Saskatoon news

• Access to health care top concern for RMs

  13-03-2019 23:47
  The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) held its annual bear pit Wednesday, where delegates have the opportunity to address Premier Scott Moe and ministers about issues and concerns in their communities.
  
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• ‘I can ask her questions about my mom’: Michelle Englot returns to rink to mentor Sandra Schmirler’s daughter

  13-03-2019 23:44
  Michelle Englot thought she was done with competitive curling for good last year. But she’s returning to the rink to mentor and skip Sara England’s rink.
  
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• 13% of 2018 Canadian rail accidents happened in Sask: TSB

  13-03-2019 23:38
  Of all the railway accidents reported to the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) in 2018, about 13 per cent occurred in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Want to know what's big in baby names? Look to great-grandparents, says author

  13-03-2019 23:37 via cbc.ca
  An author who has written extensively on baby names says there is a generational pattern to choosing a name for a child — and that new parents may think their own names, and their parents' names, are "too ordinary" for their newborns.
  
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• Green Party leader stops in Sask., criticizes politicians stoking carbon tax fears

  13-03-2019 23:16 via cbc.ca
  Green Party leader Elizabeth May has travelled into the heart of one of the provinces opposing the federal carbon tax in court and says it appears some politicians are more focused on making people afraid of solutions to climate change than tackling the problem.
  
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• Electric vehicle wave rising, but price and infrastructure still issues

  13-03-2019 23:11
  Jason Cruickshank has owned his electric car for nearly four years and while driving around the city he has noticed fuel savings.
  
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• Injured man hospitalized after shooting in Pleasant Hill: Saskatoon police

  13-03-2019 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  Police say there was a shooting in the 1700-block of 20th Street West in Saskatoon on March 12, 2019.
  
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• Saskatoon rescue crews scour waters looking for person reported in river

  13-03-2019 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  Crews in rescue boats scour the waters of the South Saskatchewan River downstream of the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge.
  
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• HumboldtStrong Community Foundation raises $4.2M for Broncos families, community

  13-03-2019 22:26
  A community foundation created in response to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last April has raised $4.2 million.
  
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• Police search for suspects after 30-year-old shot near St. Paul's Hospital

  13-03-2019 22:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 30-year-old man was treated at St. Paul’s Hospital for what Saskatoon police described as a non-life-threatening injury after a shooting on the city’s west side.
  The man told Saskatoon police he was walking in the 1700 block of 20th Street West on Tuesday around 1 p.m. when he was approached by a man and a woman. According to police in a news release, there was a “verbal exchange,” after which the man — armed with what was believed to be a .22-calibre firearm
  
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• Two men charged with second-degree murder in Pelican Narrows death

  13-03-2019 22:10 via thestarphoenix.com
  Two people are charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a 28-year-old man in Pelican Narrows.
  RCMP responded to a 911 call on March 10 around 10:15 p.m. about a possible shooting. Soon after, “there was a report of a male victim that had been brought to the medical clinic with a suspected gunshot wound” who had just been declared dead, RCMP said in a news release.
  Following a police investigation, 24-year-old George Samuel Custer and 22-year-old Greg
  
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• Feds pledge up to $1.5M to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at U of S

  13-03-2019 22:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  The federal government says it will contribute up to $1.5 million to a University of Saskatchewan project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus.
  Through the project, 26 buildings will be analyzed to identify which measures can be put in place to reduce electricity and natural gas consumption through improvements to heating, ventilation and cooling systems.
  The federal funding comes through the Low Carbon Economy Fund.
  “The most obvious impact of climate change in Saskatchewan is the
  
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• Humboldt Bronco Layne Matechuk sees idol Sidney Crosby score twice in Pittsburgh

  13-03-2019 21:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  Layne Matechuk — one of 13 survivors from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash — was unable to attend his high school graduation last year. He was still hospitalized at the time after spending a month in a coma.
  On Tuesday, he and his family — sister Carly, mother Shelley and father Kevin — spent nearly an hour with Crosby during a tour of the team’s dressing room, training room and indoors shooting room after watching the team’s morning skate.
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• Coroner’s office investigating 13 potential exposure deaths since November

  13-03-2019 21:40
  The Saskatchewan Coroners Service is investigating 13 deaths since November that may have been the result of hypothermia or exposure to the elements.
  
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• China yet to explain why it blocked canola imports from Winnipeg company: trade minister

  13-03-2019 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  Canada still hasn't seen the evidence China used to block canola shipments from one of Canada's largest grain producers, International Trade Minister Jim Carr said Wednesday in an interview.
  
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• Person in the River - Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge

  13-03-2019 21:33 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  At approximately 1:40 p.m., March 13, 2019, Saskatoon Police received a report of a person in the river near the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge. The Saskatoon Fire Department was notified and is currently searching the river with boats and divers. SPS members are on scene but have not been able to locate anyone at this point. Further information will be released as it becomes available.  (Occurrence Number: 19-23846)
  
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• Delegates at Sask. municipalities association convention grill premier on health care, canola

  13-03-2019 21:24 via cbc.ca
  Canola trade issues, the government's confidence in Huawei, and health-care concerns dominated the annual cabinet bear pit session of the SARM convention.
  
