Category Archives: Covid-19 News
Sask. MP defends tough questions to CFL Commissioner
This week it was announced that the Canadian Football League was asking the federal government for $150 million in financial aid to try and make it through the COVID-19 pandemic. CFL Commissioner Rand...
May 09, 2020
Moe finds silver lining in latest unemployment numbers
Grim numbers on the job front Friday as Stats Canada says almost 53-thousand jobs were lost last month in Saskatchewan as COVID-19 ravages our economy. On a year-over-year basis, that number stands at...
May 08, 2020
Emergency support program to benefit small business in Saskatchewan gets extended
The provincial government says they are extending the Saskatchewan Small Business Emergency Payment to the month of May for those required to stay closed or have their operation substantially curtaile...
May 08, 2020
13 new cases of COVID-19 in Sask; 19 in hospital
The Government of Saskatchewan has confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 in province, bringing the total to 544. Twelve of the cases are from La Loche, the other case is in the North region. Of the 544 c...
May 08, 2020
APAS raises concern about Unifor picket lines at farm fuel sites
APAS is raising concern about rotating Unifor picket lines threatening to delay spring seeding in Saskatchewan. APAS raised the alarm after a recent picket line made it difficult to access a Co...
May 08, 2020
Canadian amateur sport to receive $72M in pandemic relief money
Canada's amateur sports system will receive $72 million from a federal government emergency support fund to alleviate the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeaul...
May 08, 2020
Limited road tests available for those in the health and agriculture sectors
Starting Monday SGI will once again be offering road tests for those in the health and agriculture sectors. SGI has developed a modified procedure to offer road tests to drivers seeking a Class 5, 4, ...
May 08, 2020
Federal government extending wage-subsidy program as steep job losses continue
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government's emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended beyond its early-June endpoint. The program covers 75 per cent of worker pay up to $847 a we...
May 08, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak at Prince Albert’s Victoria Hospital declared over
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is ending its outbreak declaration at the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital, made after an inpatient tested positive for COVID-19 April 30. Dr. Khami Chokani, Medical H...
May 08, 2020
Canada’s unemployment rate soared to 13 percent in April, nearly 53,000 more jobs were lost in Sask.
Canada’s unemployment rate climbed drastically to 13 percent in April, as the COVID-19 pandemic caused the loss of nearly two-million jobs across the country. April was the first full month of l...
May 08, 2020
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