a real outsider" against whom punishing tariffs on autos will be imposed. But trade experts are dismissing the take-it-or-leave-it threat as political theatre.
  
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• Big foot and sure hands: Addition of David Solie is two-fold for Saskatoon Hilltops

  29-08-2018 04:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Hilltops filled not one, but two needs, when they welcomed David Solie into the fold.
  They got a place-kicker to boot field goals and converts.
  They also got a clutch receiver.
  Call it a pigskin bonus.
  “We were certainly excited about the special teams that he brings, but he brings a different element to offence, too,” says long-time Toppers head coach Tom Sargeant, whose team, already at 2-0 in the Canadian Junior Football League’s Prairie Football Conference, he
  
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• Leverage lost in trade talks with U.S.: Saskatchewan trade minister

  29-08-2018 03:47 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan’s trade minister says Canada has lost leverage in its trade talks with the United States. Global’s Ryan Kessler has more on the potential provincial impact.
  
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• Sask. dairy farmers uneasy as Americans push for concessions on supply management

  29-08-2018 03:36 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan dairy farmers are leery of American trade negotiators' demands to allow more U.S. milk and cheese into Canada.
  
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• Prince Albert bishop wants to 'fix the road' amidst abuse scandal

  29-08-2018 02:54
  Catholic churches around Prince Albert have hosted special services, inviting members of the Church to share in an hour of adoration for the victims of abuse in the church.
  
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• New analysis finds lead poisoning didn't kill Franklin Expedition crew

  29-08-2018 02:42 via thestarphoenix.com
  Lead poisoning was believed to have played a pivotal role in the deaths of the Franklin Expedition crew, but new research suggests otherwise.
  “There’s been a number of theories and hypotheses, but one that has stuck around for a number of years following studies in the ’80s is that lead poisoning or lead contamination had impacted the crew of the Franklin expedition significantly, so it played a pivotal role in the decline of their health, whether it be physical or neurological
  
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• 'A big change in policing': Saskatoon police prepare for legal weed

  29-08-2018 02:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  As the legalization date of marijuana nears, Saskatoon police are getting ready for various levels of training to prepare for the new reality.
  “It’s a big change in policing,” said Superintendent Brian Shalovelo. “There are multiple layers of training that are going to have to occur as we move towards October 17, but the Saskatoon Police Service is well on its way in educating and informing our members.”
  Shalovelo said city police will go through three levels of tra
  
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