Saskatoon news

• 'It shows the power of sport': Expat hockey players pay tribute to Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki

  01-12-2019 23:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Though he's receiving surgery a long way from home, a hockey player who was paralyzed in last year's Humboldt Broncos bus crash received a tribute on the ice from his counterparts in Thailand.
  
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• Saskatoon artist captures extreme highs and lows of holidays with new Christmas album

  01-12-2019 23:37 via cbc.ca
  
  If Christmas classics have their say, the holidays are about winter wonderlands and chestnuts roasting by the open fire. Elly Thorn is shaking that up with her new single "Am I the Only One."
  
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• Group of premiers band together to develop nuclear reactor technology

  01-12-2019 23:33 via cbc.ca
  
  The premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have committed to collaborate on developing nuclear reactor technology in Canada. 
  
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• Premiers Moe, Ford, Higgs to collaborate on development of nuclear reactors in Canada

  01-12-2019 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three Canadian premiers signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the development and deployment of nuclear reactors.
  
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• Motorist facing charges after moving barricade to an active crime scene in Saskatoon

  01-12-2019 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Motorist facing changes after moving barricade, driving towards active investigation scene.
  
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• Man caught with sawed-off rifle was in fear after finger was cut off during gang torture: Prince Albert judge

  01-12-2019 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Prince Albert judge, who delivered an 18-month sentence this week, accepts that a man whose finger was cut off during gang torture was motivated by fear when he was caught with a sawed-off rifle.
  
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• Consensus possible at premiers meeting, Moe says

  01-12-2019 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe tells Mercedes Stephenson that the Oct. 21 election revealed deep divisions across the country , adding premiers will gather Monday in Toronto to show Canadians that provincial leaders can find consensus on some issues.
  
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• Winnipeg volunteers feed thousands, but need help to keep food bank alive

  01-12-2019 16:03
  
  Winnipeg’s Bear Clan Patrol, a group that walks the streets to help curb crime, also runs a food bank that feeds thousands – and says it needs help to keep that project alive.
  
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• Volunteer food bank that feeds thousands in Winnipeg at risk of shutting down

  01-12-2019 16:03
  
  Winnipeg’s Bear Clan Patrol, a group that walks the streets to help curb crime, also runs a food bank that feeds thousands – and says it needs help to keep that project alive.
  
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• UN chief warns of 'point of no return' on climate change

  01-12-2019 14:30
  
  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world's efforts to stop climate change have been 'utterly inadequate' so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the 'point of no return.'
  
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• UN chief says world about to hit 'point of no return' on climate change

  01-12-2019 14:30
  
  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world's efforts to stop climate change have been 'utterly inadequate' so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the 'point of no return.'
  
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• What the premiers want to get out of Monday's big meeting

  01-12-2019 13:08
  
  Premiers of all the provinces and territories gather Monday in Toronto to try to shape a collective agenda for their relationship with the federal government, after an election that left the nation in a partisan patchwork.
  
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• Council consensus: what premiers are hoping for out of Monday's meeting

  01-12-2019 13:08
  
  Premiers of all the provinces and territories gather Monday in Toronto to try to shape a collective agenda for their relationship with the federal government, after an election that left the nation in a partisan patchwork.
  
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• Your Saskatchewan: December 2019

  01-12-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A viewer submitted photo is featured daily in Your Saskatchewan on Global Saskatoon and Global Regina.
  
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• The premiers have new power — what will they do with it?

  01-12-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada’s premiers are meeting in Toronto ahead of the return of Parliament. Will the provincial and territorial leaders be able use the challenges facing a federal minority government to their advantage and extract more money from Ottawa?
  
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• More than a year later, no charges laid but investigation continuing into death of Montreal Lake woman

  01-12-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say no charges have been laid in the death of Trina Bird, 25, a Montreal Lake Cree Nation woman killed more than a year ago, but their investigation is continuing.
  
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• Major pipeline reaches milestone as Line 3's Canadian section goes into service

  01-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Enbridge begins commercial operation of 1,000-kilometre pipeline from Alberta to Manitoba, but U.S. portion still in the hands of regulators.
  
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• How kombucha went from seaweed tea in Japan to a hit in North America

  01-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Kombucha has become big business over the last decade but the fermented tea is also named after a totally unrelated food in Japan — seaweed.
  
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• Former top public servant calls on western premiers to settle outstanding Indigenous land claims

  01-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's former top federal public servant says uncertainty over Indigenous land title in the West is holding back the regional economy — and is calling on three regional premiers to commit to settling the issue within five years.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, November 30, 2019

  01-12-2019 08:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Josh Williams set up two goals before scoring the winner at 8:19 of the third period as the Edmonton Oil Kings edged the Calgary Hitmen 5-4 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Small Business Saturday bringing attention to local Saskatoon businesses between Black Friday, Cyber Monday

  01-12-2019 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Loretta Ray said she's hoping to do 25 per cent of her yearly business on the weekend.
  
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• Festival of Trees wrapping up after nine days of festivities

  01-12-2019 01:44
  
  The Festival of Trees is a “Christmas extravaganza,” featuring nine days of fun activities, appearances, and great decoration at the Western Development Museum.
  
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• Entrepreneurs count on Small Business Saturday

  01-12-2019 01:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  They are two of North America’s busiest shopping days of the year–Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But, for some Saskatoon businesses, it’s Small Business Saturday that really counts. Nathaniel Dove has the story.
  
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• Northern Saskatchewan teen discovers his outlet through music

  01-12-2019 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  A northern Saskatchewan teen has had to be a little more creative while learning to play the guitar. Kyle Benning tells us more about how Wollaston Lake’s Dillon Gazandlare had to be innovative so he could flex his musical muscles.
  
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• North Saskatchewan teen discovers his outlet through music

  01-12-2019 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dillon was born without his left forearm, which made learning to play an instrument extremely difficult.
  
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