Saskatoon City Councillors are looking to make some cuts from the proposed budget this week, but the Saskatoon Police Service isn't going to be one of.
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The first of Saskatoon city council’s committee meetings for this month dealt with a big shift on walkway closures, a close vote on mandatory smart meters and a whole lot of talk about waste…
CLOSURE OF PROBLEM WALKWAYS
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Ward 5 Coun. Randy Donauer expressed disappointment with an administration report to the transportation committee on crime and vandalism tied to neighbourhood walkways.
“Giving people a pamphlet and telling them to call the police doesn’t solve the problem,” he said, moving a recommendation to direct the administration to make it easier for homeowners to get walkways adjacent to their properties closed. Donauer’s recommendation passed with only Coun. Hilary Gough opposed.
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From bikes lanes to freedom rallies, plenty of ground was covered during Monday’s city council meeting …
COUNCIL SWITCHES PLANS FOR PROPOSED VICTORIA AVE. BIKEWAY
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Residents opposed to a proposal for bike lanes on Victoria Avenue between Eighth Street and Taylor Street swayed enough votes on council to get a different option moved forward.
Council’s transportation committee had recommended a bidirectional lane along the west side of the affected blocks. That plan would have taken on-street parking from a number of homes along the route, prompting pushback from several residents.
SASKATOON Mayor Charlie Clark says the City of Saskatoon must look at ways to keep people safe from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. It comes after nearly 50 residents, including several children, at an apartment building in the Greystone Heights Neighbourhood received medical attention after dangerously high levels of CO were detected in the building. “It’s raising a lot of questions about, is there a risk that this could happen again and how do we prevent what could have been a tragedy in this case from potentially happening in the future and save lives,” Clark told CTV News. The apartment complex at 12 Bateman Crescent did not have CO alarms installed at the time of the leak – and was not required to under the National Building Code, which only mandates the detectors for buildings constructed after 2009.