Saskatoon news

• Teen at centre of Cards for Jelena campaign receives lung transplant

  12-11-2018 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  Jelena Grover has cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that affects her lungs and digestive system. She's been waiting for a transplant since January.
  
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• Sask. T. rex remains provide backbone for U of A study

  12-11-2018 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  Univeristy of Alberta researchers are able to advance their T. rex research through 3D scanned images from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.
  
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• Saskatoon cabbie suspended after video of alleged snow brush attack posted online

  12-11-2018 21:02 via cbc.ca
  A driver with Saskatoon's Comfort Cabs has been suspended after a video of him wildly swinging a snow brush was posted online.
  
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• Draft plan says Nunavut has too many polar bears and climate change isn’t affecting them

  12-11-2018 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  There are too many polar bears in parts of Nunavut and climate change hasn't yet affected any of them, says a draft management plan from the territorial government that contradicts much of conventional scientific thinking.
  
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• Marvel giant Stan Lee has died at age 95

  12-11-2018 20:07
  Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk, died Monday
  
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• Delays expected on Highway 1 for SaskPower line stringing

  12-11-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  Short traffic delays expected on highways 1 and 4 as SaskPower stings new transmission line from Pasqua to Swift Current.
  
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• Questions raised after confrontation with cab driver caught on video

  12-11-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  WARNING: This video contains foul language that may be offensive to some readers. A video has surfaced on Facebook showing a taxi driver swinging a snow brush at a woman in Saskatoon. Ryan Kessler reports.
  
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• Huskies men's hockey team score big against UBC

  12-11-2018 19:40 via thestarphoenix.com
  Courtney Hufsmith led the Huskies at the U SPORTS cross country national championship, finishing 11th in the nation and third in Canada West in Kingston, Ont. on Saturday.
  Hufsmith was named a U SPORTS second-team all-Canadian for her efforts. Jared Welsh was the top Huskie on the men’s side, finishing 101st.
  The Huskie men’s hockey team swept a weekend set against the host UBC Thunderbirds cruising to a 6-1 win on Friday, and getting by 3-2 on Saturday. Parker Thomas had t
  
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• 2017 successful year for Saskatoon police air support unit

  12-11-2018 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  Members of the Saskatoon Police Service's ASU are credited with the arrest of 221 suspects last year, a 71 per cent increase from 2016.
  
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• Depleted Chargers shut out in 4A provincial final

  12-11-2018 19:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  Normally quarterbacks don’t get very excited about interceptions they are involved with. But on Saturday, Regina Miller Marauders starting quarterback Luke Hornung was pretty pleased with two of his.
  Hornung, who sees double duty as a linebacker, picked off two Saskatoon Centennial Charger passes and helped Miller to a 45-0 blanking of the host Chargers in the 4A provincial final at SMF Field in Saskatoon.
  “That was pretty cool,” said Hornung about the picks. “The guys pu
  
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• Blades goalie Maier leads Blades to two wins on weekend

  12-11-2018 19:26 via thestarphoenix.com
  A hot glove by goalie Nolan Maier helped the Saskatoon Blades to back-to-back wins on their weekend road trip.
  Trailing 1-0 after the first period on Friday, the Blades rallied for a 3-1 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers. In another close game on Saturday, the Blades emerged with a 2-1 win over the Kootenay Ice.
  Maier picked up both wins, stopping 35 shots on Friday and another 31 on Saturday. Saskatoon improves to 12-7-2-0. Their 26 points put them in second place in the WHL’s East Divisio
  
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• Man allegedly steals tip jar during armed robbery

  12-11-2018 19:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed an 8th Street business at knifepoint.
  According to a police news release, officers responded to a business in the 3,900 block of 8th Street East shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday night after a lone man entered the business armed with a knife.
  While inside the business, the suspect allegedly pried a tip jar, which contained an unknown sum of money, off the counter before fleeing in a silver sedan type vehicle.
  No one was injured during the
  
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• Police still wrestling with illegal cannabis dispensary in downtown Saskatoon

  12-11-2018 19:16 via cbc.ca
  At least one rogue medical cannabis dispensary in Saskatoon is still continuing to sell a variety of cannabis products in the face of a written request from police to desist.
  
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• Habitual runaways majority of youth reported missing in Saskatoon

  12-11-2018 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  Of the 1,346 youth reported missing during a six-month period in Saskatoon, 93 per cent of girls and 89 per cent of boys were classified as habitual runaways.
  
