Saskatoon news

• Retired nurse 'horrified' by overcrowding at Saskatoon's largest hospital

  09-11-2023 23:56
  
  A retired registered nurse is ringing alarm bells about the state of Saskatchewan’s largest hospital.
  
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• 'We are in trouble deep': Overcrowding at Saskatoon hospital prompts fire code inspection

  09-11-2023 23:47 via cbc.ca
  
  St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon is so overcrowded with patients that it’s not meeting fire code regulations, with beds in the hallways blocking fire exits.
  
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• City of Saskatoon releases projected 2024-25 municipal budget

  09-11-2023 23:22 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  City of Saskatoon finance officials have released the city's preliminary two-year budget covering 2024 and 2025. Read More
  
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• City of Saskatoon says manager wasn't fired for calling staff 'my humans'

  09-11-2023 23:12
  
  A City of Saskatoon supervisor says she was fired for using a gender-inclusive term, but the city argues this is not the case.
  
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• Record-setting early season showing guiding U Sask. Huskies men’s hockey team

  09-11-2023 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Beginning the 2023-24 season with nine consecutive victories, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's hockey team has put together one of the best starts in program history.
  
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• Man accused of fleeing Saskatoon police in three stolen vehicles

  09-11-2023 22:45 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon police say they arrested a 37-year-old man after he fled police in a series of stolen vehicles on Thursday morning, driving "dangerously on highways and city streets." Read More
  
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• App named after James Smith Cree Nation veteran who died in stabbing tragedy

  09-11-2023 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Burns Way is an app geared to veterans and their families to access mental health and wellness services is named after James Smith Cree Nation veteran Earl Burns.
  
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• School Remembrance Day ceremony highlights underrepresented groups in Saskatoon

  09-11-2023 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  In the wreath-laying ceremony, teacher Mark Steckler said they tried to acknowledge communities that may have been overlooked in previous Canadian Remembrance Day ceremonies.
  
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• Several inmates in Sask. jails on hunger strike to protest better conditions

  09-11-2023 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several inmates are on a hunger strike in Saskatchewan's correctional institutions wanting the government to hear their concerns, including clean drinking water.
  
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• Garth Materie signs off as Blue Sky host, last day on air at CBC to be Dec. 15

  09-11-2023 22:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Callers and co-workers reminisced Thursday as Garth Materie hosted Blue Sky for the final time after 15 years behind the mic of the noon hour call-in show.
  
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• Saskatoon’s climate budget and what it could mean for residents

  09-11-2023 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon is introducing a climate budget to help show how decision-making affects things like GHG emissions.
  
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• Downtown Saskatoon grocery store not happening, developer says

  09-11-2023 21:47
  
  The company behind a plan to bring a grocery store to downtown Saskatoon is pulling the plug on the project.
  
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• Arrest - High-Speed Evade Police / Stolen Vehicles

  09-11-2023 21:11 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  A suspect has been taken into custody following a high-speed evade police incident this morning.At approximately 8:40 a.m. this morning, November 9, 2023, police received a report of an Audi S4 that had been stolen from the area of Circle Drive West and Avenue C North. Nearby officers quickly observed the vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed north out of Saskatoon. Officers on the ground strategically positioned themselves to maintain visual of the fleeing vehicle without engaging it while
  
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• This is not a cell phone ad. New BlackBerry miniseries fleshes out the story of RIM

  09-11-2023 20:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Co-writer Matthew Miller wants to change how Canadians see their own stories.
  
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• Union claims City of Saskatoon employee was wrongfully fired for gender-neutral language

  09-11-2023 20:54 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  "To be very honest, I don't sleep much, I don't eat much and I'm always in panic mode. I thought I would be with the city for the next 10 to 15 years. Unfortunately that was not the case." Read More
  
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• From severe wildfires to extreme drought, how are you grappling with the changing climate?

  09-11-2023 20:32 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Saskatchewan is looking for residents to share their stories of living with climate change, in their own words. We want to know how you're dealing with record-breaking heat, severe storms and harsher winters.
  
