Saskatoon news

• Sask. farmer says destruction of corrals, fences a 'bad dream'

  20-12-2019 23:52
  
  The corral David Viklund used for his cattle operation had been on his property for over 40 years - until it wasn't.
  
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• 'I'm glad somebody's owning up': Man, 18, pleads guilty to accessory after fact in Tiki Laverdiere's killing

  20-12-2019 23:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Brent Checkosis, 18, has pleaded guilty to accessory to murder after the fact in the killing of 25-year-old Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere. 
  
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• Early morning police chase in Saskatoon ends after car slams into fence

  20-12-2019 23:43
  
  A 30-year-old man wanted by Regina police is facing a number of charges after an early morning chase in Saskatoon.
  
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• Easing holiday stress for families of sick Sask. children

  20-12-2019 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Wakaw baby is finally getting the chance to really celebrate Christmas. The 13 month old was discharged from hospital on December 23rd last year, and now his family and some good friends are hoping to make this year special for him.
  
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• Santa’s not bringing snow to Saskatoon: Environment Canada

  20-12-2019 23:31
  
  After pushing through the deep freeze in early December, Saskatoon is in for an unseasonable warm-up heading into Christmas - and that means winter activities are on hold.
  
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• Tiki Laverdiere homicide suspect pleads guilty to accessory after the fact

  20-12-2019 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Brent Checkosis pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact in the death of Tiki Laverdiere.
  
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• Regina Christmas collector with 3 trees, 1000s of decorations inspired by childhood memories

  20-12-2019 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Regina man has amassed a large collection of Christmas decorations and ornaments, including, but not limited to, antiques. He displays them throughout his home each holiday season, hoping to inspire in his visitors the Christmas spirit they felt as children.
  
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• Saskatoon Food Bank nears holiday donation goal

  20-12-2019 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Food Bank is in the middle of its major fundraiser season.
  
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• SHA plans 72-bed long term care home in Meadow Lake

  20-12-2019 22:18
  
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority has issued a call for tenders to build a 72-bed long term care home in Meadow Lake to replace the 55-bed Northland Pioneers Lodge.
  
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• Above seasonal temperatures as winter arrives in Saskatchewan

  20-12-2019 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Above seasonal temperatures as winter officially arrives on Saturday. Peter Quinan with the details in your Friday SkyTracker weather outlook.
  
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• Prince Albert Kinsmen donate winter clothes to kids

  20-12-2019 22:15
  
  Children at four Prince Albert schools were surprised with gifts from the Prince Albert Kinsmen Club on Thursday.
  
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• Regulator issues lifetime

  20-12-2019 21:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The regulatory body for Saskatchewan's teachers has formally stripped a convicted sex offender of his teaching certificate and banned him from ever again teaching in the province. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon food bank needs baby food as 2019 comes to a close

  20-12-2019 21:11
  
  With 2019 coming to a close the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre is closing in on its goal for $500,000 and 500,000 pounds of food, but is asking the public for some last minute help.
  
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• Sask. Star Wars super-fan with 25K-item collection excited for final instalment in Skywalker saga

  20-12-2019 21:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Ryan Johnson, owner of what he believes is the largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia in the entire country, can't wait to see the latest instalment in the Skywalker saga.
  
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• 76-year-old Gravelbourg, Sask. killer gets 1-year added to sentence

  20-12-2019 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Robert Arams, 76, was sentenced for causing an indignity to the body of the man he killed.
  
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• Plane delivers donated Christmas gifts to Saskatchewan First Nation

  20-12-2019 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Christmas gifts donated by Canadian Tire's from across Saskatchewan delivered by the Canadian Armed Forces to Canoe Lake First Nation.
  
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• Rhett Lundgren receives lifetime Saskatchewan teaching ban

  20-12-2019 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board has banned Rhett Lundgren from teaching in the province.
  
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• Be careful when making donations this Christmas, police say

  20-12-2019 19:47
  
  Saskatoon police are warning people to be aware of donation scams this holiday season.
  
