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Songs about Saskatoon

Perhaps some mention should be made of the Johnny Cash song, "The Girl In Saskatoon"?

A number of songs mentioning Saskatoon exist, such as the Guess Who's "Running Back to Saskatoon." Maybe someone can add a list? 23skidoo 00:50, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

For anyone that might compile this list, don't forget Sammy Kershaw: "Well, it may be cold up in Saskatoon, but it can’t be colder than our bedroom".—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.165.191.125 (talk • contribs) .

Sort-of-completely-maybe unrelated... but while I was doing a Google search for "The Girl from Saskatoon" song, I found that there is a Norwegian band of that same name http://www.girlfromsaskatoon.no/ Thomas Dzubin Talk 00:25, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Economy questions

In the economy section there should be some mention of IRD and VCom. IRD employs ~160 people and has sales of over $30 million. They're the world leader in intelligent transport systems. VCom is another engineering firm and employs ~500 people.

Why is there a link to J.D. Peppercorns?

Time Zone

Saskatoon should be listed as in mountain time (-0700) during the summer, since we don't have DST. --Royalguard11 03:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The name of our time zone doesn't change. I just said non-applicable. Actually, no one's time zone changes names, they just move back or forward and hour. 23skidoo 04:36, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

---The time zone in Saskatoon is technically Mountain Daylight Savings Time all year round, as the time zone technically splits down the middle of the province, and Saskatoon is in the western half. It's just that since most of the information about time comes from Regina, which is in the Eastern half of the province, and thererfore technically always in Central Standard Time, that Saskatoon takes it for granted is also in the central time zone.

I've seen an official time zone map -- there's also one in every Telus phone book. The time zone boundary was changed a number of years ago and is now the Alberta-Saskatchewan border except around Lloydminster where it jogs a bit so that both halves of the city are in the same time zone. The split down the middle of Saskatchewan hasn't been effective in at least 30 years. 23skidoo 13:08, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that Saskatchewan was in the Central time zone? That's what I always told people when they asked what time zone I was in. fishhead2100 April 30, 2006 11:54PM (UTC)

According to Telus' time zone map, this is correct. All of Saskatchewan (except for a small area east of Lloydminster which doesn't show up on the map) is in the Central time zone. The area around Lloyd is in Mountain (and probably adopts DST too) so that the city and its directly serviced area remain in the same time zone. 23skidoo 14:14, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Officially, in Telecommucations, Saskatchewan is Central Standard Time, -600. This is a constant year around since telecommunications does not take into account daylight savings time. This was what we used when I was a radio operator in the CF.

Saskatoon is always on GMT -6, also known as Central Standard Time. --Allthenamesarealreadytaken 00:14, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gordie Howe

Gordie Howe was born in Floral, Saskatchewan, not Saskatoon. Although I'm sure he spent many years in Saskatoon ( along with many other small towns playing minor hockey) he is not from Saskatoon. The point is, the page should only consider people actually from the river city. Any notable people from Northern/Central Saskatchewan who happened to spend time in Saskatoon should be considered simply for the page dedicated to the province.

I disagree. Gordie Howe is considered a Saskatonian and a major part of its history. The fact he was not born there is immaterial. Simiarly Joni Mitchell is considered one of Saskatoon's daughters, even though she was born in Fort Macleod and became famous elsewhere. The list of names explains that it includes people who spent a notable amount of time here, so Howe qualifies, as does Cameron Mitchell and the others. 23skidoo 19:24, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Native Theatre

The explanation of the Native Theater company sounds like its copied from a website or a newspaper article. Could someone shorten it down a lot or get rid of it, bnecause its actually not that important in Saskatoon. 

       Okay First...the last point was very rude!  Theatre is a huge part of saskatoon culture, especially Native
       Theatre...saskatoon is not only due to land treaties but it is also a cree word, and gordie how may not have been 
       born here but he did grow up here, in riversdale, he attended elementary school at King George Community School,
       I suggest you look it up!Drl
Although theatre may be a signfigant part of Saskatoon (Persephone, Off Broadway, and SNTC), SNTC does not deserve 2 paragraphs while other things like Waneskewin and the WDM are only getting 2 or 3 lines each. It might be more useful to talk about theatre in general, highlighing key points of each major theatre company, but hey, that's just me. And the first user is true that it does sound as if copied from the website or newspaper article.

some To?

