Dan Zakreski

"So what do they teach you in university?" I remember city editor Tom Loran asking that question after slicing and dicing my latest attempt at writing a news story. The printed copy lay face down on Mount Olympus (what rookies called the city desk at the ... See more

The family of a Saskatoon man who was shot by police on Dec. 19 wants to know why the 25-year-old was not apprehended three weeks earlier, after a judge issued a mental health warrant. The man is still recovering in hospital. Police will not comment on th... See more

Saskatoon police shot a 25-year-old man during a standoff triggered by a mental health call to a Sutherland trailer park, says the province's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). The man remains in hospital in stable condition. SIRT became involved afte... See more

A Saskatoon woman says she watched her neighbour's police standoff play out in real time on social media. The man had barricaded himself Friday in a mobile home trailer in Rayner Place Park in the Sutherland neighbourhood. He posted live updates of his st... See more

A Saskatoon judge is rejecting the testimony of a key Crown witness in the Roderick Sutherland manslaughter trial. Bobby Thomas pleaded guilty in October 2024 to second-degree murder in the 2020 death of Megan Gallagher and was sentenced to life in prison... See more