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Washington was speaking on behalf of the Yorkton Active Transportation Collaborative – YATC. “Bicycle Safety Week is a week-long event for communities across the province of Saskatchewan to participate in promoting bicycle safety for children and youth,” she said. “This year, we are encouraging everyone to access resources at the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute’s website – www.skprevention.ca” This year’s theme is “Ready to Ride”. Resources cover topics like: rules of the road, arm signals for cyclists, bike maintenance and proper helmet fit. There is even a PowerPoint presentation for parents and other educators, said Washington. She continued by noting, “YATC remains committed to educating our community about the importance of bike safety and using active transportation responsibly.
Editorial Yorkton This Week There seems to be days, weeks, and months, designated to celebrate everything from important things such as Remembrance Day and Canada Day to those frivolous days marking our love of bacon, or apple pie. With the increasingly long list of ‘days’ marking all manner of things it becomes more and more difficult to catch people’s attention when something worthy of our collective attention is marked. article continues below Yet, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put some extra focus on the importance of local recreation. On one hand, the closure of facilities hit many in the community.
Editorial Yorkton This Week When it comes to government in Canada we are largely impacted by three levels; federal, provincial and municipal. While all three have their roles and certainly impact things, in particular how much they siphon from our pocketbooks in terms of taxes, when it comes to the most direct impact on our lives, we need to look no farther than City Hall in any community across the country. It is also the level of government where each person at the table in City Hall have the loudest voice, and those who they represent have the greatest access to those we elect.
“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.