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April was a tough month for everyone as the sacrifices we’re all making to flatten the curve of COVID-19 are proving to be an ongoing struggle. Saskatchewan people have grit.

A summary from the week of April 24-April 30 incorporated 82 calls for service related to COVID-19 for RCMP officers serving in Saskatchewan.

Canada is in the midst of an unplanned and massive universal basic income experiment. We are spending $24 billion (and counting) to provide basic monthly income via direct payments to Canadians.

A universal basic income for all Canadians – this conception seems remarkably engaging – specifically during a time when an ongoing crisis has affected the incomes of so many.

Today, I became a criminal; not through my own actions, but due to a decision made by Justin Trudeau. With the stroke of a pen, Trudeau made me and 2.1M other Canadians criminals. Trudeau threw away democracy by bypassing parliamentary procedures.

The office of the northern Medical Health Officers for the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority declared an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Beauval following an increasing number of cases.

The Government of Saskatchewan reminded residents that provincial park campsite reservations begin on Monday May 4 with a camping start date of June 1.

Oil and gas companies around the globe could not have braced for what is now a reality for many.

Saskatchewan had 26 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 415, as of May 1, 2020.

Father Len Albers passed away on January 7, 2014 at age 89. Albers grew up on a farm in the Big Muddy Valley area south of Bengough. This year, he became one of the inductees into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame.