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Regina-area lockdown to further damage small-town budgets

Regina-area lockdown to further damage small-town budgets

Normally Lumsden’s arty A-framed Centennial Hall is bustling with weddings, karate and seniors getting in their workouts. Thanks to the fickle, deadly coronavirus, the building is to remain empty, cleaving a growing hole in the town’s budget.

Government procurement needs ‘buy clean’ strategy, report says

Canada’s governments should require that all the infrastructure they fund should be made with materials sourced from low-carbon industrial processes, says a new report.

Lithium boom just getting started

Renewed energy is supercharging the lithium mining industry in Manitoba as the push for action on climate change continues to pick up speed around the world.
USask researchers seek to prevent liver disease, high blood pressure . . .

USask researchers seek to prevent liver disease, high blood pressure . . .

. . . And understand lifelong impacts of Zika virus
Vaccines still available even if health card expired: SHA

Vaccines still available even if health card expired: SHA

People eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine need not worry if their provincial health cards are expired, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).
USask research takes aim at improving water security, gender equity, and international co-operation

USask research takes aim at improving water security, gender equity, and international co-operation

SASKATOON – A multidisciplinary research team from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has been awarded $289,000 for a project to develop water security solutions that contribute to enhanced gender equity in the West African nations of Ghana and S
Moosomin's Community Oncology Program can expand service

Moosomin's Community Oncology Program can expand service

The Community Oncology program in Moosomin currently serves about 70 chemotherapy patients in southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba, but now is able to accommodate a wider range of chemotherapy options and serve a wider range of patients..
Sask. reports eight COVID-related deaths, 213 new cases

Sask. reports eight COVID-related deaths, 213 new cases

Additional 6,941 doses of COVID-19 vaccine given
Dana Antal Arena to stay open for rentals until mid-May

Dana Antal Arena to stay open for rentals until mid-May

On Wednesday, March 10th, Mayor Grant Forster called the regularly scheduled meeting of the Esterhazy town council to order with all members present.
Preliminary hearing for man charged with killing Preston Thomas cancelled

Preliminary hearing for man charged with killing Preston Thomas cancelled

A preliminary hearing for a man accused of killing Preston Thomas last year didn’t proceed March 19 in Saskatoon Provincial Court. Joel Yuzicapi, 28, is charged with second-degree murder. The matter is now set for case management on April 16.
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