Saskatoon news

• Goldfish spotted swimming in Saskatoon storm ponds

  22-09-2018 23:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  If you’ve ever spotted a goldish-brown flutter on the service of a storm-water retention pond here in the city, don’t panic, you’re not alone.
  Feral goldfish and Koi fish have both been spotted in the city’s ponds and now the City of Saskatoon is working to make sure the invasive species is kept under control.
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• 'Here today and gone tomorrow': Saskatchewan hit with early snow

  22-09-2018 21:38 via cbc.ca
  Summer is leaving Saskatchewan with a rude, and powdery, awakening for residents.
  
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• Three arrested and 7,000 marijuana plants seized

  22-09-2018 19:13
  Three people were arrested and more than 7,000 marijuana plants were seized after a search warrant was carried out in a rural location near Marcelin.
  
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• Review: Mom's the Word is truth and hilarity rolled into one

  22-09-2018 19:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  Take a moment to appreciate every little good thing that your mother has ever done for you in your life — and then prepare to laugh uproariously as you hear it all onstage from her perspective.
  Mom’s the Word: Nest 1/2 Empty is a fun and funny “based on a true story” take on the middle-aged-woman experience from the unique viewpoints of the five writers who make up the team. The content of the show — from the heartfelt to the hilarious — comes from the real-li
  
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• Goldfish spotting swimming in Saskatoon storm ponds

  22-09-2018 18:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  If you’ve ever spotted a goldish-brown flutter on the service of a storm-water retention pond here in the city, don’t panic, you’re not alone.
  Feral goldfish and Koi fish have both been spotted in the city’s ponds and now the City of Saskatoon is working to make sure the invasive species is kept under control.
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• Saskatchewan man no scaredy-cat during stray cat’s lofty-perch rescue

  22-09-2018 18:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  QU’APPELLE — It was all good fortune when a frightened and bewildered black cat in Qu’Appelle was lowered from a tree in which it had spent more than three days in the cold without food or the prospect of immediate rescue.
  The cat was discovered earlier this week by Qu’Appelle resident Shelley Weinberger, who spotted it perched on a branch about 18 metres up.
  Store-bought treats failed to tempt the stray to the ground and Weinberger had no luck finding anyone who could re
  
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• Police say investigation revealed large-scale marijuana grow-op near Marcelin

  22-09-2018 17:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  More than 7,000 marijuana plants were seized from an illegal grow operation at a rural property south of Marcelin, Saskatchewan RCMP say.
  Officers executed warrants on Thursday in the Marcelin area, about 95 kilometres north of Saskatoon, and at an address in Saskatoon, according to an RCMP news release.
  One search warrant was for the rural property near Marcelin, where three individuals were arrested. The news release did not say whether charges were laid.
  Two other warrants were executed, one
  
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• Cutting tools used in Saskatoon rescue after SUV flips with 7 people inside

  22-09-2018 17:22 via cbc.ca
  Rescuers from the Saskatoon Fire Department had to cut one person out of an SUV that flipped on its side shortly before midnight on Friday.
  
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• Carbon pricing will cost Canadians money — it might also give them back plenty more: report

  22-09-2018 17:22 via globalnews.ca
  "At almost all income levels and for almost all family types, families and households would receive more money back in carbon dividends than they would pay out in carbon taxes or indirect costs."
  
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• Young Innovators: Uncovering the secret winter life of lakes

  22-09-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  While most of nature is peacefully asleep during frigid Canadian winters, lakes are more than awake under their thick, icy covers.
  University of Saskatchewan PhD student Emily Cavaliere and her supervisor Helen Baulch have found that a cleansing chemical process called “denitrification” helps maintain water quality of Prairie lakes during winter — a previous scientific unknown.
  “My work has debunked scientists’ assumption that lakes are dormant until spring comes,&r
  
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• New Faces New Places: Classic furniture given new life with care and a coat of paint

  22-09-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  It began as a fun, creative way to unwind at the end of a long work day, but when customer demand became too much to handle in her off-time Danielle Wrishko decided to make her business refreshing old furniture a full-time gig.
  Dani’s Vintage Designs is all about taking old, worn out antique wood furniture and breathing new life into it with a few coats of on-trend paint and an eye for even the smallest detail.
  “People like the structure and quality of these old pieces, but that wood
  
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• New Faces New Places: A one-stop shop for everything vegan

  22-09-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Elizabeth Marjan always wanted to own a business that had something to do with food, but it wasn’t until health concerns caused her to switch to a fully plant-based diet that the idea finally started coming together.
  So, near the end of June she opened Frisk Market — a grocery store with a built in bistro that caters to everything vegan and plant based.
  “In (making the switch to a plant based diet) I discovered how difficult it is to eat in Saskatoon when you’re not eatin
  