Next to the listing for CMHC is the phrase "some To". I have no idea what that means. Is it a typo or did something get cut off? 23skidoo 04:52, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Changed, it was supposed to say "some Top 40", not some To. I have no idea why that happened, either, to be honest, hehe. Bluefox 16:58, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I figured with all the new formats out there maybe there was something I wasn't aware of! ;-) 23skidoo 17:45, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bessborough

I was very pleased to see the detailed and up to date article on Saskatoon. I'm surprised, though, that no one has mentioned the Delta Bessborough Hotel. The "Castle by the River" is probably the most recognized and most photographed landmark in the city. I don't know all the details but I believe it was started as a "make work" project during the "Dirty Thirties" and was owned by one of the railway companies. Perhaps someone more knowledgable on the subject could add something about it.

Toontown

I recently found a reference to "Toontown" in my high school year book (Evan Hardy Collegiate, in Saskatoon) written the year I graduated, 1987, and I know it was in common usage as a name among people I knew at that time. This predates the derivation given of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", from 1988.

I'm pretty certain I'd heard it before then, too. I'll add a comment to this effect. 23skidoo 19:39, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I remember that too, though it became more popular after Roger Rabbit.

Michael Hickenbottom aka Shawn Michaels

Since when has Shawn Michaels (professional wrestler) ever lived in Saskatoon or was even raised there. I would like concrete evidence that he was either raised or lived for a time in Saskatoon because to my knowledge he has never lived in Saskatoon. fishhead2100 April 30, 2006 11:52PM (UTC)

It says absolutely nothing about him being raised here in his book. Or even spending any amount of time. I don't know where this info came from, but it is not correct and has been removed. Katie 20:52, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe someone got him mixed up with Rowdy Roddy Piper who was born in Saskatoon... 23skidoo 03:35, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't how someone could get him mixed up with Rowdy Roddy Piper? They are not even close to the same. Mr. C.C. 08:16, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Even Piper who was born there was raised in Manitoba. That's like saying since the hospital I was born in is in the next town, that I'm from the next town.

"Falun Gong Week/Month?"

Seriously, does Saskatoon have an official Falun Gong Week? Are they trying to establish a Falun Gong Month? --spetz

No, and no. We do not have a Falun Gong week or month, or even day. nneonneo 19:09, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed move of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page). No further edits should be made to this section.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan → Saskatoon … Rationale: No question of ambiguity per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (city names)#Canada. There is currently a redirect from Saskatoon. — Usgnus 17:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Discussion

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Note Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/discussion#City naming convention poll 2. Shouldn't that vote be completed and the policy consensus concluded before we can proceed with this Saskatoon vote? Dl2000 02:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Good point, but this move is supported by both the existing naming convention and the proposed one. --Usgnus 03:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also in that nameing convention Saskatoon is actually listed as an example of a city that can have a place name because the name is unique and it has a population of over 100,000. There is no reason to stop this vote. --Edgelord 21:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moved

Per consensus above, the page has been moved. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 22:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page). No further edits should be made to this section.

School boards

Why is there an article on the public system and not the Catholic/Separate system? That seems a bit lop-sided (and I'm not even Catholic). Also, the numbers given for the number of schools is out of whack. I just counted and the two school boards have 14 high schools, not 10 as originally noted (not counting the three under construction). The number of elementary schools also seems low but I haven't had time to count them, but it looks like that might only be counting the public schools. 23skidoo 14:48, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The High Schools in Saskatoon are:

  • Holy Cross (Catholic)
  • BJM (Catholic)
  • St. Joseph (Catholic)
  • ED Feehan (Catholic)
  • Joe Duquette (Part of Catholic system)
  • Bishop Murray (Part of Catholic system)
  • Walter Murray Collegiate
  • Aden Bowman Collegiate
  • Even Hardy Collegiate
  • Bedford Road Collegiate
  • Mount Royal Collegiate
  • Marion M. Graham Collegiate
  • City Park
  • Nutana
  • Bethleham (Catholic, under construction)
  • Centenial (Public, under construction)
  • Tommy C Douglas (Public, under construction)
6 part of the Catholic system, and 8 part of the public system, and 3 under construction. The ones missed were probably Joe Duquette, Bishop Murray, Nutana, and City Park. None of those schools field sports teams (in the SHSAA-Saskatoon High School Athletic Asociation), so someone might have missed them there. Hope that helps. -Royalguard11TalkMy Desk 16:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and all the schools are listed at the Cathoic Board Site and the Public Board site. -Royalguard11TalkMy Desk 16:54, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, though the point I was trying to make is the Catholic system should have its own article. Cheers. 23skidoo 17:57, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and Centenial is oppening this year for grades nine-ten. -Royalguard11TalkMy Desk 20:40, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Added article about Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division SriMesh Julia 04:54, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

