Saskatoon news

• Extreme cold warning extended to most of Saskatchewan

  28-01-2019 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  Wind chill values in the -40 to -50 range are expected in most of Saskatchewan as Environment Canada issues extreme cold warning.
  
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• Sask. NDP pledges to review potash royalties if elected

  28-01-2019 23:35 via cbc.ca
  The Saskatchewan NDP says it is time to review the province's potash royalty system.
  
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• Cloutier: As Humboldt Broncos crash victims’ families speak to tragic loss, I re-live my own

  28-01-2019 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Richard Cloutier, co-host of the News on 680 CJOB, is in Melfort Sask., covering the Humboldt bus crash sentencing hearing for Global News Radio.
  
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• CHERRY BOP HOP – A Red-Hot Event to kick off spring 2019!

  28-01-2019 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  Features: EmCee Brenda Baker. The band England playing tunes from the 50’s and 60’s.  Dance demonstrations.  Take your selfie in our vintage red car from Draggins.  Door prizes and much more! The Cherry Bop Hop is a fundraiser for the Saskatoon Council on Aging, a non-profit organization working to create a better future with older...
  
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• Riddell Centre reopens after second U of R cockroach incident of the school year

  28-01-2019 23:10 via cbc.ca
  Parts of the Riddell Centre had to be sprayed for cockroaches on Sunday night. The school says that spraying went as planned, but some students are still worried about the bugs.
  
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• CARE FOR THE CAREGIVER FORUM

  28-01-2019 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  Caregiver App Launch (University of Sask) Caregiver Self-Care presentation (SK Health Authority) TED Video presentation of Brene Brown with facilitated group discussions To register call 306-652-2255
  
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• Evade Police/Meth - Witney Ave. S & 21st St. W

  28-01-2019 22:46 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  A Buffalo Narrows man was arrested over the weekend when he was located with drugs after crashing a stolen vehicle.At approximately 8:10 p.m., January 26, 2018, Patrol officers observed a red GMC Sierra truck known to be stolen near Witney Avenue South and 21st Street West. There was also information that firearms may be inside the vehicle. Before Patrol members could attempt a traffic stop, the driver quickly attempted to evade Police. The suspect vehicle crashed into a tree nearby and two occu
  
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• Contract talks break down between University of Saskatchewan, CUPE

  28-01-2019 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  Changes to defined benefit pension plan at issue as contract talks break down between CUPE and the University of Saskatchewan.
  
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• 'Brutal' Saskatoon airport's security screening delays detailed in the dozens | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  28-01-2019 22:18
  'Brutal' Saskatoon airport's security screening delays detailed in the dozens | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caSafety is paramount when it comes to security screening at airports, but while those agents watch you, who watches them? Meaghan Craig looked into hundreds ...
  
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• Emotions raw as victim impact statements read at sentencing hearing for Broncos semi driver

  28-01-2019 22:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  The mother of Logan Boulet would give anything just to be able to tell her son not to leave the egg pan on the stove.
  It is thinking about routine moments like that, or like when she sees a yogurt tube in her fridge or remembers her son’s giggle, that Bernadine Boulet is reminded of her son — one of 16 people killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy.
  Her victim impact statement was one of dozens that are set to be read during sentencing hearings for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the A
  
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• Alice in Chains announces North American tour, 10 Canadian dates

  28-01-2019 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  The grunge legends will sweep the nation this April with their critically-acclaimed 'Rainier Fog' tour.
  
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• ‘I can never escape the nightmare’: Families of Humboldt Broncos crash victims share impact statements

  28-01-2019 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  Families of 29 people killed or injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash shared heart-wrenching stories of pain and anguish.
  
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• Contract talks break down between University of Saskatchewan, CUPE - Global News

  28-01-2019 21:26
  Contract talks break down between University of Saskatchewan, CUPE  Global NewsChanges to defined benefit pension plan at issue as contract talks break down between CUPE and the University of Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatoon police seize 2 kg of methamphetamines in drug bust

  28-01-2019 21:21 via cbc.ca
  Three people were arrested over the weekend after Saskatoon police found two kilograms of methampetamines in a car.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos tragedy: What happened, according to the agreed statement of facts

  28-01-2019 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s what happened in the crash that killed 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, according to court documents.
  
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• Saskatoon police find 2kg of meth inside car

  28-01-2019 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police said two kilograms of meth was found inside a 2016 Chrysler 300 this past weekend.
  
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• Freeland: McCallum's comments 'inconsistent with the Government of Canada'

  28-01-2019 20:48
  Ambassador to China John McCallum was fired because of comments “inconsistent with the Government of Canada,” according to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.
  