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• Daytona Homes showcases the Quest starter home

  22-09-2018 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Saskatoon Home Builders Association’s 2018 Parade of Homes may be over, but some of the show homes are still open for viewing. For Daytona Homes, their show home in Kensington at 102 Labine Crescent offers a chance to show off their simple side.
  The Quest is a starter home with 1,555 square feet over two floors and an attached garage. The home will appeal to those looking to buy their first house, but also give buyers some extras they will cherish for years, starting with the lovely fo
  
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• 'I was lucky': Man records video from inside tornado

  22-09-2018 15:29
  A Gatineau man captured harrowing video taken from inside the tornado that tore through the Gatineau-Ottawa area on Friday.
  
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• A dog that will teach the man to heal: Humboldt survivor meets his new teammate

  22-09-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Amid snuggles, smiles and a dog-sized hug, Graysen Cameron and his new service dog Chase got acquainted Friday in Edmonton.
  
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• Death toll 209 as survivor found in capsized Tanzania ferry

  22-09-2018 14:02
  The death toll soared past 200 while a survivor was found inside a capsized Tanzania ferry two days after the Lake Victoria disaster, officials said Saturday, while search efforts were ending to focus on identifying bodies.
  
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• Saskatoon neurologists call for national standardized model to treat non-epileptic seizures

  22-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Patients suffering from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are slipping through the cracks of the medical system due to misdiagnosis, long waits for specialists and a lack of followup care, say two neurologists based at Royal University Hospital.
  A University of Saskatchewan research team lead by neurologists Dr. Jose Téllez-Zenteno and Dr. Alexandra Carter recently published a paper finding that potentially around 2,000 patients in Saskatchewan, and 72,000 across Canada, may
  
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• Saskatoon Hilltops: After filling holes, Ben Abrook is busting through holes and racking up yardage

  22-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  After filling a couple of big holes in the Saskatoon Hilltops’ offensive backfield, Ben Abrook is now busting through gaps on defence.
  Through three games this season, Abrook has carried the ball 46 times for 272 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Hilltops.
  Last season, he had 23 carries for 140 yards and one TD major in five games.
  Abrook admits he is surprised by his increased role and yardage as an emerging  Hilltops running back. The graduation of Logan Fischer and departure of
  
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• Letters to the editor Sept. 22, 2018

  22-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Refugees should be welcomed
  Before waxing indignant about the “illegal immigrants” crossing our border, we should consider that these people are fleeing oppression, persecution, untenable situations. They have travelled thousands of kilometres, seeking asylum.
  Because of Canada’s geographic isolation, we receive only a few thousand, not the millions some countries have to deal with.
  To be allowed to stay in Canada, the fugitives must prove that they cannot live safely in their
  
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• Cuthand: Let's be clear — residential schools had no positive effects

  22-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every so often, some story surfaces that is so ridiculous I have to dig into it and expose the antiquated and unrealistic thinking that still exists.
  This week, a story surfaced in Alberta about a multiple-choice question on an online test provided by the Alberta Distance Learning Centre. The question appeared on a social studies test.
  The question read as follows: “A positive effect of boarding schools was …”Children were away from home
  Children learned to read
  Children were
  
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• City officials, researchers monitoring feral goldfish in Saskatoon ponds

  22-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Like a giant fish bowl filled with rain water, some of the city’s storm retention ponds have become home to a population of feral goldfish.
  A University of Regina researcher has been profiling the population in the city and has identified the animals, which are much darker in colour than their household counterparts, in a pond in Saskatoon’s Briarwood neighbourhood.
  The fish can get into the city’s ponds in two ways, said Christopher Somers, an associate professor at the U
  
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• Brad Trost 'not in any way seriously' mulling People's Party run in 2019

  22-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Brad Trost says he has been approached by former Conservative Party colleague Maxime Bernier’s new political party, but is “not in any way seriously” considering running for re-election under the People’s Party of Canada banner.
  The well-known social conservative has represented Saskatoon–University since 2004, but will be out of a job next October after losing the riding’s hotly contested nomination race to Saskatchewan Party MLA Corey Tochor earlier this yea
  
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• '60 is the new 40': Why one ex-retiree rejoined the labour force — and she's not alone

  22-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  During her year of retirement Kathy Richinski was visiting her mother at a seniors’ high rise and every time she’d go, there were other women who waited for her to stop by — they had no visitors of their own.
  Richinski spoke with a friend who told her about Home Instead Senior Care. She interviewed for a position with the company.
  “I didn’t want full-time work, I was happy at home but I was missing the public. I’ve been in the public my whole life,” she
  
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• Privacy commissioner calls for better traning, stricter consequences after breach of Sask. NDP database

  22-09-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan NDP says it has taken steps to contain a privacy breach and improve training for its volunteers, following a privacy commissioner’s investigation into a breach of the party’s electoral database.
  
