Prang.

This morning I took a trip up to Stonegate Power Centre, aka the Stonegate big box site, on one of my questionable quests.  I arrived just after an accident occured at the intersection of Clarence Drive South and Brand Road.  A car and a Saskatoon Transit bus collided.



When I came back perhaps an hour later both vehicles had been moved from the intersection, with the car being prepared for removal on a nearby parking lot.



I was still waiting for the bus when it was driven away.

From The Corner Of My Eye.

Travelling regularly down 8th Street via the 2 Meadowgreen bus the steeple and red door of this church on 9th Street frequently catch my eye, so one day I decided to go take a look.





Apparently this building previously housed the Courts of Praise Foursquare Gospel Church, who have moved elsewhere.

Red Doors.

While walking down 9th Street last Fall I came across this building.



Although it's labelled as the Murano not much info turns up when you do a websearch.  This isn't its original appearance, but not being a resident of the area I have no idea what the building originally looked like.







At the time of this post there was a Kijiji listing for one of the tenants looking to sublet their unit for the Summer, but since a link like that has a limited shelf life I decided not to post it.

Coffee's Still On.

When a new Tim Horton's opened on 8th Street and Moss Avenue the obvious question was whether the nearby (only a block or two away, depending on how you define a block) Horton's at the corner of 8th Street and Acadia Drive would remain open.  It has, and now it seems it won't be closing anytime soon.  The store is under renovation, and a Horton's temporary outlet trailer is parked in front at the moment.









The Horton's will reopen at the end of March.

Isolation.

Last month I visited the new Blairmore Suburban Centre Wal Mart Supercenter on Saskatoon's west side  I went by bus, which isn't exactly the best way to get there.  The closest bus route only runs once an hour except at peak hours weekdays, and doesn't run on the weekend.  I find this ironic given that much of Wal Mart's customer base and staff are the kind of people who use public transit.

I really should have taken a picture of the bus stop, which is where the photos in this post were taken from.  As you can probably guess it is across the road from Wal Mart, and currently consists of nothing more than a temporary bus stop sign.  No shelter has been constructed, which makes for a less than pleasant wait if you have to be there for any length of time. 



As this sign shows there will eventually be other businesses located on this lot...



...but until then the Wal Mart sits alone on the edge of the city.



The nearest building is this under construction hotel.



While the nearest building actually in use is a large complex housing the Shaw Centre, a civic run fitness and aquatic facility, the Public School Board run Tommy Douglas Collegiate high school, and the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools run Bethlehem Catholic High School.

Waiting.

Blanketed by snow the seats in front of the 8th Street Kentucky Fried Chicken silently wait for customers.

Multipurpose.

St. Augustine Elementary School is a grade school located on Boychuk Drive, serving students from grades one to eight.  It is run by the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools division.







The building is also the home of St. Augustine Catholic Church.





On top of that the school's gym serves as a polling place during municipal, provincial, and federal elections, as it did on October 28th of 2009 during the Saskatoon civic election.