Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Hutterian Safety Council says message is simple: Continue working with SHA
The board chair of the Hutterian Safety Council is praising the work being done by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) as an uptick of COVID-19 cases is seen in communal living settings. "The SHA ...
Aug 15, 2020 (Image courtesy of Hutterian Health Communities)
New medical services building opens on Star Blanket Cree Nation
Chief Michael Starr believes the new medical services building can be a place of healing and lead to a bright future for the Star Blanket Cree Nation. The Kihew Kawaskasit Star Blanket Health Services...
Aug 15, 2020 The Kihew Kawaskasit Star Blanket Health Services building grand opening on Aug. 14, 2020. (FHQ Tribal Council/Twitter)
The U of R and Sask. Polytech announce mandatory mask use
Just like the University of Saskatchewan-the University of Regina and Saskatchewan Polytechnic will require non-medical face masks on its campuses. The rule goes into effect on Aug. 24 for Sask. Polyt...
Aug 15, 2020
Ventilator supply starts to increase as Tam warns of possible surge of COVID-19
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Only a small fraction of the 40,000 new ventilators Canada ordered for hospitals last spring have already been delivered but several companies involved say t...
Aug 15, 2020
Maze concerned with teachers organizing collective work refusal
A growing number of teachers in the province are pursuing collective action to refuse work, citing unsafe working conditions due to COVID-19 in response to the province's return-to-school plan. Saskat...
Aug 14, 2020 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina public school division lays out more back-to-school strategies
Regina's public school division has outlined more of its plans for the return of students in September. In a statement Friday, Regina Public Schools laid out a number of new strategies for its element...
Aug 14, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Mounties arrest one robbery suspect, continue search for others
One of the suspects in two recent robberies -- including one in Theodore -- is in police custody. On Friday, the Yorkton RCMP said it had arrested a 19-year-old Yorkton man in connection with robberie...
Aug 14, 2020 (RCMP/Submitted)
Saskatchewan reports 30 new COVID-19 cases, 22 more recoveries
All 30 of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Friday are from communal living settings. In a media release, the provincial government said there were 23 new cases in the south-west area...
Aug 14, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Canadian canola still finding its way to China, keeping farmers busy with steady demand
A dispute between Beijing and Ottawa led to a ban on Canadian canola to China. But that hasn't dampened the demand for the oilseed. Todd Lewis, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of S...
Aug 14, 2020 Canola from Todd Lewis' crops on Aug. 14, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
Expected fall peak of COVID-19 in Canada could overwhelm health systems: Tam
OTTAWA - Federal health officials are preparing for surges in new cases of COVID-19, including an expected peak of the outbreak this fall that could temporarily exceed the ability of the health-care s...
Aug 14, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Let's revive the one-fingered salute
The lonely trip down a never-ending highway needs a signal for "Hey, I see you." Sarah Mills says the only way...
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