Author Archives: Syndicated Content

COVID-19 Concerns Closes Two Child Care Centres
NDP leader Ryan Meili says two Regina childcare centres have temporarily closed their doors because of COVID-19. A letter was sent out by the YMCA in Regina that a family at one of their centres is be...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 01, 2020

Third Death in Saskatchewan, in Canada that Number Tops 100
Saskatchewan has recorded its 3rd death from COVID-19. The province says it is a resident aged 80 to 89 who died from complications related to the virus. Two people in their 70s died on Sunday. As of ...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 01, 2020

COVID-19 and Lung Health
For those with respiratory issues like Asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary COVID-19 presents a big risk to their health. Speaking at a Lung Health Webinar for the Lung Association of Saskatchewan...
Brad Jennings Apr 01, 2020

Picking Up Prescriptions During a Pandemic
The key message from the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan is to call before dropping by your local drug store because processes may have changed. Spokesperson Myla Bulych says some of the physical...
Carol Thomson Apr 01, 2020

Employment Insurance Backlog to be Cleared
Canada’s Employment Minister says federal officials have been working as fast as they can, processing employment insurance claims from people laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at t...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 01, 2020

S-A-S-A Ready to Start as Scheduled…or Whenever They Can
The Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association is in “glass half-full” mode when it comes to possibly starting their 2020 season. The S-A-S-A has a schedule set to start May 4 with 39 teams, s...
Les Lazaruk Apr 01, 2020

Prime Minister Talks Emergency Production and Emergency Wage Protection
In his daily COVID-19 briefing this morning [wed], Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked if the government would invoke the Defence Production Act. The question came up after the national emergency ...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 01, 2020

UPDATE: Prince Albert Police Lay Charges in Triple Homicide
Prince Albert Police have now laid charges in connection with a triple homicide in that city. 28 year old Nathaniel Carrier made his first court appearance Wednesday, charged with three counts of Firs...
Gord Wiebe Apr 01, 2020

CFIB Outlook for Small Business is Bleak
A discouraging word from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business: 44 per cent of shuttered businesses in Saskatchewan are not confident that they will ever reopen. Compare that to 32 per cent ...
Gord Wiebe Apr 01, 2020

Drug Bust Leads to Three Arrests
Three people have been busted in a cocaine trafficking investigation. Saskatoon Police say on Tuesday, officers stopped a Mitsubishi RVR in Delisle. Two women aged 35 and 21 were arrested. Police alle...
Gord Wiebe Apr 01, 2020














