It’s been eight years since Don Atchison’s 13-year run as mayor of Saskatoon ended, but the longest serving mayor in the city’s history is as passionate as ever, and he wants another crack at the job.
“I didn’t want to be a premier, I didn’t want to be an MP. I didn’t want to be any of that. I just want to be in Saskatoon to help the people out in our community,” Atchison said Thursday.
Sitting along the riverbank of the South Saskatchewan River with River Landing behind him, Atchison is reminded of what can be achieved over time.
After all, he was the mayor who spent years to get the River Landing project off the ground after many failed attempts. While he wasn’t mayor when the new high rises opened, he says that vision of a future that can inspire people is missing from this mayoral race.
“I …