Saskatoon News

Lauded Canadian author Yann Martel will release his highly anticipated follow-up to "Life of Pi" in the spring.

Saskatoon city councillor Bob Pringle will head a comprehensive review of child welfare in the province Photograph by: Richard Marjan, The StarPhoenix The Saskatchewan government announced Monday it is launching a comprehensive review of child welfare in the province.

Saskatoon police were busy on Friday night, responding to seven incidents in only three hours.

A police dog was stabbed Saturday morning as officers tried to apprehend two people caught in the act of stealing a vehicle in Saskatoon, police said.

SASKATOON a ' Following a brief hearing in Saskatoon Friday, the executive committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan concluded Yorkton radiologist Dr.

A provincial court judge found a 45-year-old Saskatoon man guilty of three child pornography-related charges Thursday.

EDMONTON a ' The military funeral for an Edmonton-based soldier killed in Afghanistan last month has been scheduled for Saturday in Saskatoon.

The line-ups were long and winding at Prairieland Park Tuesday as parents and children waited to receive the H1N1 vaccination Photograph by: Liam Richards, The StarPhoenix Hundreds of parents and their young children in Saskatoon were lined up hours before sunrise Tuesday at Prairieland Park, waiting to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine.

Manitoba Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner took political hits from all three opposition parties Monday morning during opening debate on her bill to get rid of the national gun registry.

The calm, cool midday sky above downtown Saskatoon on Oct. 21 contrasted starkly with the tense atmosphere on the ground around TCU Place.

Newly-elected Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Guy Lonechild is promising sweeping changes to the organization during his first 200 days in office.

Police have a suspect, but have not laid any charges, in Saskatoon's fifth homicide of 2009.

For a paranormal investigator, the unexplained creaks and groans of an old house are a mystery waiting to be solved.

Health officials in Saskatoon said they believe the risk of infection from the inserter used on the 34 surgery patients was extremely low.

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has a new chief. Vice-chief Guy Lonechild, a member of the Whitebear First Nation, defeated Red Pheasant Chief Sheldon Wuttunee by a vote of 464 to 328.

For the second time in three days, a young Canadian soldier whose tour in Afghanistan had just begun was killed when he stepped on a homemade landmine.

Too many people with moderate or mild influenza-like symptoms are using the emergency room, the Saskatoon Health Region says.

Guy Lonechild is the new chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.

Lieut. Justin Boyes called his young son Tuesday night before embarking on a foot patrol with Afghan National Police during which he was killed by an improvised explosive device.

SASKATOON a ' A Saskatchewan MLA managed to thwart a violent carjacking attempt and subdue his attacker while on his way to work Thursday morning.