'Crawling along like turtles': Saskatoon councillors extend budget discussions to Friday
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After hours of debate, Saskatoon city councillors found $2.7 million in savings on Thursday.
After hours of debate, Saskatoon city councillors found $2.7 million in savings on Thursday.
"We have to reduce this budget. This is our third day and we're crawling along like turtles, not reducing very much," Ward 9 Coun. Bev Dubois told the chamber.
The city adjusted fuel projections to save $600,000 — one of the largest savings during the third day of budget deliberations. Councillors also decided to defer hiring certain positions and scale back on grass trimming frequency.
In total, councillors have found $4.5 million in savings.
If councillors can't find further savings, property taxes would increase 5.94 per cent next year and 5.42 in 2025 — according to the latest numbers from the city's chief financial officer.
The idea to implement a $1 service fee for online registrations for the Travelling Sports Van and Arts Centre Program, to bring in $11,500 for the city, generated questions about the software from Coun. Darren Hill.
City manager, Jeff Jorgenson, called the questions "obscure."
London fire crews and police are on scene of a house fire in east London. Crews were called to the 1800 block of Culver Drive, east of Third Street and south of Oxford Street, around 11:30 a.m.
A teen who pleaded guilty in the death of 17-year-old Tyson MacDonald on Prince Edward Island last year has been sentenced to two years in custody.
An additional 160,000 students in Ontario will get access to free meals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a Brampton, Ont. school Friday.
The Liberal government is pulling out the federal wallet to put more money into people's pockets over the holidays, but its recently announced affordability measures create winners and losers.
A jury has found two men guilty on human smuggling charges in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.
Calgary is under a snowfall warning with total amounts of 15 to 25 centimetres expected.
Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 'Freedom Convoy' in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.
An 81-year-old was killed in a dog attack this week in Bonfield, Ont. Police believe three dogs were involved.
An 81-year-old Quebec man has been sentenced to prison after admitting to killing his wife with Alzheimer's disease.
Another windstorm is headed to B.C.’s South Coast Friday, though Environment Canada says it will be weaker than the bomb cyclone event earlier this week.
A teen who pleaded guilty in the death of another teen on Prince Edward Island last year will be sentenced Friday.