Phil Tank

Businesses committed to Saskatoon's Riversdale neighbourhood are remaining optimistic despite the changes from some merchants located amid unrest caused by homelessness and addiction and concerns about safety.

A construction company based in Martensville and the driver of a vehicle are facing bylaw charges for damaging city infrastructure in one of three overpass strikes in March.

Saskatoon city hall announced Thursday that the Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre would not be reopening in the fall as planned, with the resumption now pushed to sometime in the winter.

Officials with the annual theatre event, which will feature 21 plays in three venues in the Nutana neighbourhood near Broadway Avenue, are bracing for a second-straight season when construction could adversely hinder the festival.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has written to the federal infrastructure minister to endorse three projects seeking federal infrastructure funding, including Saskatoon's $1.2-billion downtown arena district.

Saskatoon city council voted 7-4 Wednesday to remove a section from a transit bylaw requiring children under six to be supervised on buses after voting by the same margin last month against removing that text.

Saskatoon city council voted to study data centres, approved an increase in the budget for two new fire stations and could soon be reconsidering how much money the city pays for public art projects.

Saskatoon city politicians confront conditions from the Rural Municipality of Corman Park to proceed with a sewage pipeline that would carry biosolids to a handling facility outside city limits, part of a $93.4-million project.

A city council committee voted unanimously Wednesday to defer the temporary removal of 25 downtown benches recommended by the administration and business improvement district.

Public opposition to a proposed affordable housing project helped convince the city to abandon a plan to rezone the site. But it appears the company behind the 25-unit building is poised to more than double that number with a new development north of downtown.