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• Six arrested after bar staff, patrons assaulted at hotel in Radisson

  28-01-2019 20:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  Six people face charges in connection with a reported armed robbery and assaults at a hotel in Radisson.
  Around 11 p.m. on Saturday, Warman RCMP received reports of an armed robbery in progress involving a knife at the Radisson Hotel in Radisson, approximately 66 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
  Police said six people with bandanas covering their faces entered the bar, assaulting the bartender and other patrons. They then fled in a car police said was stolen from Saskatoon.
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• Police seize nearly two kilograms of methamphetamine

  28-01-2019 20:24 via thestarphoenix.com
  Three people face charges and almost two kilograms of methamphetamine is off the street following a bust by Saskatoon police.
  On Saturday night, members of the guns and gangs unit searched a home in the 200 block of Pinehouse Place, according to a police news release.Officers found drug packaging materials and containers in which residue from meth was present. As a result of the search, they also searched a 2016 Chrysler 300 and discovered nearly two kilograms of “pre-packaged” metha
  
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• Humboldt Broncos sentencing: 'This was not a battle to be won,' Boulet's mother says in victim impact statement

  28-01-2019 20:23 via thestarphoenix.com
  MELFORT — The mother of Logan Boulet would give anything just to be able to tell him again to not leave the egg pan on the stove.
  It is thinking about routine moments like that, or like when she sees a yogurt tube in her fridge or remembers her son’s giggle, that Bernadine Boulet is reminded of her son — one of 16 people killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy.
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the driver of a transport truck involved in the deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos bus, a
  
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• 'Bargaining is at a standstill': Strike looms as talks between CUPE, U of S break down

  28-01-2019 20:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  The union representing University of Saskatchewan support workers says contract talks broke down after the university tabled an “insulting” proposal that does not offer retroactive wage increases and eliminates its defined benefit pension plan.
  Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1975 and the U of S began mediation in the fall, after the union gave its bargaining committee a strike mandate. On Monday, the union said in a news release that those negotiations were at an imp
  
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• Six arrested after bar staff, patrons assaulted at hotel in Radisson - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  28-01-2019 20:07
  Six arrested after bar staff, patrons assaulted at hotel in Radisson  Saskatoon StarPhoenixAt roughly 11 p.m. on Saturday, Warman RCMP were called to the Radisson Hotel in Radisson for reports of an armed robbery in progress.
  
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• Search party finds Sask. snowmobilers who experienced mechanical difficulties

  28-01-2019 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP say a snowmobile two men were riding experienced mechanical problems while in remote northern Saskatchewan this past weekend.
  
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• Online applications to sponsor family immigrants hit limit in less than 11 minutes

  28-01-2019 19:57 via cbc.ca
  It took just minutes today for Canadians to snap up 27,000 online application spots for bringing parents or grandparents into the country — fuelling frustration and fury among people who say the new system is flawed.
  
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• Police seize nearly two kilograms of methamphetamine - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  28-01-2019 19:50
  Police seize nearly two kilograms of methamphetamine  Saskatoon StarPhoenixOn Saturday night, members of the Saskatoon Police *Service's* Guns and Gangs unit searched a residence in the 200 block of Pinehouse Place.
  
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• Ice sculpture dedicated to Neil Stonechild to be installed outside of Remai Modern

  28-01-2019 19:43 via cbc.ca
  An ice sculpture dedicated to Neil Stonechild is being installed at Remai Modern as part of a new exhibit.
  
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• 'Canada's journalism community won't be the same': Remembering John Himpe

  28-01-2019 19:39 via cbc.ca
  Life is short, and sometimes it's shorter than we ever could plan.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -40 to -50 wind chills return

  28-01-2019 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  -40 to -50 wind chills persist for days in parts of Saskatchewan before a warm-up with more snow in Saskatoon’s weather forecast ahead. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• Province introduces program encouraging technology growth in Sask.

  28-01-2019 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  Innovation Saskatchewan has started accepting applications for the Made in Saskatchewan Technology (MIST) Program.
  
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• Possession of Weapons/Arrests - 400 block of Stonebridge Common

  28-01-2019 19:25 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Four men and two male youths were arrested early this morning after being found in possession of break and enter tools and firearms.At approximately 1:00 a.m., January 28, 2019, Saskatoon Police were dispatched to the 400 block of Stonebridge Common for a report of a group of teens damaging property with hammers. One suspect was reportedly seen with a mask. Officers located the suspects on foot and began chasing them as they immediately fled. Two males were arrested a short distance away. One wa
  
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• Opposition NDP calling for review of potash royalties

  28-01-2019 19:22
  The Saskatchewan NDP announced on Monday it is calling for a review of potash royalties.
  
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• Guns & Gangs Investigation/Meth Trafficking - 200 block Pinehouse Pl.

  28-01-2019 18:55 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Three people were arrested over the weekend in connection to a Guns and Gangs investigation involving methamphetamine trafficking.At 9:30 p.m., January 26, 2019, members of the Guns and Gangs Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of Pinehouse Place. Inside, they found drug packaging materials and containers with methamphetamine residue.A 2016 Chrysler 300 was also searched in relation to the investigation. Located inside was nearly two kilograms of pre-packaged methamphe
  
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• Men survive night in shelter after snowmobile breaks down

  28-01-2019 18:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two men travelling from Stanley Mission to Grandmothers Bay took overnight refuge in a shelter after their snowmobile broke down.
  Stanley Mission RCMP were informed around 11 p.m. Saturday that two men from Grandmothers Bay, travelling on one snowmobile, hadn’t arrived at their destination.
  That night, a team of local searchers from Stanley Mission set off on snowmobiles to search for the missing men, RCMP said in a news release. Canadian Rangers from La Ronge set out to assist with the se
  
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• Shooting suspect arrested in Saskatoon - News Talk 650 CKOM

  28-01-2019 18:10
  Shooting suspect arrested in Saskatoon  News Talk 650 CKOMA 30-year-old man wanted in connection to a shooting at a home on Avenue T South was arrested over the weekend...
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: -40 to -50 wind chills return - Global News

  28-01-2019 18:05
  Saskatoon weather outlook: -40 to -50 wind chills return  Global News40 to -50 wind chills persist for days in parts of Saskatchewan before a warm-up with more snow in Saskatoon's weather forecast ahead.
  
