CTV Saskatoon's most-read stories of 2024: Part Two

Police say Sask. girl was set on fire at school WATCH: A 15-year-old girl was set on fire in an assault at Saskatoon's Evan Hardy Collegiate Thursday afternoon, police say.

CTV Saskatoon’s most-read stories of 2024: Part Two

As 2024 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at the top 10 most-read stories of the year.

Here is the top five. You can check out the first part here.

5: SHOCKING HIGH SCHOOL ATTACK

Saskatoon police say a 15-year-old girl was set on fire in an assault at a local high school

The school year was set off to a rocky start for students at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon, after a 15-year-old girl was doused in a flammable substance and set on fire by another teen.

A 14-year-old was arrested in connection with the assault. She has yet to enter a plea on her charges in youth court.

The victim was flown to Edmonton for specialized treatment. She is still recovering in hospital.

4: ‘OPENED THE WRONG DOOR’

Sask. passengers landing in Orlando told they ‘entered the country illegally’

Air travel horror stories are not hard to come by, but this one’s a doozy.

This Saskatoon couple was heading to Orlando for a winter vacation when they say a WestJet employee took them through the wrong door at the airport, and they were accused of entering the country illegally.

3: ‘VERY EXPENSIVE LUNCH’

Sask. driver says he got a cellphone ticket for using his points app in the drive-thru

As a necessity, police are generally tight-lipped about commenting on specific cases, but this driver’s claim went so viral that they were compelled to set the record straight.

While the RCMP says driver Mason Prima was ticketed for a traffic violation that occurred before he pulled into the McDonald’s parking lot, Prima stuck to his story.

But, full disclosure: the RCMP says its officers will not ticket you for pulling out your cell phone in the drive-thru line to use your favourite fast-food points app — just don’t do anything dangerous.

2: ‘I GOT NO REMORSE’

Greg Fertuck, convicted of murdering missing spouse, sentenced to life in prison

Even big fans of murder mysteries would say this one dragged.

Greg Fertuck had a knack for drawing out court proceedings, whether intentional or not: turning against his own lawyers and filing a complaint against them to the law society, opting — against advice — to represent himself, grandstanding and making last-minute left turns. The judge himself seemed irritated by the end.

“You know you did this. I know you did this. Now everyone knows you did this,” Justice Richard Danyliuk said at his sentencing.

Fertuck will remain in prison with no chance of parole until he is 90-years-old.

1: ‘CONSPIRACY THEORIES’

Caban Condos: Buyers say they lost life savings to Sask. company

Alongside a team at the Investigative Journalism Foundation, CTV Saskatoon discovered a local builder with a trail of unhappy customers across North America who paid millions in deposits on their dream vacation homes in Mexico, most of which were never completed.

Months later, Saskatchewan’s Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority announced it had launched its own investigation into the company, Regal Property Developments, which it says is not licenced to trade in real estate.