QE Power Station

I just noticed that the section on the power station had, at some point, turned into total gibberish. I've rewritten it, but it may need some expanding by people who know more about it. One correction I made to the latest edit is the station isn't actually located at the intersection of Power Road (which is technically a non-existent street anyway - it's just the entrance to the dump) and Spadina, but rather a bit further down the road. 23skidoo 23:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Red light cameras

Is the red light cameras bit really necessary? I know this article has quite a bit of local minutae (I've added a lot to it), but the installation of red light cameras is hardly earth shattering nor is it notable since they're getting to be as common as traffic lights. Anyone object if I delete that bit? 23skidoo 02:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's important locally because it is the first red light camera in Saskatoon. There's also quite a big ticket for running it. Drivers will run every other red light in the city, but will slow down before coming to C&Circle just in case it turns red. It's also added a lot of money to the city treasurey. But I guess it is just a little bit of a local tibit, and WP:NOT a travel guide. If you don't think it's needed, delete it, unless anyone objects. -Royalguard11(Talk)(Desk) 03:49, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think it should be deleted. I live in Calgary, and they are everywhere (like most cities I believe). Even Regina has a few. I would hardly find a red light camera to be encyclopedic. Sven Erixon 05:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's the thing. If Saskatoon was the first city to use them, that would be another thing. And RLCs are not unique to Saskatoon (unlike, say, the bridges for which there are articles and so on). I think that's where the notability factor has to be considered -- what information here can be considered unique to Saskatoon? 23skidoo 11:45, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The thing i hate is sometimes you have to speed up cos that lite changes so fast. I ran a red cos i was too late to stop and i speeded up when it was amber. Doesn't weather conditions also have a factor in it too? I could've got a pic in the mail with my car halfway on the intersection sideways or something but to avoid a traffic accident i speeded up to avoid it. (I am refering to the intersection of circle dr and Ave C. ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.64.67.229 (talk)

it should not be there. look at other city entries. most developed cities in the world have red light cameras and it's not something you search on an online encyclopaedia like Wikipedia for. 02:06, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Name

Bill Barry, the Saskatchewan place name expert theorized that Saskatoon may have come from another Cree word meaning place of the populars or something like that, since it is more accurate a description of the area and sounds closer to the name Saskatoon than misâskwatômina. He also pointed out that Saskatoons aren't actually native to the area. Discussion?

Research

Why is there as section labled Research linked to Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory on the Saskatoon main page? If this is research conducted by the U of S it's not the only research conducted by the U of S, and not the most important research conducted by the U of S. It doen't merit an entire section on the Saskatoon main page. Shouldn't this be moved the the U of S page?

Inuit Bridge?

An anonymous editor added "Inuit Bridge" to the list of bridges in Saskatoon, stating that it's a pedestrian bridge. I was in Saskatoon 3 weeks ago and there was no such bridge that I could see, and I can't find any online reference to such a bridge being planned. In any event, I think we should stick to road and rail bridges anyway, but if anyone can confirm a pedestrian bridge in Saskatoon by this name, let's hear it. Perhaps one of the existing pedestrian-over-road bridges has been so named? I'm also suspicious about the accuracy of the addition as Inuit isn't exactly the first First Nations name I would associate with Saskatoon... 23skidoo 02:21, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As a Saskatonian, I can say with certainty that there is no such bridge. Aottley 02:51, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As another Saskatonian, I can also say that it doesn't exist, and that there are no pedestrian bridges in Saskatoon. Only trafic & rail ones. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 03:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thought so. I'm a Saskatonian living in Calgary so I wasn't 100% certain, but I tend to follow such things and I'm sure I would have heard if they were going to put in a bridge like that. 23skidoo 04:15, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Never mind, the guy who posted this is a "nonsense vandal" who has apparently been posting insane sounding gibberish regarding Saskatoon all over Wikipedia, even on the discussion page for the Main Page. I wonder if he's related to the nutcase who was putting up all those posters on lightposts in Saskatoon claiming cannibals were eating people or whatever that was ... 23skidoo 04:25, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey don't they mean the bridge behind the university that the meewasin trail leads to, where the train track bridge is linking the university with spadina cres (where the new river landing is)? It's how i get to 33rd st from sutherland.