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• Cab driver suspended after video shows him swinging snow brush at passenger

  12-11-2018 18:49
  A Comfort Cabs driver has been suspended after a passenger posted a video to Facebook of the driver chasing her with a snow brush.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: positive temperatures return

  12-11-2018 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  Positive temperatures return to Saskatoon's weather forecast this week and more snow is on the way.
  
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• Canadian bills with Chinese characters saying they are fake still count as counterfeit: Judge

  12-11-2018 18:45 via cbc.ca
  Counterfeit bills with Chinese characters caused a provincial court judge to delay the sentencing of a suspect who was caught with the bills in order to determine whether or not they actually qualified as fakes.
  
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• Man sent to hospital after being shot in leg

  12-11-2018 17:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police are investigating after a shooting in the Riversdale neighbourhood sent a 42-year-old man to hospital.
  According to a police news release, officers were called to a residence in the 500 block of Avenue H South just after midnight on Monday where they discovered the man suffering from a single gunshot wound.
  The man was then taken by ambulance to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
  Police say there have been no arrests in relation to the incident but noted that investiga
  
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• Mosaic Stadium to be lit up in Blue Bombers colours after Roughriders loss

  12-11-2018 17:55
  Mayor Michael Fougere will be making good on a wager with Winnipeg Mayor Bowman, lighting up Mosaic Stadium blue and gold on Monday night.
  
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• Mosaic Stadium lit up in Blue Bombers colours after Roughriders loss

  12-11-2018 17:55
  Mayor Michael Fougere made good on a wager with Winnipeg Mayor Bowman, lighting up Mosaic Stadium blue and gold on Monday night.
  
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• High hits on Riders QBs spur fan outcry, commissioner statement

  12-11-2018 17:38 via cbc.ca
  An American CFL fan is calling on the league to change how it handles helmet-to-helmet hits. CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie has also commented on hits the head following Sunday's game.
  
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• Police searching for armed robbery suspects

  12-11-2018 17:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon police are searching for two men believed to be involved in an armed robbery that took place in Confederation Park.
  According to a police news release, the robbery took place Sunday just before midnight at a convenience store in the 3,700 block of Diefenbaker Drive. When the suspects entered the store one was carrying a machete and both had their faces obscured — one with a hoodie pulled over his face and the other wearing a white coloured mask.
  The suspects made off with cigaret
  
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• 'This is going to be incredible': Reignwolf returns to the Bridge City

  12-11-2018 17:23 via cbc.ca
  Indie rock and blues musician Jordan Cook and Reignwolf are set to take the stage in Saskatoon tonight. Ahead of their performance Cook caught up with CBC Radio to chat about returning to the Bridge City and reflections on his career.
  
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• NHL, retired players reach tentative settlement in concussion lawsuit

  12-11-2018 16:46 via cbc.ca
  The NHL and lawyers for retired players say a tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought against the league over head injuries.
  
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• Royal Sask. Museum renovating a t.rex

  12-11-2018 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is in the early stages of a major renovation to bring a full sized T.rex skeleton to their display collection. More than just a visitor attraction, Scotty and the rest of the fossil collection are valuable for scientific research. Fossil
  
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• Saskatoon City Hall closed, free downtown parking on Monday

  12-11-2018 15:48 via cbc.ca
  Many civic services across Saskatoon will be impacted on Monday in the wake of Remembrance Day this weekend.
  
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• 'It's our time': U.S. midterm wins mean victory for Indigenous women worldwide, say voters and leaders

  12-11-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Indigenous women from North America are reflecting on what it means to have the first Native American women voted into U.S. Congress.
  
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• Not worth the risk: Riders head coach Chris Jones explains decision to sit Collaros

  12-11-2018 14:18 via globalnews.ca
  Roughriders head coach Chris Jones said it’s hard to say if a healthy Zach Collaros would have made a difference in the loss to the Blue Bombers.
  
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• Riders season over, so now what?

  12-11-2018 14:08 via cbc.ca
  Roughriders season ends with 23-18 west semi-final loss to Blue Bombers.
  
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• Saskatoon police investigating 2nd shooting in 2 days

  12-11-2018 13:53 via cbc.ca
  Police in Saskatoon are looking into the shooting of a 42-year-old man early Monday morning.
  
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• 'We like to do it in a fun way': Prairie Pride teaches viewers about LGBTQ community in Sask.

  12-11-2018 13:44 via cbc.ca
  Prairie Pride, filmed and produced in Regina, strives to teach viewers about Saskatchewan's LGBTQ community in a fun way, while letting people know it's okay to be gay.
  
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• Man in hospital after being shot

  12-11-2018 13:18
  A 42-year-old Saskatoon man is in hospital after being shot in the leg.
  
