Saskatchewan

Rohit Singh, a transgender woman has filed a human rights complaint against a Saskatoon bridal shop.

Singh went to the Saskatchewan Human Right's Commissions office Wednesday morning to officially file a complaint against Jenny's Bridal Boutique.

"I just filed a complaint against Jenny's Bridal," said Singh.

"I'm so happy because it is a very big thing for the transgender community."

Saskatoon city council has decided to ask the provincial government to set up a provincial fight commission.

On May 21, city solicitor Patricia Warwick told council it is recommended nationally that fight commissions be run by provinces, because they have the means to provide liability protection.

“We’re at odds on the issue of insurance, we cannot find an insurer for injured participants,” said Warwick.

Regina city councillor Terry Hincks has made his return from fighting cancer three weeks early.

The long-time representative for Ward 9 was diagnosed with colon cancer last month. Speaking before Tuesday night's city council meeting, he acknowledged undergoing surgery about three weeks prior.

Saskatchewan's newest provincial park is expected to receive official designation this summer, but it won’t have the support of a northern Saskatchewan reserve concerned the park will intrude on its treaty rights.

Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson said, “It has been a frustrating process and in the end, our concerns and requests have been totally disregarded.”

Although he's away at college, a former Melville Millionaire baseball player is thinking of his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma, after the community was leveled by what turned out to be a deadly tornado.

“Not being able to be there has been a struggle for me, with my parents living there and a couple of close, close friends,” said Bryson Thionnet.

A CPR train is leaking oil after it derailed east of Saskatoon.

RCMP said the 71st car of an 85-car train is leaking oil around Jansen, which is about 150 kilometres east of Saskatoon.

Equipment is on route to create a berm to contain the oil.

RCMP said no one was hurt and the train did not catch fire.

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The delay on the steel girders for the St. Louis Bridge continues.

The company that manufactured the steel girders for the bridge was supposed to deliver them to be installed over the course of this past winter.

Doug Wakabayashi with the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure said, “They had some issues with transportation and weren’t able to them as planned, so we won’t be able to install the girders until this winter.”

The province is planning to conduct a prescribed burn at Fort Carlton Provincial Park next week to reduce wildfire risks in the park.

The burn is tentatively set for the week of May 21-23, and is dependent on the weather.

The planned burn area is about 55 hectares and is located east of the Interpretive Centre between the North Saskatchewan River, the entrance road leading into the park and the eastern park boundary.

The athletic competition at the provincial Highland Gathering is like an Ironman, except in kilts.

Whether participating as a hobbyist or treating the Western Canadian Heavy Events as a stepping stone to nationals, the province's most athletic Scotsmen gathered in Regina on Sunday.

Events like the caber toss, hammer throw, and 28-lb stone throwing often elicit and hearty grunt as athletes show their grit.

Competitor Marc Morin considers the events to be much like track and field.

He’s worked under such famous chefs as Gordon Ramsay and Daniel Boulud and lived in cities around the world. Now, local culinary artist Dale MacKay is returning to Saskatoon to open a restaurant.

“A lot of it has to do with family and has to do with just getting back to your roots, as they say,” said MacKay, 33.

Saturday morning a 52-year-old man was driving his motorcycle on Highway 7 near Kindersley when he lost control and crashed.

Travellers stopped to call EMS, provide First Aid, and help direct traffic until emergency crews arrived.

Eventually the highway was shutdown to make a landing pad for the STARS air ambulance.

The man was transported to Saskatoon for treatment of serious injuries.

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The spring session in Regina is now over, but both the provincial New Democrats and the governing Sask Party are taking pride in the progress they say they’ve made in this sitting.

The lights will be off in the legislature until the fall session begins Oct. 23 but Cam Broten, the new leader of the opposition NDP party, is pleased with the progress he says his party has made for the people of Saskatchewan.