News Releases

With most wildfire evacuees having returned to their home communities, the Canadian Red Cross has closed the Evacuation Centre at Cosmo Civic Centre. The City is now preparing to reopen Cosmo Civic Centre to the public.

The fitness & weight room and facility rentals will resume June 25, 2025. Regular hours of operation will be:

• Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Drop-in programming will resume Tuesday, July 2, 2025. For the latest drop-in schedule information, visit Leisure Online at dropinschedule.saskatoon.ca.

In the meantime, the Customer Service Kiosk at Cosmo Civic Centre continues to be open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for transit ticket sales, leisure admissions, program registrations, rental payments and purchases of Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo season passes.

The City sincerely thanks the community for its patience and support during this emergency response.

8th Street will be closed from McOrmond Drive to Wess Road starting Friday, June 20, at 6:00 p.m. for paving. Detours will be in place guiding motorists around the work zone. This project is expected to take two days to complete, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Saskatoon Transit may be affected by these detours. Transit service alerts and real-time bus information are available on third-party apps like Transit and Google Maps Transit on desktop.

For more information about current road restrictions and construction, visit saskatoon.ca/construction.

Its here! Time to batter up! Join us today, Thursday, June 19, for the City of Saskatoon’s 49^th Annual Civic Pancake Breakfast.!

The tent is up, the coffee is on and the rain is only sprinkling! Help us kick off sure to come sunnier days of summer with this much-loved event that brings our community together!

Plan to attend, all proceeds from the breakfast will again be donated to our charity partner, United Way Saskatoon & Area:

Thursday, June 19, 2025

7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Outdoors beside Civic Square at 23^rd Street and 4^th Avenue

$8 gets you delicious pancakes with topping choices, sausages, coffee, juice

Cash or debit accepted

And, at a time when kindness and community momentum is needed more than ever, we again offer Act of Kindness Breakfast tickets for purchase. Pay it forward and consider purchasing an extra $8 breakfast ticket for someone who would appreciate one on June 19. Unused breakfast tickets posted to the Act of Kindness Ticket Board will be donated back to United Way Saskatoon & Area!

Enjoy the wide variety of diverse musical performers, dancers and entertainment on our community stage, be sure to check out the vehicle displays and visit the information booths. Local celebrity pancake flippers will serve up delicious pancakes, and as always, the popular relay race will be fun to watch!

The City is proud to donate all proceeds from the annual pancake breakfast to United Way Saskatoon & Area, to help make our community better for everyone.

The 49^th Annual Civic Pancake Breakfast fundraiser is made possible through the generous support of our valued sponsors.

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Traffic Bridge will be closed on Friday, June 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for Rock Your Roots: Walk for Reconciliation and the National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration.

Additional event road restrictions include:

• Spadina Crescent between Avenues G and A
• Spadina Crescent between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
• 19th Street eastbound lanes between Avenue A and 3rd Avenue
• 3rd Avenue between 19th Street and Traffic Bridge
• Victoria Avenue between Traffic Bridge and 11th Street

Detours will be in place guiding motorists around the event zone. Rock Your Roots event restrictions will be lifted by 2:00 p.m. barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Drivers are reminded to drive carefully and watch for participants. The City thanks everyone for their patience.

Saskatoon Transit may be affected by these detours. Transit service alerts and real-time bus information are available on third-party apps like Transit and Google Maps Transit on desktop.

For more information about current road restrictions and construction, visit saskatoon.ca/construction.

*This report includes road restrictions on Priority 1 (high traffic, high speed) streets only.

NEW

1ST AVE S NB RIGHT TURN BAY CLOSED AT 20TH ST E
(Construction)
Start: June 19, 7:00 a.m. End: June 19, 5:00 p.m.

33RD ST E WB LANES CLOSED FROM WARMAN RD TO QUEBEC AVE
(Water main maintenance)
Two-way traffic will be maintained in EB lanes
Start: June 19, 7:00 a.m. End: June 28, 5:00 p.m.

33RD ST W EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE G N TO AVE F N
(Manhole repair)
Start: June 19, 9:00 a.m. End: June 19, 12:00 p.m.

8TH ST E EB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM EASTLAKE AVE TO BROADWAY AVE
(Utility cut patching)
Start: June 19, 9:00 a.m. End: June 19, 3:00 p.m.

4TH AVE N NB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM 24TH ST E TO 25TH ST E
(Utility locates and road inspections)
Start: June 19, 10:00 a.m. End: June 19, 1:00 p.m.

ONGOING

23RD ST E ROAD CLOSED FROM 3RD AVE N TO 4TH AVE N
(Civic Pancake Breakfast)
Start: June 18, 7:00 p.m. End: June 19, 1:00 p.m.

