Saskatoon news

• University of Saskatchewan set for mostly remote learning in fall

  14-07-2020 23:58 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The StarPhoenix spoke to the University of Saskatchewan vice-provost for teaching, learning and student experience, Patti McDougall, about the fall semester. Read More
  
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• 'That's all I'm thinking': Saskatoon landlord wonders if he could have stopped fatal shooting - CTV News Saskatoon

  14-07-2020 23:28
  
  'That's all I'm thinking': Saskatoon landlord wonders if he could have stopped fatal shooting  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 'That’s all I’m thinking': Saskatoon landlord wonders if he could have stopped fatal shooting

  14-07-2020 23:28
  
  Two days before a shooting at one of his properties, a Saskatoon landlord says he saw guns and drugs, and tried to put a stop to it.
  
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• Sask. to return to daily COVID-19 case number updates after weekend spike

  14-07-2020 23:18
  
  Saskatchewan will return to daily COVID-19 case number updates, after taking a brief pause on weekends and statutory holidays.
  
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• Sask. doctors to vote on five-year collective agreement with province

  14-07-2020 23:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The association representing Saskatchewan's doctors has reached a tentative collective agreement with the province after more than three years of bargaining. Read More
  
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• Liberal MPs call on government to tackle ‘national public health crisis’ of lead in drinking water

  14-07-2020 23:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A group of federal Liberal MPs are asking their government to invest up to $400 million to combat the “health crisis” of lead-contaminated drinking water, which was exposed in communities across the country by a national investigation by 10 media outlets, including the Regina Leader-Post. Read More
  
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• ‘A big disappointment’: Saskatchewan overnight camps call on province for reopen regulations

  14-07-2020 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  While child and youth day camps received the green light to reopen June 22, overnight camps still aren't permitted in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatoon experiencing record number of overdose calls - CKOM News Talk Sports

  14-07-2020 22:45
  
  Saskatoon experiencing record number of overdose calls  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Legal clinic bracing for calls once eviction moratorium lifts

  14-07-2020 22:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Chantelle Johnson expects her phone to ring a lot next month. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan Medical Association, province reach 5-year tentative deal

  14-07-2020 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province and the Saskatchewan Medical Association have reached a tentative five-year contract agreement following three years of negotiating.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask: 6 in hospital as province reports 5 new cases Tuesday

  14-07-2020 22:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Five new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Saskatchewan Tuesday, bringing the total to 876 cases.  The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients is up from Monday but the number of new cases is much lower than the 56 that were announced following the weekend. 
  
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• Sask. NDP raises questions about Premier Scott Moe's connection with WE Charity

  14-07-2020 21:57 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan NDP is questioning a trip with ties to the WE Charity that Premier Scott Moe took in December 2019 and a $260,000 non-competitive contract for the charity to "promote student well-being" in schools. 
  
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• Sask. NDP questioning Premier Scott Moe's connection to WE Charity

  14-07-2020 21:57 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan NDP is questioning a trip with ties to the WE charity that Premier Scott Moe took in December 2019 and a $260,000 non-competitive contract for WE Charity to "promote student well-being" in schools. 
  
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• Sask. doctors reach new contract with province; ratification set for August

  14-07-2020 21:56
  
  The province and the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) have reached a tentative five-year contract agreement for April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2022, the health ministry says.
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: July 14

  14-07-2020 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The seven-day Saskatchewan weather forecast with Global’s Peter Quinlan for Tuesday, July 14.
  
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• Sask. will return to daily reporting of COVID-19 cases after NDP raises concerns

  14-07-2020 20:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday the province will return to daily reporting of COVID-19 cases after the NDP raised concerns. The government had recently moved to only providing public updates Monday to Friday.
  
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• Sask. NDP asks for daily case numbers after spike in COVID-19 cases over weekend

  14-07-2020 20:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Opposition Leader Ryan Meili says the government should reverse its decision to only release COVID-19 case numbers on weekdays.
  