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• City championship on the horizon for high school cheer teams

  13-03-2019 21:20 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon’s high school cheer and dance teams are getting primed for the upcoming city championships, which run Monday.
  The StarPhoenix provides a breakdown of each school’s teams with information provided by their coaches.
   
  Aden Bowman Bears dance team: Cheer
  Coaches: Michelle Crone, Laddy Hemeon, Marisa Desmarais, Bishop Glaboff, Katie Stener
  Key athletes to watch
  Aden Bowman says goodbye this season to the following seniors: Olivia Dyck, Pepper Howe, Mackenna Hudson, Ca
  
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• Melting snow could lead to wet basements across province

  13-03-2019 21:09 via cbc.ca
  People across Saskatchewan are enjoying a run of warm weather as we approach spring, but balmy temperatures could cause big problems for homeowners.
  
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• Regina and Saskatoon airports not affected by grounding of Boeing 737 Max fleet - Regina Leader-Post

  13-03-2019 20:55 via leaderpost.com
  Regina and Saskatoon airports not affected by grounding of Boeing 737 Max fleet  Regina Leader-PostTravellers flying out of Regina and Saskatoon's respective airports don't have to worry about Canada's grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft, but ...
  
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• Vandalism leads to removal of ice sculpture dedicated to Neil Stonechild at Remai Modern

  13-03-2019 20:27
  An ice sculpture dedicated to the memory of Neil Stonechild was vandalized and had to be removed from outside the Remai Modern art gallery.
  
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• Saskatoon police investigating city's second homicide of 2019 - CBC.ca

  13-03-2019 20:26 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon police investigating city's second homicide of 2019  CBC.caThe city's major crimes unit is looking into Saskatoon's second homicide of the year.
  
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• City of Saskatoon provides tips to avoid flooding - News Talk 650 CKOM

  13-03-2019 20:20 via ckom.com
  City of Saskatoon provides tips to avoid flooding  News Talk 650 CKOMAbove-zero temperatures in the forecast could mean trouble for Saskatoon homeowners if they are not careful. The city says above-average snowfall this winter ...
  
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• 2 charged with murder in Pelican Narrows death

  13-03-2019 20:19
  RCMP have laid charges of second degree murder against George Samuel Custer, 23, and Gregory George Custer, 22, in the death of 28-year-old David Jordan Charles.
  
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• 2 charged in Pelican Narrows, Sask. shooting death

  13-03-2019 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  Two men are charged with second-degree murder in a shooting death in Pelican Narrows, Sask.
  
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• Man shot in broad daylight on busy Saskatoon street

  13-03-2019 19:48 via cbc.ca
  The victim, a 30-year-old man, told police he was walking when a man and a woman approached. The trio exchanged words, and then, according to the victim, the male suspect pulled out what appeared to be a .22 calibre gun and fired.
  
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• Man hurt in Tuesday shooting, flees to hospital

  13-03-2019 19:38
  Saskatoon police are looking for two suspects after a shooting Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Persons of interest identified in Saskatoon’s 2nd homicide of 2019

  13-03-2019 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police have identified persons of interest, but have made no arrests, in city’s second homicide of 2019.
  
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• Saskatoon police plane clocks biker going 250 km/h - News Talk 650 CKOM

  13-03-2019 19:26 via ckom.com
  Saskatoon police plane clocks biker going 250 km/h  News Talk 650 CKOMThe Saskatoon Police *Service* (SPS) Air Support Unit took to Twitter on Tuesday night to share a first. Police recorded a motorcycle travelling 250 kilometres per ...
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: warmer days are here to stay

  13-03-2019 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  Warmer days are here to stay with more positive temperatures in Saskatoon’s weather forecast. Peter Quinlan has more.
  
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• 2 charged with second-degree murder after Pelican Narrows shooting death

  13-03-2019 19:21 via cbc.ca
  RCMP in Pelican Narrows have charged two men after the apparent shooting death of David Jordan Charles.
  
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• An open letter to all the Olivias from another commonly named child

  13-03-2019 19:12 via cbc.ca
  Maygen Kardash was an Erin in a sea of the same before she chose to change her name. She has some sage words for our province's latest crop of commonly named kids.
  
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• $5M to support Sask. agriculture sector, mitigate negative impacts of drainage

  13-03-2019 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government is investing $5 million to help advance the agricultural water management strategy.
  
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• Saskatoon police investigating city's second homicide of 2019

  13-03-2019 19:01 via cbc.ca
  The city's major crimes unit is looking into Saskatoon's second homicide of the year.
  
