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By Gord Wiebe May 4, 2021 | 10:51 AM As the City of Saskatoon gets into construction work for the year, water main projects are on the top of the list. The city will concentrate on replacing the oldest water mains. Terry Schmidt, General Manager of Transportation and Construction says many of the mains are more than 100 years old and have lead connections. He says the goal is to replace all outdated service connections by 2026. For efficiency, water mains and service connections are rep...

  SASKATOON -- The City of Saskatoon announced its plans for summer construction, and they’ll come with an approximate price tag of $65.5 million. General manager of Transportation and Construction Terry Schmidt says water mains will be at the top of the list, with 23 kilometres of water and sewer mains will be replaced or rehabilitated this year, while 820 water and sewer service connections are being replaced. The neighbourhoods of Nutana East, Nutana West, Caswell Hill, 20th Street We...

Article content Crews are kicking off the annual race to cram in as much work as possible before the snow flies again in Saskatoon. The city made general manager of transportation Terry Schmidt available on Tuesday in a Zoom call to tee up the projects coming our way in this year’s construction season. 1. The main thing Try refreshing your browser, or Five Things: The City of Saskatoons upcoming construction season Back to video Water main replacements are the centrepiece of this year’s s...

Greenways add more than beauty Research by a Texas A&M University professor suggests that having a greenway within 600 feet increases the value of the home by at least 5%. It’s a short trip to the green space of Harry Moss Park from the historic estate at 9311 Moss Circle Drive.(PETRA ZLOVIC / Allie Beth Allman & Associates) By Allie Beth Allman & Associates 6:00 AM on May 2, 2021 CDT Buying a home near a greenway – a park, trail or creek – offers a place for you and your family to play...

Saskatoon / 650 CKOM May 1, 2021 5:58 AM Darlene and Ted Kusch were forced to evacuate their home after a grass fire on April 26th, 2021 (Darlene Kusch) Forty-six years of memories nearly went up in smoke for a Saskatoon couple after a grass fire tore through their acreage Monday afternoon. Shortly after 1:30 p.m., the Saskatoon Fire Department was called to a blaze on the 300 block of 71st Street. The fire quickly spread north — straight for Darlene and Ted Kusch’s homestead on the outskir...

9 hours ago Following closing, CSI intends to distribute $3.50 cash per share or approximately $35 million to its shareholders from the net sale proceeds and other available cash MINNETONKA, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCS) (“CSI” or the “Company”), an IoT intelligent edge products and services company, today announced that it entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Lantr...

Moore County Sheriffs deputies have arrested and charged a 35-year-old man with murder after a Tuesday morning stabbing left one person dead and another seriously injured.  Craig Lamont Seagraves, 35, of Vass is charged with one count of murder and one count of assault with deadly weapon with the intent to kill.  According to a press release issued by the sheriffs office, deputies responded to a report of a stabbing at 284 Circle Drive in Vass on Tuesday. "Two victims were found to be ...

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  VICTORIA -- Victoria police say a missing teen was taken to hospital with serious injuries after they were allegedly assaulted and choked inside of a tent in Beacon Hill Park on Tuesday night. Paramedics and firefighters were first called to the scene near Douglas Street and Circle Drive around 10 p.m. The first responders learned that a 15-year-old had been assaulted and choked and called VicPD officers to the scene, according to police. The youth was suffering from potentially life-alt...

Special to the Northwest Florida Daily News/USA TODAY NETWORK DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - Country singer Jeff Bates will kick off LakeFest on May 14 with a free concert at 7 p.m. at the DeFuniak Springs Amphitheatre.  “Jeff Bates has an enormous following of fans including those in DeFuniak Springs,” said DeFuniak Springs Mayor Bob Campbell, chair of the festival’s organizing group.  “We are very excited he could accept our invitation to open LakeFest 2021, and we expect record crowds for his ...