Camp Brain Power reading camp, dealing with Saskatoon’s 2024 budget shortfall and Eleanor seeks a home in Adopt a Pet.
Here’s your morning rewind for the Thursday, June 22, edition of Global News Morning Saskatoon.
Improving reading levels at Camp Brain Power: Family Matters
A key initiative of the early learning equal start program is to have students reading at a Grade 3 level by Grade 3.
One way the Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation does this is with Camp Brain Power, a week-long summer day camp.
Jennifer Buettner, a coordinator with the program, looks at what a day at the camp looks like, the benefits and registration details in Family Matters.
City council looks at recommendations to deal with budget shortfall
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Saskatoon city council will consider everything from the cost of transit, police and paying for the $15-million snow event from last winter in dealing with a budget shortfall.
A report heading to a special governance and priorities committee meeting on June 22 focuses on 11 areas accounting for roughly half of the $52-million shortfall in 2024 just to maintain existing services.
Ward 7 Coun. Mairin Loewen discusses the budget shortfall, the special meeting and possible areas of savings in this interview with Chris Carr.
Eleanor seeks a home in Adopt a Pet
Eleanor is a three-year-old Alaskan Husky mix in need of a new home.
Sheila Gibbons from the Saskatoon SPCA looks at the best type of home for Eleanor in Adopt a Pet.
Gibbons also discusses the current adoption drive at the shelter and the need for foster homes.
Saskatoon’s top headlines: Thursday, June 22
Chris Carr has Saskatoon’s top headlines for Thursday, June 22.