Saskatoon news

• Regina roads top CAA Saskatchewan’s worst roads campaign list

  23-04-2019 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  13 roads in Regina, some under one listing, were ranked among worst roads in the province as part of CAA Saskatchewan's Worst Roads campaign.
  
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• Report of assault, attempted abduction was false, police say

  23-04-2019 23:35
  Saskatoon police say a teenage girl’s report of an assault and attempted abduction was false.
  
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• Saskatoon homicide: City's third of 2019, 32-year-old man dead

  23-04-2019 23:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  The death of a 32-year-old man in Saskatoon is now being investigated by police as a homicide.
  An autopsy was performed Tuesday, at which time the man’s death — previously described as suspicious — was declared a homicide, Saskatoon police said in a news release.
  On Saturday around 9:30 p.m., Saskatoon police and Medavie Health Services responded to a report of an injured man in the 200 block of Avenue K South. The man was transported to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  
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• Saskatoon homicide: City's third of 2019, 32-year-old man dead - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  23-04-2019 23:26
  Saskatoon homicide: City's third of 2019, 32-year-old man dead  Saskatoon StarPhoenixPolice are investigating the death of a 32-year-old man in Saskatoon as a homicide after an autopsy on Tuesday.The man's death was previously described as ...
  
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• Update - Assault - 3200 Block Milton St.

  23-04-2019 23:17 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  On April 8, 2019 a 15 year old girl reported to Police that she had been assaulted and an attempted abduction had occurred in the 3200 block of Milton Street.  She reported that the suspect involved was an adult male who was driving a white Dodge Ram truck with an Alberta license plate. An extensive investigation by members of the SPS Targeted Enforcement Unit followed and has determined that the information reported was false.  Investigators spoke to independent witnesses and have obt
  
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• Interactive map: Sask. listeners recommend favourite nature hotspots

  23-04-2019 23:14 via cbc.ca
  Readers and Listeners submitted locations have been turned into a map
  
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• Update - Suspicious Death - 200 block Avenue K South

  23-04-2019 23:02 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  Members of the SPS Major Crime Section are investigating a weekend death as a homicide.  The detectives, along with the Forensic Identification Section and with cooperation from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, continue to investigate the circumstances around the death.  An autopsy was performed today on the 32 year old male victim. His name is not being released at this time at the request of his family.Anyone with information is asked to contact the SPS at 306-975-8300 or
  
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• Tuesday morning fire results in estimated $350K in damages to Saskatoon home - CBC.ca

  23-04-2019 23:02
  Tuesday morning fire results in estimated $350K in damages to Saskatoon home  CBC.caAn early morning house fire in the north end of Saskatoon has caused an estimated $350000 in damages to the home, according to the city's fire department.
  
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• Tuesday morning fire results in estimated $350K in damages to Saskatoon home

  23-04-2019 23:02 via cbc.ca
  An early morning house fire in the north end of Saskatoon has caused an estimated $350,000 in damages to the home, according to the city’s fire department.
  
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• Colten Boushie documentary examines history of racism, oppression on the Prairies

  23-04-2019 22:56 via thestarphoenix.com
  TORONTO — Documentary filmmaker Tasha Hubbard didn’t know Colten Boushie, but when she heard about the killing of the young Indigenous man, it was all she could think about.
  Boushie, a 22-year-old member of the Red Pheasant First Nation, died from a gunshot to the back of his head after the vehicle he was in with friends drove onto a rural farm property near Biggar, Sask., in August 2016.
  Last year a jury acquitted farmer Gerald Stanley of second-degree murder after he testified his
  
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• Wind problem for Saskatoon firefighters putting out house fire - Global News

  23-04-2019 22:24
  Wind problem for Saskatoon firefighters putting out house fire  Global NewsFirefighters said they faced windy conditions while putting out a house fire on Tuesday in Saskatoon's Silverwood Heights neighbourhood.
  
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• Wind problem for Saskatoon firefighters putting out house fire

  23-04-2019 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  Firefighters said they faced windy conditions while putting out a house fire on Tuesday in Saskatoon’s Silverwood Heights neighbourhood.
  
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• Premier Scott Moe tells Trudeau Sask. farmers 'need an answer' on cash advances for canola

  23-04-2019 22:08 via cbc.ca
  Premier Scott Moe is pressuring the federal government to enact proposed changes that would make it easier for canola  farmers affected by Canada's trade dispute with China to get cash advances. 
  
