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 city councillor Darren Hill files lawsuit against SHA
Saskatoon Ward 1 Coun. Darren Hill has filed a lawsuit against the Saskatchewan Health Authority and five doctors who treated him after he was hospitalized more than two years ago. In the lawsuit, fil...
Sep 01, 2023 Saskatoon city councillor Darren Hill has filed a lawsuit against the Saskatchewan Health Authority. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon councillors shave off another $3.7M from $44M funding gap
Another $3.7 million has been shaved off a massive $44-million funding gap the City of Saskatoon is facing for 2024 and 2025. At the beginning of the fourth special budget meeting Thursday, Mayor Char...
Sep 01, 2023 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clarke and city councillors are still looking for ways to address the funding gap. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Court of King's Bench justice dismisses Greg Fertuck request as 'ill-conceived'
A Saskatoon Court of King's Bench justice has dismissed what he called an "ill-conceived" attempt to admit new information into the global voir dire at the Greg Fertuck murder trial. A voir dire -- or...
Aug 30, 2023 A Court of King's Bench justice has tossed out Greg Fertuck's attempt to include more information into his voir dire. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon to repay 2023 snow clearing bill over 10 years
It's going to take a long time for the City of Saskatoon to pay off its snow clearing bill. According to Clae Hack, the city's chief financial officer, it's going to take 10 years. Two storms last Dec...
Aug 17, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Fees to increase as Saskatoon council makes progress on massive funding gaps
It's a slow process, but Saskatoon's city councillors are shaving down a funding gap that still adds up to more than $44 million over the next two years. After Tuesday's third special budget meeting, ...
Aug 16, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
City of Saskatoon plans to internally borrow $3.5 million for new garbage bins
The wheels are in motion - so to speak - for the City of Saskatoon to internally borrow $3.5 million to fund the purchase of new residential garbage bins. Clae Hack, the city's chief financial officer...
Aug 11, 2023 The City of Saskatoon displays examples of different garbage bin sizes that could be implemented under a new utility program, with the current bin displayed on the right. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon city auditor to report on ratio of managers to employees
Saskatoon's finance committee has unanimously voted to direct the city's independent auditor, Sohail Saleem, to report on the ratio of managers to full-time employees. Coun. Cynthia Block made the mot...
Aug 10, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Huge Saskatoon budget funding gap reduced by another $3.7 million
The City of Saskatoon's massive funding gap for 2024 and 2025 is slowly shrinking. Before special budget meetings began in June and some savings were found, the city was facing a $52-million funding g...
Aug 10, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Patron facing third charge of impersonating a peace officer
Travis Patron, the former leader of the now-defunct Canadian Nationalist Party, is facing yet another charge in Saskatoon. According to Saskatoon police and court records, a man approached a man and a...
Aug 09, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon Fire Dept. paying inspectors to reach out to homeless, track encampments
Two full-time Saskatoon fire inspectors are being diverted from their regular duties to reach out to those who are homeless, to arrange social services appointments, and to keep track of encampments. ...
Aug 08, 2023 (Libby Gisebrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
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