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Provincial budget provides extra dollars to help keep tabs on high risk offenders
Public concerns related to high-risk offenders being on the run were addressed in this week's provincial budget.Over a million dollars was set aside for the implementation of Electronic Monitoring Glo...
Mar 24, 2022

EMS gets budget boost of $10.8m
Much of the $10.8 million allocated to emergency medical services announced in yesterday's provincial budget will go to hire more paramedics. About $7 million will be spent adding full time equivalent...
Mar 24, 2022

Provincial summary reports 895 new COVID cases, 33 deaths last week
The Ministry of Health released the COVID-19 summary for the week of March 13-19 today.There were 895 new cases confirmed in the province during that time, reflecting about 0.7 laboratory-confirmed ca...
Mar 24, 2022

Survey says more than half of physicians have experienced burnout
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is reporting that more than half of the physicians in the country have experienced high levels of burnout.According to the results of the survey, conducted last ...
Mar 24, 2022

More support announced for organic farming industry
Organic farms in the province, including ones in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake area, continue to see interest with more people choosing to purchase local organic produce. Agriculture and Agri-Food C...
Mar 23, 2022

$750,000 boost for families at Children’s Hospital
The families of children in the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatchewan will have another avenue for financial relief when it comes to details like buying food, paying for parking or even buy...
Mar 23, 2022

Trudeau arrives in Brussels to address European Parliament ahead of NATO, G7 talks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicks off a whirlwind trip with an address to the European Parliament in Brussels later today on his second visit to the continent this month. Trudeau will stress the imp...
Mar 23, 2022

Moe, Meili react to federal Liberal-NDP partnership
A move at the federal level is drawing reaction from the Saskatchewan political landscape.On Tuesday, the federal Liberals and NDP announced an agreement that will see the NDP support the Liberals unt...
Mar 22, 2022

Carpenter girls basketball win Regionals, off to Hoopla
Carpenter High School girls basketball team is off to Hoopla 2022.The third ranked Spartans hosted 4A Regionals over the weekend in Meadow Lake, rising to the occasion in a gold medal victory in front...
Mar 22, 2022

Saskatchewan farmer reacts to end of CP Rail labour dispute
A Canadian railroad work stoppage didn't last long.On Sunday, a labour disruption hit Canadian Pacific Railway. The company said workers went on strike, while the union said its members were locked ou...
Mar 22, 2022