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Saskatoon police chief talks traffic blitz, record budget on Evan Bray Show
Saskatoon's police chief is defending a traffic blitz which saw traffic tickets handed out to several truck drivers hauling snow after a storm. On November 29, as the city was still digging out after ...
Dec 10, 2024 Saskatoon Police Chief Cam McBride was on The Evan Bray Show on Tuesday, where he discussed the city’s traffic blitz and the plans for the record budget approved for the police service by council. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Mayor Cynthia Block breaks down Saskatoon's budget with Evan Bray
After finalizing the city's budget for 2025, which includes a 4.96 per cent property tax hike, Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block joined the Evan Bray Show on Wednesday morning. The conversation covered th...
Dec 04, 2024 Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block told reporters she is happy with the 2025 city budget. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon financial officer: City faces 'same challenges' as citizens
The City of Saskatoon's proposed budget for the upcoming year has been adjusted to include a 5.84 per cent property tax hike. According to the city, the tax increase - adjusted up slightly from the 5....
Nov 26, 2024 The proposed property tax increase for 2025 follows a hike of 6.04 per cent this year. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Don Atchison declares mayoral run on 'back-to-basics' platform
Former mayor Don Atchison will once again run for office. Atchison, who was Saskatoon's mayor from 2003 until 2016 when he lost by about 3,000 votes to current mayor Charlie Clark, said during his ann...
Aug 16, 2024 Don Atchison, who served as Saskatoon's mayor from 2003 to 2016, announced his campaign to return to the mayor's office on Thursday. (Lara Fominoff 650/CKOM)
Sask. reports $182 million operating surplus at end of fiscal year
Despite two previous updates in the red, Saskatchewan ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with an operating surplus of $182 million. The Ministry of Finance released the Public Accounts Volume 1 on Thursday...
Jun 27, 2024 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says higher than expected corporate income taxes helped move the province's books from red to black in 2023-24. June 27, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Council to consider borrowing $22 million for organics processing facility
Saskatoon's city councillors will contemplate a plan to borrow more than $22 million to construct an organics processing facility over the next two years. A previous agreement with Green Prairie Envir...
May 23, 2024 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says the financial impacts will be even greater if the city doesn't build its own facility. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
NDP finance critic tells Evan Bray the provincial budget is a failure
The Saskatchewan NDP's finance critic told The Evan Bray Show that he can't find anything for Saskatchewan people in the 2024-25 budget. Trent Wotherspoon said he looked through the entire document an...
Mar 23, 2024 NDP Leader Carla Beck (left) and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon react to the government's 2024-25 budget on Wednesday. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Funding for safe consumption sites again not included in Sask. budget
Prairie Harm Reduction executive director Kayla DeMong was not surprised at what was included -- or what wasn't -- in the Saskatchewan budget this year. Tabled Wednesday, the budget revealed a record ...
Mar 22, 2024 The safe consumption site in Saskatoon did not receive any funding in the provincial budget. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan putting millions into shelter security
Homelessness has been getting worse in Saskatchewan, requiring more shelter spaces. But as those spaces have opened, there are some who've been concerned about crime. This week, in the provincial budg...
Mar 22, 2024
Sask. chambers of commerce content with small business tax in provincial budget
The CEOs of both the Regina and Saskatoon chambers of commerce say they're pleased with where the Saskatchewan small business tax sits this year. The 2024-25 budget that was tabled by the province on ...
Mar 21, 2024
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