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City of Saskatoon proposes 4.38 per cent property tax hike for 2023
The City of Saskatoon is proposing a property tax increase higher than approved by city councillors during their two-year budget cycle deliberations last year. Clae Hack, the city's chief financial of...
Nov 23, 2022 City of Saskatoon chief financial officer Clae Hack. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan sees $1-billion surplus due to strong resource revenue
High resource prices have brought a boost to Saskatchewan's revenues, resulting in a surplus budget and allowing for reduction of the provincial debt as well as relief measures for residents strugglin...
Aug 23, 2022 Sask. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. Aug. 27, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Harpauer spent $8K on chartered flight to North Battleford: Report
Two days after the Saskatchewan government introduced a budget containing tax and fee hikes, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer took a private plane from Regina to North Battleford to attend a Chamber of...
Jul 18, 2022
'Back on track': Provincial debt $1.14 billion lower than projected, Harpauer says
Saskatchewan's finances are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than anticipated, according to Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. Harpauer released Volume 1 of Saskatchewan's Public Accounts 20...
Jun 30, 2022 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
NDP gives province failing grade for school support amid affordability crisis
In the midst of end-of-year school assessments, NDP Education Critic Matt Love has a grade for the province's education minister. "It's a big, whopping F," Love said Friday, speaking to reporters outs...
Jun 17, 2022 Matt Love speaks to media in front of Aden Bowman Collegiate on June 17, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Minister considers more support for schools after lunch supervision fees added
A lot of parents are unhappy after some school divisions across the province introduced a fee for lunchtime supervision in an effort to keep up with inflation. Starting in the fall, parents in several...
Jun 14, 2022 Education Minister Dustin Duncan. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Moe defends travel, talks school funding after trip to U.S.
After spending the last week in New York and Washington, D.C., Premier Scott Moe met reporters at the airport in Saskatoon on Friday afternoon. Moe said he'd had a busy week with 40 meetings, includin...
Jun 10, 2022
Love endorses Carla Beck for NDP leadership
Saskatoon MLA Matt Love is standing behind Carla Beck as she works to become the next leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. The pair announced Love's endorsement Friday at Market Mall in Saskatoon. Beck sai...
Jun 10, 2022 NDP MLA Carla Beck speaks to reporters at Market Mall on June 10, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Federal budget: What does a $53-billion deficit mean for you?
The federal government announced it would be racking up another large deficit of $53 billion as a part of the 2022 budget last week. But what does that mean for you? Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland...
Apr 11, 2022
Prairie Harm Reduction 'devastated' to be excluded from provincial budget
For the third year in a row, Saskatoon's Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) has been passed over in the provincial budget. The safe consumption site is the first one in the province, located in Saskatoon's ...
Mar 25, 2022
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