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• Prince Albert seniors' advocate gets noticed by Readers Digest

  20-12-2019 19:37
  
  John Fryters was approached by Reader’s Digest to contribute to the a special edition focused on healthy ageing and connected living.
  
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• Lack of rural internet a transparency challenge for local governments

  20-12-2019 19:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Kinley village administrator Lynne Tolley, 78, runs the picturesque community of about 60 people south of Highway 14 between Asquith and Perdue from her apartment on Saskatoon’s west side, about 55 kilometres away. Read More
  
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• Grain backlog still looms large as CN Rail returns to normal service after strike

  20-12-2019 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The eight day-work stoppage by 3,200 conductors and yard workers in November reduced CN to 10 per cent operating capacity and stopped it from taking new orders.
  
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• 'Disgraceful and dishonourable': Saskatoon educator sentenced for sex offences gets teaching ban

  20-12-2019 18:39
  
  A former Walter Murray Collegiate teacher who pleaded guilty to multiple child sex offences has had his teaching certificate cancelled and has been banned from ever holding one again.
  
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• Fence foils wanted Regina man trying to flee Saskatoon Police on Avenue P

  20-12-2019 18:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Police a say man wanted by Regina Police evaded officers in Saskatoon until he ran into fence at the southern end of Avenue P.
  
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• CN, CP show ‘very little willingness’ to fund rail relocation: Saskatoon mayor

  20-12-2019 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark has recently spoken with CP and CN about rail relocation options, including a proposal for the companies to share a line.
  
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• Last of damaged cars near Guernsey to be removed: CP rail

  20-12-2019 18:05
  
  The remaining damage from a fiery train derailment east of Saskatoon will soon be removed.
  
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• I worked hard to raise a feminist daughter, but her racy online selfies make me feel I failed

  20-12-2019 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Young people don't necessarily see feminism the way their parents do. Here are two points of view.
  
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• Saskatchewan sending 6 more firefighters to help Australia

  20-12-2019 17:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three weeks after the last Canadian deployment of firefighters to Australia, six more from Saskatchewan are heading to New South Wales.
  
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• Challenge dropped, Indian day school settlement claims process to start early in the new year

  20-12-2019 17:51 via cbc.ca
  
  A First Nations chief in Manawan, Que., has decided not to fight the Federal Court of Appeal's dismissal of his court challenge to the Indian day school settlement agreement, the law firm handling the settlement announced Thursday.
  
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• Charges Laid - Evade Police - 300 block Avenue R South

  20-12-2019 17:28 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  A 30 year old Regina man, who was wanted by Regina Police, is facing a number of charges following an evade Police incident in Saskatoon overnight.At approximately 1:00 a.m., December 20, 2019, Patrol Officers spotted a suspicious vehicle in the area of 19th Street West and Avenue S South.  They activated their emergency equipment and conducted a traffic stop in the 300 block of Avenue R South.  The black Chevrolet Impala initially stopped but then fled the scene and collided with
  
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• Letter of the Day: Christmas humbug from condo board

  20-12-2019 17:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  I am 83-year-old retired army veteran of 32 years, who missed many Christmases on peacekeeping duties in various parts of the world. Read More
  
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• Short and sweet, we head into the longest night of the year with mild temperatures: This is your Saskatoon forecast

  20-12-2019 16:35
  
  Most of the province will see highs reaching into plus territory this afternoon.
  
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• When a deadly and dangerous cold gripped the Prairies 30 years ago

  20-12-2019 16:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Winter hadn't quite officially begun, but the Prairies were already the grip of a truly dangerous deep freeze.
  
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• Mid-season review with Saskatoon Blades captain Chase Wouters

  20-12-2019 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ciara Yaschuk interviews the Saskatoon Blades captain Chase Wouters on what he thinks about the first half of their season.
  