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• Rush take road loss to the Georgia Swarm

  28-01-2019 18:00
  A late fourth quarter comeback wasn’t enough as the Saskatchewan Rush lost 13-10 to the Georgia Swam Sunday afternoon in Duluth, Ga.
  
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• Sentencing hearing starts for semi driver in Broncos bus crash

  28-01-2019 17:50 via thestarphoenix.com
  More than six dozen victim impact statements were expected to be filed during the sentencing hearing for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the Alberta semi driver responsible for causing the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  Earlier this month, Sidhu, 29, pleaded guilty in Melfort provincial court to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.On April 6, 2018, the Humboldt Broncos hockey team was on its way to Nipawin for a playoff
  
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• Humboldt Broncos bus crash: 75 victim impact statements to be filed in Jaskirat Sidhu sentencing hearing

  28-01-2019 17:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  More than six dozen victim impact statements were expected to be filed during the sentencing hearing for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the Alberta semi driver responsible for causing the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  Earlier this month, Sidhu, 29, pleaded guilty in Melfort provincial court to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.On April 6, 2018, the Humboldt Broncos hockey team was on its way to Nipawin for a playoff
  
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• Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, truck driver in Humboldt Broncos crash, arrives for first day of sentencing hearing

  28-01-2019 17:26 via globalnews.ca
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was quiet as he walked into court in Melfort, Sask. on Monday for the first day of his sentencing hearing. Victim impact statements are expected to be read during the hearing from the families of the victims as the hearing continues through to Friday.
  
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• Wanted man arrested after Saskatoon shooting

  28-01-2019 17:22 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police are no longer looking for Nigel William Stonefish, 30, after a shooting in mid-January sent a man to hospital.
  
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• Juno Awards 2019: Watch the nominations announcement

  28-01-2019 17:20 via cbc.ca
  Watch the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) reveal the 2019 Juno Award nominees at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
  
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• Letter of the Day: What are our children worth?

  28-01-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  What are our children worth? Suicide is the third leading cause of death in children ages 10-14 and second leading cause of death in youth ages 15-24 in Canada. Our child suicide rates are in the top five in the world. Saskatchewan has the third highest rate of suicides in Canada.
  There is a history of childhood maltreatment associated with suicide. Childhood maltreatment like sexual, physical, emotional abuse, physical and emotional neglect as well as poverty, substance use, homelessn
  
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• UPDATE: Wanted Person Arrested

  28-01-2019 16:57 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The 30 year old subject wanted in connection to a shooting investigation was located and has been taken into Police custody. He was arrested at approximately 8:00 p.m., January 25, 2019 in Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Police Service would like to thank members of the public and the media for their assistance in this investigation.(Occurrence Number: 19-4351)
  
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• Humboldt Broncos team bus hit semi running stop sign

  28-01-2019 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  A sentencing hearing is underway in Melfort, Sask., for the semi-truck driver who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  
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• Wanted man arrested in Saskatoon shooting - Global News

  28-01-2019 16:22
  Wanted man arrested in Saskatoon shooting  Global NewsSaskatoon police are no longer looking for Nigel William Stonefish, 30, after a shooting in mid-January sent a man to hospital.
  
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• Sentencing hearing starts Monday for truck driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  28-01-2019 15:59 via globalnews.ca
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu of Calgary pleaded guilty earlier this month to all 29 counts of dangerous driving laid against him.
  
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• Sentencing hearing begins for semi driver in Broncos bus crash

  28-01-2019 15:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  On Monday, the sentencing process will begin at a Melfort event centre for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the Alberta semi driver responsible for causing the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  Earlier this month, Sidhu, 29, pleaded guilty in Melfort provincial court to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
  On April 6, 2018, the Humboldt Broncos hockey team was on its way to Nipawin for a playoff game when the team’s bus collide
  
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• Food for Thought: plant-based protein

  28-01-2019 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  Three Farmers owner/COO Elysia Vandenhurk is on this edition of Food for Thought to talk about Canada’s new food guide as well as plant-based proteins.
  
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• Victoria's cherry blossoms bloom while most of Canada freezes

  28-01-2019 15:34
  While people from Saskatchewan to Quebec shiver through a deep freeze, cherry blossoms are blooming on Vancouver Island.
  
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• ‘Birds of Saskatchewan’ a labour of love

  28-01-2019 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  Co-editor J. Frank Roy says it was a dream come true to work on and complete the book “Birds of Saskatchewan.”
  
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