Saskatoon news

• $25 million lawsuit filed alleging abuse and sexual assault from Sask. school

  09-08-2022 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 32-page document lists other instances that the plaintiffs alleged resulted in paddling or physical or sexual assault.
  
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• Sask. Liberal leader Jeff Walters running in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection

  09-08-2022 23:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The leader of the Sask Liberals will run in the upcoming Saskatoon Meewasin byelection, which was prompted by the former provincial NDP leader stepping down.
  
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• Liberals will fulfil promise of dental care for kids, Freeland says

  09-08-2022 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The Liberal government is committed to its promise of delivering on a national dental care program, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday, though she noted that creating new government programs can be complicated.
  
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• Search for missing Sask. mushroom picker stretches into 6th day

  09-08-2022 22:41
  
  The search for a Saskatchewan woman who went missing while picking mushrooms has stretched into its sixth day.
  
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• Two children at centre of Sask. Amber Alert found safe in South Dakota, suspect arrested

  09-08-2022 22:03
  
  The Meade County Sheriff’s Office in South Dakota said it has arrested the man wanted in connection with an Amber Alert in Saskatchewan.
  
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• RCMP ask for public help locating missing 74-year-old woman near Smeaton

  09-08-2022 22:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  RCMP have opening up a call for members of the public to join the search for a missing 74-year-old woman. Read More
  
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• Sask. Party taps Kim Groff to run in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-08-2022 21:56 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Sask. Party taps Kim Groff to run in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Sask. Party taps Kim Groff to run in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection

  09-08-2022 21:56
  
  The Saskatchewan Party's pick to run in the Saskatoon Meewasin byelection believes his experience is a strong asset.
  
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• Sask. woman, accused of faking own death, says she had 'no choice' but to flee

  09-08-2022 21:55 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatoon woman accused of staging the disappearance of herself and her son has issued a statement to CBC News from an Oregon jail.
  
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• Sask. regulatory body says it cannot comment on Legacy Christian Academy teachers

  09-08-2022 21:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Dennis Kendel wrote a report for the Saskatchewan government that led to the creation of the regulatory body responsible for disciplining teachers when complaints are made. He wants to know if action is being taken and if the school is employing unqualified teachers.
  
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• Sask. regulatory body quiet on Legacy Christian Academy teachers

  09-08-2022 21:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Dennis Kendel wrote a report for the Saskatchewan government that led to the creation of the regulatory body responsible for disciplining teachers when complaints are made. He wants to know if action is being taken and if the school is employing unqualified teachers.
  
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• Saskatoon woman made checklist while planning abduction, court documents allege

  09-08-2022 21:09
  
  A Saskatoon mother made an apparent 'checklist' while planning to vanish with her son, according to court documents
  
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• Circle Drive changes could affect safety in southwest Saskatoon, community association fears

  09-08-2022 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon's Montgomery Place Community Association is worried changes to Circle Drive could affect traffic flow in and out of the community.
  
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• Circle Drive changes could affect safety in northwest Saskatoon, community association fears

  09-08-2022 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatoon's Montgomery Place Community Association is worried changes to Circle Drive could affect traffic flow in and out of the community.
  
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• Sask. RCMP charge 19-year-old in Meadow Lake man's death

  09-08-2022 20:25
  
  Saskatchewan’s RCMP major crimes unit has charged Jaymes Quintal, 19 in the death of Allen Quintal, 45.
  
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• Circle Drive changes could affect safety in southwest Saskatoon, community association fears - CBC.ca

  09-08-2022 20:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Circle Drive changes could affect safety in southwest Saskatoon, community association fears  CBC.ca
  
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• $4.1 million to Beardy’s Okemasis’ Cree Nation for withholding salaries to leadership

  09-08-2022 19:06
  
  The Government of Canada has negotiated a settlement with Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation for lost salaries and annuities promised to chiefs and headmen under Treaty 6.
  
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• $4.1 million awarded to Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation in federal settlement

  09-08-2022 19:06
  
  The Government of Canada has negotiated a settlement with Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation for lost salaries and annuities promised to chiefs and headmen under Treaty 6.
  
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• RCMP looking for missing swimmer at Pelican Pointe on Last Mountain Lake, Sask.

  09-08-2022 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP says it received a report on Monday around 4:45 p.m. about a swimmer in distress in the water at Last Mountain Lake, Sask.
  
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• Missing swimmer at Pelican Pointe on Last Mountain Lake found dead: Sask. RCMP

  09-08-2022 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP says it received a report on Monday around 4:45 p.m. about a swimmer in distress in the water at Last Mountain Lake, Sask.
  
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• Saskatoon mother who was reported missing facing parental abduction charge - Global News

  09-08-2022 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon mother who was reported missing facing parental abduction charge  Global News
  
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• La Ronge RCMP search for sexual assault suspect

  09-08-2022 18:49
  
  RCMP in La Ronge are looking for a suspect who allegedly assaulted a teenage girl in the community.
  
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• Former students seek $25 million in Legacy Christian Academy lawsuit

  09-08-2022 18:07 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Former students are going to court in an attempt to settle what they describe as decades of sexual abuse and beatings at a private Saskatoon Christian school. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon councillor wants city to look into unpaid transit fares

  09-08-2022 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coun. Darren Hill is asking city administration to identify the percentage of riders who pay for transit compared to those who don’t pay.
  
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• RCMP seeking man suspected of sexually assaulting teenager in northern Sask.

  09-08-2022 16:33 via cbc.ca
  
  La Ronge RCMP are searching for a man who allegedly assaulted a teenage girl in June.
  
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• 'Sports Illustrated had shattered a great taboo': How a magazine cover reflected baseball's long, hard breaking of the colour barrier

  09-08-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Few things are as simple as a hand on a shoulder, unless the hand is white, the shoulder black, in a baseball park, in 1955. Read More
  
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• Q+A: Ken Seitz takes the reins of Nutrien amid sweeping changes in agriculture markets

  09-08-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon-based fertilizer giant Nutrien Ltd. has named Ken Seitz president and CEO after a months-long global talent search. Read More
  
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• Lawsuit alleges sexual abuse of former students and coverup at private Sask. Christian school

  09-08-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Sexual abuse was perpetrated — and covered up — by multiple officials at a private Saskatoon Christian school and adjacent church, say former students.
  
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• U.S. officials allege Saskatoon mother 'faked her death and that of her son' - APTN News

  09-08-2022 09:00 via aptnnews.ca
  U.S. officials allege Saskatoon mother 'faked her death and that of her son'  APTN News
  
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• Sask. Liberal Leader Jeff Walters running in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection - CBC.ca

  09-08-2022 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Sask. Liberal Leader Jeff Walters running in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection  CBC.ca
  
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• Hospital stabbing: Saskatoon man injured in apparent random attack dies | CTV News - CTV News Saskatoon

  09-08-2022 09:00 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Hospital stabbing: Saskatoon man injured in apparent random attack dies | CTV News  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Hiker shoots and injures bear in Jasper National Park

  09-08-2022 03:57 via cbc.ca
  
  A person called Jasper Dispatch to report their friend had shot a black bear with a 20-gauge shotgun on the Overlander Trail, about seven kilometres east of the trailhead.
  
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• Sask. RCMP issue Amber Alert for 2 children who may be in United States

  09-08-2022 03:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Police is looking for a 7-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy. Luna Potts and Hunter Potts are believed to be with Benjamin Martin Moore of Eastend, Sask., an Amber Alert issued at the request of Shaunavon RCMP said.
  
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• Saskatchewan RCMP issue Amber Alert for two children who may be in the U.S.

  09-08-2022 03:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an amber alert for a 7-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy believed to be with a 50-year-old man and potentially the children's mother.
  
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• Man at centre of Amber Alert for 2 children is a convicted child sex offender: courts records

  09-08-2022 03:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an amber alert for a 7-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy believed to be with a 50-year-old man and potentially the children's mother.
  
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• 2 Saskatchewan children who are subjects of Amber Alert are in ‘danger’, RCMP says

  09-08-2022 03:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said two children who are subjects of a Saskatchewan Amber Alert are in danger as they are believed to be in the presence of a convicted child sex offender.
  
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• Sask. RCMP issue Amber Alert for 7-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy

  09-08-2022 03:35
  
  An Amber Alert was issued Monday evening by Shaunavon RCMP for seven-year-old Luna Potts and eight-year-old Hunter Potts.
  
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• U.S. court documents detail cross-country Dawn Walker investigation

  09-08-2022 02:48 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  American court records provide a more detailed account of Dawn Walker's flight from Saskatchewan with her seven-year-old son Vincent Jansen. Read More
  
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• BC Lions defensive linemen Pickett, Cherry revelling in Saskatchewan homecoming

  09-08-2022 02:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  For CFL rookies Nathan Cherry and Riley Pickett their first game at Mosaic was a homecoming, playing in front of friends and family in their home province.
  
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• Saskatoon Ex returns in full, with new museum attraction

  09-08-2022 01:59 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatoon Ex is raring to get back on track with classic and new attractions. Read More
  
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• Freeze funding to school accused of abusing kids, former student says

  09-08-2022 01:28 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Critics say Saskatchewan's government shouldn't wait for criminal charges before it pulls funding from a private Saskatoon Christian school accused of physically abusing children for decades. Read More
  
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• La Ronge RCMP release sketch of sexual assault suspect

  09-08-2022 01:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatchewan RCMP have released a composite sketch of the suspect in a reported sexual assault that took place in La Ronge. Read More
  
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• La Ronge RCMP release sketch of suspect in sexual assault investigation

  09-08-2022 00:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to a press release, an investigation determined a teenage girl was approached by a man in a vehicle. RCMP stated the girl was forced into the vehicle and assaulted.
  
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• Saskatoon’s YWCA pool permanently closed - Global News

  09-08-2022 00:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon’s YWCA pool permanently closed  Global News
  
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• Updated: Dawn Walker detained in U.S. as a flight risk

  09-08-2022 00:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  U.S authorities have detained Dawn Walker as a flight risk after she made her first court appearance in Portland, Ore. on Monday. Read More
  
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• Sask. NDP wants education minister to address abuse allegations at Christian school

  09-08-2022 00:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan NDP continues to call on the provincial government to immediately freeze funding to a Saskatoon Christian school and investigate allegations of abuse and degradation at the institution.
  
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