City Council: March 1, 2010 – Results

Mar

1

2010

I was only able to catch the City Council meeting tonight between 1900 and 2030. Of interest were a few items that were up for discussion: 1. A series of 6 residents made presentations to Council on the pending Chief Whitecap Master Plan that will make it’s way before Council sometime this spring. There main ...
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City Council · Commentary · Cycling · Infrastructure · Just Plain Silly · NIBMYism · Parks · Star Phoenix · Traffic

Railway Yard Removal in Regina?

Mar

1

2010

Today the feasibility study for a new domed stadium in Regina was released. I’ll leave it to others to dissect the merits of spending upwards of $430 million dollars of taxpayers money on a recreational centre to others. However, one aspect of the announcement caught my eye as it could relate to Saskatoon (bold my ...
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City Planning · Infrastructure · Neighbourhood Improvement · Province Matters · Star Phoenix · Urban Infill

Curbside Debate Finally Getting a Public Face

Feb

27

2010

After months of only hearing one side of the curbside recycling debate, the Star Phoenix finally started sharing the in-favour views with an article in today’s (Feb 27, 2010) edition. Coming out in favour of a curbside program include Councillors Lorje, Hill, and Paulsen – stating against a city-wide curbside program were Mayor Atchison and ...
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City Council · Commentary · Environment · Mayor · Public Education · Recycling · Star Phoenix · Voting Record

Saskatoon Has A Mascot?

Feb

25

2010

You can only laugh at this one. Saskatoon has a mascot! (Thanks to David Hutton for the pictures). Presenting……Sunny! A question for all you readers, do you know of any other cities with mascots?? Tweet
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Just Plain Silly · Saskatoon · Star Phoenix