Theatres question

An anonymous editor removed the Roxy from being referenced as a single-screen theatre. Is it still a twin theatre like it was when it was the Towne Cinema? I thought when it became the Roxy it became a single again; if so, the section needs to be corrected as it currently states the Broadway is the only single-screen cinema in the city. 23skidoo 04:17, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't remember, I believe the Roxy is two screens. According to [1], it's screening 4 movies this week. And the Broadway is for drama, isn't it? -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 05:14, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No, the Broadway has always been a movie theatre, though it also doubles as a performance venue for concerts and the Saskatoon Soaps (are they still going?). It was the only theatre in the city that showed A Scanner Darkly this past summer. If the Roxy is still a twin, then OK never mind. (Actually near the end the Towne Cinema actually had a third screen which I recall was about the size of a big-screen TV...) 23skidoo 11:14, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes the Soaps are still running....
I looked at "theatres" and it only talks about the movies. What about the live theatres like Persephone, Castle(At Aden Bowman), and Off-Broadway? Tates 23:46, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mitchell's closure

The announcement that the Mitchell's plant will be closed is cited here, but the link probably won't be active for more than a few days before it's put behind a subscriber wall. If anyone can find a more permanent link - perhaps a press release page from Maple Leaf - please feel free to replace the link I've used here. According to the mayor only the main plant is closing and not some of the smaller facilities in town, so it's not a complete pull-out. 23skidoo 12:49, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I use to work at Mitchell's and the idea of them pulling out of 11th St due to the building being there for all thoose years (at one point they lost their HACAP accrediting) has been floating around for years. They wanted to build a new plant over by the Saskatoon correctional, but since Maple Leaf owns the Brandon, Manitoba slaughter plant and it hasn't been at more than half capacity ever, the loonie being strong, etc. Everything but the slaughtering is being moved to the Mcleod Plant. They got all that money from the city, provincial and federal gov'ts to build the new slaughter plant in the north industrial end and also got money to upgrade the 11th St. plant. That location is supposed to have the next phase for completing the circle drive rd.

RV?

I don't want to get in a revert war here, but User:Anger22 reverted edits by User:Skatch. The edits consisted of adding the name Brett Robert Kielo to the notable Saskatonians list, listed as a Thunderstock racer. I know that Thunderstock racing is averge big here, and there was just a new track built for that purpose. Does anyone think that it should be left in or out? -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 01:18, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Drive Ins

The theatres section should mention that Saskatoon has one of the last operational drive-in movie theatres in Western Canada, but I can't remember if it's the Southwinds or Sundown drive-ins that is still going (I get the two mixed up all the time and I'm not in Saskatoon anymore). Can anyone confirm which one is still open? 68.145.238.33 15:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it's Sundown that's still open during the summer. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 19:32, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Sundown DriveIn is Saskatoon's only remaining drive-in theatre has two screens and a concession building. Audio is broadcast over an FM transmitter. http://wikimapia.org/183649/ The Southwinds was demolished years ago. --Allthenamesarealreadytaken 00:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1980 Saskatoon Queen's Hotel fire

An interesting point came up at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006 Milwaukee explosion a few days ago. 23skidoo mentioned the above fire in passing, stating that it caused "the first-ever deaths of firefighters in that city's history". A number of editors, including myself, commented that we thought it would be a good idea for him to go and write that article. I raised the topic on his talk page; below is the conversation (partly from my talk page, and partly from his):


Hi there! I couldn't help notice that, on the above AfD, you commented that "We can't have articles for every local disaster or accident, otherwise I'm going to go off an create an article called 1980 Saskatoon Queen's Hotel fire which is notable as causing the first-ever deaths of firefighters in that city's history." Well, I just want to say that, you've really got me interested now. Contrary to your beleif that this would only interest a local audience, such as yourself, I actually believe that this would make a great article, and I encourage you to really go out there and write it. Also, it may interest you to know, if you're not tracking discusion on the AfD (forgive me if you are), that Mike Halterman and Erikssond have both left comments on the AfD page saying that they, too, would like you to really go out and write it. So please do - it really would be greatly apreciated, and I'm confidant that it could become a very interesting article. Blood red sandman 19:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting reaction re: my off-the-cuff Queen's Hotel reference. Personally I think such an article would probably get AFD'd almost instantly, but if it were supported, what the heck. Unfortunately under current Wikipedia rules like WP:CITE and WP:V I would be unable to write such an article given my very limited knowledge of the topic. (I only remember it because my Grade 5 teacher was a friend of one of the dead firemen, and a few years back the Saskatoon Fire Department erected a statue in their memory.) It might not hurt to put an article request at the Saskatoon article because there are a few bonafide historians involved in that article. Me, I couldn't do a good job based upon my limited knowledge of the topic. Thanks for the thought, anyway. Cheers! 23skidoo 22:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]