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• Privacy commissioner calls for better training, stricter consequences after breach of Sask. NDP database

  22-09-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan NDP says it has taken steps to contain a privacy breach and improve training for its volunteers, following a privacy commissioner’s investigation into a breach of the party’s electoral database.
  
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• On board with 17 Wing Search and Rescue team over Manitoba

  22-09-2018 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Transport and Rescue Squadron based at 17 Wing in Winnipeg has had a busy year. On Thursday 680 CJOB and Global News were invited along on a training session.
  
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• 'All we can do is forgive': Descendants of Métis trapper visit site of his eviction by federal government

  22-09-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The great-granddaughter of a Métis trapper kicked out of Prince Albert National Park in 1927 says a trip this week to see the lake named after her ancestor gave her some closure.
  
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• No guarantee all Indigenous concerns about Trans Mountain will be addressed, minister says

  22-09-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Trudeau government has repeatedly voiced a commitment to respecting First Nations' interests in the push to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built — but that doesn't mean saying yes to every request from Indigenous communities, says Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
  
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• Huskies dump Rams on a drizzly night at Griffiths

  22-09-2018 07:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  They played football at Griffiths Stadium on the last summer night of the year. The air was thick with drizzle, and snow drops tumbled.
  It wasn’t always pretty, but it was entertaining, especially for those chilled home-town fans who watched their University of Saskatchewan Huskies dump the visiting Regina Rams 33-20 in Canada West football action.
  “The turnovers, the fumbles, the drops, all that stuff — it’s a weather game, and we fought through it,” said Huskies&r
  
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• Police seize 7,000 marijuana plants during search of Marcelin, Saskatoon properties

  22-09-2018 05:30 via cbc.ca
  An extensive police investigation into a large-scale illegal marijuana grow-operation has led to the seizure of 7,000 marijuana plants from a rural property south of Marcelin, Sask., according to RCMP.
  
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• Police seize 7K marijuana plants near Marcelin, Sask.

  22-09-2018 04:57 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan police seize 7K illegal marijuana plants
  
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• RCMP arrest 19-year-old man in relation to Amber Alert in North Battleford

  22-09-2018 04:41
  A 19-year-old man from North Battleford is facing several charges following an Amber Alert issued Sunday for a missing six-year-old girl with medical needs.
  
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• North Battleford man facing charges after Amber Alert issued for 6-year-old girl

  22-09-2018 04:33 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan RCMP say they have made an arrest in relation to an Amber Alert that ended earlier this week.
  
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• Man, 19, charged with abduction in relation to North Battleford Amber Alert

  22-09-2018 04:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  Hundreds of hours of surveillance footage from more than 200 businesses helped establish a vehicle’s movements after it was stolen with a six-year-old girl inside.
  As a result of the police investigation into the Sept. 16 Amber Alert, issued after a North Battleford girl went missing, a 19-year-old man faces charges including child abduction and dangerous driving.
  Johnathan Ryann Gunville is in custody and scheduled to appear in North Battleford provincial court on Monday, according to an
  
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• 19-year-old faces multiple charges following Sask. Amber Alert, child abduction

  22-09-2018 04:14 via cbc.ca
  A 19-year-old man from North Battleford is facing a raft of charges after a girl's overnight disappearance sparked an Amber Alert and search last Sunday.
  
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• Hockey legend Wendel Clark brings restaurant chain to Saskatoon

  22-09-2018 03:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  Wendel Clark is expanding his restaurant chain out of Ontario — and into Saskatoon.
  The hockey great’s restaurant, Wendel Clark’s Bar & Grill, currently has three locations: Brampton, Burlington and Hamilton. Its fourth, in the old Tony Roma’s restaurant on Circle Drive East, is expected to open late this year or early next year.
  “We have a franchisee … who would like to open one. Hometown. Grew up there, played there and I think it’ll be a great sp
  
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• 'What's the rush?' about Saskatoon waste utility fees, tax critic asks

  22-09-2018 03:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  The prairie director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation wonders whether Saskatoon is trying to do too much with its changes to waste management.
  City council is expected to vote Monday on several proposals from the city administration to change the way residents pay for trash collection and to introduce a mandatory city-wide collection program for food and yard waste.
  “You can’t do everything at once,” Todd MacKay said of the proposed changes, which could be approved Monday.
  
