Money woes add to Saskatoon Symphony’s troubles

The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra is in debt to the tune of about $300,000, a musicians union official said Thursday.

“It’s effectively bankrupt,” Cam McConnell, vice president of American Federation of Musicians Local 553, told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.

Premier outraged Idol skipping Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall is calling on fans of Canadian Idol to lodge a protest after Saskatchewan was left off the list of audition locations this year.

Wall said he was outraged when he learned the reality TV talent competition would schedule auditions in 10 major Canadian cities, but leave out both Regina and Saskatoon.

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