Saskatoon news

• Controlled burn causes collision near Marshall, Sask.

  27-10-2022 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  Maidstone RCMP respond to a multiple vehicle collision including three semis and a half-ton after a controlled burn caused zero highway visibility.
  
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• U of Sask professor wrongly disciplined by school for social media posts, arbitrator rules

  27-10-2022 23:47 via cbc.ca
  An arbitrator has found the University of Saskatchewan wrongly disciplined Kyle Anderson, a professor who has been a vocal advocate for vaccines, sometimes leading to conflict on social media.
  
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• 'It's unbelievable in this place': Saskatoon tenant fed up with living conditions in apartment - CTV News Saskatoon

  27-10-2022 23:29
  'It's unbelievable in this place': Saskatoon tenant fed up with living conditions in apartment  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• 'It’s unbelievable in this place': Saskatoon tenant fed up with living conditions in apartment

  27-10-2022 23:29
  Renee Vidmar says she’s fed up with the condition of her apartment building.
  
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• A look at the teams as high-school volleyball moves towards playoffs

  27-10-2022 23:27 via thestarphoenix.com
  The regular season in Saskatoon high school volleyball play wraps up this week, with eight boys games on Wednesday and seven games following for the girls on Thursday. Read More
  
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• Phil Tank: Thatcher sideshow sabotages push to take Sask. seriously

  27-10-2022 23:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government seem to desperately want Canada to take the province seriously. Read More
  
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• Diagolon founder appealing bail decision

  27-10-2022 22:47
  The founder of the online group Diagolon is seeking a bail review in the latest court proceedings about gun related charges.
  
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• Sask. COVID-19 report shows test positivity increase, 26 more deaths

  27-10-2022 22:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan recorded 26 additional deaths from COVID-19 between Oct. 9 and Oct. 22, and the rate of positive tests for the virus also increased during that time, says the latest biweekly respiratory virus update from the province. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon woman charged with sexual assault against children, bestiality will go straight to trial

  27-10-2022 22:17 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon woman facing eight counts of sexual abuse against two children is going to straight to trial.
  
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• 2 Saskatoon entrepreneurs recognized at Top 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada award ceremony - CBC.ca

  27-10-2022 22:16
  2 Saskatoon entrepreneurs recognized at Top 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada award ceremony  CBC.ca
  
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• 2 Saskatoon entrepreneurs recognized at Top 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada award ceremony

  27-10-2022 22:16 via cbc.ca
  Oyindamola Ajibola and Betty Mutwiri received awards at a ceremony in Ontario this month.
  
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• Over 175 grams of cocaine seized in Melfort after RCMP investigation

  27-10-2022 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  In May 2022, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team began investigating an illicit drug trafficking operation in Melfort and the surrounding area.
  
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• Sask. RCMP surveillance operation nets cocaine, meth

  27-10-2022 22:12
  Sask. RCMP arrested three people and seized almost 200 grams of cocaine and methamphetamine following a surveillance and tracking operation.
  
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• Diagolon leader Jeremy Mackenzie to challenge decision denying him bail

  27-10-2022 22:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  The leader of a Canadian far-right group is set to challenge a judge's decision to keep him in custody while awaiting trial. Read More
  
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• Children prepare to meet Princess Elizabeth in 1951 visit to Saskatoon

  27-10-2022 21:55 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see children preparing for the arrival of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, from Oct. 27, 1951. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B1354-1) Read More
  
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• Humboldt Broncos families worried Saskatchewan planning to loosen driving requirements

  27-10-2022 21:44 via thestarphoenix.com
  Families of those killed or injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash are raising concerns that provincial requirements for truck driving licences could be loosened as the industry deals with a shortage of drivers. Read More
  
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• Sask. Music Awards organizer excited to return to in-person event

  27-10-2022 21:35 via thestarphoenix.com
  Lorena Kelly is excited to get back to in-person presentations and performances for the fifth annual Saskatchewan Music Awards. Read More
  
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• Sask. student wins accolade at world competition

  27-10-2022 20:36
  Saskatchewan Polytechnic graduate Leah Lucyshyn was awarded a medallion of excellence in a global skills competition.
  
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• Man accused of killing Saskatoon couple committed to stand trial

  27-10-2022 20:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  A 21-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a young Saskatoon couple in the city's Caswell Hill neighbourhood has been committed to stand trial. Read More
  
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• Cameco reports McArthur River mine, Key Lake mill on track to open soon

  27-10-2022 20:18 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon-based uranium company says two of its closed uranium facilities in northern Saskatchewan should be open in the next few months.
  
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• Sask. MLA says inviting convicted killer Colin Thatcher to throne speech was 'error in judgment'

  27-10-2022 19:27 via cbc.ca
  Veteran Saskatchewan government MLA Lyle Stewart says his decision to invite convicted killer Colin Thatcher as his guest to Wednesday's throne speech was an "error in judgment."
  
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• FSIN supports mother’s call for answers in daughter’s death

  27-10-2022 19:19
  The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is supporting the mother of a 25-year-old whose body was found at a golf course in Creighton, Saskatchewan.
  
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• Saskatoon police seize almost 100 grams of crack - CTV News Saskatoon

  27-10-2022 19:15
  Saskatoon police seize almost 100 grams of crack  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Saskatoon police seize almost 100 grams of crack

  27-10-2022 19:15
  An investigation by Saskatoon police lead to the arrest of two men and the seizure of nearly 100 grams of crack cocaine last Friday.
  
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• Police in Prince Albert investigating fatal pedestrian collision

  27-10-2022 19:03
  Prince Albert police are investigating a fatal collision that left a 67-year-old man dead.
  
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• Prince Albert police investigate after pedestrian dies following vehicle collision

  27-10-2022 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  Police in Prince Albert are investigating a fatal collision between a pedestrian and a motor vehicle early Thursday.
  