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• Sask. mom says WestJet broke her daughter's wheelchair, then responded slowly

  09-11-2023 20:26 via cbc.ca
  
  A mother is still reeling after her daughter’s wheelchair was broken on a flight, saying that her child had to crawl out of the plane on her stomach and didn’t have access to a wheelchair on her trip. Repairs and answers were slow to come from WestJet, she said.
  
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• Sask. mom says 4-year-old daughter left waiting for weeks after WestJet broke wheelchair

  09-11-2023 20:26 via cbc.ca
  
  A mother is still reeling after her daughter’s wheelchair was broken on a flight, saying that her child had to crawl out of the plane on her stomach and didn’t have access to a wheelchair on her trip. Repairs and answers were slow to come from WestJet, she said.
  
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• Mistrial granted in Saskatoon sexual assault jury trial

  09-11-2023 20:14 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Warning: Story contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault  Read More
  
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• Aaron Gamble's family waits for answers on his death, with a network of support

  09-11-2023 20:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Emilia Greyeyes and her family have been coping the best they can while they wait for answers about her brother's death in Saskatoon. Read More
  
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• Prince Albert inmates on hunger strike over long-term concerns, including water quality

  09-11-2023 20:03 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of women in Pine Grove Correctional Centre are on a hunger strike over alleged poor living conditions at the jail.
  
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• 'It means everything': TSN's Kate Beirness driving women's sport 'in the right direction'

  09-11-2023 20:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Kate Beirness believes in sports. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon Costco coyotes not 'such a scary situation,' expert says

  09-11-2023 19:35
  
  A trip to Saskatoon's south Costco location may include a wildlife sighting these days as a few resident coyotes have been spotted there regularly.
  
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• Why people in Saskatchewan are skipping the dentist, according to Statistics Canada

  09-11-2023 18:41 via cbc.ca
  
  According to a recent survey by Statistics Canada, 40 per cent of people in Saskatchewan didn't see a dentist last year. For half of them, the reason was the cost.
  
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• Son 'still processing' charges in father's 2006 Saskatoon homicide

  09-11-2023 18:41 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Dustin Sansom had just turned 11 when his dad, 31-year-old Darren Greschuk, was shot and killed in their home in Saskatoon's King George neighbourhood on July 8, 2006. Read More
  
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• People in Sask. skipping the dentist to avoid high costs: survey

  09-11-2023 18:41 via cbc.ca
  
  According to a recent survey by Statistics Canada, 40 per cent of people in Saskatchewan didn't see a dentist last year. For half of them, the reason was the cost.
  
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• Air Canada makes changes after passengers with disabilities share 'dehumanizing' experiences

  09-11-2023 18:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Air Canada says it's changing its protocols to improve the way it treats passengers with disabilities after several high-profile incidents led to a meeting with politicians in Ottawa this week.
  
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• Sask. Teachers Federation bringing in facilitators to help bridge gap in bargaining negotiations, president says

  09-11-2023 18:06
  
  The conciliation process is underway as the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) and the provincial government try to find a middle ground in their ongoing bargaining agreement negotiations.
  
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• 'At any point': Sask. teachers ready to return to bargaining table if conditions met, STF president says

  09-11-2023 18:06
  
  The conciliation process is underway as the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) and the provincial government try to find a middle ground in their ongoing bargaining agreement negotiations.
  
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• Shania Twain set to perform in Saskatoon Thursday despite bus rollover

  09-11-2023 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Shania Twain is set to hit the stage in Saskatoon a day after members of her concert production crew were in a bus crash on an icy highway in southeast Saskatchewan.
  
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• City council approves transfer of Tourism Regina to City of Regina

  09-11-2023 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tourism Regina will no longer be under the leadership of Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL).
  
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• 'Match made in heaven': Terminally ill Sask. woman finds family to take in 3 senior dogs once she passes

  09-11-2023 17:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Susan Dickens feels at peace now that she knows her three dogs, Cisco, Booda and Olive, will remain together in a loving home after she is no longer here to take care of them.
  
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Thursday, Nov. 9

  09-11-2023 17:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Thursday, Nov. 9.
  
