Saskatoon, SK. – Investigators believe a woman’s drowning death in a bathtub in the Lakeview area Thursday night was an accident. 911 was called to investigate a drowning just before 7:30 Thursday night. Investigators found a 42-year-old woman dead in the bathtub. Investigators said she was on heavy medication following a surgery. At this time, investigators believe it’s an accident. Toxicology results are pending.

Saskatoon, SK. – Ryan Turner may look like any other pan handler asking for your change until you notice the neck brace, and look of frustration on his face. Turner says he’s just one of a growing number of homeless who say they are becoming targets of unprovoked street violence. The attack against Turner happened late in the evening of March 29th while he was heading to one of the shelters near 20th street. All that he remembers feeling a blow from the behind and then waking up the next day in St. Paul’s Hospital. Turner had heard the rumours of someone attacking the homeless but still went about his regular business of collecting bottles and cans from the trash bins earlier that evening. While none of the attacks have been fatal they do seem to be occurring more often. While Turner still continues to collect the bottles, he now does so with a friend.

Saskatoon, SK. -  Corrections, Public Safety and Policing Minister Jared Thorne told reporters this afternoon that four of the five escapees who tunneled out of the Regina Correctional Facility were apprehended on April 4th. Saskatoon Police, acting upon an anonymous tip raided a house on Avenue H late in the evening. During the raid Constable James Ryder suffered fatal stab wound. The remaining escapee, one Raymond Fowler is wanted for the attack. Funeral services for Constable Ryder were held on April 7th. Police have issued a warning that anyone who comes into contact should immediately leave the vicinity and contact the police. No attempt should be made to apprehend Fowler as he is presumed extremely dangerous.

An Eagles fan is outraged with the City of Saskatoon’s bus service after Tuesday’s concert.

“There were 500 people out there in -48,” Daniel Grant said Wednesday. Grant says the first three buses for The Centre mall were immediately full and he ended up waiting an hour and 10 minutes for another.

Transit manager Mitch Riabko says the system was overwhelmed and changes have to be made.

“What happened was we didn’t prepare. We’ve got some work to do in the future.”

On Sunday night, about 1,600 to 1,800 people used the park-and-ride charter service. On Tuesday, 6,000 people took the bus. There were 27 buses in service but 50 could have been used, said Riabko.

Grant said while waiting, he and another concert-goer noticed 10 to 12 city buses idling behind Credit Union Centre, away from the pick-up area. They asked one driver what was going on and Grant says the driver said, “We’re waiting for an inspector to tell us what to do.”

The buses couldn’t be moved into position until the pick-up lanes were clear, said Riabko, but that was complicated by the amount of traffic the buses had to deal with.

Grant is particularly furious with a worker in a transit van he talked to when he went up to her to complain. “We were pretty incensed but not swearing,” he said. Her response, he says, was, “I don’t care.”

REGINA — Using a modified nail clipper and other makeshift tools, inmates tunneled their way out of the Regina jail over a four-month period — activity that went undetected by more than 80 corrections workers during that time, says a report detailing the incident released today.

Other inmates played cards at a table in the corridor to block the view of supervising workers and the hole was hidden behind the cover of a hot water register.

It was a calculated and daring escape that should have been prevented, Corrections, Public Safety and Policing Minister Jared Thorne told reporters this afternoon.

“The escape should not have happened,” Thorne said, adding one of the escapees later told authorities he couldn’t believe the jailbreak actually worked.

On the night of the Feb. 24 escape, inmates waited until after the 8:30 p.m. head count before using a steel shower rod to smash a hole through the weakened exterior wall, according to the 136-page document tabled by a government-appointed external investigation team (EIT).

The names of the escaped inmates have yet to be released.