Category Archives: Covid-19 News
Sask. NDP calls for legislative oversight to ensure accountability during COVID-19 pandemic
Oversight and accountability is what Sask. NDP leader Ryan Meili wants to see when the provincial government is responding to COVID-19. On Friday, Meili shared that he wrote a letter to Premier Scott ...
Apr 17, 2020
Toilet paper demand in Canada has skyrocketed 241%
The Forest Products Association of Canada says the demand for toilet paper has skyrocketed - increasing by 241 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Association president Derek Nighbor told the House...
Apr 17, 2020
Sask. RCMP called hundreds of times for COVID-19 related complaints
The Saskatchewan RCMP say they have received 894 COVID-19 related calls since March 1st. Of the 894 calls, 229 were complaints of social gatherings of over 10 people, 395 complaints of people failing ...
Apr 17, 2020
Province says deficit is in $1.3 to 3.3 billion dollar range
Saying it is a pandemic deficit and not a structural deficit, the province’s finance minister is revealing the cost of COVID19 to Saskatchewan’s chequebook. Donna Harpauer is providing a r...
Apr 17, 2020
Sask. reports two new cases of COVID-19, nine more recoveries
Before the third weekend of April, Saskatchewan has one new case and one new presumptive case of COVID-19, bringing the total to 307 reported cases. A release on Friday’s numbers shows 75 of the...
Apr 17, 2020
Canada-U.S. border to stay closed for another month
Canada and the United States agreed Friday to extend the closure of the border for another 30 days. Travel restrictions across the Canada-U.S. border came into effect on March 21st. The restrictions e...
Apr 17, 2020
Federal aid coming to support clean-up of orphan wells
The Prime Minister says more federal aid is coming to several provinces, including Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. At his daily coronavirus briefing in Ottawa, Justin Trudeau says energy companies have...
Apr 17, 2020
Canadian Federation of Agriculture seeks emergency federal farm aid
Canada’s national farm organization is asking Ottawa for an emergency support fund for farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Mary Robinson says domes...
Apr 17, 2020
Saskatchewan expected to announce a billion dollar deficit Friday thanks to COVID-19
Finance Minister Donna Harpauer is expected to announce a provincial deficit of $1-billion on Friday, thanks to COVID-19. Harpauer says a decline in oil, PST and corporate taxes are all at play. She a...
Apr 17, 2020
Despite White House urgency, Canada closes door to reopening U.S. border
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to let Donald Trump down gently Thursday, warning that Canada is still a long way from being ready to agree to relax mutual travel restrictions along its border wit...
Apr 16, 2020
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