That's unfortunate, but there remains some hope at the Saskatoon article. I may even try researching myself, if only to convince myself of the impossibility of the task unless you already know where to look. Blood red sandman 22:43, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]



Well, I think you've probably guessed by now why I'm here. Does anyone here know anything about the fire, and could write that article? If so, it could be the first-ever article to be created as the result of an AfD! Blood red sandman 21:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Despite the fact that I live in Saskatoon, I had never heard of the fire. So, I googled it. Voila!. May 31, 1980: Saskatoon firefighters Victor James Budz and Dennis Aron Guenter were killed while fighting a fire in the basement of the Queen's Hotel on 1st Avenue South. Over 26 years ago now (and just a tad before my time). Also here has some info on one of the fallen firefighters. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 22:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Based on the sources you provided (thanks!), I got a stub written, but anything else anyone knows of is still quite badly needed. Blood red sandman 21:40, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

I've merged Market Mall (Saskatoon), The Centre (Saskatoon), and Midtown Plaza (Saskatoon) to Saskatoon, per WP:LOCAL. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-30 08:34Z

Was the merge really needed? After the shopping center articles have been merged in, the main Saskatoon article is: "This page is 53 kilobytes long. It may be appropriate to split this article into smaller, more specific articles. See Wikipedia:Article size." ...and The Mall at Lawson Heights and Confederation Park Mall haven't even been added yet. instead of merging them into the Saskatoon article, maybe they should have been merged into another new article like "Shopping Centers (Saskatoon)" or similar? Thomas Dzubint 13:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good point about article length. I've removed some unreferenced history text. Splitting it off into a Shopping in Saskatoon article would be fine. I just didn't want them to be off in little stubs which would probably get deleted if left on their own. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-31 00:51Z

Vandalism

The introductory paragraph for this page, and likely the rest of it has been vandalised. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.79.157.253 (talk) 18:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Coat of Arms

I noticed the auto-deletion of the Saskatoon Coat of Arms PNG image as noted on User talk:Ghoppe due to lack of specifying the copyright status for the image. I see the image is at http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/city_hall/crest.asp and it was adopted by city council in a bylaw ... does that imply (if it is a part of a law) that Wikipedia can use it? (sort-of "fair use" - although in Canada it's called "fair dealing") Do most of the various other city wikipedia pages show the city's coats of arms? Dzubint 17:48, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was deleted as an "Image with unknown copyright status" a little while ago [2]. I think that as admins we've been actually trying to clear some backlogs lately, so it was caught in a sweep. We'd could email the city and ask them for permission to use the image (if someone wants to do that, and maybe ask for a picture of Atch at the same time). -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 19:14, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clean up needed in the history section

There's a lot of information that's been added to the History section in the last few days and I don't know if all of it is necessary. I tried cleaning it up but it needs a complete rewrite. Do we really need to include things like Leisureland (which isn't even in Saskatoon), or the geographic description of every square inch of Saskatoon? I was tempted to put the "Clean Up" tag on the article, but I thought I'd play nice and put a friendly on the talk page before doing that. 23skidoo 20:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just did a big entry on Saskatoon's history on Tripadvisor (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g155043-s203/Saskatoon:Saskatchewan:History.html). Would something like that be desireable? Drm310 04:31, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
sure! But remember WP:NOR and WP:ATT (make sure you back everything up with lots of references as pre WP:REF ) Thomas Dzubin Talk 13:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Will do. Most of what I wrote was done by the city's archivist, so it will be easy to provide reference. Anything I can't find, I will cut out. Now, just to find time to do it! Drm310 14:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Locations section?

