Saskatoon news

• Sask. waiting to hear back from WHL on health recommendations for potential bubble, Shahab says

  10-02-2021 23:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer confirmed Tuesday that a proposal for the Western Hockey League to host a bubble in the province is under review.
  
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• Housing options for Saskatoon's homeless running out as cold snap deepens - CTV News Saskatoon

  10-02-2021 23:57
  
  Housing options for Saskatoon's homeless running out as cold snap deepens  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Housing options for Saskatoon’s homeless running out as cold snap deepens

  10-02-2021 23:57
  
  As Saskatoon’s plunge into the deep freeze continues, community support programs are working overtime, helping the city’s most vulnerable stay safe and warm.
  
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• Housing options for Saskatoon's homeless dwindle as deep freeze persists - CTV Toronto

  10-02-2021 23:57
  
  Housing options for Saskatoon's homeless dwindle as deep freeze persists  CTV Toronto
  
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• Housing options for Saskatoon’s homeless dwindle as deep freeze persists

  10-02-2021 23:57
  
  As Saskatoon’s plunge into the deep freeze continues, community support programs are working overtime, helping the city’s most vulnerable stay safe and warm.
  
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• 'He had been there all night sleeping under a truck': People living homeless in Saskatoon hit hard by freeze

  10-02-2021 23:57
  
  As Saskatoon's plunge into the deep freeze continues, community support programs are working overtime.
  
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• Regina Harbour Landing resident captures video of coyote in backyard

  10-02-2021 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Regina says it's removed three coyotes since October and has had 20 confirmed sightings since November.
  
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• Clinton McLaughlin went to prison for beating and choking two women. Now, he's charged with another domestic assault

  10-02-2021 23:43 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Clinton James McLaughlin had just finished serving a six-year sentence for two domestic assaults — including the kidnapping and beating of his ex-fiancée in 2014 — when he allegedly confined, assaulted and choked another domestic partner late last year. Read More
  
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• Here’s how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed patient care at the Sask. children’s hospital

  10-02-2021 23:31
  
  While the pediatric department at the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital has seen some changes since the pandemic started, there are more COVID-19-driven modifications starting this week.
  
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• Future vision of hosting outdoor events in downtown Saskatoon released by city - Global News

  10-02-2021 23:27
  
  Future vision of hosting outdoor events in downtown Saskatoon released by city  Global News
  
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• Future vision of hosting outdoor events in downtown Saskatoon released by city

  10-02-2021 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Saskatoon report articulates a vision for the future of hosting outdoor events in Saskatoon at a permanent site.
  
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• Cameco posts $53M in year-end losses, eyes low-carbon recovery

  10-02-2021 23:15 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Canada's largest uranium producer is eyeing U.S. policy-makers' ambitious green recovery plans to bounce back from $53 million in year-end losses. Read More
  
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• Here’s where to find the right medical care in Sask. during COVID-19

  10-02-2021 23:07
  
  The Saskatchewan Health Authority is advising people to make sure they go the right source for medical advice depending on their symptoms.
  
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• City hall proposes $12.8M festival site in Friendship Park

  10-02-2021 23:02 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon in the summer — and the winter — will never be the same if city council backs the "grand vision" of a permanent festival site on the banks of the South Saskatchewan. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 outbreak at youth correctional facility highlights challenges for kids

  10-02-2021 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two staff at the Drumming Hill Youth Centre in North Battleford, Sask., have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• New MMIWG art project focuses on untold stories of national inquiry

  10-02-2021 23:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new national project supported by federal funding is working to honour the memory of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls through art.
  
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• Clinical trials start for VIDO’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate

  10-02-2021 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  VIDO hopes its promising tests of the COVID-19 vaccine on ferrets and hamsters will translate into safe and effective results in the human testing phase.
  
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• CP, CN railways chugging along with record grain shipping, erasing backlogs of yesteryear

  10-02-2021 22:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The grain from Canada’s plains is moving abundantly on the trains. Read More
  
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• Regina man raising money for local warming shelter one boost at a time

  10-02-2021 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Corie Rempel says that from Monday evening to Wednesday morning, he'd already boosted over 20 vehicles in Regina and collected hundreds of dollars for Awasis: A Place of Hope.
  
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• Buds on Broadway handed $14,000 ticket after customers found not wearing masks

  10-02-2021 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a Facebook post, Buds said health inspectors and police officers showed to do a compliance check and found three customers to not be not wearing masks.
  
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• 'Bear pit' session with premier, cabinet offers few surprises

  10-02-2021 22:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  If there were any bears in the pit, they must have been hibernating. Read More
  
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• Cameco Q4 net profit plunges 39 per cent as COVID-19 forced uranium mine suspension

  10-02-2021 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon-based Cameco says it had a profit of $48 million, compared with a profit of $94 million from the same time a year earlier.
  
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• Bud's on Broadway latest Saskatoon bar issued $14,000 COVID-19 fine

  10-02-2021 22:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Bud's on Broadway has become the third Saskatoon bar to face a fine of $14,000 for allegedly violating COVID-19 restrictions, and named publicly. Read More
  
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• Flair Airlines to resume service in Regina and Saskatoon come spring - Global News

  10-02-2021 22:02
  
  Flair Airlines to resume service in Regina and Saskatoon come spring  Global News
  
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• Flair Airlines to resume service in Regina and Saskatoon come spring

  10-02-2021 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Flair Airlines is expanding its service and will bring low-fare air travel to 18 Canadian destinations by August, according to an announcement made on Wednesday.
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask: 638 new vaccinations, 180 new cases and 2 deaths reported

  10-02-2021 21:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Two people, one in their 70s and one over 80, died in the Saskatoon region.
  