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• U of S students' plan to bring 'snack belt' to riverbank bears fruit

  23-04-2019 21:58 via cbc.ca
  Seven classmates at the University of Saskatchewan have a new vision to plant fruit bearing trees and shrubs in Saskatoon along the South Saskatchewan River as part of what they are calling the Snackbelt for Sustainability.
  
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• Saskatchewan prepares for wildfire season

  23-04-2019 21:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  A large grassfire that had been bearing down on the Town of Biggar Monday continues to burn but is moving away from the community.
  Jeanne-Marie de Moissac, reeve of the Rural Municipality of Biggar, said the fire started Monday around 12:30 p.m. and began moving toward town, prompting the community to declare a state of emergency and warn citizens that they may be asked to evacuate. The fire was of significant concern until Tuesday around 4 a.m., when the wind began pushing the fire away from to
  
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• Blake Schreiner committed to stand trial for first-degree murder in connection with wife's death

  23-04-2019 20:29 via thestarphoenix.com
  A man accused of killing his spouse has been committed to stand trial for first-degree murder at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench.
  On Tuesday, the Crown and defence consented to skipping a preliminary hearing for Blake Jeffrey Schreiner and proceeding straight to the trial phase.
  Schreiner, 37, appeared by video from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre, where he’s been in custody since his spouse Tammy Brown was found dead in their River Heights neighbourhood home on Jan. 31.
  Prelimina
  
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• Extreme conditions continue, Sask. residents urged to not start fires

  23-04-2019 20:08
  The province is asking not Saskatchewan residents to not use fire in any way until windy and dry conditions change.
  
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• Saskatoon cop given conditional discharge after pleading guilty to sexual assault

  23-04-2019 19:42 via cbc.ca
  A veteran Saskatoon police officer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault has been given a conditional discharge.
  
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• More than 30 Sask. rural municipalities issue fire bans due to dry, windy conditions

  23-04-2019 19:06 via cbc.ca
  As of Tuesday morning, 37 rural municipalities and five towns and villages across Saskatchewan had issued fire bans as dry weather ravaged the province.
  
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• ‘Tornado Hunters’ star Ricky Forbes on early storm season in Sask.

  23-04-2019 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Nicole Stillger talks with Ricky Forbes about his work on ‘Tornado Hunters,’ and recent storm activity around Saskatoon and in the province.
  
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• ‘Tornado Hunters’ star Rickey Forbes on early storm season in Sask.

  23-04-2019 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Nicole Stillger talks with Ricky Forbes about his work on ‘Tornado Hunters,’ and recent storm activity around Saskatoon and in the province.
  
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• Biggar 'safe' after grassfire encroaches on community

  23-04-2019 18:46 via thestarphoenix.com
  A large grassfire that had been bearing down on the Town of Biggar Monday continues to burn but is moving away from the community.
  Jeanne-Marie de Moissac, reeve of the Rural Municipality of Biggar, said the fire started Monday around 12:30 p.m. and began moving toward town, prompting the community to declare a state of emergency and warn citizens that they may be asked to evacuate. The fire was of significant concern until Tuesday around 4 a.m., when the wind began pushing the fire away from to
  
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• Update - Saskatoon Police Service Member Charged

  23-04-2019 18:10 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service is aware of the conclusion of court proceedings involving Constable Rob Brown.  His actions are now the subject of an administrative review pursuant to the Saskatchewan Police Act, 1990.  Constable Brown remains suspended with pay pending it’s outcome.  
  
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• ‘Out of control’ fire prompts state of emergency in Biggar, Sask. area

  23-04-2019 18:04 via globalnews.ca
  A wildfire in the RM of Biggar Monday led to a state of emergency in effect for Tuesday.
  
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• Letter of the Day: We need carbon tax for sake of future

  23-04-2019 18:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  “The sky is falling … The sky is falling …” Chicken Moe, Andrew Scheer and others are running around trying to get us all in a panic because of the carbon tax.
  Four provinces had to start paying a federal carbon tax April 1. Notice that four provinces started; the other six already have a provincial carbon tax. B.C. was one of the first and their economy is just fine.
  This is all about elections. This is all about provincial versus federal power. This is about Liberal v
  
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• The tiny Sask. town that made its hockey pool into a big business

  23-04-2019 17:00 via cbc.ca
  Everyone in Kenaston, Sask., pitched in to make the Super Draft hockey pool a success starting in 1984.
  
