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36 unusual facts about Saskatoon


2012 LFL Canada season

Six days later, on February 28, the LFL announced that Saskatoon, Saskatchewan would join Regina as LFL Canada's second team in the Wheat Province.

Alison Pick

Her first book was written while living in Saskatchewan at a Benedictine monastery, then at a cattle ranch, and then in Saskatoon.

Amelia Earhart's Last Flight

Saskatoon-based band The Heartstrings covered the song, and used the second line of the chorus as the title of their 2009 album Far Away in a Land That is Fair.

Bobby Schmautz

Robert James Schmautz (born March 28, 1945 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.

Christopher J. Yorath

In 1913 Yorath emigrated from England to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada to take on the role of commissioner of Saskatoon and city treasurer during the war years.

Cobalt therapy

Two Cobalt-60 apparatuses were then built, one in Saskatoon in the cancer wing of the University of Saskatchewan and the other in London, Ontario.

D-Pryde

The tour first started at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, and subsequently at venues in Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta, and then Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto and London, Ontario, and then finishing off on September 7, 2011, at a venue in Montreal, Quebec.

D. J. Kennington

D. J. picked up his third win from the pole at Saskatoon but after problems in Montreal D. J. fell back in the points.

Democratic Representative Caucus

He ran for mayor of Saskatoon, in 2003, while still sitting as an independent MP, and again attracted controversy because his home was in fact outside of Saskatoon's city limits and not in the city's Forest Grove area as he claimed on his application.

Denise Batters

She met her future husband Dave Batters in 1989 crossing a Saskatoon street while at a Progressive Conservative convention.

Don Kozak

Donald "Crazy" Kozak (born February 2, 1952 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.

Friendly People

The most famous of these incidents included the band being banned for several years from performing in Canada on charges of public indecency due to onstage nudity in Saskatoon, and singer Mark Adkins' arrest for "assault with a deadly weapon" after using his onstage microphone to incite a near-riot during a show in San Bernardino.

Fuddruckers

As of 2011, Fuddruckers had 56 company-operated restaurants and 129 franchises across the United States with one in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, four in Puerto Rico and ten in Saudi Arabia.

Gerry Pinder

Allan Gerald "Mouse" Pinder (born September 15, 1948 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 353 games in the World Hockey Association and 223 games in the National Hockey League.

Gord Bamford

The album was produced by Bart McKay at Sound Edge Productions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Grosvenor Park

Grosvenor Park, Saskatoon, a neighborhood located in east-central Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

HMCS Unicorn

HMCS Unicorn is a shore-based Naval Reserve Division of the Royal Canadian Navy based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Internal decapitation

In July 2007, an 11-year-old boy, Ryan Ooms, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, also survived with a hospital stay of only two and a half weeks.

Joe Oteng-Adjei

He then did his masters degree and subsequently PHD in Canada on power systems at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada between 1984 and 1987 on a Commonwealth Scholarship.

Joseph Pigott

In 1909 Pigott travelled to Saskatchewan with his younger brother Roy where they secured a large contract to build St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon.

Julie Nolin

Since 1996, she has filled various roles at stations in Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Swift Current, Calgary, Saskatoon and Edmonton.

Little Chief Service Station

The Little Chief Service Station (built in 1929) is a designated Municipal Heritage Property located in the Riversdale, neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Maybe Smith

Maybe Smith is the stage name of Colin Skrapek, a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Oral Fuentes

He moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1992 where he has performed at the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival and many other festivals and cultural shows.

Philip Francis Pocock

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Prosartes trachycarpa

The images of the rough-fruited fairy bell here were photographed as one was climbing up the riverbank of the South Saskatchewan River south of Saskatoon.

The berry is larger than a Saskatoon, pincherry or chokecherry, about the size of a grocery store cherry or small grape.

Rich Pilon

Richard Brian Pilon (born April 30, 1968 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired NHL ice hockey player.

Robin Hood Flour

The newer Saskatoon mill (built in 1928) continues to manufacture the Robin Hood brand flour.

Saskatoon Hilltops

Canadian Junior Football League teams included Edmonton and Saskatoon.

Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a professional orchestra based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan administered by the non-profit Saskatoon Symphony Society.

Shazia Hidayat

In 2011 Hidayat, also competed in the Knights of Columbus Indoor Games in Saskatoon, Canada.

Silverwood Dairy

The present-day neighbourhood of Silverwood Heights, which occupies his former farmland, bears his name.

Albert's brother, William Alexander Silverwood, moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1907.

World Organisation of Building Officials

WOBO was founded in 1984 at a conference of representatives from ten nations meeting in Saskatoon.

Zachary Lucky

Zachary Lucky (born January 4, 1989) is a Canadian songwriter and folk artist based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.