The "locations" section in the main article confuses me... I know about sections, townships, ranges, etc. etc. but is this section really relevant to anything? I checked a few other Saskatchewan and Western Canada cities and they don't have have separate location sections mentioning which townships the city covers. I was born in Saskatoon and spent 30 years there and the locations section doesn't really mean anything to me in an "encyclopedic" sense. Is it just me? "Beckett Sec.25, Twp.37, R.7, W3" or "Hawoods Sec.20, Twp.36, R.8, W3" really isn't that relevant in my opinion. (let the flames begin) Dzubint 23:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Locations

Hello I am a genealogist and historian. I answer many questions about where things used to be and how to find places, homesteads, ghost towns, districts...etc here in Saskatchewan. Legal land descriptions are thing that one knows if they have mainly a rural background, it is where things are in Saskatchewan if you are in the country and not on a street or avenue of a city....ie the rural area of Brownell (which one knows where it was with the tsp and rge) is now a ghost town of the northern part of the north industrial, and just a very few years ago the Brownell one room school house on 51 st Street burned down :-( The city archives on their city archives history web site resurrected Factoria...I would like to resurrect more... I guess. To know how to use township and ranges in regards to locations mapping.

The placenames of Saskatchewan have changed enormously over the last one hundred years. Sutherland, Riversdale, Saskatoon, and Nutana get a lot of claim to fame in Saskatoon's history, but the enormous growth of the city of Saskatoon really has encompassed many, many other (rural) placenames that seem to be ignored, and they have passed away in silence :-( On an encyclopedia site, there are requirments for documentation references and links and what have you...so henceforth the legal land descriptions. Perhaps there is some searching needed for the other Canadian cities, to see what they have been built on top of. This information is maybe perhpas something for other cities to follow perhaps, but maybe in another article as it is causing confusion here.

For some current legal land descriptions of Saskatoon check the Canadan Archives Archivia Net post office site for Saskatoon growth. A Saskatoon home purchase has the legal land description as well as street address on the land title.

The numerous historical maps site at Can Maps online digitisation project shows that the area around early Saskatoon (much much smaller than now), and the placenames that are mentioned. Horse and buggy days required place name establishment approx every 6 miles apart for an enjoyable day ride. For example the town of Nutana is now just an itsy bitsy neighborhood of Saskatoon on the historical maps - as well the plaename of Mayfair - and all the others, it was mentioned in its own right along with West Saskatoon, and North Saskatoon, and etc, etc.. Now a days, placenames are larger and further apart. I guess it was only fascinating to me.SriMeshSriMesh Julia 19:45, March 21, 2007

New Census info

Okay.I got new census info however i have no clue where the last guy got thoses stats.. Here they are. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Search/SearchForm_Results.cfm?Lang=E

Are we doing the city population or the census area pop? I'm not really sure. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.51.84.241 (talk) 02:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

weather

someone should mention the weather is horrible 10 months of the year and even in summer it isn't always warm. Really people should be warned before coming here. Anyone agree? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nipawin (talk • contribs) 04:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

That's really rather subjective; what's cold to one person may be perfectly pleasant to another. Perhaps adding a bit about seasonal averages to the Climate section would be appropriate, but personal opinions about the weather would violate Wikipedia's WP:NPOV rule. Drm310 20:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Time to Cull Notables

As the article is getting a little long (and that banner at the top is a great stain on the page), I propose we split the notables into a separate article like List of Reginans was done for Regina, Saskatchewan. Either that or we get stricter rules for the notables (the note I added a while ago seemed to help get rid of the "I'm notable" people too). Anyone else have a better idea, comments, object, or anyone attached to the notables being on the page? -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 03:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the list is getting a little lengthy for inclusion in the main article. Since Regina's set a precedent, there's no reason we shouldn't follow suit.--Drm310 20:46, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Power Centre

I've never heard this term used for a big box mall, and seeing how vague it is, I'd just as soon never see it used again. It's a ridiculous and un-objective term. I had to look it up in Wikipedia, so if it's going to be used in the article, it ought to be linked. I've never heard anyone from Saskatoon, where I live, refer to Preston Crossing or anything mall-related as a "power centre." 06:18, May 17, 2007 (UTC)

I have heard the term before, but its usage is rare. --Drm310 20:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saskatoon Sports Franchises

I'm wondering whether the Saskatoon Track and Field Club and Riversdale Athletics qualify for the list. When I originally posted the list, I only included teams that were either professional in nature or top amateur teams in national leagues. This is why you don't see the Contacts, Blazers, Royals etc. listed. If someone can point to major competitions that either of these clubs have participated in (such as the Canadian Olympic trials), then I will rescind my argument against their inclusion. The other thing we could do is siphon that list to its own page, where it could be broken down into professional teams, top amateur teams and local club teams and it could be linked to the Saskatoon page. Shootmaster 44 06:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sport section is way too long

Suggest create its own article. Michellecrisp 02:03, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unless anyone opposes I'm going to move sport franchises into its own article. Michellecrisp 12:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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