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Federal government unlocks $740 million in airport relief
OTTAWA - The federal government is launching a basket of programs to bolster airports with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding first announced back in November. A government official, who spoke...
May 11, 2021

More tickets expected to be handed out after Sunday’s rally against public health measures
Saskatoon police say they have handed out 18 tickets to people who attended a so-called "freedom rally" in Kiwanis Memorial Park on Sunday.Police say upon attending the rally, public health officials ...
May 11, 2021

Morin seeks re-election as MN-S Vice-President
Gerald Morin is seeking his third term as vice-president for the Metis-Nation of Saskatchewan (MN-S).Reflecting back on the past four years and what was accomplished for Metis people in the country, M...
May 11, 2021

LSSD reports two COVID-19 cases
Living Sky School Division reported two cases of COVID-19 within two schools in North Battleford last week.The first was found at North Battleford Comprehensive School, the second was out of McKitrick...
May 11, 2021

Concerns raised at Melfort council regarding basketball nets being removed, COVID-19 restrictions
Concerns were raised at Melfort's Regular Council Meeting on Monday, May 10 by citizens regarding the basketball nets being taken off the cities courts.The nets were removed after incidents of games b...
May 11, 2021

Virtual Facilitated Retreat Call for Applications
Friendly reminder: May 14 is the deadline to apply for the Virtual Facilitated Retreat that takes place June 10 - 13, 2021.Kelley Jo Burke is the Virtual Writer-In-Residence, who will provide a one ho...
May 11, 2021

Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week Is May 9 To 15
May 9 to 15 is Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week, a time to highlight invasive species and the important role the public can play to protect our province's waterbodies from this significant thre...
May 11, 2021

Alberta to stop giving first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot as supply dwindles
OTTAWA - Alberta says it won't give out more first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the time being.A spokesman for the provincial health department says the decision was made because there ...
May 11, 2021

Belgium relaxes lockdown measures as COVID-19 numbers drop
BRUSSELS (AP) - The Belgian government said Tuesday it will further relax its coronavirus lockdown as of next month and hopes to fully reopen the nation from Sept. 1. After the country's curfew was ab...
May 11, 2021

US job openings soar to highest level on record
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, illustrating starkly the desperation of businesses seeking to find new workers as the economy expands. Yet total job...
May 11, 2021