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Winter City Workshop

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WINTER CITY STRATEGY COMMUNITY WORKSHOP

The City of Saskatoon invites all interested community members to help shape the creation of a Winter City Strategy for Saskatoon!

Over the winter, we asked the community how we could improve our:
– Winter Life: Celebrate what makes Saskatoon inviting and fun even in the coldest months of the year.
– Winter Design: Improve community accessibility for everyone, even in the ice and snow.
– Winter Culture: Build enthusiasm for the winter season and helping us take advantage of all the opportunities winter brings.
– Winter Economy: Address challenges associated with winter to create more vibrant and prosperous service, retail and accommodation sectors in the winter.

We received a ‘blizzard’ of great ideas and now it is time to shape these into a Strategy. Please join us in a discussion of priorities and ways to support new and existing initiatives.

The workshop will also feature presentations by City-sponsored delegates who attended the Edmonton Winter City Shake-Up Conference in February.

DATE: Thursday, April 27th from 8:00 a.m. to Noon
LOCATION: Royal Canadian Legion Saskatoon Branch 63, 606 Spadina Crescent West.
Everyone welcome!

If you are interested in attending please RSVP to wintercityyxe@saskatoon.ca or call 306-975-2487.

Visit Saskatoon.ca/wintercityyxe for more information on the Winter City Strategy.

“Score on the Door” Restaurant Inspection Program

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Stakeholders’ Roundtable Session: “Score on the Door” Restaurant Inspection Information Program

Saskatoon Health Region
Population and Public Health
310 Idylwyld Drive North – Second Floor Boardroom
Saskatoon, SK
Tuesday, January 12, 2015, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Please RSVP to Lana McDonald at lana.mcdonald@saskatoonhealthregion.ca or (306) 655-4338.

You are invited to a roundtable session to discuss our “Score on the Door” Program recently piloted in Humboldt, SK. This voluntary program displays inspection information on a poster at the entrance to restaurants. The posters show ratings obtained directly from the reports of public health inspectors – presented as “excellent”, “good” and “acceptable” to be more useful to consumers. The goal is to share information with consumers at the right place and the right time: when making dining decisions.

Consumers and restaurant owners have expressed an interest in useful ways to share the information from health inspections. Many cities in Canada, the US and elsewhere share this information through posters hung at the entrance to restaurants. The results have been positive for increased food safety and consumer confidence. Survey results from the Humboldt pilot have shown support for the program from both diners and restaurant operators.

We are considering rolling out this voluntary program in the rest of the Saskatoon Health Region and would like the input of stakeholders in food safety, including diners, restaurant operators and regulators.

For further information please contact Michael Schwandt at 306-655-4479.