Saskatoon news

• Author defends book about Humboldt Broncos after families call for boycott

  09-10-2018 23:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  Despite strong opposition from several families connected to the Humboldt Broncos, a Saskatchewan author says he had good intentions when he wrote a book about the Broncos and the team’s deadly bus crash.
  “Humble Beginnings of the Humboldt Broncos and the 2017-2018 Team,” written by Barry Heath, was self-published last month.
  Heath, a former veterinarian and community coroner, says he’s sorry some of the victims’ families believe they had to give him permission to c
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders clinch playoff spot

  09-10-2018 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  The CFL announced Tuesday the Saskatchewan Roughriders have made the playoffs.
  
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• Chretien says rise of 'unspeakable' Trump marks end of the American empire

  09-10-2018 23:14
  Jean Chretien says Donald Trump is "unspeakable" and his rise to the U.S. presidency heralds the decline of the American empire.
  
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• From $12 to $27: the cost of a beer and a burger in the CFL

  09-10-2018 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  At Mosaic Stadium the cheapest domestic beer will run you $8. At BMO Field it's $11.25 for a tall can of Canadian or Coors Light.
  
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• New book about Humboldt Broncos crash was released against families' wishes

  09-10-2018 22:41 via cbc.ca
  The families of the Humboldt Broncos crash victims are urging people not to buy a recently released book about the team.
  
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• High demands for propane due to Sask. grain drying

  09-10-2018 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  The wet harvest is causing record-high demands for propane to use in grain drying and delays in service from propane suppliers.
  
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• Real Canadian Liquor Store opens its doors in Yorkton, Sask.

  09-10-2018 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  Yorkton, Sask. residents are now able to buy alcohol at the local Real Canadian Superstore.
  
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• New $38M livestock and forage research centre opens near Clavet

  09-10-2018 21:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  A new $38-million agricultural research centre southeast of Saskatoon is expected to improve livestock production across the province and country by facilitating research into a host of issues, inlcuding cattle health, reproduction, nutrition genetics and pasture management.
  Announced three years ago, the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence — a partnership between the University of Saskatchewan and the federal and provincial governments — near Clavet, marked its official openin
  
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• U of S's Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence opens in Clavet, Sask.

  09-10-2018 21:07 via cbc.ca
  Unique training and teaching centre to increase new technologies to producers in Saskatchewan and eventually the world. The centre of excellence is a collaboration between government, the University of Saskatchewan and the cattle industry.The goal is to keep the industry sustainable and profitable.
  
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• Neechie Gear founder releases book to inspire others

  09-10-2018 20:56 via cbc.ca
  Kendal Netmaker is the founder of Neechie Gear and the recipient of 25 business awards. Now he has released a new book, Driven To Succeed, which is part autobiography, part self-help.
  
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• Kitchen fires focus of Fire Prevention Week in Sask.

  09-10-2018 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Listen, learn and be aware is the message from the City of Regina and the provincial government as Fire Prevention Week kicked off in Saskatchewan on Oct. 7.
  
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• Dangerous offender hearing told how armed robber carried nasty habits into prison

  09-10-2018 20:44 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon armed robber is the subject of a dangerous offender hearing underway at Court of Queen's Bench.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: minus double digit temps return

  09-10-2018 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon’s first minus double digit temperatures in nearly half a year return to the weather forecast this week. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• Medically assisted deaths in Saskatchewan now categorized as ‘unclassified’

  09-10-2018 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  A new regulation in Saskatchewan clarifies that in cases of a medically assisted death, the manner of death will no longer be recorded as “suicide.”
  
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• Letter of the Day: Way ahead of city on composting

  09-10-2018 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  We are being beaten black and blue by the industrial-grade waste collection in our neighbourhoods. Bigger trucks will be snatching up smaller bins at greater intervals for ever-increasing cost to the homeowner. One wonders if the $200,000 a year civic geniuses who plan these things have got the jump on Oct. 17 to facilitate these mind-altered choices.
  I pay about $60 a year for a blue bin that stores my extra flower pots. I expect after Oct. 17 it will still hold pot(s). My valued recyclables go
  
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• Michael Charles performs ‘The Wind’

  09-10-2018 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  Blues artist Michael Charles performs “The Wind” as he gets ready for a three-day run starting Oct. 9 at Buds on Broadway in Saskatoon.
  
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• Fiona’s fresh take on hair fashion

  09-10-2018 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  Fiona Odlum heads to Hairstyle Inn to get her hair styled after her idols – and gets reaction from mall goers.
  
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• Parents of Humboldt Broncos players involved in bus crash urge people not to buy new book about the team

  09-10-2018 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  Because the families did not agree to participate in the writing of the book, Heath relied on details and interviews already published in various media outlets. Before the post was deleted and his account made private, many commenters criticized him for trying to profit off the tragedy.
  
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• Parker Kelly scores twice as Prince Albert Raiders blank Calgary Hitmen

  09-10-2018 15:16 via globalnews.ca
  Prince Albert Raiders bounce back from first loss of season, blank Calgary Hitmen 4-0.
  