22ND ST W EB & WB MEDIAN LANES CLOSED FROM HART RD TO BETTS AVE
(Resurfacing)
Start: June 18, 7:00 p.m. End: June 20, 6:00 a.m.

2ND AVE S NB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM 19TH ST E TO 20TH ST E
(Link construction)
Start: June 18, 7:00 a.m. End: June 20, 4:00 p.m.

BROADWAY AVE SB LANES CLOSED FROM SASKATCHEWAN CRES E TO 12TH ST E
(Link platform construction)
Start: May 20, 7:00 a.m. End: June 20, 4:30 p.m.

CUMBERLAND AVE S ROAD CLOSED FROM 8TH ST E TO MAIN ST
(Flood control work)
Start: June 16, 7:00 a.m. End: June 20, 5:00 p.m.

4TH AVE N NB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM 22ND ST E TO 23RD ST E
(SL&P)
Start: June 17, 8:00 a.m. End: June 20, 5:00 p.m.

CIRCLE DR W SB LANES CLOSED AT 33RD ST
(Minor bridge maintenance)
Start: June 16, 7:00 p.m. End: June 20, 7:00 a.m.

BOYCHUK DR SB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM 8TH ST E TO BRIARWOOD RD
(Sidewalk construction)
Start: May 16, 8:00 a.m. End: June 21, 5:00 p.m.

CUMBERLAND AVE S SB LANES CLOSED FROM TAYLOR ST E TO ADELAIDE ST E
(Sidewalk Replacements)
Two-way traffic will be maintained in NB Lanes
Start: June 9, 7:00 a.m. End: June 21, 5:00 p.m.

FAITHFULL AVE SB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM 45TH A ST E TO 44TH ST E
(Driveway crossing)
Start: June 16, 7:00 a.m. End: June 22, 5:00 p.m.

BOYCHUK DR SB LANES CLOSED FROM AULD CRES TO 8TH ST E
(Link station construction)
Start: June 16, 7:00 a.m. End: June 23, 6:00 p.m.

WARMAN RD NB CURB & CENTRE LANES CLOSED AT HAZEN ST
(Link platform construction)
Start: June 16, 9:00 a.m. End: June 27, 5:00 p.m.

20TH ST W EB LANES & WB MEDIAN LANE CLOSED FROM AVE K N TO AVE M N
(Water main maintenance)
Start: June 17, 7:00 a.m. End: June 27, 5:00 p.m.

25TH ST E EB LANES CLOSED FROM 1ST AVE N TO 2ND AVE N
(Library construction)
Start: June 16, 6:00 a.m. End: June 29, 6:00 p.m.

22ND ST W EB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM AVE U S TO AVE S S
(Water main maintenance)
Start: June 11, 7:00 a.m. End: July 1, 4:30 p.m.

BERINI DR SB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM ATTRIDGE DR TO WEBSTER ST
(Construction)
Start: June 2, 7:00 a.m. End: July 1, 5:00 p.m.

COLLEGE DR EB MEDIAN & CENTRE LANES & WB MEDIAN & LEFT TURN LANE CLOSED FROM CUMBERLAND AVE N TO BRIAN TOWRISS CRES
(Water main maintenance)
Start: June 11, 7:00 a.m. End: July 1, 5:00 p.m.

22ND ST W WB LEFT TURN LANE CLOSED AT AVE T S
(Construction)
Start: June 9, 7:00 a.m. End: July 6, 5:00 p.m.

WARMAN RD SB RAMP CLOSED AT CIRCLE DR E 
(Construction) 
Start: May 12, 7:00 a.m. End: July 11, 5:00 p.m.

8TH ST E EB CURB LANE AT BOYCHUK DR
(Link station construction)
Start: June 16, 7:00 a.m. End: July 13, 5:00 p.m.

8TH ST E WB LANES & EB LEFT TURN LANE CLOSED FROM LANSDOWNE AVE TO BROADWAY AVE
(Water main maintenance)
Start: June 16, 7:00 a.m. End: July 15, 4:30 p.m.

CUMBERLAND AVE ROAD CLOSED AT 14TH ST 
(Sewer work and resurfacing)
Start: June 18, 7:00 a.m. End: July 16, 5:00 p.m.

BRIGHTON BLVD ROAD CLOSED FROM TASKAMANWA ST TO 8TH ST E 
(Construction)
Start: November 20, 7:00 a.m. End: September 26, 2025, 5:00 p.m.

BROADWAY BRIDGE CLOSED FROM 12TH ST E TO 20TH ST E 
(Bridge rehabilitation) 
Start: May 11, 7:00 p.m. End: October (Date TBA)

All restrictions will be lifted as indicated, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

For more information about current road restrictions and construction, visit saskatoon.ca/construction.