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• Saskatoon firefighters respond to early morning blazes - News Talk 650 CKOM

  23-04-2019 16:53
  Saskatoon firefighters respond to early morning blazes  News Talk 650 CKOMSaskatoon firefighters were called to two homes early Tuesday morning. Crews were sent to a house fire at 143 ...
  
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• N.B. town 'on its knees' after 4 teens die in Easter weekend crash

  23-04-2019 16:16
  A small N.B. town is 'on its knees' following an Easter weekend car crash that claimed the lives of four teens.
  
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• Wildfire causes Biggar to declare state of emergency

  23-04-2019 15:49 via thestarphoenix.com
  The RCMP says a grass fire southwest of the Town of Biggar is burning “out of control.”
  According the RCMP in a media release, the fire is burning in the area between Highways 4 and 51, and Tower and Duperow Roads.
  According to an update to the provincial SaskAlerts website at 6 a.m. Tuesday., both the RM and town of Biggar have declared a state of emergency “due to smoke and poor air quality.”
  Emergency services are requesting citizens avoid Highway 51, Triumph Road and
  
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• State of emergency declared after 'out of control' wildfire near Biggar

  23-04-2019 15:43
  The town and RM of Biggar have declared a state of emergency due to a wildfire burning southwest of the community.
  
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• Letters to the editor April 23, 2019

  23-04-2019 14:36 via thestarphoenix.com
  Carbon tax could hurt our economy
  It is with deep concern that I write this letter as Canada finds itself in a dismal state of political and economic disarray. This climate has been fostered by our current government’s domestic financial policy, regimental forms of taxation and the added carbon tax, which has had unproven benefits to the betterment of the world.
  We are all aware that this is only the introduction of the carbon tax and in order for it to be effective, drastic increases to t
  
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• Biggar, Sask. declares state of emergency after grass fire

  23-04-2019 14:23 via cbc.ca
  The rural municipality and the town of Biggar, Sask., issued a state of emergency this morning after a large grass fire filled the area with smoke.
  
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• Opinion: City solicitor should report directly to council

  23-04-2019 14:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  By Janice Mann
  With no public discussion and without any stated reason, city council has, by changing the reporting structure of the city solicitor, done a disservice to itself and to the citizens it serves.
  People in positions of power do not always act in an ethical manner. This is why there are laws regarding activities during elections, why municipal governments have implemented codes of conduct, and why the Senate has found it cannot continue to operate on the honour system.
  While one wants
  
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• Federal funding announced for Saskatoon airport - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  23-04-2019 14:02
  Federal funding announced for Saskatoon airport  Saskatoon StarPhoenixA partnership between the Saskatoon Airport Authority and the Kelowna International Airport will receive $840,000 in federal funding from the Western Economic ...
  
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• Federal funding announced for Saskatoon airport

  23-04-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  A partnership between the Saskatoon Airport Authority and the Kelowna International Airport will receive $840,000 in federal funding from the Western Economic Diversification Canada program to help promote tourism and sustain flight routes between the two cities.
  The funding announcement was made Thursday in Kelowna by Stephen Fuhr, MP for Kelowna-Lake Country, on behalf of Navdeep Bains, the federal minister of innovation, science and economic development. 
  “Today’s investment
  
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• Bad weather, power outages contributed to unreasonable delay: lawyer

  23-04-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Delbert Isadore Herman will have been waiting for 876 days when his trial on a pair of assault charges begins next month in a makeshift northern Saskatchewan courtroom.
  Herman’s trial on two other charges — uttering threats and breaching release conditions — is also set for May 16. If it goes ahead as planned, he will have been waiting 576 days on those charges.
  Herman’s lawyer is applying to the court to have both sets of charges thrown out on the grounds that his consti
  
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• Trudeau stopping in Saskatoon for private meetings - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  23-04-2019 13:01
  Trudeau stopping in Saskatoon for private meetings  Saskatoon StarPhoenixThe Prime Minister last visited Saskatoon in September, when he spoke to the Liberal Party of Canada's annual caucus retreat.
  
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• Trudeau stopping in Saskatoon for private meetings

  23-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not expected to make any public appearances during his scheduled visit to Saskatoon this week.
  Instead, the prime minister — who spent Easter weekend in British Columbia — is scheduled to attend “private meetings” when he arrives in the city on Tuesday, according to his itinerary on Monday.
  The Prime Minister’s Office declined to provide details of the private meetings.
  Trudeau was last in Saskatoon in September, for the Liberal Part
  
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• Sask. courts, police and medical professionals wrestling with internet child pornography

  23-04-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  What is a psychiatrist's responsibility when a patient admits to downloading child pornography? The answer may not be what you expect.
  
