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Article content Ward 1 Coun. Darren Hill will be able to continue serving on council while he waits for a judge to determine his political future. Hill contravened the city’s election spending bylaw by filing disclosure of his 2020 election campaign contributions late. Monday night saw his fellow councillors determine how to handle the issue. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Judge to decide if Darren Hill can stay on Saskatoon city council Back to video The deadline for council candidates to file was Feb. 16, Hill filed on March 4. The bylaw al...

By Brad Jennings Apr 27, 2021 12:18 AM A decision on whether Councillor Darren Hill will have to resign from City Council will be decided by a Court of Queen’s Bench judge. Hill was late in filing election contribution and expense statements, a violation of a city bylaw that disqualifies elected officials from their position.  However, a section in the bylaw states that council can make an application for the matter to be put in front of a judge. Council unanimously passed a motion for that to happen, including Mayor Charlie Clark, who says an independent evaluation of the sit...

As part of what they are calling "Green New Deal Week," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey on Tuesday led the reintroduction of their landmark resolution envisioning a 10-year mobilization that would employ millions of people with well-paying, union jobs repairing U.S. infrastructure, while reducing pollution and tackling the country's intersecting climate, economic, health, and racial justice crises. "The Green New Deal isn't just a resolution, it is a revolution," said Markey (D-Mass.), who first unveiled the measure with Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in February 2019. "In the past t...

Bjorn Lomborg, president of Copenhagen Consensus, argues a 'smarter approach' is needed. Members of the progressive "Squad" rallied around a new push for the "Green New Deal" on Tuesday with separate bills for public housing, a civilian climate corps and funding for cities. "For so long, our movement toward a sustainable future has been divided with really just this false notion that we have to choose between our planet and our economy," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. at a press conference in D.C. "And we decided to come together in sweeping legislation that not only rejects t...

In her presentation to council, the executive director of CMHA Battlefords Branch, Jane Zielke de Montbrun, explained the interpretation of the Cities Act regarding their tax exemption is in dispute. Section 262 (1) (p) states that the following is exempt from taxation “so long as the buildings and lands are actually used and occupied by one of the following institutions, the buildings and land attached owned by a division, branch or local unit of: (i)The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command; (ii) the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada; (iii) the Disabled Veterans’ Assoc...