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Buffalo Party wanted freedom from COVID restrictions

The morning of the Speech from the Throne, Nov. 30, the Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan didn’t have any members taking their seats.

Sask. Party’s $260 million contingency fund “insulting”; investments needed to fight COVID-19

In the first Question Period of the legislative session, Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili called on Premier Scott Moe to immediately release the $260 million in contingency funds the government has amassed and to use that funding to fight the se

MP Patzer responded to the federal government’s Fall Economic Statement

After the release of Monday’s Fall Economic Statement, MP Jeremy Patzer saw a problem in the federal government’s priorities. In the afternoon, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland presented the statement to the House of Commons.

Reality is a lot less harsh than Saskatchewan’s mid-November COVID-19 modelling projections

On Nov. 19, the Ministry of Health released updated modelling information which provided four possible forecasts of what could happen in the coming months as COVID-19 spread across Saskatchewan. Several slides referenced Nov.

The Assiniboia and District Arts Council recognized Beth Stobbs for her contributions to local art

The Assiniboia and District Arts Council recently published a feature on local artist, Beth Stobbs, in their December newsletter. Artist Beth Stobbs originated in the Palmer/Gravelbourg area.

It’s time Canada had a national vaccine injury compensation program

After almost a year of enduring the pandemic and its enormous health, economic and social toll, help may be on the way. The world has been encouraged by the promising early results from the Pfizer and Moderna messenger mRNA vaccines.

COVID-19 response top of re-elected Saskatchewan Party government’s agenda

The Nov. 30 Saskatchewan Speech from the Throne reads like a checklist, ticking off the boxes of the re-elected Saskatchewan Party’s campaign platform in addition to dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, which it says is the top priority.

Fire hydrant damage in Rockglen

The Assiniboia RCMP requested the public's assistance in locating the person(s) responsible for damaging the fire hydrant in Rockglen between the dates of Nov. 26 to Nov. 27, 2020.

Theatres reopen as province reverses COVID-19 restriction on consuming concessions in auditoriums

Less than 48 hours after public health orders decreed that movie theatres could still sell food and drink, but it couldn’t be consumed in the auditoriums, theatre operators received word from the provincial Business Response Team that this particular

An effective COVID-19 vaccination will involve substantial cooperation to achieve herd immunity

The American-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there aren’t any authorized and recommended vaccines for COVID-19 as of yet, but these are in development across the globe.
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