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The gates at Optimist Hill opened at 11 a.m. Saturday in Saskatoon's Diefenbaker Park. To celebrate the start ...

The Optimist Club of Saskatoon has announced it's made the "difficult decision” to retire from organizing Canada Day celebrations in the city.

Those with Optimist Hill hope to have everything up and running by the start of December. Co-Chair of the Hill, Joe Van't Hof says the snow over the l...

  SASKATOON -- After suffering through a polar vortex, Saskatoon is now seeing above seasonal temperatures, peaking at 5 C on Monday, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. “This is a warm wind, it's coming right from Alberta, it is a Chinook,” said meteorologist Terri Lang. “They're getting quite warm, and in fact, even had some thunderstorms this morning in central Alberta if you can believe that, that's how warm the air is.” Those at Optimist Hill took advantage of the warmer temperatures. “We're going to be open on Monday, Tuesday this week which is not norma...

Last season, Motsi said volunteers were having to groom and maintain the tracks once a week at most. With so much traffic on the trails, volunteers are out constantly making sure tracks are ready for crowds. “It needs to be torn up and reset to have a good skiing experience. With the number of people, it’s getting icier faster, so we are (maintaining tracks) much more frequently this year.” Environment Canada senior meteorologist David Phillips said 31 days of freezing temperatures have elapsed since late January. Conditions are expected to get warmer thanks to a Pacific weather system ...