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• Group of Pine Grove inmates on new hunger strike over water quality, treatment

  09-11-2023 17:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A group of five women in custody at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in the Prince Albert area have been on a hunger strike for more than a week, to call for their concerns about water quality and other issues to be addressed. Read More
  
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• Former Regina police chief Evan Bray to hit the airwaves with new radio show

  09-11-2023 16:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Regina's former police chief will be taking over the airwaves after John Gormley's announcement that he wil be stepping away from the mic.
  
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• Former Regina police chief Evan Bray to replace John Gormley

  09-11-2023 15:40
  
  Regina's former Chief of Police Evan Bray will be resurrecting his broadcasting career on Rawlco Radio’s two Saskatchewan talk stations.
  
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• Crowded hospitals, paramedic shortage to blame for lack of Sask. ambulance service, says health-care official

  09-11-2023 15:37 via cbc.ca
  
  A shortage of paramedics, crowded hospitals and other factors are to blame for the recent gaps in ambulance service, says one health-care official.
  
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• Sask. raises legal age to buy tobacco, vaping products to 19

  09-11-2023 15:25 via cbc.ca
  
  People in Saskatchewan must now be 19 years old to legally buy tobacco and vaping products, after the provincial government passed legislative changes Wednesday.
  
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• Saskatoon weather: A little more snow before a sunny week

  09-11-2023 15:09 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  A look at Thursday’s Saskatoon weather by Environment Canada. Read More
  
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• Renée Kohlman: Chocolate babka is as good as advertised on Seinfeld

  09-11-2023 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  If you’re of a certain vintage, you’ll likely have fond memories of the Babka episode of Seinfeld. Read More
  
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• Canadian Bowl: Big game's Saturday and Hilltops facing a junior football juggernaut

  09-11-2023 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Saskatoon Hilltops are preparing to play a British Columbia junior football juggernaut. Read More
  
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• Upgrading the U of S linear accelerator in 1963

  09-11-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
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• The Art of War puts Canadian wartime art on centre stage

  09-11-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  When award-winning Saskatchewan playwright Yvette Nolan saw an exhibition of Canadian wartime art on display in Ottawa, she was amazed that artists had been sent overseas and into danger to document the war as they experienced it. Read More
  
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• Letters: Saskatchewan throne speech misses province's real agenda

  09-11-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Expand the provincial flag program from schools to all rural partners with over five acres of property and at least two voting residents. Continue to support the use of new math in estimating numbers of contacts supporting Saskatchewan Party policies — i.e. one call equals 1,000. Read More
  
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• Kiwanga exhibit brings "blooming, living artwork" to Remai Modern

  09-11-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  It may be snowy and blustery outside, and getting colder by the day, but at Remai Modern, Remediation — an exhibit of acclaimed Canadian-French artist Kapwani Kiwanga's work — is in full bloom. Read More
  
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• Fire Chief Morgan Hackl oversees evolution of firefighters' role in Saskatoon

  09-11-2023 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  More than three decades after he responded to his first call, Saskatoon Fire Department Chief Morgan Hackl admits he still gets the urge to swap his desk for a fire truck when he hears crews turn on the sirens and head out the bay doors not far from his office in Fire Station 1. Read More
  
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• Is that snack chocolate or 'chocolatey'? How skimpflation might be affecting your groceries

  09-11-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Skimpflation is when companies swap out ingredients in food products for cheaper ones without lowering the price. The practice can be hard to detect because shoppers don't have access to companies' recipes.
  
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• After a lifetime of silence, more female Second World War veterans are telling their stories

  09-11-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As the number of Second World War veterans dwindles, more women are stepping out of the shadows and staking a claim to their piece of the war's history.
  
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• A generation gap in attitudes could be undermining support for Israel in the West

  09-11-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  For many years now, Israelis have been told that the biggest threat to the survival of the Jewish state is the Islamic Republic of Iran's quest to obtain nuclear weapons. But another long-term trend could be eroding the foundations of Israel’s security: a generational decline in western voters’ support and sympathy for the Jewish state.
  
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• Manitoba's Kurz remains undefeated at Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

  09-11-2023 05:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Kyle Kurz and his team from the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg are the only unbeaten rink remaining after four days and 11 draws of action at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Swift Current, Sask.
  
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