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• Employee at Saskatoon RONA store tests positive for COVID-19

  14-07-2020 20:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Customers who visited the RONA Home & Garden store in Saskatoon's Preston Crossing shopping centre are being asked to monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 after an employee tested positive for the disease.
  
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• Woman found dead in vehicle in Saskatoon identified as Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase - CBC.ca

  14-07-2020 20:45
  
  Woman found dead in vehicle in Saskatoon identified as Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase  CBC.ca
  
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• 3 Saskatoon flights carried COVID-19 cases

  14-07-2020 20:41
  
  The province says three recent Saskatoon flights are known to have carried passengers with COVID-19.
  
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• Five new coronavirus cases added to Saskatchewan’s total, 6 in hospital

  14-07-2020 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan health authorities say there are five new coronavirus cases in the province, with 76 active cases and 785 total recoveries.
  
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• Saskatoon police now consider 19-year-old woman's death a homicide

  14-07-2020 20:34
  
  Saskatoon police now believe the death of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found over the weekend was the result of homicide.
  
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• 'I knew she wasn't a bad person at all': Memorial planned after 19-year-old woman's death ruled a homicide

  14-07-2020 20:34
  
  The reality that her little sister is gone hasn't sunk in for Tamara Weeseekase.
  
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• Back To Batoche will go virtual with recorded music, dance competitions

  14-07-2020 20:34
  
  Due to COVID-19, Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN0-S) has postponed the 50th anniversary Back to Batoche celebrations until 2021.
  
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• Police investigating social media post asking someone to 'run through' Ashley Morin awareness walk

  14-07-2020 20:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatoon Police Service says it has opened an investigation after an individual took to social media to ask someone to "run through" people marching from Saskatoon to North Battleford in honour of missing woman Ashley Morin. Read More
  
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• Worker at Saskatoon Rona location tests COVID-19 positive

  14-07-2020 20:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  An employee at a Saskatoon hardware store tested positive for COVID-19, according to the website of the location's parent company. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan backtracks, will resume daily COVID-19 case updates

  14-07-2020 20:31 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A surge in COVID-19 cases prompted the Saskatchewan government to reverse its decision to end daily updates on weekends and holidays. Read More
  
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• STC hopes 20-bed shelter will 'change the story' of youth homelessness

  14-07-2020 20:21 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatoon Tribal Council hopes its newly-opened 20-bed youth emergency shelter at the White Buffalo Youth Lodge will provide a "missing piece" in homelessness and youth outreach in Saskatoon. Read More
  
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• Sask. Parks official defends against complaints of beach overcrowding

  14-07-2020 20:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Despite concerns on social media, the director of Pike Lake and Blackstrap Provincial Parks says there are no plans to limit park access any time soon.
  
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• Rafter rescues drowning coyote pup from Saskatchewan river; feeds, shelters animal for 10 days

  14-07-2020 20:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  What started as a multi-day rafting trip in Saskatchewan turned into a 10-day rescue of a coyote pup. Read More
  
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• Regina to host 2022 Saskatchewan Winter Games, marks 50th anniversary

  14-07-2020 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Regina is playing host to the 2022 Saskatchewan Winter Games.
  
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• Police launch Saskatoon’s 6th homicide investigation of 2020

  14-07-2020 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon police are investigating the death of Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase, 19, as a homicide.
  
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• Passengers on two recent flights to Regina, three Saskatoon flights confirmed to have COVID-19

  14-07-2020 19:51 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government is urging passengers on two recent flights to Regina to self-monitor for symptoms after passengers on both flights were confirmed to have COVID-19.
  
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• Passengers on two recent flights to Regina confirmed to have COVID-19

  14-07-2020 19:51 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government is urging passengers on two recent flights to Regina to self-monitor for symptoms after passengers on both flights were confirmed to have COVID-19.
  
