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Off-duty Saskatoon police officers catch impaired driver
A 22-year-old woman is charged with impaired driving, driving over the legal limit and failing to remain at the scene of an accident after two off-duty cops watched an erratic driver on 20th Street. A...
Sep 08, 2018
Saskatchewan teachers get new deal thanks to arbitrator
An arbitration board has awarded members of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) a two-year contract. The approximately 13,500 members will not get a raise in the first year of the agreement bu...
Sep 07, 2018
Chili powder recall over Salmonella concerns
La Cie McCormick Canada is recalling Compliments brand chili powder. It covers the 155-gram bag with the code 2020 MA 26 on the back. Test results from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) spark...
Sep 07, 2018 A nation-wide recall for Compliments chili powder was announced Sept. 6, 2018 over Salmonella concerns. (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
Saskatoon police take on viral lip-sync challenge
Members of the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) have joined an online trend that's seen officers in the U.S. and Canada show off a lighter side. The SPS posted a video to Facebook of members doing a lip...
Sep 07, 2018 Members of the Saskatoon Police Service perform a lip-synch of the Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way in a video posted to Facebook on Sept. 7, 2018. (Saskatoon Police Service/Facebook)
Cemetery plot sales big part of Saskatoon's $1M shortfall
The city of Saskatoon is projecting a $1-million budget shortfall. One of the causes is a decrease in cemetery plot sales, which accounts for $250,000. Saskatoon Funeral Homes general manager Morgan E...
Sep 06, 2018
Missing Saskatoon teenager located
Outlook RCMP say Lauren Kraus-Van Dyck, 15, has been found safe and sound in Saskatoon. She was last seen in Outlook. Saskatoon police located her and took her home Thursday night.
Sep 06, 2018 Lauren Kraus-Van Dyck, 15, in a photo provided by Outlook RCMP on Sept. 6, 2018. (Outlook RCMP)
Warrant out for drunk driver responsible for fatal 2014 crash
An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman who was drunk behind the wheel of a stolen truck when she caused the deaths of two Saskatoon teens. In an emailed statement, Correctional Service Canada (...
Sep 06, 2018 Cheyann Peeteetuce leaves Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench in June 2015. (Bre McAdam/650 CKOM)
Actor Burt Reynolds dead at 82
Burt Reynolds, whose Hollywood career included starring roles in Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit and Boogie Nights, has died. His representatives confirmed he died Thursday at the Jupiter Medical C...
Sep 06, 2018 Burt Reynolds in the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit. (Universal Pictures)
Nurse Mason: Little boy uses wish to donate robot to RUH
A little boy's last wish will help make the pediatric unit at Royal University Hospital (RUH) a little more comfortable for kids. Mason Gariepy died last year at age 7 from acute myeloid leukemia. But...
Sep 06, 2018 Gale Gariepy poses with a picture of a her son Mason, and a robot donated in his name to the Royal University Hospital pediatric unit. (Make-A-Wish Saskatchewan/Twitter)
Saskatchewan sees record-breaking September frost
It seems that Saskatchewan experienced its first jolt of fall in 2018. Though everyone has felt the chilly winds of change for a couple weeks, Environment Canada posted record-breaking or record-tying...
Sep 05, 2018
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