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More vaccine opportunities this week

More vaccine opportunities this week

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is alerting the public of more opportunities for obtaining the COVID-19 Vaccine this week.
Farmers market can again offer food to visitors

Farmers market can again offer food to visitors

Borden and Radisson News
Do Drop In reopens with card games, buffet supper

Do Drop In reopens with card games, buffet supper

Meota News
Important habitat conserved in southeastern Sask.

Important habitat conserved in southeastern Sask.

Landowners partner with Ducks Unlimited Canada and Nature Conservancy of Canada to protect wetlands and grasslands
Shaded and secure

Shaded and secure

During these weeks of oppressive heat, one of my favourite places to sit and relax is on a lawn chair situated under our back deck.
Make sure you’re wearing a hat when the Northern Lights appear

Make sure you’re wearing a hat when the Northern Lights appear

Inuk Elder Naulaq LeDrew now gets a chuckle out of a story that has been passed down through generations to children. LeDrew recalls she might have been as young as three when she first heard it.
Researchers say that TB at residential schools was no accident

Researchers say that TB at residential schools was no accident

Two experts in tuberculosis say the mass death from TB at residential schools was no accident, but the result of deliberate neglect that was part of Canada’s broader genocidal project.
Integrated Pest Management a long-term strategy

Integrated Pest Management a long-term strategy

Integrated pest management or IPM is an approach to managing pest problems while at the same time minimizing risk and effect on the environment.
Flag remembering Indigenous children unveiled

Flag remembering Indigenous children unveiled

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations held a flag raising ceremony on Saturday at Marquis Downs Racetrack, unveiling a banner that honours all Indigenous children who were taken away from their families and no longer returned home after atte
Radar search for graves begins at Delmas site

Radar search for graves begins at Delmas site

The radar search for unmarked graves got started Saturday at the former site of the Delmas residential school. Senator Jenny Spyglass speaks, with Karen Whitecalf. Chief Wayne Semaganis The land owners Doug Montgomery and Donna McBain.
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