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Your sourdough starter might be a "nuisance" to City Hall

Your City Hall always gives us a show!

Saskatoon — seven bridges, two rivers, and something happening you haven't heard about yet. My darlings, this week at City Hall was a whole Nollywood production, from beginning to end!

Okay, so this is actually wild. We started with Environment Canada giving us a *major* heads-up about the river levels, which, if you live anywhere near the Broadway Bridge, always makes you raise an eyebrow. Then, as if that wasn't enough drama, we had the city talking about a proposed bylaw amendment that would change how businesses can operate in residential areas. Imagine trying to open a small bakery on your street, and suddenly City Hall is debating if your sourdough starter is a "nuisance"!

### Real Estate and River Worries

The biggest takeaway, though, was definitely the ongoing saga of real estate. It's like everyone in Saskatoon is either buying, selling, or complaining about the price of houses.

* River levels are a serious concern for folks living along the South Saskatchewan.

* New bylaws are being discussed for home-based businesses, which could affect many of our entrepreneurs.

* And, of course, the ever-present real estate market continued to dominate conversations.

Saskatoon is a city that will invite you to a farm-to-table dinner and then make you defend the concept of a city for twenty minutes. But honestly, sometimes the biggest drama is just trying to figure out if your property taxes will make you move to Warman.

Blessing Adesanya, Morning Wire, Saskatoon.

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