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Phil TankSaskatoon StarPhoenix |
Much doubt has been cast on Saskatoon crime statistics, which show fewer crimes last year than in 2023 — and fewer than 10 years ago.
SaskTel Centre is planning to spend $200,000 to study renovations to the current arena, even as a new arena in downtown Saskatoon has been endorsed.
Releasing the shocking homeless counts in Regina and Saskatoon played right into the Saskatchewan government's plan to avoid talking about the...
Judy Harwood opted against seeking a fourth term as reeve of Corman Park, Saskatchewan's largest rural municipality. She wants more women on RM...
Dave Whalley won a 1979 race for a Saskatoon city council seat by a single vote and one candidate ran five times without ever getting elected.
Brent Suer of Duchuck Holdings Ltd. wants to locate a long-sought downtown grocery store in the nearly 60-year-old newspaper office and add...
Charges were stayed in the trial of a Saskatoon woman charged with driving over the legal limit for cannabis in a collision that killed a...
Saskatoon city council heard that the convention business for cities this size has been altered in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it...
Saskatoon's homeless count has reached 1,499, which was announced on the same day that an extreme cold warning was issued.
Saskatchewan is moving to prevent employers from keeping tips from workers, but the government struggles to explain why it's doing this.
Voters backed Saskatoon's first woman mayor in the core neighbourhoods and suburbs; she won all but 13 of 69 polls in last month's election.
Saskatoon's new city council staged a seemingly smooth debut by lowering the property tax hike to 4.96 per cent, which is still the second highest...
Saskatchewan's premier wants to talk about securing the U.S. border due to concerns about drugs. He should be talking about guns instead.
The Saskatoon Public Library board vows that the controversial new downtown library will be completed within its $134-million budget
Saskatoon's new mayor and council will be asked to consider a higher property tax increase of 5.8 per cent next week, which should offer insight.
The Saskatchewan Party prevented a split in the right-wing vote, but that strategy appears to have cost it support in Regina and Saskatoon.
Results for Saskatoon city council were delayed for the third straight election; city hall must address its inept election procedures.
Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block appears to represent an extension of Charlie Clark's left-leaning legacy, but this council could tack further to the...
Charlie Clark and Darren Hill are leaving office after 18 years, but Clark opted to walk away, while Hill was sent packing by voters.
Saskatoon's first woman mayor will lead a city council with six new members; she cited trying to address homelessness as her top priority.
Voters in Saskatchewan should ignore the attempts to influence them by shadowy online cabals that refuse to identify who they are and who is...
The problems created when the provincial government opened a homeless shelter in Fairhaven continue to dominate the debate in the city council...
Some candidates for Saskatoon city council and mayor have expressed skepticism about a downtown arena district, but none have proposed an alternative.
Sask. is holding overlapping provincial and municipal election campaigns because of the influence of a tiny few in rural areas.
The incumbent city councillor trying to become Saskatoon's first woman mayor felt comments in the chamber debate were inappropriate.
Malvina Rapko is seeking election to the same Saskatoon city council seat her sister Sarina Gersher has represented for the eight years.
Saskatoon's mayoral race continues to look remarkably similar to the 2000 race, with Block's opponents apparently failing to learn the obvious...
Saskatoon mayoral candidate Don Atchison appears to be warning people about decisions he himself made when he was mayor.
The Sask. Party's celebration in Saskatoon represented a bizarrely glum, empty room for a government that just won its fifth straight majority.
Saskatoon's spending limit for mayoral campaign is more than $200,000 higher than the limit in Regina and even candidates wonder if it's too high.
The former Sask. Party cabinet minister is warning against another fractured vote as he campaigns to become Saskatoon's next mayor.
Saskatchewan's political parties are fielding more diverse slates of candidates, but it remains to be seen whether the election will reflect this.
Former Saskatoon mayor Don Atchison is leaning into false claims and misinformation in his increasingly desperate mayoral comeback bid.
At least 10 people running for Saskatoon city council have previously sought election for a political party, including two mayoral hopefuls.
Saskatchewan's election campaign has scarcely mentioned the homelessness crisis afflicting cities like Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert.
Saskatoon's longest-serving mayor, Don Atchison, is promoting 3D-printed trailers to help solve homelessness in his comeback bid with 'minimal'...
Two council positions are acclaimed, but 46 candidates will compete for the other nine spots with shelters, taxes, donations and coyotes as key...
Moe's Saskatchewan Party has led an almost religious crusade against the federal carbon tax, but not its own provincial consumption taxes.
Former Saskatchewan Party provincial cabinet minister Gord Wyant and Saskatoon Coun. Cynthia Block have shifted their campaigns to become the...
Saskatoon city council candidate Henry Chan, who is running in Ward 8, has declined to respond to questions about his employment and residency.
Even though Saskatchewan appears afflicted by climate change, the main political parties may avoid the topic during the election campaign.
The most effusive praise for Mayor Charlie Clark came from council colleagues who rarely voted with him on major issues.
Departing Saskatoon city councillors get emotional about the sacrifices required to serve, especially the women with children, like Coun. Mairin...
Saskatoon city council's last big decision of this term to approve a downtown shelter site shows hypocrisy when it comes to protecting children.