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Rapid Response Team to Step in After Evraz Layoffs
Saskatchewan’s premier says he is greatly concerned by the hundreds of layoffs announced Thursday at the Evraz steel mill in Regina. Scott Moe says they have begun offering supports from the gov...
Gord Wiebe Dec 04, 2020

Forecasting 500 Cases a Day, SHA Moves Ahead with Surge Plan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says it is moving ahead with the next step of its COVID-19 surge plan. The plan is in response to a forecasted increase of COVID-19 patients in the next two weeks, th...
Brad Jennings Dec 03, 2020

Still No Word on Easing Restrictions for Christmas
Premier Scott Moe insists he isn’t giving anyone a false sense of hope when it comes to loosening restrictions for public gatherings in time for Christmas. Moe says at the end of the day, the de...
Saskatoon Media Group Dec 02, 2020

Danger Identified with Cleaning Solution Ingredient
Just as people are upping their cleaning game because of COVID-19, a University of Saskatchewan researcher is raising a caution sign about cleaning surfaces with hydrogen-peroxide based disinfectants....
Gord Wiebe Dec 01, 2020

Canada is Headed Down a Perilous Financial Road
A hike to the federal Goods and Services Tax may be looming as the Liberal government sinks Canada deeper into debt. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the Liberals have taken the federal deficit ...
Gord Wiebe Dec 01, 2020

University of Regina Study Looks at the Impact of Working from Home
After the pandemic, many workplaces will look different than they did prior to 2020. That from a University of Regina professor who is part of an international study on the impact of working from home...
Carol Thomson Nov 27, 2020

Asquith Man Charged with Child Pornography
The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit has charged an Asquith man with child pornography and voyeurism. In early November, Saskatoon Police received information that in July, a 24-year-old ...
Gord Wiebe Nov 26, 2020

A Reminder to Hunters to Have Their Animals Tested
The province is reminding hunters to get their animals tested for chronic wasting disease. 84 cases have already been identified in the province this year. CWD is a fatal infectious central nervous sy...
Gord Wiebe Nov 26, 2020

Working Together To Battle A Common Enemy, COVID-19
Saskatchewan’s NDP leader has written a letter to the Premier, advocating for a multi-sectoral task force to tackle the spread of COVID-19. Ryan Meili says with cases rising, everyone is feeling...
Carol Thomson Nov 24, 2020

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe Self-Isolating After Potential COVID-19 Exposure in Prince Albert
Scott Moe is in self-isolation and will do so through this coming Sunday. A Saskatchewan Health Authority P-S-A is what prompted Premier Moe to take a COVID-19 test and go into self-isolation at his h...
Les Lazaruk Nov 23, 2020