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• Woman found dead in vehicle in Saskatoon identified as Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase

  14-07-2020 19:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say the death of 19-year-old Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase, whose body was found in a vehicle on Saturday, was a homicide. 
  
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• Teen found dead in vehicle over the weekend declared Saskatoon's sixth homicide of 2020

  14-07-2020 19:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The death of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found in a vehicle in Saskatoon's Confederation Park neighbourhood over the weekend has been ruled a homicide. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon paramedics responded to 'all-time high' number of overdose calls last week - CTV News Saskatoon

  14-07-2020 19:37
  
  Saskatoon paramedics responded to 'all-time high' number of overdose calls last week  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon paramedics responded to 'all-time high' number of overdose calls last week

  14-07-2020 19:37
  
  Saskatoon paramedics reported an "all-time high" of 94 overdose calls last week, according to Medavie Health Services West.
  
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• 5 flights from or to Regina, Saskatoon carried passengers with coronavirus - Globalnews.ca

  14-07-2020 19:22
  
  5 flights from or to Regina, Saskatoon carried passengers with coronavirus  Globalnews.ca
  
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• 5 flights from or to Regina, Saskatoon carried passengers with coronavirus

  14-07-2020 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government confirmed there were five flights into or out of Regina and Saskatoon carrying passengers with now-confirmed cases of COVID-19.
  
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• Update - Suspicious Death/Homicide - 3700 block Diefenbaker Drive

  14-07-2020 19:13 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  Members of the Saskatoon Police Service, Major Crime Section are investigating a weekend death as a homicide. On Saturday,  July 11, 2020 at 3:34 p.m., the Saskatoon Police Service attended to an apartment complex in the 3700 block of Diefenbaker Drive for the report of a deceased female located in a vehicle. On arrival Patrol officers located and confirmed that 19 year old Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase was deceased.An autopsy was completed yesterday. Based on the results of this aut
  
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• Saskatoon Rona employee tests positive for COVID-19 - CTV News Saskatoon

  14-07-2020 18:42
  
  Saskatoon Rona employee tests positive for COVID-19  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon Rona employee tests positive for COVID-19

  14-07-2020 18:42
  
  An employee at RONA Home & Garden's Saskatoon location tested positive for COVID-19, according the chain's parent company.
  
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• Camper destroyed, trees downed after storm hits Duck Mountain Provincial Park

  14-07-2020 18:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Mark Mazur said other campers helped clean up after two trees trees fell on his family's campsite.
  
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• These Sask. flights had confirmed case of COVID-19 on board, government says

  14-07-2020 18:22
  
  The Government of Saskatchewan has identified five domestic flights that were found to have confirmed cases of COVID-19 on board.
  
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• 94 overdose calls new weekly record in Saskatoon

  14-07-2020 18:08 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon's ambulance service says it attended a record number of overdoses last week. Read More
  
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• Arrest - Evade Police/Dangerous Driving

  14-07-2020 18:05 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  A 31 year old Lloydminster man is facing charges following an incident in which a driver evaded police overnight.At approximately 2:10 a.m., July 14, 2020, patrol officers attempted a traffic stop in the 1300 block of 8th Street East.  The Oldsmobile Alero did stop briefly as a passenger fled the vehicle on foot. The driver then continued to travel down 8th Street, making it's way out of the city southbound.  Members of the Air Support Unit were able to maintain visual contact wit
  
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• Saskatoon ambulance crews receive record number of overdose calls

  14-07-2020 17:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon paramedics responded to 94 overdose calls from July 6 to July 13, a local record for ambulance company Medavie Health Services West.
  
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• Canada-U.S. border closure to be extended for another 30 days, say officials

  14-07-2020 17:36 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC News has confirmed that the deal to restrict travel across the Canada-U.S. border will be extended into August.
  
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• Saskatoon police impound Maserati, BMW after alleged street race - Globalnews.ca

  14-07-2020 17:22
  
  Saskatoon police impound Maserati, BMW after alleged street race  Globalnews.ca
  
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