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• Fatal collision involving transit bus, pedestrian in Saskatoon - Global News

  27-10-2022 18:31
  Fatal collision involving transit bus, pedestrian in Saskatoon  Global News
  
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• Fatal collision involving transit bus, pedestrian in Saskatoon

  27-10-2022 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  Police are looking to identify the victim of a fatal collision involving a transit bus that occurred in the area around Clancy Drive and Pendygrasse Road.
  
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• Inviting convicted killer Colin Thatcher to throne speech 'an error in judgment,' Sask. MLA says

  27-10-2022 18:21
  A Saskatchewan MLA is calling his decision to invite convicted killer Colin Thatcher to the legislative building on Wednesday an error in judgment.
  
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• Inviting convicted killer Colin Thatcher to throne speech 'an error in judgement,' Sask. MLA says

  27-10-2022 18:21
  A Saskatchewan MLA is calling his decision to invite convicted killer Colin Thatcher to the legislative building on Wednesday an error in judgement.
  
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• Saskatoon offers free parking for veterans

  27-10-2022 18:15
  The City of Saskatoon is offering a year of free parking to veterans.
  
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• Inviting a convicted wife killer to Sask. throne speech an ‘error in judgement’: MLA

  27-10-2022 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  Thatcher sat next to a provincial police chief while Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty read the speech, part of the which was focused on cracking down on crime in the province.
  
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• Hall of Famer, Sask. native Bryan Trottier shares life in and out of hockey in 'All Roads Home'

  27-10-2022 18:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  Bryan Trottier didn't want to go back. Read More
  
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• Crack cocaine and cash seized in Saskatoon drug trafficking investigation

  27-10-2022 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  Officers said they seized 99.4 grams of crack cocaine, $9770 in cash, shotgun ammunition, 40 packs of illicit cigarettes and four cell phones.
  
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• Hockey Canada signs on to independent Abuse-Free Sport program

  27-10-2022 17:42 via cbc.ca
  Hockey Canada says it has become a full signatory to Abuse-Free Sport, the new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport in Canada.
  
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• 'More detailed than most': U of R political scientist breaks down Sask. throne speech

  27-10-2022 17:37
  The provincial government’s speech from the throne on Wednesday included more detail than most other throne speeches, according to a Saskatchewan political scientist.
  
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Thursday, Oct. 27

  27-10-2022 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Thursday, Oct. 27.
  
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• Arrests - Drug Trafficking Investigation - Crime Reduction Team

  27-10-2022 17:10 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service Crime Reduction Team has made arrests in connection to a drug trafficking investigation.On October 21st, 2022, at around 1:45 p.m., officers arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of trafficking cocaine, in a parking lot near the intersection of 8th Street East and Grosvenor Avenue. Then at around 4:30 p.m., a 25-year-old man was also arrested in the 2400 block of Louise Street. Search warrants were then executed on two residences; one in the 200 block of Emmeline Road
  
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• Saskatoon bus involved in fatal collision with pedestrian

  27-10-2022 16:48 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Transit said one of its buses collided with the person Wednesday evening near the Pendygrasse Road and Clancy Drive intersection on the eastside of Herbert S. Sears Park.
  
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• 15-year-old boy dies after being hit by Saskatoon bus

  27-10-2022 16:48 via cbc.ca
  Saskatoon Transit said one of its buses collided with the boy Wednesday evening near the Pendygrasse Road and Clancy Drive intersection on the eastside of Herbert S. Sears Park.
  
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• It's Disability Employment Awareness Month, but still lots of room for improvement, say advocates

  27-10-2022 16:43 via cbc.ca
  Agata Gawron doesn't know if she should disclose her disability while looking and applying for work.
  
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• More Canadians are turning to food banks than ever before, new report says

  27-10-2022 15:08 via cbc.ca
  A record number of people used food banks in Canada this year, with high inflation and low social assistance rates cited as key factors in the rise, according to a new report.
  
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• Food bank usage across Canada hit all-time high, report says

  27-10-2022 15:08 via cbc.ca
  The number of people using food banks across the country surged to an all-time high earlier this year, with high inflation and low social assistance rates cited as key factors in the rise, a new report from Food Banks Canada indicates.
  
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• 'No regrets': Former receiver Gilewicz settled into defensive role on Saskatoon Hilltops - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

  27-10-2022 14:07
  'No regrets': Former receiver Gilewicz settled into defensive role on Saskatoon Hilltops  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being struck by Saskatoon Transit bus

  27-10-2022 14:06
  One person has died after being hit by a Saskatoon Transit bus Wednesday evening.
  
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• A 15-year-old dies after being struck by Saskatoon Transit bus

  27-10-2022 14:06
  One person has died after being hit by a Saskatoon Transit bus Wednesday evening.
  
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• Letter: Emergencies Act inquiry reveals lessons on policing in Canada

  27-10-2022 14:05 via thestarphoenix.com
  Most people will not change their opinions based on the review of the use of the Emergencies Act. Opinions have hardened; it was an overreach, or it was necessary because nothing was being done. However, there are things that we are learning about policing. Read More
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Preparing for a royal visit

  27-10-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see children preparing for the arrival of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, from Oct. 27, 1951. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B1354-1) Read More
  
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• 'No regrets': Former receiver Gilewicz settled into defensive role on Saskatoon Hilltops

  27-10-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Receiver turned defensive back Steve Gilewicz admits that, deep down, there’s still a desire to catch passes on the offensive side of the ball. Read More
  
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• ‘It really grows on you’: Joe Hordyski reflects on return as La Ronge mayor

  27-10-2022 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Joe Hordyski went to La Ronge in 1988 to build one house as part of his contracting business. Read More
  
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