Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Wednesday Night Battleford Break-ins Believed Connected
Battleford RCMP say they were called out around 10:30 Wednesday night to a business in the 11-thousand block of Railway Avenue in North Battleford where a robber wearing a mask and gloves, broke into ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 23, 2020

Canada Closing in on Two Thousand COVID-19 Deaths
The number of COVID-19 cases in Canada has now reached 40,190 with 1,974 deaths. At the daily national pandemic briefing in Ottawa, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says it’s a great ...
Gord Wiebe Apr 23, 2020

K+S Donates to Food Banks of Saskatchewan
K + S Potash is partnering with Food Banks of Saskatchewan by matching every donation made to the organization’s COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund between April 27 and May 3rd, up to $50 thousand. F...
Gord Wiebe Apr 23, 2020

One Billion Dollars for COVID Research includes Saskatchewan’s VIDO InterVac
As efforts continue to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Trudeau has announced an additional $1.1 billion for a national medical and research strategy. In his daily briefing, the Prime Minister sa...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 23, 2020
COVID-19 Concerns Claims I-C-R Charity Classic Golf Tournament for 2020
Concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another summertime staple event in Saskatoon. Organizers of the I-C-R Charity Golf Classic have cancelled the 18th annual tournament, set for July 21-22...
Les Lazaruk Apr 23, 2020

Fiddle Fest Cancelled
It will come as no surprise to anyone that the John Arcand Fiddle Fest for this year is cancelled. COVID-19 concerns are, again, the culprit. The hope was to have it run in August. Administrative Dire...
Gord Wiebe Apr 23, 2020

Re-Opening Saskatchewan Will Be in Five Phases Starting in May
In a rare provincial address, Premier Scott Moe thanked the people of Saskatchewan for reducing the spread of COVID-19. He says the key is keeping case numbers low while allowing more businesses to op...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 22, 2020

Provincial Government and Saskatchewan Teachers Reach Tentative Four-Year Contract Agreement
Pending a ratification vote by their membership, teachers in Saskatchewan have a tentative, new, four-year contract that will give them salary increases of 2.0% in years two, three and four. Following...
Les Lazaruk Apr 22, 2020

Four Arrests in Meadow Lake Police Operation
Last Sunday the Saskatchewan Emergency Response Team was en route to Meadow Lake to execute a search warrant on a home in the community where they had received a report of multiple threats of firearms...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 22, 2020

More New Cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan but Fewer Active Cases
There are now 326 cases of COVID-19 recorded in Saskatchewan to date after six more cases were reported Wednesday. Despite the increase, with nine more recoveries, we have even fewer – at 61 ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 22, 2020
















