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Ban on bottled water sales considered by city council
Saskatoon city councillors are considering a move that would see bottled water sales banned in some civic facilities in favour of installing more water fountains and reusable bottle refill stations. T...
Feb 11, 2019
Council approves tribal council preschool in Montgomery Place
A Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) preschool has got city council's approval to operate in the Montgomery neighbourhood. Councillors voted unanimously Monday to approve the STC's application to convert ...
Jan 29, 2019 The Saskatoon Tribal Council is proposing to turn this home on 11th Street into a First Nations preschool. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Clark looks back at waste debate, ahead to downtown planning
The holiday season is offering Mayor Charlie Clark and the rest of Saskatoon city council a chance to recover after an "intense" 2018 packed with major issues. Councillors restricted wood-burning fire...
Dec 28, 2018 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. (650 CKOM file photo)
Ride sharing greenlit by Saskatoon city council
Saskatoon has become the first city in Saskatchewan to open their doors to ride sharing services after an 8-2 vote approving rules for the industry on Monday. The decision green lights the possibility...
Dec 17, 2018 Uber drivers could be coming to Saskatchewan in the near future. (Uber)
Ride-sharing could be in Saskatoon by Christmas: mayor
Saskatoon could end up being the first community in Saskatchewan to introduce ride-sharing, and it could happen by Christmas. City council is set to vote on Monday on a bylaw that would govern the rid...
Dec 11, 2018
Environmental director fired by City of Saskatoon
The City of Saskatoon has fired the departmental director who was responsible for presenting and explaining a controversial waste utility program. Brenda Wallace, formerly the city's director of envir...
Nov 29, 2018 Brenda Wallace was fired from her position as director of environmental and corporate initiatives on Nov. 23, 2018. (Brenda Wallace/Facebook)
New waste utility vote coming after councillor changes mind
Saskatoon's waste utility debate isn't settled yet. City council voted 6-5 last week in favour of moving waste management off of property taxes and onto a monthly utility bill for homeowners, charging...
Nov 28, 2018
City council approves pay raise to offset tax exemption.
The salaries for Saskatoon's mayor and city councillors are set to increase next year, but their take-home pay won't be going up. Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the pay increase during Tue...
Nov 14, 2018 Saskatoon City Council. (650 CKOM )
City hall aims for 4.5% property tax hike in 2019 prelim budget
A growing city needs more services and more policing, and a way to pay for it. That's the message in the City of Saskatoon's preliminary 2019 budget released Wednesday morning with a proposed property...
Oct 24, 2018 The City of Saskatoon's proposed 2019 budget would include a 4.5 per cent property tax increase. City council will determine the final increase, if any, after deliberations in late November.
Curbside organics program approved, funding still up in air
Saskatoon will be implementing a curbside organics collection program, but how it will be funded is still to be decided. City council voted 7-4 Monday afternoon in favour of supplying green carts to h...
Oct 22, 2018 A City of Saskatoon breakdown of what could be diverted into a green organics bin. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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