8th Street East

It begins as a continuation of a minor residential street (8th Street West) at Highway 219 (Lorne Avenue) in Saskatoon, and runs through the city, eventually exiting the city limits, going through the eastern part of Corman Park Rural Municipality and continuing to Range Road 3033 in the Blucher Rural Municipality near Patience Lake.

Alexis Kochan

Her musical theatre credits include the world premiere of Warren Sulatycky's play 'Babas' at the Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon in 1994, where Ms. Kochan worked with Canadian Hungarian director Tibor Feheregyhazi and performed a number of the songs from her 'Czarivna' and Paris To Kyiv' recordings.

Arbor Creek, Saskatoon

It is bounded by McOrmond Drive to the east, Highway 5 and the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks to the south, Berini Drive to the west, and Kerr Road to the north.

CBKF-FM

In 1973, two years prior to the station's launch, the network also purchased two established francophone community radio stations, CFRG in Gravelbourg and CFNS in Saskatoon, and converted them to rebroadcasters of CBKF.

Central Industrial, Saskatoon

25th Street would not be truncated, but rather continue in length connecting Idylwyld Drive and the University Bridge or 25th Street Bridge.

CFQC

CKBL-FM, a radio station (92.9 FM) licensed to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, which held the call sign CFQC from 1923 to 2007

Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan

Corman Park Police Service actively partners with all other law enforcement agencies in the Saskatoon and district police universe including the Saskatoon Police Service and Dalmeny Police Service.

Cudworth, Saskatchewan

There is an annual pilgrimage every year on the tenth Sunday after Easter and is the official pilgrimage of the Saskatoon Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy.

Cyril Richardson

He attended the University of Saskatchewan, Emmanuel College in Saskatoon and the Union Theological Seminary.

Ed Whalen

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ed Whalen was studying medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948 when he dropped out to take a part-time job in radio broadcasting at CFQC radio.

Frank Kusch

Kusch has earned a Ph.D from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and a Master's Degree from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Harlo Jones

Refused twice at the Saskatoon recruiting center because of his small size, he was eventually accepted with a recorded weight of 118 pounds and a height of 5 feet, 10 inches.

Hec Fowler

Norman Boswell "Hec" Fowler (October 14, 1892 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – July 30, 1987 in Peterborough, Ontario) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, most notably for the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.

Media in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Prince Albert was previously served by CKBI-TV channel 5, a private CBC Television outlet; this station would close down in 2002, with its transmitter becoming CBKST-9, a repeater of CBKST Saskatoon, which in turn was a semi-satellite of CBKT Regina.

Miklos Kanitz

Miklos Samual Kanitz (1939–2006) was a Hungarian-Canadian Holocaust survivor living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Nettie Wiebe

She was once again the NDP candidate in Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar in the 2008 federal election, but Conservative candidate Kelly Block defeated her by just 262 votes (0.98%), Wiebe's narrowest loss to date.

Norcanair

A tentative deal was struck, but before it could be finalized, the NDP government fell and its replacement, the Progressive Conservative party, resold the firm to Saskatoon businessman Albert Ethier, who combined the airline with his own charter firm, Hi-Line Airways.

Paul Schoenhals

He was born in Clinton, Ontario, the son of Stewart John Schoenhals and Phyllis Lillian Elliott, and was educated in Ontario, at Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon and at the University of Saskatchewan, where he received a BEd.

PAVED Arts

It is the Saskatoon host of the electronic media art organization Dorkbot.

Petunidin

It is a dark-red or purple water-soluble pigment found in many redberries including chokeberries (Aronia sp), Saskatoon berries (Amelanchier alnifolia) or different species of grape (for instance Vitis vinifera, or muscadine, Vitis rotundifolia), and also part of the pigments responsible for the petal colors in many flowers.

Saskatchewan Highway 12

It begins in Saskatoon at the intersection of Idylwyld Drive and 22nd Street, initially running north on Idylwyld concurrently with Highway 11.

Saskatchewan Party candidates, 2003 Saskatchewan provincial election

He sought the Canadian Alliance nomination for Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar in the 2000 federal election, and lost to Carol Skelton.

Stonebridge, Saskatoon

At present, the major commercial district of Stonebridge is the Stonegate Shopping Centre, a big box commercial development in the northwest corner that includes Walmart.

Thaddus E. Weckowicz

Weckowicz received his Bachelor of Medicine (MB and ChB) from the Polish School of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, his Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) from the University of Leeds and his PhD from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Western Producer

Harris Turner and A.P. "Pat" Waldron began the Saskatoon-based Modern Press publishing company in 1923.

Willowgrove, Saskatoon

It is bounded by McOrmond Drive to the west, Highway 5 to the south, an arbitrary boundary to the north and Holmwood SDA, Saskatoon (annexed from R.M. of Corman Park) to the east.

Yorath

Christopher J. Yorath (1879-1932), commissioner of Saskatoon and city treasurer During World War I

Yorath Island, a small island in the South Saskatchewan River just outside the southern boundaries of the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada