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Phil TankSaskatoon StarPhoenix |
Saskatchewan teachers abandoned their demand to include class size and complexity in a contract four years ago amid a public health crisis.
Five Saskatoon councillors vote against a plan for city hall to build and operate its own composting facility, despite lower cost estimates.
Saskatoon city hall is now focused on how to improve safety for cyclists, instead of whether such measures represent irresponsible spending.
Saskatchewan set a new record for suicides in one year in 2022 with 243 so far, while a report from the coroners service aims for insight.
With two councillors and Mayor Charlie Clark stepping aside, a geyser of change looms for Saskatoon city hall in this year's election.
Saskatoon city council candidates get a reminder on campaign spending rules, which mostly prohibit expenditures prior to June 1.
Saskatchewan links its inflation rate to its carbon tax protest, but Manitoba managed a lower inflation rate after suspending its gas tax.
Carbon pricing is difficult to understand and even tougher to explain, so Canada's ongoing debate has been distilled into simple slogans.
Former Saskatoon councillor Myles Heidt appears to be involved in a shadowy online effort to influence this year's city council election.
A website promoting change at Saskatoon city hall was registered by a Calgary man who previously worked as a Saskatchewan Party adviser.
Saskatchewan Green Party Leader Naomi Hunter plans to run in Saskatoon Riversdale in the coming election and could play spoiler.
Even though distracted driving is a more widespread issue in Saskatchewan, impaired driving is claiming more than twice as many lives.
Saskatchewan's plan for a multi-billion-dollar irrigation system proceeds while climate change hinders the critical watershed it needs.
Those living in condominiums in Saskatchewan may be denied the carbon tax exemption because their accounts are classified as commercial.
Saskatoon Coun. David Kirton says the a provincial homeless shelter in his ward contributed to his decision to leave after one term.
Saskatchewan Party candidate Rylund Hunter incorporated a company that is listed on an anonymous provocative website on Saskatoon city hall.
With polls suggesting a competitive election lies ahead in Saskatchewan, there's a lot riding on the NDP's campaign platform and policies.
Opponents to a new downtown Saskatoon arena district have yet to articulate a better option other than letting SaskTel Centre deteriorate.
Saskatoon finished last year with a surplus of nearly $10 million and council must balance prudence and popularity in spending it.
Saskatoon council effectively prevented a provincial shelter from opening, but also heard a dire account of how homelessness is increasing.
The timing and the accuracy of Saskatchewan's response to a federal plan to cap oil and gas emissions raise some pertinent questions.
Saskatoon sustained five homicides this month, which puts the city on pace to surpass the existing mark for most unlawful deaths in a year.
An estimate that renovating SaskTel Centre arena would cost about $300 million might be low, based on upgrades to other similar facilities.
The Saskatchewan Party's decline in popularity and the NDP's rise can be connected to the focus on affordability and the lack of relief.
The Saskatchewan Party cabinet minister is reportedly mulling a bid to be the first provincial politician to get elected Saskatoon mayor.
Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government has managed to keep most right-wingers inside its tent, but its appeal to moderates is diminished.
Saskatchewan includes hundreds of reserves and dozens of First Nations with communities facing the same issues that fuelled the massacre.
You may not think it's fair, but successful Saskatoon mayoral candidates have spent about $200,000 on campaigns in the last two elections.
The Saskatchewan Party has relied on touting growth under its rule, but conservative voters are souring on the immigration driving growth.
The surprise resignation of Saskatoon Public Library CEO Carol Cooley comes at a crucial time in the long journey to a new downtown branch.
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark's emotional tribute to his family shows the cost of political leadership in an era of nasty and toxic debate.
The testimony at a Saskatchewan coroner's inquest into the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation reveals many complex issues.
Saskatchewan recorded an all-time high in drug toxicity deaths last year as it reinforces its focus on recovery from addiction to drugs.
Saskatoon should seek out private developers to gauge interest in building a new downtown arena the way Kelowna did 24 years ago.
As Conservatives promise to axe the carbon tax, it's worth remembering the pledge to Canadians to eliminate the hated GST in the 1990s.
A Saskatoon woman seeking a limit on the number of pets allowed in a household reminds us how city hall and local democracy should work.
Several factors, including the rise in homelessness and severe cold, could make this a deadlier winter for exposure deaths in Saskatchewan.
An international study that assesses 15-year-old students shows Saskatchewan's education system is declining in quality in three key areas.
Saskatoon enters an election year with a six per cent tax increase and Regina endured a tumultuous and sometimes embarrassing year in 2023.
The once-dominant Saskatchewan Party could consider a spring election as a strategy to halt momentum by the province's opposition parties.
Saskatchewan's political landscape is seen through the lens of Charles Dickens' classic tale of redemption and reflection at Christmas time.
Saskatoon city council seems to sense the dive in popularity in the city of the provincial government and is poised to capitalize on it.
Saskatoon's fire chief and its police chief are retiring amid a homeless crisis, and Mayor Charlie Clark may decide against running again.
The plummeting poll numbers for Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals might not seem as dire if Canada had adopted a new voting system.
Saskatoon city hall is pitching a handful of new bikeways with lower speed limits, combining two of the city's most controversial issues.
Saskatchewan's carbon tax fight took attention away from the government's bungled budget and a substantial decline in life expectancy.
After a record four days Saskatoon city council delivered a six per cent property tax increase with an election looming in less than a year.
Saskatoon city hall budget talks bled into a fourth day with what many will see as very little progress in reducing property tax hikes.
Saskatchewan is sending a delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference; here's a possible conversation at its pavilion.
Saskatchewan finds itself in deficit yet again, but it appears to have ignored warning signs about drought and the volatile potash industry.