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• Police investigating multiple armed robberies

  12-11-2018 13:02
  Saskatoon police are investigating a pair of armed robberies at two Saskatoon businesses Sunday evening.
  
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• Meet your first 10 Saskatchewan Future 40 winners of 2018

  12-11-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  CBC Saskatchewan announces 40 winners this week on radio, TV and online.
  
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• Cannabis edibles, drinks will mark 'second wave' of legalization

  12-11-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Now that recreational cannabis is legal in Canada, producers are looking forward to what they're calling the "second wave" of legalization — edibles, infused beverages and vaping products expected to become legal starting next year.
  
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• Cannabis edibles, drinks will mark '2nd wave' of legalization

  12-11-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Now that recreational cannabis is legal in Canada, producers are looking forward to what they're calling the "second wave" of legalization — edibles, infused beverages and vaping products expected to become legal starting next year.
  
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• Robbery - 3900 Block 8th Street East

  12-11-2018 11:15 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Shortly after 11:00 PM Sunday evening, a lone male entered a business establishment in the 3900 block of 8th St. East.  He was armed with a knife and proceeded to pry a container off the business counter.  The container was a "tip" jar for staff and contained an unknown amount of money.  The man then fled in a silver coloured vehicle described as a sedan.  No one was injured.The suspect is described as male, 25-35 yrs old, 5'8" - 5'10" tall, 170-200 lbs.  He had dar
  
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• North American Indigenous Games council elects its 1st female president

  12-11-2018 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Dale Tamara Plett, who is a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation in Ontario, is the first Indigenous woman to hold the top position in the international sports event.
  
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• Creamy shaved ice from Snowy Village in Saskatoon

  12-11-2018 10:46 via globalnews.ca
  Snowy Village restaurant owner Benny Su explains the difference between regular shaved ice and shaved ice made with milk, and shows Fiona Odlum how a dish goes together.
  
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• SWRC pilot car seat recycling program

  12-11-2018 10:08 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council has teamed up with an Ontario company for a pilot baby car seat program in the province.
  
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• Canada falling short on flu vaccinations: internal report

  12-11-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Public Health Agency of Canada is failing to meet its flu vaccination goals as Canadians continue to balk at rolling up their sleeves.
  
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• Shooting - 500 Block Ave H South

  12-11-2018 09:43 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A 42 year old Saskatoon man is in hospital after being shot in the leg.  Just after midnight Monday, police were called to a residence in the 500 block of Ave H S.  Officers found the man suffering from what appeared to be a single gunshot wound.  He was transported to hospital by Medavie Health Services West with non life-threatening injuries.  There have been no arrests but investigators do not believe the act was random.  The investigation is ongoing.Anyone with
  
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• Best of Rick Mercer’s rants in ‘Final Report’

  12-11-2018 09:40 via globalnews.ca
  Comedian Rick Mercer discusses how he came up with his rants and reflects back on his show as he in Saskatoon for a book signing at McNally Robinson.
  
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• Harris leads Bombers to West final with win over Roughriders

  12-11-2018 01:58 via cbc.ca
  Andrew Harris ran in a fourth quarter touchdown as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 23-18 in the West Division semifinal.
  
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• Blue Bombers advance to West final with victory over Roughriders

  12-11-2018 01:46
  Andrew Harris ran in a fourth quarter touchdown as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 23-18 in the West Division semifinal.
  
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• Bombers knock off Riders, advance to West Final

  12-11-2018 01:35 via globalnews.ca
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are off to the West Final after a win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  
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• Capt. Aaron Vopni and the 100-year-old Remembrance Day bugle

  12-11-2018 01:12 via thestarphoenix.com
  Aaron Vopni, the commanding officer for the 702 Lynx Squadron Royal Air Cadets, is often asked to play The Last Post for Remembrance Day. This year, he was loaned a bugle made in 1913.
  He’s been practising diligently since the Nutana Legion Museum, which has a number of Canadian artifacts from prior wars on display, loaned him the instrument in October.
  On Sunday, he used the First World War-era bugle to sound the notes of the Last Post at the Remembrance Day ceremony at SaskTel Centre in
  
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• Thousands remember fallen soldiers on 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War

  12-11-2018 00:10 via cbc.ca
  Thousands gathered at SaskTel Centre Sunday in Saskatoon to pay their respects and reflect at the annual Remembrance Day ceremony.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades beat Kootenay Ice 2-1 for second straight win

  12-11-2018 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades (21-12-7-2) won their second game in a row by defeating the Kootenay Ice (6-11-2-1) 3-1 Saturday night in WHL action.
  
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