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• Bass player back keeping the beat year after 'widowmaker' heart attack

  13-03-2019 19:00 via cbc.ca
  It's known as a widowmaker: a massive heart attack that few survive from. Bob Shibelski had one almost a year ago today just as he was to perform at a live jazz show in Saskatoon.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: warmer days are here to stay - Global News

  13-03-2019 18:51 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon weather outlook: warmer days are here to stay  Global NewsWarmer days are here to stay with more positive temperatures in Saskatoon's weather forecast.
  
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• Saskatoon homicide: City's second of 2019, 31-year-old man dead

  13-03-2019 18:51 via thestarphoenix.com
  The death of a 31-year-old man is being investigated by Saskatoon police as the city’s second homicide of 2019.
  Saskatoon police responded to the scene
  Patrol officers responded Tuesday around 7 p.m. to an alleyway in the 100 block of Avenue Q South after a report of an injured man. He was transported by ambulance to hospital, where he was declared dead, Saskatoon police said in a news release.
  The investigation by the major crimes unit “has resulted in persons of interest being iden
  
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• Shooting - 1700 block 20th Street West

  13-03-2019 18:46 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Members of the Saskatoon Police Service Targeted Enforcement Section are investigating a shooting that occurred on March 12, 2019.A 30 year old male is being treated in hospital for a non life-threatening injury following an incident that occurred in the 1700 block of 20th Street West at approximately 1:00 p.m. yesterday.  The man reported walking in the area when he was approached by a man and a woman.  He reported a verbal exchange occurred before the male suspect, who
  
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• Police on scene at Avenue Q, Avenue S for homicide investigation

  13-03-2019 18:45
  Saskatoon police say they are investigating the city’s second homicide of 2019 following the discovery of an injured 31-year-old man in an alleyway in the 100 block of Avenue Q South.
  
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• ‘I want my children to be safe’: Mother on edge after Pleasant Hill homicide

  13-03-2019 18:45
  A newcomer to Saskatoon is looking for a new home where she won’t fear for her children’s safety after a homicide in Pleasant Hill on Tuesday.
  
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• Update - Ongoing Incident - Homicide - 100 block Avenue Q South and 200 block Avenue S South

  13-03-2019 18:34 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Saskatoon Police are investigating the city’s 2nd homicide of 2019 following the discovery of an injured 31 year old man in an alleyway in the 100 block of Avenue Q South.Police were called to the area at approximately 7:00 p.m., March 12, 2019, following a report of an injured man.  Upon arrival officers located the injured male.  He was transported to hospital by Medavie Ambulance where he was declared deceased. Investigation by the Major Crimes Section has resulted in per
  
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• Feds pledge up to $1.5M to reducing greenhouse gas emissions at U of S

  13-03-2019 18:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  The federal government says it will contribute up to $1.5 million to a University of Saskatchewan project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus.
  Through the project, 26 buildings will be analyzed to identify which measures can be put in place to reduce electricity and natural gas consumption through improvements to heating, ventilation and cooling systems.
  The federal funding comes through the Low Carbon Economy Fund.
  “The most obvious impact of climate change in Saskatchewan is the
  
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• City offers tips for preventing flooding

  13-03-2019 18:24
  The City of Saskatoon is warning that above average snowfall this winter can lead to street and property flooding if temperatures rise suddenly and melt the snow quickly.
  
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• Canola shipments to China should be top priority for Ottawa: SARM

  13-03-2019 18:09
  According to the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, the federal government needs to do more work towards solving a trade dispute with China affecting some canola exports to that country from Canada.
  
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• Sask. government to start accepting potential infrastructure projects Friday

  13-03-2019 18:04 via globalnews.ca
  The applications will help the Saskatchewan government better understand overall infrastructure priorities and funding demands across the province.
  
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• Sask. innovators challenged to connect land-users with property owners

  13-03-2019 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan innovators are being challenged to find a way for people to connect with landowners to access private property through technology.
  
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• Province, SARM, seek solutions for access to rural land

  13-03-2019 17:32
  Premier Scott Moe on Wednesday announced a new Innovation Challenge to find creative solutions in connecting would-be land users with rural private property owners to access land.
  
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• Letter of the Day: This Lent, try a vegan diet

  13-03-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  March 6 marked the beginning of Lent, the period before Easter, when devout Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’s 40 days of fasting in the wilderness.
  The call to abstain from eating animals is as traditional as Genesis 1:29, yet as current as the teaching of evangelical leader Franklin Graham. Methodist founder John Wesley, Salvation Army pioneers William and Catherine Booth, and Seventh-day Adventist Church founder Ellen White, all followed the divine call. Pope
  
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• Fewer new listings, fewer homes selling in Saskatoon - CBC.ca

  13-03-2019 16:37 via cbc.ca
  Fewer new listings, fewer homes selling in Saskatoon  CBC.caAfter four consecutive years of declining home sales and a slump in new construction, fewer sellers appear willing to put their homes on the market.
  
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• Fewer new listings, fewer homes selling in Saskatoon

  13-03-2019 16:37 via cbc.ca
  After four consecutive years of declining home sales and a slump in new construction, fewer sellers appear willing to put their homes on the market.
  
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