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  SASKATOON -- City administration is proposing a property tax increase as planning for Saskatoon’s next multi-year budget begins. In a preliminary report headed to the city’s governance and priorities committee on Monday, administration suggested an estimated rate for 2022 and 2023, based on growth and inflation, that covers the increasing cost of services. This proposed property tax increase would amount to 5.96 per cent and 5.42 per cent during the respective years. The suggested t...

Four Canada-wide warrants have been issued following a lengthy human trafficking investigation by Saskatchewan RCMP.

  SASKATOON -- A Saskatoon surgeon invited journalists outside Walter Murray Collegiate to share his opinions on COVID-19 — but reporters were not allowed to ask questions. Dr. Francis Christian called for the pause of the COVID-19 vaccinations for children, saying the disease does not pose a threat to kids. He said he supports the vaccine for the elderly, the vulnerable and health care workers. “There is no emergency in children,” said Christian, who is also a professor of surgery a...

  SASKATOON -- After more than 40 years of operations in Broadway, Foster’s Shoes will be closing its doors at the end of the month. The family-owned business announced the news Tuesday on Facebook. Manager Ray Romanski says choosing to close the store was a “complicated” decision. He says the pandemic and rise in online retail shopping are just some of the reasons he decided to close it. His parents ran the store before him and after eight years of helping out, the reins were passe...

  During the stop, while outside his vehicle the 26-year-old was hit by the vehicle, which then left the scene. Bystanders tried to help but the six-year member died on scene. "Although we wear a police uniform we are regular people going to our job everyday just as everyone else does today Const. Patton will not be coming home from his job of protecting the public,” Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner for the Saskatchewan RCMP said Saturday during a news conference. Some Wolsel...

Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Chief Mark Arcand is walking Circle Drive to raise awareness and encourage local businesses and organizations to incorporate Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action.

  Patton, 26, initiated a stop with a stolen truck in the town of Wolseley, Sask., around 8 a.m. local time Saturday. He was struck by the vehicle and later died at the scene. Alphonse Stanley Traverse, 41, and Marlene Velma Louise Pagee, 42, both from Winnipeg are charged with manslaughter, failure to stop after an accident resulting in death, theft of a motor vehicle, possession of stolen property over $5,000 and breach of undertaking for leaving Manitoba. They will both appear in Regina ...

Dougs Spoke ‘N Sport, Bike Doctor and the Bridge City Bicycle Co-op were all on hand to help tune kids bikes.

Const. Shelby Patton of the Indian Head RCMP detachment was killed while on-duty on Saturday morning, according to Saskatchewan RCMP.

Const. Shelby Patton of the Indian Head RCMP detachment was killed while on-duty on Saturday morning, according to Saskatchewan RCMP.