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Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Sask. municipalities about to receive federal funding
Municipalities in Saskatchewan are about to get more than $70 million in federal funding. In a media release Wednesday, the provincial government announced Saskatchewan's share of the federal Safe Res...
Sep 09, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Two teens dead after canoe flips in Wollaston Lake
Two teens, 18- and 16-years-old died after their canoe flipped on Wollaston Lake. According to a release from RCMP, on Monday night, around 10:30 p.m., Wollaston Lake RCMP received a report of three m...
Sep 08, 2020
Drive-through COVID-19 testing facility opens in Regina
People concerned they might have COVID-19 now have a new way to get tested that could make things a bit easier. In Regina on Tuesday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Health Authority opened the province's ...
Sep 08, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
SHA warns of potential COVID exposures in four towns
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is advising the public of potential COVID-19 exposures at businesses in Pilot Butte, Watrous, Waskesiu and Wakaw after two individuals tested positive. According to t...
Sep 08, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Saskatchewan ICE Unit helps catch Australian online predator
A recent investigation by Saskatchewan's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit led to 117 charges against an Australian man. In a media release Tuesday, the ICE Unit said the man "was grooming and lu...
Sep 08, 2020
Sask. reports 7 new COVID cases, 7 more recoveries; active cases stay at 58
The number of active COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan remained static at 58 on Tuesday. There were seven new cases reported, with three in the Regina area, two in the north-central region and o...
Sep 08, 2020
SGI refreshes drivers on school zone driving
School zones will be a much busier place now that the school year is underway. SGI is reminding drivers to slow down to help keep the kids safe, and also that school zone speeds will now be enforced. ...
Sep 08, 2020
Sask. provides $51M in funding to school divisions for COVID expenses
The Government of Saskatchewan is providing more than $50 million in funding to school divisions for one-time expenses tied to a return to school during COVID-19. On Tuesday, the government announced ...
Sep 08, 2020 Education Minister Gord Wyant. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province looks to make Naloxone more available as overdoses rise
As overdose calls and deaths continue to rise, the provincial government is looking to make the life-saving drug Naloxone more available. Premier Scott Moe said last week the high numbers are disturbi...
Sep 08, 2020 Naloxone kits are available for free to anyone who may be likely to witness a fatal opioid overdose. (980 CJME file photo)
RCMP sending eagle feathers to Sask. detachments
Saskatchewan's RCMP is taking another step toward reconciliation, sending eagle feathers to be used at detachments in the province. Sgt. Karen Pelletier said that for many Indigenous cultures, one of ...
Sep 08, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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