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Sask. government providing temporary wage supplement for low income essential workers
Workers helping Saskatchewan's vulnerable citizens through the COVID-19 pandemic will have their salaries topped up by a cost-shared $400 per month temporary wage supplement. Recognizing the vital wor...
Apr 30, 2020
Sask. NDP calls for $10m emergency funding for north, interprovincial checkpoints
The Saskatchewan NDP is pushing the province to take urgent action in stopping the COVID-19 outbreak in northern communities. NDP leader Ryan Meili made the call on Thursday asking for the following f...
Apr 30, 2020
Six new cases of COVID19 in Saskatchewan with four more recoveries
Six new COVID19 cases are being reported by the province of Saskatchewan on Thursday. Three of the six, which now bring the provincial total to 389, are from the north region with two of them based in...
Apr 30, 2020
Working parents to get child-care accessibility of May 4
It is good news for parents who will be going back to work on Monday as the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan begins. The provincial government says anyone working now or returning to work under Phase 1 and 2...
Apr 30, 2020
Canada's oil and gas drilling forecast revised to 49 year low as producers cut spending
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has revised its 2020 Canadian drilling forecast to an almost 50-year record low of 3,100 oil and gas wells, a level not seen since 2,900 wells were drilled...
Apr 30, 2020
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture seeks $2.6 billion in federal farm aid
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has asked Ottawa for an emergency farm aid program of 2.6 billion dollars during the covid-19 pandemic. The C.F.A. says the funding will help maintain foo...
Apr 30, 2020
Supreme Court postpones Sask’s carbon tax fight until the fall
Saskatchewan will have to wait a little bit longer to have their day in court to fight the carbon tax. The Supreme Court of Canada has moved both Saskatchewan and Ontario’s carbon tax appeals to...
Apr 30, 2020
From tackling defenders to tackling COVID 19; Riot linebacker helping in the fight
The main focus for a member of the Regina Riot football team these days isn’t on the field, but in the workplace. Adrienne Zuck is a registered nurse at the Regina General Hospital. She is one o...
Apr 30, 2020
YQR Vet Run’s ‘virtual race’ raises over $8k
Huge community support helped the 2nd Annual YQR Vet Run become a success last weekend despite the COVID-19 pandemic. When the public health order came down from the Saskatchewan government earlier in...
Apr 30, 2020
2019 harvest nearing completion in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan farmers are making good progress mopping up the 2019 harvest. About 2-million acres of crop was left over winter, and provincial crop extension specialist Shannon Friesen says the combine...
Apr 30, 2020
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