What’s Next?
A couple of weeks ago now I resigned by job. Like any life decision like that there are a lot of reasons but in the end I was feeling really tired and in some ways burned out. Wendy’s depression is...
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Making Saskatoon a Winter City
For those of you who missed it, Ice Cycle was two Sundays ago. It’s basically an event where hard core cyclists taunt the weather and risk getting pneumonia while going for a bike ride in extreme...
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The bumpy road to the future goes through Saskatoon
Barack Obama is said to be thinking about tapping the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve. For those of you who have have never heard of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, here is Wikipedia The...
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Column: Relocating problem no answer
This week’s column in The StarPhoenix While driving to work last Tuesday, I got ensnared in the road construction and traffic backups on 22nd Street. After navigating part of Caswell Hill, I managed...
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Law & Order: Mayfair
This comes from the Saskatoon Police Service. Six Toronto men are now facing charges relating to a dial-a-dope operation in Saskatoon. The arrests were made following an investigation by the Saskatoon...
View ArticleDefective Parts
A couple of years ago I would periodically stumble to my right from time to time. I wouldn’t fall but I would find myself hitting a wall once in a while and that was embarrassing. It was totally...
View ArticleWalkable Streets are just for the rich?
From Good Most Americans want to live in walkable neighborhoods, but only a fraction can afford it. Housing in places with easy access to stores, restaurants, jobs, and public transit is in short...
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A couple of weeks ago I noticed that Dave Winer was using Cyclemeter, a iPhone app that measures and maps out your ride times. While I don’t cycle too much to work (with all of the construction,...
View ArticleBut crime is down in Mayfair…
From the Saskatoon Police Two males and two females will be appearing in Provincial Court on Thursday, September 6, 2012 charged with a number of drug and weapon offences. On Wednesday, September 5,...
View ArticleMayfair – Hudson Bay Park – Kelsey Woodlawn Facebook Group
There is an active Facebook group for Hudson Bay Park, Mayfair, and the Kelsey Woodlawn community association.  If you are a resident of one of these three neighbourhoods, you may want to join. There...
View ArticleAGM for the Mayfair, Hudson Bay Park, and Kelsey-Woodlawn Community Association
Our annual AGM is on Thursday Sept 27, 5:30 at Henry Kelsey rinkAll residents in Mayfair, Hudson Bay Park and Kelsey-Woodlawn are invited. Come enjoy food, refreshments, bouncers for the kids all at...
View ArticleDoes residency matter in municipal ward elections?
I used to believe that location mattered in civic elections, I believed that one should live in the ward that they represent. Â I noticed last week that Mike San Miguel had a “sticker” on this website...
View ArticleA 33rd Street BID?
A great idea for Mayfair and Caswell Hill. Â Story is by Charles Hamilton of The StarPhoenix. When Nicola Tabb looks out the front door of her vintage clothing shop on 33rd Street, she sees a community...
View ArticleWhy not Caroline Robins School?
Excellent article by The StarPhoenix’s Janet French Why do so many parents spurn Caroline Robins for the stuffed halls of Dundonald? One Hampton Village resident said some of her neighbours can’t get...
View ArticleExpansion of services for 33rd Street Methadone Clinic
From the StarPhoenix When staff at the 33rd Street pharmacy learned that lack of transportation hampered many of their 250 clients from seeing addictions counsellors, they approached the Saskatoon...
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Experience Mayfair
For all of my complaining about Mayfair, it is a pretty cool neighbourhood to live in.  There is a now a website highlighting all of the amenities of Mayfair from shopping, restaurants, education,...
View ArticleCommunity Association Website
I spent most of the weekend working on a brand new website for Hudson Bay Park | Mayfair | Kelsey Woodlawn Community Association after the last one kind of disappeared. Â I used WordPress.com and then...
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OurYXE Neighbourhood Guides
OurYXE was never intended to just be a podcast and if you have been paying attention at all, you will notice we are adding new features to the site in 2014. Â We have started with adding Saskatoon...
View ArticleGovernment needs to work
The one thing that Bill Clinton has understood better than any American president is that government needs to work. FEMA needs to be able to respond to emergencies, pension checks have to be...
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Grade 9
Mark starts high school tomorrow. Â He will wander out of here around 8:30 a.m. and is headed towards Bedford Road Collegiate where he will spend the next three and a half years of his life. Â He is...
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Happy Halloween
Here is Oliver Batman just as we headed out the door and visited Evergreen and where his Uncle Lee & Aunt Brittany now live.  He did a patrol of their home (and grabbed some candy) before...
View ArticlePhoto Radar coming to some Saskatoon school zones
Nice job by the Saskatoon Police and SGI to put photo radars by Saskatoon schools. We’re just two weeks away from photo radar in Saskatoon, with the city identifying 10 possible locations where...
View ArticleIntroducing the 33rd Street Business Improvement District
Some really good news for Mayfair and Caswell. From the City of Saskatoon news release. Saskatoon City Council has recently made possible the final step in creating Saskatoon’s newest Business...
View ArticleThe 33rd Street Bridge
Ward 1 Councillor Darren Hill sent this out last night Hello City Park, North Park Richmond Heights, Kelsey Woodlawn, Mayfair, and Hudson Bay Park, Please note the PSA below for the next round of...
View Article(park)ing Day
I wanted to one up (park)ing Day this year. Our house is on a corner lot. We have two parking spots. One is kind of gravelled while the other one is more dirt than gravel. Since moving in, I have...
View ArticleMark
Since Mark was attacked on Wednesday, some of you have shared some incredible stories of your own. I have read them all, shared many with Mark, and will reply to most of them next week. I am...
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Ward 1: Running Against Darren Hill
A couple of years ago Sean Shaw and I talked about doing a podcast about how to defeat each of the 10 city councilors. That would only be fun if it was an election year so here we are but Shaw is in...
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This is why I am voting for Darren Hill in Ward 1
Wendy and I live in a tough neighborhood in Saskatoon. Some of our neighbors struggle and Wendy and I hear about those struggles. For whatever reason they have problems with City Hall and they talk...
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Mayfair Infill Housing
Identical infill housing in Mayfair right across the street from each other on Avenue D North.
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