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Feds to pay dairy farmers $1.4B over next 3 years, speeding up trade deal compensation

Canadian dairy farmers will receive over $1.4 billion in the next three years from the federal government to compensate for recent trade deals.

Underground bunker drug operation busted

A drug operation hidden in an underground bunker in Salmon Valley was among the takedowns Prince George RCMP scored in a series of raids earlier this month.

AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde Announces That He Will Not Seek Re-Election

(ANNews) – The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the country’s most powerful Indigenous advocacy organization, will not seek a third term as leader when his mandate ends next summer.

21 racialized Canadians who could help the Order of Canada look more like Canada

Earlier this week, the BlackNorth Initiative made a point that seemingly too few people had realized: the 114 people named to the Order of Canada this year were overwhelmingly white and men.
NDP focuses almost exclusively on COVID-19 during short call session

NDP focuses almost exclusively on COVID-19 during short call session

Regina– The Saskatchewan Legislature rose on Dec. 10 after a short, 8-day session lasting two weeks. The session, the first one after the Oct. 26, was a chance for the Saskatchewan Party government to set its legislative agenda.

Manitoba receiving 900 doses of vaccine

Ottawa approved one of two COVID-19 vaccines and enough doses for roughly 900 prioritized Manitobans will be headed this way as early as next week. Critical care workers will be first in line.
Four more COVID-19 deaths raises Sask. total to 75

Four more COVID-19 deaths raises Sask. total to 75

There are 324 news cases in province Thursday, with 138 in hospital
Thinking I do with words - If movies are all streaming, expect changes

Thinking I do with words - If movies are all streaming, expect changes

There’s a bit of a debate right now about what is going to happen to movies in the future. This is, naturally, driven by the pandemic, where people generally can’t go to the theatre and watch anything.

NDP want to know why we’re not doing 4,000 COVID-19 tests per day

Regina– New Democratic Party Leader Ryan Meili wants to know why Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 testing has not reached the level of 4,000 tests per day, which was province by the government for September. In question period on Dec.
Safe schools plan: more than $37 million allocated to school divisions in second round of funding

Safe schools plan: more than $37 million allocated to school divisions in second round of funding

Today, the Government of Saskatchewan is announcing $37.5 million in approved funding for classrooms for emergent, one-time expenses associated with keeping staff and students safe in schools.
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