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• New documents shed light on McLeod, Schmegelsky manhunt and 3 northern B.C. deaths

  20-12-2019 15:01
  
  For weeks over the summer, Canada was gripped by three chilling murders in northern B.C. and a nationwide manhunt for two B.C. teenagers who police say confessed to all three killings on video before dying by suicide.
  
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• 'Introverted, loners and gamers': Docs shed new light on B.C. manhunt suspects

  20-12-2019 15:01
  
  For weeks over the summer, Canada was gripped by three chilling murders in northern B.C. and a nationwide manhunt for two B.C. teenagers who police say confessed to all three killings on video before dying by suicide.
  
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• Inside the RCMP's cross-country manhunt for admitted killers Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod

  20-12-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A dozen newly unsealed warrant applications reveal the twists and turns of a sprawling homicide investigation and the desperate search for Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod, the two young men who admitted killing three people in B.C. this summer and evaded capture for two weeks.
  
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• Inside the RCMP's cross-country manhunt for 2 teenage killers

  20-12-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A dozen newly unsealed warrant applications reveal the twists and turns of a sprawling triple-homicide investigation and the desperate search for Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod.
  
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• Santa prepares for Christmas Eve

  20-12-2019 14:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ciara Yaschuk speaks with Santa Claus about the upcoming big day.
  
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• MADD Canada’s red ribbon campaign with Bonny and Craig Stevenson

  20-12-2019 14:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bonny and Craig Stevenson visit Global News Morning Saskatoon on behalf of MADD Canada to remind you about the red ribbon campaign to end impaired driving.
  
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• CP Rail says last of damaged cars from Sask. train derailment should be removed soon

  20-12-2019 14:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian Pacific Railway says it expects the last of its damaged cars will be removed by the end of the week from the site of a fiery derailment in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Tackling tough questions: Cara Taylor works to provide practical knowledge on mental health

  20-12-2019 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Cara Taylor wants people to be curious about mental health. Read More
  
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• Norris mayoral campaign start awaits clarification on election rules

  20-12-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Rob Norris had hoped to make an announcement before Christmas on his expected campaign for Saskatoon mayor, but he's still awaiting clarification of the rules. Read More
  
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• Gormley: Improving a better world

  20-12-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  As another year ends, imbued with the Christmas messages of love, charity and goodwill, it’s a good time to try mindfulness, a long overdue digital disconnect and to work on improving ourselves. Read More
  
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• Editorial: Listening part of climate debate

  20-12-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  It’s time for a more nuanced, fulsome conversation about the environment in Saskatchewan. Read More
  
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• Bridges Events Dec. 20-26

  20-12-2019 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Piano Friday: Don Griffith / Nigel Mack Big Blues Attack: The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. Read More
  
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• Truck involved in Alberta Amber Alert located by RCMP

  20-12-2019 12:49 via cbc.ca
  
  A truck driven by the father at the centre of an alleged child abduction early Friday has been located back at the suspect's home in Brule, Alta., RCMP say.
  
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• Truck involved in Alberta Amber Alert abduction located by RCMP

  20-12-2019 12:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta RCMP have issued an Amber Alert for a 14-month-old boy believed to have been abducted by his father, a man police say is armed and dangerous. 
  
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• Child unharmed, father in custody after Amber Alert cancelled in Alberta

  20-12-2019 12:49 via cbc.ca
  
  A father and toddler at the centre of an Amber Alert issued Friday in rural Alberta have both been found unharmed, Hinton RCMP say.
  
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• Amber Alert issued by RCMP for 14-month-old boy taken near Hinton, Alta.

  20-12-2019 12:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Police just east of Jasper National Park in Alberta have issued an Amber Alert for a 14-month-old believed to have been abducted by his father.
  
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• Amber Alert in Alberta cancelled, child unharmed, father in custody

  20-12-2019 12:49 via cbc.ca
  
  A father and toddler at the centre of an Amber Alert issued Friday in rural Alberta have both been found unharmed, Hinton RCMP say.
  
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