Boyko returned as GSCS Board Chairperson
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools’ (GSCS) Board of Education held its annual organizational meeting on November 1. The annual meeting is where the board selects a chair, vice-chair and trustees to…
Catholic School Board implements COVID-19 vaccination policy
The Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) school division is implementing a board policy requiring COVID-19 vaccination or negative tests for staff. The GSCS Board of Education has approved the policy,…
Municipal grant funds available for targeted regional projects
Government Relations Minister Don McMorris and the Targeted Sector Support (TSS) Steering Committee have announced a new intake of municipal grant applications under the TSS Initiative. “The Government of Saskatchewan…
PSSD implements policy on proof of vaccination
The Prairie Spirit School Division (PSSD) will implement an administrative procedure requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a regular negative COVID-19 test for all staff, school board trustees and individuals…
Impact of drought on agriculture main focus of SARM midterm meeting
Lack of moisture over the past year dried up more than wheat and canola fields. It also withered farm income down to a near-empty husk of what it would be…
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination to be required in all SHA facilities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has announced that proof of full COVID-19 vaccination will be required to enter all of its facilities, starting in November. According to a news release,…
Three patients transferred to Ontario today, five more expected this week
Saskatchewan’s Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) is coordinating with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and the Ontario Critical Care Command Centre on out of province critical care transfers. Three transfers…
Throne speech outlines ambitious fall agenda
A new session of the Saskatchewan Legislature began Wednesday, October 27 with the Throne Speech that focused on managing through the end of the pandemic and on the significant economic…
Remembrance Day Poppy Campaign launches this week
An estimated 16,000 poppies are on their way to schools and businesses in Martensville, Warman, Rosthern and other communities across the region this week. Volunteers with the Duck Lake Legion…
USask research removes arsenic from drinking water
Over 200 million people in more than 70 countries, including some in Canada, are drinking water with a high concentration of arsenic. This global risk to human health can cause…