Did/can anyone see it? I can't, but the clouds are/were mighty ominous.

I am still of my left of socialist idea that transit should be free for everyone.

Martinez said he is satisfied that a peace bond is appropriate in this case.

"It's to protect the public; it's preventative, and it's not very often that law enforcement or the justice system gets involved before something really bad happens," he said.

"It's also meant to support you … this is intended to help you get through a very difficult period, and to protect the public."

I am glad to see the judge say the support you part, it is importance to realize the harm was not done to others but also that there was harm done to this child.

The current bylaw permits service animals on buses and requires all others to be transported inside kennels or cages.

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The proposed change evolved from complaints from drivers about trying to determine whether an animal accompanying someone onto a bus is a legitimate service animal.

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City council is expected to vote on the bylaw in July, with the new rules coming into force in September.

Most of the rules target behaviour, such as requiring people on the bus to wear footwear and prohibiting riders from putting their feet on the seats or sleeping. The sleeping ban is aimed at substance users who pass out on the bus, not people who nod off, the committee heard.

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The bylaw will make payment mandatory and include the possibility of banning people from transit if they persist in disobeying the rules.

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Bus drivers have been tracking electronically those who fail to pay when they get on the bus ...

This method showed 131,532 instances of fare evasion last year as the practice grew from nearly zero in 2021 to nearly two per cent last year. That translates to an estimated loss of $394,596.

Fare increase effective July 1 to $3.25 for a single adult trip. Prices to rise again in January 2027.

Sharing because I thought the title was funny; seems like one resident in particular has a lot of work to do.

Dozens of firefighters responded to a Friday afternoon fire in Saskatoon's Hampton Village neighbourhood.

It happened in the 400 block of Geary Crescent. The blaze destroyed four homes and damaged others, said Sean Thody, the fire department's deputy chief of operations.

It was not a pleasant sight the and people around the area were being silly and not listening to police giving directions to keep them safe.

The colours are much more vivid than this.

City hall is testing out the effect of removing all but one of the 14 parking pay stations in the Sutherland Business Improvement District and nudging people to pay using the smartphone app.

The pilot project will help the city decide whether to switch to a digital-only option if paid parking areas expand or when stations, which were first introduced in 2015, need to be replaced.

The experiment is expected to last a year. The report says Sutherland was chosen because of its small size, with about 100 parking spots that require payment. The Sutherland business district tends to have "historically low parking terminal usage," the report adds.

Just over half of people who pay for on-street parking in the city's five business districts use the app, the report said. About a third pay with credit or debit cards, and nearly 15 per cent plug coins into the devices.

The app definitely needs to be improved if this is going to be the new standard...

Coin usage would probably be higher if the meters weren't always broken. The amount of complaints we get from customers at my work about the parking meters not working properly is ridiculous.

Named ‘Paced,’ Lavoie’s app works by having users select three apps that they want to use less, and then the app gives them 30 minutes of screen time. Once the allotted time is up, a pop-up appears, locking you out of the app for an hour and nudging you to take a break.

Paced users can reduce the hour lockout by three minutes for every 100 steps they walk. This could be especially useful on a nice Saturday, encouraging users to go for a walk, or if you have a workspace you can walk around in.

For now, Paced is available only on Android, mainly due to Lavoie’s familiarity with the platform. But she does say that an iOS version is coming soon for the iPhone users out there.

I know it's closed to vehicle traffic, but what about the pedestrian/bike paths on the sides?

The group recommended the neighbourhood be named Sunrise and that the word in five Indigenous languages (Cree, Michif, Nakwe, Nakota and Dene) also be considered by the committee. In Cree, sunrise is translated as sakastew.

"Members recommended that Sunrise be used as an English term to support the broader non-Indigenous community of Saskatoon who may be challenged with the pronunciation of Indigenous words," the report says.

As a white woman all I hear in that quote is “Let’s be white about it but not to white!”

This is why we need to legalize the stuff so people are getting it from safe places and create safe injection sites, as well as recovery programs.

Ladies’ night looked a little different Tuesday for the hundreds of women attending Chippendale’s stop in Saskatoon — tucked in the back were volunteers from a local charity. It wasn't just a clever partnership. It was a legal obligation.

Michael Reddekopp spoke on behalf of Reddee Properties Inc., which owns six buildings downtown. He said his properties currently have six vacancies where thriving businesses once operated.

"If you go right in front of Midtown Plaza right now, the downtown is struggling with vagrancy, homelessness, crime and, in essence, some people would say it's rotting at its core," Reddekopp said.

It is almost like this is a different issue, that needs some serious social services work put behind it. Not something to say in an article about how the city is going to try to get this Link system working.

Okay, who washed their car yesterday and brought this on? I can't get the door to my deck open, there's so much snow piled up.

Fair enough, but then why should federal and provincial taxpayers pony up an estimated $800 million for the same venue? That's the plan, if you want to call it that.

It's an excessive amount of money, even before you consider the longstanding objection in Canada to using taxpayer dollars to fund arenas for sports teams.

We may have entered an era when such projects can't proceed without a billionaire partner who owns the major tenant, like an NHL or MLB team.

In the meantime, Saskatoon soldiers on with proposed funding for the arena district that seems increasingly precarious, perhaps even pure fantasy.

I hate that “we” are expecting capital from a cooperation or rich person to fund our public things. I get and understand why people do not want their taxes to go up but at the same time do we want to live in a world where everything is sold? I like my healthcare and my drug prices where they are!