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Proposed Saskatoon property tax increase would help pay for bus rapid transit, curbside organics programs: report

City administration is proposing a property tax increase as planning for Saskatoon’s next multi-year budget begins.

Saskatoon City Hall is pictured in this file photo. (Chad Hills/CTV Saskatoon)

Sask. RCMP issue Canada-wide warrants for 4 men in human trafficking investigation

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

Sask. surgeon continues COVID-19 claims – but doesn’t allow questions from media

A Saskatoon surgeon invited journalists outside Walter Murray Collegiate to share his opinions on COVID-19 — but reporters were not allowed to ask questions.

Family-owned Foster’s Shoes to close after 40 years in Saskatoon

After more than 40 years of operations in Broadway, Foster’s Shoes will be closing its doors at the end of the month.

Saskatoon Public Schools offering full-day kindergarten and prekindergarten programs this fall

Saskatoon Public Schools will offer some full-day programs for Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten students starting in September.

Saskatoon mayor accepts COVID-19 vaccine challenge posed by Regina counterpart

Mayor Charlie Clark says he's game to take on a COVID-19 vaccine challenge issued by Regina's mayor.

Decriminalizing drugs for personal use would help people find help, keep jobs: Sask. advocate

Advocates are asking the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners to support the decriminalization of drug possession for personal use.

Sask. reports 94 new COVID-19 cases; doesn't meet Step 3 vaccine target

Saskatchewan reported 94 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, along with 70 recoveries and zero new deaths.

'Chronic underfunding': Saskatoon Public Schools to cut 60 jobs to cover budget shortfall

Saskatoon Public Schools says it is making dozens of staffing cuts to balance its operating budget for the 2021-2022 academic year.

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mRNA vaccine now preferred as second dose following AstraZeneca shot: NACI

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is now recommending that people who received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine receive a second dose of an mRNA vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna.

FILE - A health worker prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign of members of the Emergency Medical Services of Madrid in Madrid on January 12. (Oscar del Pozo/AFP/Getty Images via CNN)

'Taunted and harassed' as a youth, judge Mahmud Jamal receives historic Supreme Court nomination

The judge poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada says he experienced discrimination 'as a fact of daily life' while growing up. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominated Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Mahmud Jamal to the top court Thursday to replace retiring member Rosalie Abella.

As the U.S. sends more Moderna doses to Canada, calls ramp up to reopen border

The U.S. is gearing up to send one million additional doses of the Moderna vaccine to Canada at the same time calls mount on both sides of the border to ease travel and quarantine measures.

B.C. man describes bear attack: 'I'll never forget the clamping force of the bear's jaw'

A Metro Vancouver man survived a terrifying bear attack at a remote mining exploration camp in Northern B.C.

'I don’t want to carry it anymore': Que. residential school survivors try to find peace on land of their ancestors

Indigenous leaders of Algonquins of Barriere Lake First Nation in Quebec are returning to the land of their ancestors, their native language, and traditions as way to heal from the generational trauma caused by residential schools.