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unusual facts about Saskatoon, Saskatchewan



1984 CFL Draft

28. Saskatchewan Roughriders Ed McQuarters G Dakota N.W.

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.

Alameda Dam

It provides flood protection and irrigation for this area of Saskatchewan, along with protection for Minot, North Dakota.

Alice Beck Kehoe

She has studied Native American spiritual healers ("medicine people") and worked with Piakwutch, "an elderly deeply respected Cree man who served his Saskatchewan Cree community..." <2000:60>.

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.

Arthur Procter

Arthur Thomas Procter (1886–1964), lawyer, judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Bobby Schmautz

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

Bunny hug

The term 'bunny hug' is also used in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan to refer to hooded sweatshirts or 'hoodies'.

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.

CKCK

CKCK-FM, a radio station (94.5 FM) licensed to serve Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Clément Chartier

Previously, he was president of Métis Nation—Saskatchewan (1998–2003), and turned over the office to interim president Lorna Docken when he became president of the Metis National Council.

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.

Darren Tanke

The Cenomanian (early Late Cretaceous) marine bird Pasquiaornis tankei (Tokaryk, Cumbaa and Storer, 1997) from Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada was named in Tanke's honor.

Deb Higgins

She is currently mayor-elect of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, having been elected as the city's first female mayor in the Saskatchewan municipal elections, 2012.

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.

Donald McPherson

Donald Mighton McPherson, Canadian sports executive, businessman and politician in Saskatchewan

Ecclesiastical Provinces and Dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada

Qu'Appelle (Saskatchewan; corresponding to the pre-1905 District of Assiniboia in the North-West Territories),

Eric Berntson

Berntson also appeared on the 1991 tape that showed current Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski making homophobic slurs and current Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall mocking Roy Romanow in a Ukrainian accent which was revealed to the public on March 31, 2008.

Father of medicare

Emmett Matthew Hall was a jurist and chair of the 1964 Royal Commission on health care in Canada which recommended the nationwide adoption of Saskatchewan's system of public insurance for both hospitalization and out-of-hospital medical services.

Fort Saskatchewan

Other newspapers commonly read in the Fort Saskatchewan area are the Edmonton Journal and the Edmonton Sun.

George Leith

George Gordon Leith (1923–1996), a politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

George Norman

George Wesley Norman (died 1970), printer and political figure in Saskatchewan

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.

Harvey's

The Home Depot partnership for Saskatchewan ended in 2006, leading to the closure of all restaurants in that province except for the University of Saskatchewan location.

Heron Lake, Minnesota

Inkpaduta, a Mdewakanton Sioux Indian leader in the area from the 1850s until his departure to join Sitting Bull's band in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, camped at at the south end of the lake that gives the town its name both before and after his participation in the Spirit Lake massacre of 1857, and the Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux uprising.

Kandahar, Saskatchewan

Kandahar is a small hamlet on Highway 16 near Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada, named by Canadian Pacific Railway executives in the late 19th century for a British military victory in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Karla Jessen Williamson

Williamson was married to Dr. Robert Gordon Williamson (1931-2012, Oxley, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England), an anthropologist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Saskatchewan.

Last Mountain

Last Mountain-Touchwood, a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Mike Botha

Mike Botha is a master diamond cutter, with close to four decades in the profession, his training and subsequent career began in South Africa and has led him to Mauritius, Russia and Canada – from Vancouver to the Northwest Territories to Saskatchewan.

Nine-man football

A similar nine-man modification of Canadian football is played on 100-yard fields (as opposed to the 110-yard standard field for that sport) by small schools in the province of Saskatchewan and has been proposed, but not yet adopted, in Alberta.

Norcanair

Saskatchewan's 1964 general election saw the NDP government defeated by the Liberals.

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.

Plautdietsch language

For example, Homer Groening, the father of Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), spoke Plautdietsch as a child in Saskatchewan in the 1920s, but his son Matt never learned the language.

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.

Rick Moffat

Born October 8, 1960 in Lachine, Quebec, he was one of five children born to James Moffat, a decorated World War 2 hero with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Belgian and French Resistance whose wartime memoir was published in "Behind Enemy Lines", and to Anne Dosman Moffat, a Prairie survivor of the Depression and the Dustbowl of Saskatchewan in the 1930s.

Ronald Flemons

He was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders on March 5, 2008, along with Glenn January, Toronto's first round selection in the 2008 CFL Draft and Toronto's second round selection in the 2010 CFL Draft in exchange for Kerry Joseph and Saskatchewan's third round pick in the 2010 Canadian Draft.

Ryan Bater

On June 25, 2009, Bater announced his intention to seek the leadership of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, after the resignation of David Karwacki.

Sask Gaming

In October 2008, the Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.

Saskatchewan general election, 1982

This election included the Aboriginal People's Party, a party focused on issues affecting Saskatchewan's First Nations.

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.

Saskatchewan Transportation Company

The Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) is a Crown Corporation of the Government of Saskatchewan, created in 1946 by an Order in Council.

Selkirk locomotive

When diesels began operation between Calgary and Revelstoke in the early 1950s, the Selkirks were re-assigned to work the Brooks, Alberta and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan subdivisions between Calgary and Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

The Johner Brothers

Brothers Ken Johner and Brad Johner grew up in Saskatchewan playing music in their family band.

The Pheasant Aircraft Company

Red Cherry Airlines started the first private airline in Saskatchewan with a Pheasant H-10 in 1928, using the aircraft for barnstorming charging passengers by weight for flights.

The Western Producer

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

U.S. Route 191

Its northern terminus at the international border is called Port Morgan, and the road continues into Saskatchewan as Highway 4 toward Swift Current.

Vincent Smith

Vincent Reynolds Smith (1890–1960), a judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Westby, Montana

Westby is located on the state border with North Dakota, and near the international boundary with Saskatchewan.

Yorkton Film Festival

In the era of the Red Scare, the arrival of two Soviet diplomats in small town Saskatchewan caused a bit of a stir.

YourLink

The company sees itself as an alternative to dial-up internet for rural residents, primarily in Saskatchewan, but elsewhere in Canada, as well, where cable companies would not usually venture (due to the low density in potential customers), and serves high-speed internet via WiMax, DOCSIS, MikroTik and Motorola Canopy high-speed wireless internet.


see also

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.

CFQC

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

CFQC-DT, a television station (channel 8) licensed to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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.

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.

Don Kozak

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

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.

George Genereux

Genereux was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of Catherine Mary (née Devine), a nurse who was originally from Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Arthur George Genereux.

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

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.

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.

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.

Miklos Kanitz

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

Rich Pilon

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

Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

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

Silverwood Dairy

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

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.

Yorath

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

Zachary Lucky

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