Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Saskatoon care home residents wishing for accessible bus stop
Across the street from a group of four adult and senior care homes in Saskatoon's Silverspring neighbourhood sits a public bus stop equipped with a simple shelter and concrete pad. The stop is located...
Dec 06, 2023 Bree Phillips navigates her power chair across a stretch of grass along Kristjanson Road, as Matt Moody pushes resident Rhett Wallace. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Kenneth MacKay back behind bars after violating day parole
WARNING - This story contains graphic details. The Parole Board of Canada has revoked the day parole of a man convicted of a Saskatoon murder. Kenneth David MacKay, 49, is now back in prison as he ser...
Dec 04, 2023 Kenneth David MacKay. (Submitted)
Saskatoon council approves 6.04% property tax hike for 2024
After a record four days of debating and deliberating, Saskatoon city councillors have decided property taxes will go up by 6.04 per cent in 2024 and 5.64 per cent in 2025. Even after 25 hours of deli...
Dec 01, 2023 Property taxes in Saskatoon are set to go up by 6.04 per cent in 2024 and 5.64 per cent in 2025.(Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon council trims $6M from budget gap; fee increases planned
After three days of budget deliberations, Saskatoon city councillors have trimmed about $6 million from a two-year, $40-million funding gap. According to Clae Hack, the city's chief financial officer,...
Nov 30, 2023 Saskatoon City Hall. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Proposal to hike business taxes defeated during Saskatoon budget deliberations
There was a swift and strong reaction from several Saskatoon city councillors after a motion recommended increasing taxes for businesses. The motion, put forward by Coun. Mairin Loewen during the seco...
Nov 29, 2023 A motion that would have hiked taxes for Saskatoon businesses was defeated on the second day of council's budget deliberations. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon council passes police budget on first day of deliberations
Saskatoon city council began its three-day budget process by listening to a variety of budget "asks" and unanimously passing the police service's budget for 2024-25. The Saskatoon Police Service asked...
Nov 28, 2023 Saskatoon's city council is working to bring down major funding gaps as it works out the city's budget. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon facing $40-million funding gap as budget deliberations begin
Saskatoon's city council is heading into three days of budget deliberations with property tax increases sitting at a preliminary 7.22 per cent for next year and 5.58 per cent for 2025. During a budget...
Nov 27, 2023 The City of Saskatoon’s 2024 operating budget stands at $628.5 million, a 6.06-per-cent increase from 2023. (650 CKOM file photo)
Social services minister says Sask. delivering on requests for more shelter spaces
Councillors, police and other organizations have long been asking for more places to treat people with complex needs in Saskatoon and Regina - and the provincial government is delivering on those requ...
Nov 24, 2023 Gene Makowsky, Saskatchewan's social services minister, says there is a plan for clients discharged from a soon-to-be-opened shelter in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Council votes to allow provincial complex needs shelter for 18 months
A marathon city council meeting focused on a single issue for more than six hours Wednesday. The issue was the provincial government's decision to open a complex needs shelter on Idylwyld Drive North,...
Nov 22, 2023 The site of the provincial government's complex needs shelter on Idylwyld Drive North. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
New shelter could 'exacerbate' issues for Idylwyld business owners
In the four and a half years since Churchill's British Cafe opened on Idylwyld Drive North in Saskatoon, owner Tony Badger said he and his staff have had their fair share of problems. "We clean up nee...
Nov 21, 2023 Tony Badger, owner of Churchill's British Cafe, says a new shelter across the street could make issues worse for local businesses. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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