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• Hope for Nate: Maymont boy needs an organ donor

  23-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  As 11-year-old Nate Starycki runs around the house with his eight-year-old brother Deagan, there’s seemingly little to differentiate between them.
  Each has a shock of blond hair and a voracious appetite for Cinnabon. They take turns making sure youngest brother Gunner, nearly two, stays out of trouble and off their mother’s last nerve. But the boxes of medication tucked in Nate’s closet, the access port in his chest and the rope of hundreds of multicoloured beads that snake aro
  
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• From near and far, top pro curling teams hit Saskatoon for Champions Cup - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

  23-04-2019 13:00
  From near and far, top pro curling teams hit Saskatoon for Champions Cup  Saskatoon StarPhoenixSaskatoon is hosting the World Curling Tour's big finale, the Humpty's Champions Cup, this week.
  
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• From near and far, top pro curling teams hit Saskatoon for Champions Cup

  23-04-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatoon’s Merlis Belsher Place is making a dramatic switch from hockey to curling this week.
  The University of Saskatchewan Huskies’ gleaming new arena is hosting the World Curling Tour’s Humpty’s Champions Cup, which marks the end of the 2018-19 professional curling season.
  “The ice will be fantastic, lots of movement, and the very best teams. That’s what a Grand Slam is,” said Kevin Martin, the longtime skip who now works as a commentator for Sportsn
  
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• Biggar and area residents being advised to be prepared to 'immediately' leave due to grass fire

  23-04-2019 08:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  The RCMP says a grass fire southwest of the Town of Biggar is burning “out of control.”
  According the RCMP in a media release, the fire is burning in the area between Highways 4 and 51, and Tower and Duperow Roads.
  According to an update to the provincial SaskAlerts website after 11 p.m., there is no immediate threat to the residents of the town, but smoke that is possibly heavy at times is expected.
  The alert advises the town’s residents and residents of the RM of Biggar south
  
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• Ann-Sophie Bedard leads A's de Quebec over Saskatoon Stars at Esso Cup - Montreal Gazette

  23-04-2019 03:52
  Ann-Sophie Bedard leads A's de Quebec over Saskatoon Stars at Esso Cup  Montreal GazetteSUDBURY, Ont. — Ann-Sophie Bedard scored three times to lead the A's de Quebec to a 7-4 win over the Saskatoon Stars on Monday in round-robin play at the ...
  
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• RCMP says area near 'out of control' Biggar grass fire being evacuated

  23-04-2019 03:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  The RCMP says a grass fire southwest of the Town of Biggar is burning “out of control” and it is directing its main efforts in the area towards assisting with evacuating the area.
  According the RCMP, the fire is burning in the area between Highways 4 and 51, and Tower and Duperow Roads.
  Police are asking members of the public to avoid the fire zone and to obey officers’ and emergency responders’ instructions if leaving the area.
  Firefighters are at the scene.
  On April 20,
  
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• Sheep production expands in Saskatchewan

  23-04-2019 03:08
  The sheep industry in Saskatchewan is on the rise, according to an organization representing sheep producers.
  
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• Saskatoon Stars 1-1 at Esso Cup

  23-04-2019 03:06 via thestarphoenix.com
  After finishing in second place at last year’s Esso Cup, the Saskatoon Stars are in Sudbury, Ont. to take another shot at claiming the top spot.
  Saskatoon had a good start to the tournament on Sunday as Grace Shirley recorded a hat trick to help the Stars defeat the Stoney Creek Sabres 6-4.
  Unfortunately, the Stars’ second game on Monday ended in a 7-3 loss to the As de Quebec. Saskatoon trailed 2-0 after the first period, and while they managed to tie the game early in the second pe
  
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• Saskatoon police constable given conditional discharge on sexual assault charge

  23-04-2019 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  The discharge means Const. Robert Brown will not have a criminal record if he follows a series of conditions for one year.
  
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• Saskatoon monk from Sri Lanka calls for peace in the wake of Easter bombings

  23-04-2019 02:15
  A Buddhist monk born and raised in Sri Lanka is calling for compassion at a time when many are angry and seeking justice.
  
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• ‘Out of control’ grass fire burns near Biggar

  23-04-2019 02:07
  RCMP are advising people to avoid the Biggar area, as a grass fire is burning “out of control.”
  
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