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• Sutherland-Kayseas’ fate in hands of judge following closing arguments on the Terror Squad member

  22-09-2018 03:02 via globalnews.ca
  Was it manslaughter involving a gang member or was a man murdered by Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas in association to or for the benefit of the Terror Squad? Meaghan Craig reports.
  
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• Duron Carter doesn’t have an axe to grind in 1st meeting versus former team

  22-09-2018 03:00 via globalnews.ca
  Duron Carter will face his former team Saturday night when the Toronto Argonauts host the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  
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• Accidental shooting or successful gang mission? Murder and manslaughter argued at Sutherland-Kayseas trial

  22-09-2018 02:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  The Crown argues a high-ranking Terror Squad member fatally shot Dylan Phillips during a gang mission robbery, while the defence argues Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas was acting outside of the gang when she accidentally pulled the trigger.
  The former theory would prove first-degree murder, because it was done either for the benefit of or in association with a criminal organization.
  The latter would prove manslaughter.
  At her first-degree murder trial in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench, Suther
  
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• Judge in Sutherland-Kayseas trial to decide if murder linked to Terror Squad

  22-09-2018 02:38
  The Crown is arguing the killing of Dylan Phillips is associated with the Terror Squad gang, and is therefore first-degree murder, while the defence is arguing manslaughter and calls it an “unfortunate accident.”
  
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• Last hurrah for Huskies at Rutherford Rink also final stop for Mark Cross Remembrance Tour

  22-09-2018 02:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  Kaleb Dahlgren jokingly suggests he may cause a rust delay at Rutherford Rink just for old time’s sake.
  “I think I might just throw a puck up in warm-up for the rust,” mused Dahlgren, a Saskatoon native who will take part in the pre-game warm-up Sunday night with the York University Lions, who will be closing out their Mark Cross Humboldt Strong Remembrance Tour against the host University of Saskatchewan Huskies at Rutherford Rink.
  Game-time is 5 p.m. Sunday.
  Humboldt Broncos&
  
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• 'Cold and wet': Snow hits southern Saskatchewan but isn't expected to stick around — yet

  22-09-2018 02:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  Snowfall sightings around Saskatchewan are already happening this September, but a weather expert said it won’t settle in this early in the year.
  Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang said the snow in southern Saskatchewan has arrived a bit earlier than usual, with the average first snowfall taking place on Oct. 11 in Saskatoon, due to a weather system coming in from the west and north.
  “For much of the summer, the jet stream was way to the north and it kept blocking all the we
  
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• Hells Angels gather for Saskatoon chapter's 20th anniversary

  22-09-2018 02:27 via cbc.ca
  Members of the Hells Angels are set to gather in Saskatoon this weekend to celebrate of the Saskatoon chapter’s 20th anniversary.
  
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• Show tackling racism towards Indigenous people shouldn’t be limited to APTN, lecturer says

  22-09-2018 02:24
  An Aborignal Peoples Television Network (APTN) series aiming to bridge the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people would be better served on a larger network, a lecturer says.
  
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• Police prepare for Hell's Angels gathering in Saskatoon

  22-09-2018 02:08
  Hundreds of Hell’s Angels members from across Canada will be in Saskatoon this weekend to celebrate the Saskatoon Chapter’s 20th anniversary.
  
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• Saskatoon teachers work to improve mental health literacy for their students

  22-09-2018 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  Fifty teachers from the Saskatoon area participated in a three-day mental health literacy training program. Rebekah Lesko reports.
  
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• Community association concerned over proposed Clarence Ave. development

  22-09-2018 01:39
  Varsity View residents are concerned about a proposed development at the top of University Bridge, according to Jon Naylor, president of the neighbourhood community association.
  
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• New training to help tackle senior bullying

  22-09-2018 01:29
  The Saskatoon Council on Aging has come up with new training to address bullying and social isolation.
  
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• Saskatoon police were subject of most public complaint cases opened in 2017-18

  22-09-2018 01:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  More complaints were opened with the Public Complaints Commission to investigate incidents involving members of Saskatoon’s police than for officers in any other Saskatchewan municipality last year.
  The PCC’s annual report was on the agenda at a meeting of Saskatoon’s Board of Police Commissioners on Thursday, including overall numbers of complaints it received in 2017-18.
  The commission received 143 complaints, 78 of which originated in Saskatoon between April 1, 2017, and Mar
  
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