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Editorial Yorkton This Week Finding the right words when writing an editorial is something newspapers are tasked with on a weekly basis, but sometimes it is simply impossible to find the right words to fit the situation. The news breaking last week that the remains of 215 children buried on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on the Tk emlups te Secwépemc First Nation in British Columbia had been discovered is such a situation. article continues below Obviously there is a great sadness that came with the announcement that 215 children taken from their parents to schools’ intent on stripping their youth of their First Nations identities, language, long hair, culture, parents all systematically stripped – would die and simply be buried on the school grounds and forgotten.
“If taxes are going to rise do it in a responsible way,” he said. From Brears perspective that responsible way was to look at the impact a three per cent a year tax hike would have. In making his initial motion Brears broke down each year’s increase over capital and operating, with capital receiving the lion’s share, roughly five per cent, over the three years. If the increases were not enough on the operating side Brears said there would need to be a decrease in expenditures, but without cutting programs or services. By creating a plan Brears said the public would better be able to plan in terms of the property tax costs.
It was recommended by the Economic Development Committee and was endorsed by YBID with a monetary contribution. The project was set to commence this spring with a budget of $900,000, with $350,000 from the MEEP grant, $150,000 from YBID and $400,000 from the City’s 2021 budget. The project will feature gabion walls with City of Yorkton signage and lighting on the South West and South East corners to welcome inbound traffic. The project will also include pathways, concrete planters, native grass planting, berms and landscaping. “During the winter months we have been looking at the designs for this project in conjunction with Parks, Engineering and the consultants at Scatliff Miller Murray (SMM). As we dove deeper into detailed design, we realized that in-order for us to build close to the conceptual drawings that were presented to Council in June 2020, we needed to either refocus our funds on two sides of the intersection or come back to Council for further direction,” no
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