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Customers denied diced onions, throw snake at Saskatoon Tim Hortons employee

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After a dispute over diced onions on a breakfast sandwich, two men threw a snake over a counter towards an employee of a Saskatoon Tim Hortons.

TimHortonAccording to Saskatoon police, staff members “fled the store in fear” after the incident, which took place Monday around 7:30 a.m. at the Tim Hortons in the 600 block of 22nd Street West.

“I’ve never heard of a snake being thrown at an employee by a customer … It was definitely a little chaotic,” said Saskatoon police spokeswoman Alyson Edwards.

“The staff was shocked and afraid and fled the store.”

Staff told police that two male customers were arguing with an employee about their breakfast order – specifically that they wanted their onions diced. When the argument escalated, one of the men reached into the pocket of the other man, pulled out a garter snake and threw it behind the counter.

No one was injured, said police.

Officers quickly found the snake and determined it was not venomous, said Edwards.

The two men, both 20, are facing charges of mischief and causing a disturbance.

No one wants barf at dance competitions

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The Saskatoon Health Region is investigating a gastrointestinal outbreak that happened at a dance competition last weekend.

More than a dozen groups from Saskatchewan and Alberta gathered sorenne.apr.13.2for The Performer at TCU place.

The region said they were notified that people who attended had symptoms consistent with Norovirus.

“So we’re investigating this now as a community outbreak of gastrointestinal illness,” said Deputy Medical Health Officer Dr. Julie Kryzanowski.

An instructor from Dance Ink studio in Saskatoon said about a quarter of her students and their parents have gotten sick.

Runs in Saskatoon? Cryptosporidium found in parsley

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I don’t like parsley. Can’t stand using it in cooking, hate it as a garnish and, like many herbs, is prone to microbial contamination.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume Boskovich brand fresh Parsley described below. The affected product may contain Cryptosporidium.

The affected product was sold only on March 19, 2012 from one store, Canada Safeway, 124 Primrose Dr., Lawson Heights Mall, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The product was sold in bunches enclosed with a band indicating the Boskovich brand and Product of USA.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.

As usual, CFIA provided no details about how the contaminated parsley was discovered, or why the advisory only applies to one day’s worth of product at one store.

Speaking of Saskatoon, I was rocking out to this a couple of days ago after my friend Roy sent along his latest rock and roll band photo and I commented he was channeling Randy Bachman.