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Comedian blasts portrayal of 'Boys Lunch Out' event
A Canadian comedian is voicing her frustration over the way a controversial charity event in Saskatoon is being characterized. The Saskatoon branch of the Canadian Progress Club put on the Boys Lunch ...
Dec 08, 2017 Comedian Nicole Arbour was the emcee of the Boys Lunch Out charity event at Saskatoon's TCU place on Dec. 1, 2017. (Nicole Arbour/Facebook)
Free Christmas trees offered to curb invasive spruce
If you're up for chopping down your own Christmas tree, you can have it for free. That's part of the incentive for families to sign up and help the Nature Conservancy of Canada combat invasive spruce ...
Dec 08, 2017 People tie up a free Christmas tree that they cut down in an undated photo. (Nature Conservancy of Canada)
Phone scam prompts police to urge caution in Saskatoon
Saskatoon police are warning the public about a new phone scam in the city. A Thursday afternoon release said officers have received several complaints about people getting calls where a person tells ...
Dec 07, 2017
Tapeworm could endanger dogs and owners in Sask.: professor
A University of Saskatchewan veterinary professor is sounding the alarm over a potentially deadly tapeworm making its way across western Canada. Echinococcus multilocularis, commonly referred to by ve...
Dec 07, 2017
Fundraiser with scantily-clad women nixed after controversy
After days of controversy and a returned donation, the Canadian Progress Club's downtown Saskatoon chapter is ending its Boys Lunch Out fundraising event. The club posted an update on their website Th...
Dec 07, 2017 A promotional poster from the Boys Out Lunch held in Saskatoon December 2016. (saskatoonprogressclub.com)
Robbers rip necklaces off teen girls in parking lot: police
Saskatoon police say two girls were robbed and threatened with bear mace while waiting in their parked car Wednesday evening. The teens, aged 17 and 19, had the car window rolled down while in a publi...
Dec 07, 2017
PM Trudeau to visit North Battleford Thursday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Saskatchewan Thursday. Trudeau will be at the Dekker Centre in North Battleford, where he will take part in a meet-and-greet in support of Larry Ingram, the Li...
Dec 07, 2017 Battlefords-Lloydminster Liberal candidate Larry Ingram, right, shown with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Larry Ingram)
Sentencing hearing starts for Saskatoon baby killer
Warning: graphic description of violence in tweets. A sentencing hearing is underway for a Saskatoon teen who pleaded guilty to murdering a six-week-old baby last year. The infant, Nikosis Jace Cantre...
Dec 06, 2017 Six-week-old baby Nikosis Jace Cantre was murdered in Saskatoon on July 3, 2016. (Submitted)
Hospital returns donation as fundraiser stirs controversy
St. Paul's Hospital Foundation is returning a major donation from a Saskatoon men's club after it came out a fundraising event didn't keep with the hospital's Catholic values. On Friday, the Saskatoon...
Dec 06, 2017 Health Authority plans to announce Tuesday a plan to address overcrowding at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon (650 CKOM)
YouTube releases top trending videos of the year
From singing karaoke in a car with Ed Sheeran to a little girl crashing her dad's interview on the BBC - this year's top trending videos on YouTube did not disappoint. People are likely to recognize m...
Dec 06, 2017
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