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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. There are 1,078,562 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,078,562 confirmed cases (78,293 activ...
Apr 13, 2021
Valleyview Towers 2 tenant seeks compensation from impact of secondhand smoke
A Valleyview Towers 2 resident has filed a claim for $30,000 with the Office of Residential Tenancies (ORT) against Battlefords Housing Authority related to conditions at the building in North Battlef...
Apr 13, 2021
Teachers seek priority COVID vaccinations in Sask. like first responders, grocery employees
As first responders and certain grocery store workers get vaccine prioritization, teachers in Saskatchewan are wondering if they'll also get a chance to get it."It's really good news to hear that firs...
Apr 13, 2021
'We are tired of suffering': inmate advocates call for changes with the province's jail
A small but very vocal group of protestors gathered outside Pine Grove Correctional Centre Tuesday, calling for provincial government Minister of Corrections Christine Tell's resignation, and also des...
Apr 13, 2021
Sask. changes public health orders, returns to household bubbles
Saskatchewan tightened things up Tuesday.Due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases and in cases of variants of concern, the Saskatchewan government announced that, effective immediately, all private ind...
Apr 13, 2021
City of Meadow Lake awards Rusway Construction Ltd. 2021 water, sanitary, storm sewer contract
Meadow Lake city council has agreed to award the 2021 Disaster Mitigation and Adaption Fund (DMAF) East Side Water and Sewer contract to Rusway Construction Ltd.The Lloydminster-based company came in ...
Apr 13, 2021
La Ronge council to discuss hosting virtual State of the Town address
In a continued push for transparency, La Ronge council will discuss the idea of hosting a State of the Town Address in the coming months at tonight's town council meeting. Mayor Colin Ratushniak expla...
Apr 13, 2021
Fireman’s Lunch and Silent Auction to take place next week
Residents of the Battlefords can look forward to some delivery lunch service with a smile, from their local firefighters next week.The North West College and North Battleford Firefighter Local 1756 wi...
Apr 13, 2021
Montreal school wants Ottawa to plan for a Kamala Harris drop-in during future visit
MONTREAL - If U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris happens to be in Canada any time soon, her old high school in Montreal would love to host her. The chairman of the English Montreal School Board wrote t...
Apr 13, 2021
SRPSD prepared for 'potential' of more COVID cases in schools
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD) says families need to be prepared for the potential for more COVID cases in schools given the increase in more transmissible variants. It says it...
Apr 13, 2021