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• 'For sure we broke some glass ceilings': World's first all-women mine rescue team returns from Russian competition

  09-10-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Kari Lentowicz says the all-women mine rescue team she captained at an international competition last month received an “absolutely amazing” reception in a country where women are legally prohibited from working underground.
  “There was nothing but support and cheers and standing ovations everywhere we went … I’ve never felt more welcome,” said Lentowicz, who organized what is thought to be the world’s first entirely female mine rescue squad earlier this
  
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• City police will handle adjustment to legal marijuana: Cooper

  09-10-2018 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon’s police chief says his officers will easily handle the adjustment to legal recreational cannabis.
  “I’m not concerned about our readiness,” Chief Troy Cooper said on Friday, in an interview. “I think the Saskatoon Police Service is ready, I think the community will be safe and I think the adjustment because of the slow rollout will be one that will take place over the course of a year or two.
  “Our officers are well-trained in that regard already. Alt
  
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• Riders offence serves up turkey as defence carves up win

  09-10-2018 14:28 via cbc.ca
  Riders offence serves up turkey as defence carves up win. Willie Jefferson's late fourth quarter pick six has Riders on verge of home playoff game
  
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• Volunteers help Friendship Inn serve up Thanksgiving dinner to city’s vulnerable

  09-10-2018 14:16 via globalnews.ca
  A local effort to bring a little warmth, and good food to those who need it most held this thanksgiving long weekend at the Friendship Inn in Saskatoon. Ciara Yaschuk reports.
  
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• Confusion, frustration mounting as Saskatoon airport construction continues - Globalnews.ca

  09-10-2018 14:06
  Globalnews.ca
  Confusion, frustration mounting as Saskatoon airport construction continues
  Globalnews.ca
  As construction at the Saskatoon airport enters into the final stretch, passengers are feeling the effects. Angie Mellen with the story. more. <iframe src="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/4528349/" width="670" height="372" frameborder="0 ...
  
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• Woman shares harrowing experience of son's erratic behaviour after strep

  09-10-2018 14:00
  A Canadian pediatrician is calling on the medical community to acknowledge the existence of a rare and controversial condition known as PANDAS that is believed to cause a child’s behaviour to change almost overnight after they have had a strep infection.
  
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• Tank: Despite turmoil, infill still small part of Saskatoon growth - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  09-10-2018 13:03
  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  Tank: Despite turmoil, infill still small part of Saskatoon growth
  Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  The city's share of infill housing units barely topped 12 per cent last year despite all the controversy projects attract, writes Phil Tank. Phil Tank, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Updated: October 9, 2018. An artist's rendering of a new 17-story condominium ...and more »
  
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• Tank: Despite turmoil, infill still small part of Saskatoon growth

  09-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The latest skirmish in Saskatoon’s infill battlefield is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Nutana Collegiate.
  The developers behind the hotel-condominium tower that is transforming Saskatoon’s downtown riverbank at River Landing will hold a public meeting on their vision for a 17-storey condo tower at the top of the Broadway Bridge.
  The condo, proposed for a vacant lot on Broadway Avenue by Saskatoon’s Victory Majors Development Corp. and Urban Capital of Toronto, would be located
  
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• No happy puppies: Pot retailers face strict marketing rules, says Saskatoon ad man - CBC.ca

  09-10-2018 13:00
  CBC.ca
  No happy puppies: Pot retailers face strict marketing rules, says Saskatoon ad man
  CBC.ca
  No people — whether real or fictional — no animals and no fun being had: those are just some of the strict limitations facing Saskatchewan cannabis retailers as they navigate the federal government's rules for marketing legal pot to the public. Jason ...
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• No happy puppies: Pot retailers face strict marketing rules, says Saskatoon ad man

  09-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  One company putting up billboards in Saskatoon was so careful that it even took the word "Cannabis" off the signs.
  
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• Letters to the editor Oct. 9, 2018

  09-10-2018 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Black, blue and green
  We are being beaten black and blue by the industrial-grade waste collection in our neighbourhoods. Bigger trucks will be snatching up smaller bins at greater intervals for ever-increasing cost to the homeowner. One wonders if the $200,000 a year civic geniuses who plan these things have got the jump on Oct. 17 to facilitate these mind-altered choices.
  I pay about $60 a year for a blue bin that stores my extra flower pots. I expect after Oct. 17 it will still hold pot(s). My
  
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• Thanksgiving celebrated at the Friendship Inn

  09-10-2018 02:25
  More than 1000 people gathered at the annual Thanksgiving turkey dinner hosted by the Friendship Inn on Monday.
  
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• Broken-hearted Crusaders come up short in Saskatoon - The Telegram

  09-10-2018 01:48
  The Telegram
  Broken-hearted Crusaders come up short in Saskatoon
  The Telegram
  Had coach Jake Stanford been guaranteed a pair of fourth-place finishes for his Holy Cross soccer teams entering the Challenge Cup and Jubilee Trophy nationals this past week in Saskatchewan, chances are he would have signed that contract. “The goal of ...
  
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• Willie Jefferson comes up big late, leads Riders over Eskimos

  09-10-2018 01:38 via globalnews.ca
  Willie Jefferson's interception return for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter gave the Saskatchewan Roughriders a thrilling 19-12 victory.
  
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• Jefferson's late pick-6 gives Riders thrilling win over Eskimos

  09-10-2018 01:15 via cbc.ca
  Willie Jefferson's interception return for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter gave the Saskatchewan Roughriders a thrilling 19-12 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos on Monday.
  
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• Emerald Park opposes annexation plan by White City

  09-10-2018 00:58
  As White City and Emerald Park continue to grow, the towns are seeing friction over how best to plan their communities.
  
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• What we know about the victims of the New York limo crash

  09-10-2018 00:33
  The 20 people killed on Saturday in a limousine crash near Schoharie, N.Y., included four sisters and three of their husbands, along with at least three other couples.
  
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