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Dec. 28-29 COVID-19 update: 10 deaths, 208 new cases, 175 in hospital, 405 recoveries

Dec. 28-29 COVID-19 update: 10 deaths, 208 new cases, 175 in hospital, 405 recoveries

Today’s data update includes information for December 28 and 29. There are 208 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on December 29, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 15,022 cases. On December 28, there were 94 new cases.
Saskatchewan to boot bracket creep Jan. 1

Saskatchewan to boot bracket creep Jan. 1

Submitted by CTF On Jan. 1, Saskatchewan will again index its tax brackets to inflation to stop taxpayers from unfairly paying higher income taxes.
Here are the most Googled topics in Canada for 2020

Here are the most Googled topics in Canada for 2020

Kobe Bryant, toilet paper, and Donald Trump are among the topics Canadians were the most interested in this year
Happy New Year

Happy New Year

The New Year is always a good time to talk about beginnings and fresh starts. With that in mind, I wrote a little story on the birth of a child, since there’s nothing that leaves us with brighter expectation and hope.

Prisoner advocates call for intervention, CSC defends approach as Sask. Pen COVID-19 outbreak grows

Prisoner’s advocacy group Beyond Prison Walls Canada sent a letter to the Office of the Correctional Investigator Wednesday of last week saying that the rights of inmates at Saskatchewan Penitentiary are being violated as COVID-19 spreads in the faci
Sask. COVID hospitalizations have been under-reported

Sask. COVID hospitalizations have been under-reported

According to the Dec. 24 and 27 COVID-19 updates from the province, the number of hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients have been under-reported. Some who have remained in hospital after testing negative have been counted as recovered. Dec.
Holly significant in many religions

Holly significant in many religions

The Ilex, or holly, is a genus that is widespread throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes species of trees, shrubs and climbers, some with evergreen and some with deciduous foliage.
559 new cases, seven deaths from Dec. 25-27

559 new cases, seven deaths from Dec. 25-27

There are 559 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on December 27, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 14,814 cases. Today’s data update includes information for December 25, 26 and 27.
It was a tough Christmas

It was a tough Christmas

If ever there was a tough Christmas, at least for a lot of us, it’s Christmas 2020. I won’t really miss the work involved in putting up and taking down the tree, but that’s only because no one can come to share its beauty with us.
Embroidery in the time of COVID-19

Embroidery in the time of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an inspiration for this piece of embroidery made by Marcella Pedersen.
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