Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Invasive Mussels Stopped at the Border
The Canada Border Services Agency kept invasive mussels from crossing into Canada from the United States at the end of March. It was the first discovery of an aquatic invasive species at a border insp...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

Nearly $1 Billion Earmarked for Indigenous Communities
Ottawa is pumping an additional $650 million into First Nation, Metis and Inuit communities to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government has a r...
Saskatoon Media Group May 29, 2020

Concerns About Mortgages During Pandemic Raised with the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sidestepped a question about his government telling banks to ease mortgage penalties for people who’ve lost their jobs due to the pandemic. The question came up thi...
Saskatoon Media Group May 29, 2020

Province investing in Community Airport Improvements
The provincial government is investing $1.5 million in improvements to 15 community airports. Local matching dollars will increase this to $3 million. The Community Airport Partnership offsets the cos...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

SaskTel Extends Waiving Data Overage Charges
SaskTel is extending the waiving of data overage charges on SaskTel postpaid Wireless plans, noSTRINGS Prepaid wireless pans, and SaskTel fusion internet plans to June 8th. President and CEO Doug Burn...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

Band Council Elections wrap up for Lac La Ronge Indian Band
Tammy Cook Searson was re-elected as Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in the 2020 elections held this week. Nine of the councillors were also re-elected and new to the Band Council are Devin Bern...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 29, 2020

Correctional Facilities to Get Upgrades
The provincial government is investing over $6 million to upgrade correctional facilities. The projects are part of the $7.5 billion two-year capital plan to stimulate Saskatchewan’s economic re...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

Child-Safety Advice from Alberta RCMP
In St. Albert, Alberta on Wednesday, a six year-old girl was riding a scooter when she stopped at the end of a driveway and lay down behind parked vehicle. RCMP think she may have been looking for som...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

Apartment Fire Puts Nearly Two Dozen People Out of Their Homes
Multiple 911 calls starting pouring into the Saskatoon Fire Department around five o’clock Thursday afternoon about an apartment fire on the 100 block of Avenue U South. Dispatchers gathered cri...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

NDP Concerned About Minimum Care Standards for Long-Term Care Homes
This week, Saskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter mentioned that the health authority’s CEO Tour report works as an accountability mechanism. However the Saskatchewan NDP is asking the governme...
Saskatoon Media Group May 29, 2020
















