Peterson Creek

GINTA: Legacy matters — Why our beautiful world deserves the best

May 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

IT HAD RAINED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT and the woods were alive with bird songs in early morning when dog and I headed out for a hike in our beloved Peterson Creek Park. The rain [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Answer to Peterson Creek Park safety is common sense, not money

March 1, 2021 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TWO THINGS STAND OUT about the rescue of a hiker in Peterson Creek Park yesterday. One is that we don’t know whether said rescuee was male [Continue]

GINTA – Chainsaw massacre of bushes at Peterson Creek not the way to do it

May 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT’S NOT EVERY DAY that you see someone in a municipal park hacking away at Saskatoon bushes with a chainsaw. You think you saw everything until you see that. On any [Continue]

GINTA – Sometimes we need a break from it all

May 28, 2019 // 2 Comments

NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I see it, I never get tired of it: The emerald sheen of the surrounding hills this time of the year, the play of cloud shadows and sunshine which [Continue]

GINTA – Dog poop – the problem that just doesn’t want to go away

April 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

A FEW DAYS A WEEK Peterson Creek Park is infused with tiny visitors. In winter they slide down slopes, waddling like adorable penguins bundled up in bright colours and cute [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Tongue-twister name for new trail could be a good thing

November 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

HAVE YOU TRIED OUT the new Xget’tem’ Trail? That’s the name of the multi-use paved path from Sahali to the bottom of Peterson Creek Park. It means Deep Valley in [Continue]

GINTA – Tread lightly in Peterson Creek Park: Every path carries a story within

July 23, 2018 // 1 Comment

THERE’S THE BENCHES, of course. The ones that carry stories and thoughts. Someone’s loved one’s favourite place is where you stand. You see what they saw many [Continue]

GINTA – Taking care of the park so many of us love is worth it

May 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

LAST WEDNESDAY, rain made Peterson Creek burst with the freshest green I’ve seen in a long time. At just past 8am, there were no other people. Just rain-bejewelled leaves, [Continue]

GINTA – We’re all guardians of our breathing space

November 13, 2017 // 2 Comments

IF YOU HIKE to the top of Peterson Creek Park on any given day, more so on a cold one, you’ll see a blanket of yellowish, dirty air draped over the valley. This is not new [Continue]

KGHM asked at open house about Peterson Creek, viewscapes

June 25, 2014 // 8 Comments

By MICHELE YOUNG Changes to the proposed Ajax gold and copper mine could devastate the Peterson Creek watershed, or improve it, depending on which side of the project you [Continue]

Annual Peterson Creek Park cleanup Saturday

April 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

COMMUNITY NEWS — The Sagebrush Neighbourhood Association will host its second annual cleanup of Peterson Creek Park on Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Meet at [Continue]

Parts of Peterson Creek trail system to close

April 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Parts of the Peterson Creek trail system will be closed April 7 to May 2 to allow repairs to a damaged storm sewer pipe and erosion of the trail. The Escape Trail [Continue]