City manager Murray Totland says the proposed $50-million Art Gallery of Saskatchewan is now “rock solid” with all funding agreements between Saskatoon and the provincial and federal governments completed. Announced two-years ago, the art gallery is still in the design stage but construction should begin as early as 2012. The gallery will be built next [...]
Nowhere to Go: Homeless in Saskatoon is a short film produced by the group Passion for Action Against Homelessness. The 23-minute two-part documentary provides insights into homeless living and the challenges that these people face everyday. “The biggest thing that I experienced was a complete loss of self-esteem. To do that, to be sitting on [...]
A group of Saskatoon churches have pledged support to work together to assist in fundraising for the proposed “Good Food Junction,” a full service co-operative supermarket that would operate at Station 20 West, assuming that private funding goals are met and the “cluster of community services” becomes a reality. Pleasant Hill and Riversdale, two of [...]
In its last major plan for downtown Saskatoon, the city set a goal to increase the population of residents in the city centre to 10,000 by 2,025. The past few years have seen the development of roughly 450 housing units across several condominium projects but growth is sluggish and falling short of meeting objectives. Could [...]
Officials from the federal and provincial governments joined in at a sod turning ceremony today to officially launch the $14 million Columbian Place, a 75-unit apartment building to be constructed on 20th Street West, between Avenue N and Avenue O in Pleasant Hill. When completed, it will open 40 two-bedroom units and 35 one-bedroom homes. The [...]
The installation of ninety solar panels that will be used as a supplemental heating source for the public indoor pool at the Lawson Heights Civic Centre in Saskatoon began today. They’re expected to be operational by mid-December and will provide roughly twenty-five percent of the energy required to heat the pool at the civic facility. [...]
River Landing Village appears to have taken one large, perhaps unexpected step forward today as project investors met the city’s deadline to provide proof that financing is in place to complete the first phase of development of the $200 million dollar hotel and condominium project proposed for Parcel Y in the south downtown area. The [...]
The Adopt a School program, a joint partnership between the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation and Coles will donate hundreds of new books to the Westmount Community School Library. In 2009, the program was responsible for putting more than 21,000 books in over 150 Canadian schools. Read more on the Wesmount Community Association website.
It’s true. Tim Hortons has secured space in the Saskatoon Square at 410 22nd Street East. Following renovations of the space previously occupied by Octane Restaurant, Tim Hortons will open its first downtown location, likely by mid-February 2011. About time, eh? More from the Star Phoenix here.
Dundee Realty Corp. has taken initial steps for a rezoning of the eight-acre parcel it owns within Arbor Creek that was originally set aside to accommodate an elementary school in each school system. The city will hold a public meeting on October 27 to discuss the developer’s plan to build more single-family homes on the [...]
A spell of warm dry weather has provided an opportunity for site work to begin at the new St. Mary School site in Pleasant Hill at 327 Avenue N South. The $14.6 million dollar project was won by PCL Construction Management Inc. in late August and it is expected that it could be completed by [...]
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