Tag Archives: Budget

Saskatoon city council finished budget deliberations ahead of schedule Thursday evening, settling on a 3.89 per cent property tax hike. The budget talks were originally supposed to last until Friday n...

City council isn't set to begin budget deliberations for another week, but there are already some tax savings to be had. The City of Saskatoon says new growth revenue is $1.2 million higher than expec...

Saskatoon taxpayers got their first look at the city's preliminary budget.   Administration presented the document to the new city council at a special meeting Monday afternoon.   Under pres...

The City of Saskatoon released a budget update Monday at a special meeting of council's governance and priorities committee. The report shows expenditures sitting at $7.9 million above revenue. It wou...

Employees with the Saskatoon Health Region were warned that tough decisions would have to be made as administration dealt with a massive deficit. This week 70 jobs were cut. The health region ended th...

Some recipients of social assistance in Saskatchewan are beginning to receive letters informing them of how much they will lose following budget cuts. In the budget, the government announced it will b...

The year-end financials are in for Saskatchewan and the financial picture has worsened.   Saskatchewan finished 2015-16 with a $675 million deficit, largely attributed to shortfalls in oil and po...

Despite carrying a deficit for the past four years, the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region is hoping this is the year it can get healthy again and balance the budget.   Last year the region spen...

The NDP could receive legislative sanctions for leaking the budget. Like members of the media, the opposition receives the budget document in advance, but must sign embargo forms promising not to...

It is no surprise Saskatchewan's financial picture isn't rosy. The province is in deficit by $434 million, and while it insists it will get back to balance within two years, it will continue to spend ...