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• Social distancing and Plexiglas shields: How Saskatoon live music venues are keeping shows on the stage

  10-02-2021 21:33 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Patrons of the Black Cat Tavern in Saskatoon can see live music again — as long as they're comfortable with watching musicians play from within Plexiglas cubicles onstage. Read More
  
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• Frigid conditions last into the weekend : Feb. 10 Saskatchewan weather outlook

  10-02-2021 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  A few more days of the bitter cold before warmer temperatures move in. Meteorologist Peter Quinlan with a look at what’s ahead in your SkyTracker weather outlook for Wednesday, Feb. 10.
  
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• Saskatchewan coronavirus death toll nears 350, active cases below 2K

  10-02-2021 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are 180 new coronavirus infections in Saskatchewan, with 1,968 active cases, according to health officials.
  
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• Sask. adds 180 COVID-19 cases, two deaths; active cases dip below 2,000

  10-02-2021 21:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A day after reporting the lowest daily count for new COVID-19 cases in three months, Saskatchewan bounced back Wednesday with 180 new cases and two deaths. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon bar hit with $14000 fine for violating COVID-19 rules - CTV News Saskatoon

  10-02-2021 21:07
  
  Saskatoon bar hit with $14000 fine for violating COVID-19 rules  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon bar hit with $14,000 fine for violating COVID-19 rules

  10-02-2021 21:07
  
  A Saskatoon bar has been fined for flouting coronavirus-related restrictions, according to the province.
  
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• Saskatoon police seek mystery man in disappearance of Mackenzie Lee Trottier

  10-02-2021 20:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon Police are asking for help identifying a man they want to talk to about the disappearance of Mackenzie Lee Trottier.
  
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• Indigenous Screen Office and APTN partner to develop Indigenous identity vetting policies

  10-02-2021 20:51 via cbc.ca
  
  The Indigenous Screen Office and Aboriginal People's Television Network are partnering to develop policies and strategies for vetting Indigenous identity in the film and television industry. 
  
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• Male captured on surveillance vid. may have information about Trottier disappearance

  10-02-2021 19:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police major crime investigators are looking to identify a male who they believe may have more information relating to the disappearance of Mackenzie Lee Trottier. Read More
  
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• Flat Out Food docuseries launch party to take place in Saskatoon on February 24 - Eat North

  10-02-2021 19:38
  
  Flat Out Food docuseries launch party to take place in Saskatoon on February 24  Eat North
  
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• India will 'do its best' to send vaccines to Canada, Modi tells Trudeau

  10-02-2021 19:37
  
  With the possibility for Canada to receive COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in India, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that his country will 'do its best' to see shots sent to Canada.
  
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• India will 'do its best' to get COVID-19 vaccines to Canada, says PM Narendra Modi

  10-02-2021 19:37
  
  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country 'will do its best' to help Canada get COVID-19 vaccines but stopped short of making any specific guarantee that India would ship doses to Canada.
  
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• $14.9B promised to Canadian cities for ‘major public transit projects’

  10-02-2021 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The new money will not be specifically divided up between provinces, but instead put into a pot that can be accessed whenever a project is ready.
  
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• Police seek help finding man who may have information about missing Saskatoon woman - CTV News Saskatoon

  10-02-2021 19:19
  
  Police seek help finding man who may have information about missing Saskatoon woman  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Police seek help finding man who may have information about missing Saskatoon woman

  10-02-2021 19:19
  
  Saskatoon Police Services (SPS) is asking for the public’s help identifying a man who may have information about the disappearance of Mackenzie Lee Trottier.
  
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• 'We've been following the rules': Swift Current mayor frustrated over ongoing dearth of vaccines in region

  10-02-2021 18:57 via cbc.ca
  
  "We've been minding our Ps and Qs and we've been penalized, or our seniors have, by not getting the vaccinations," Mayor Al Bridal says.
  
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• Swift Current mayor frustrated over dearth of vaccines: 'Our seniors need protection as much as anybody'

  10-02-2021 18:57 via cbc.ca
  
  "We've been minding our Ps and Qs and we've been penalized, or our seniors have, by not getting the vaccinations," Mayor Al Bridal says.
  
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• Swift Current has received zero vaccines. The mayor says the region is being punished for good behaviour

  10-02-2021 18:57 via cbc.ca
  
  "We've been minding our Ps and Qs and we've been penalized, or our seniors have, by not getting the vaccinations," Mayor Al Bridal says.
  
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• Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot OK to use despite variant questions, WHO panel says

  10-02-2021 18:48 via cbc.ca
  
  The Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective and should be deployed widely, including in countries where the variant of the coronavirus first identified in South Africa may reduce its efficacy, a World Health Organization panel said on Wednesday.
  
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• Saskatoon doctor warns province could be headed down 'dark, lonely path' with addictions - CBC.ca

  10-02-2021 18:37
  Saskatoon doctor warns province could be headed down 'dark, lonely path' with addictions  CBC.ca
  
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• Saskatoon doctor warns province could be headed down 'dark, lonely path' with addictions

  10-02-2021 18:37 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatoon doctor is warning that the record number of overdoses in the province last year may not be an aberration.
  
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• Saskatchewan judge rules U of R must give professor oil and gas research info

  10-02-2021 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Emily Eaton, who teaches in the University of Regina's geography and environmental studies department, is researching the influence of the fossil fuel industry.
  
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• Sask. teachers, police disappointed by exclusion from Phase 2 of vaccine delivery

  10-02-2021 17:32
  
  Teachers are upset that the plan does not prioritize them for vaccination.
  
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• Sask. teachers disappointed by exclusion from Phase 2 of vaccine delivery

  10-02-2021 17:32
  
  Teachers are upset that the plan does not prioritize them for vaccination.
  
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