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Province sends out reminder around snowplow safety

Province sends out reminder around snowplow safety

As winter continues, the Government of Saskatchewan is out to remind everyone this winter season that when passing snowplows “It’s not a race. Give some space.
Ministerial Christmas message: Peace in an era of noise

Ministerial Christmas message: Peace in an era of noise

A story to begin. There was a king who offered a prize to the artist who could depict a painting of “perfect peace”. Many pictures were submitted of pastoral forests and sunlit mountains.
Ministerial Christmas message: A pandemic cannot change an eternal truth

Ministerial Christmas message: A pandemic cannot change an eternal truth

December is here! Even in this time of pandemic, friends and family are beginning to share with each other holiday cheer! Even though we are in the midst of the second COVID-19 wave, I’m finding that there are many blessings around us: the weather is
Ministerial Christmas message: God rest ye merry gentlemen!

Ministerial Christmas message: God rest ye merry gentlemen!

Wow! What a year it has been! Who would have ever guessed last Christmas that we would spend more time at home than anywhere else! That words like “social distancing”, “COVID-19”, “flattening the curve”, and “quarantined” would likely be the most com
More progress should have been made in five years: Truth and Reconciliation commissioners

More progress should have been made in five years: Truth and Reconciliation commissioners

The three Truth and Reconciliation commissioners say the federal government hasn’t done enough to implement their report’s recommendations, five years after its release. A statement published on Dec. 15, 2020 and written by commissioners Sen.
Ministerial message: A lesson in trust

Ministerial message: A lesson in trust

…for you do not know when the time will come. —Mark 13:33-37 John Kavanaugh, a famous ethicist, went to Calcutta seeking Mother Teresa but he was seeking for something more.
Ministerial message: What will never change

Ministerial message: What will never change

The week of Nov. 16, I had made an appointment to see the optometrist to get fitted for a new pair of glasses. With the mandatory mask mandate in place throughout the province I went to my eye exam with my mask in place.
'Great conjunction' coming: Two largest planets will appear to merge into 'Christmas star'

'Great conjunction' coming: Two largest planets will appear to merge into 'Christmas star'

2020 has been a year like no other and that will continue as we get closer to Christmas. Skygazers are looking forward to a cosmic coincidence experts say hasn't been seen since medieval times. Just a few days before Christmas, on Dec.
Prairie necessity: Patent index documents history of Sask. invention

Prairie necessity: Patent index documents history of Sask. invention

Necessity is the mother of invention, so goes the oft-used cliché. Yet, the old adage proves true in Saskatchewan. Bitter cold, sweltering sun and winds strong enough to tear through sturdy brick churches — the climate here demands invention.
COVID-19 hurting Canadians’ food security and mental health: StatCan

COVID-19 hurting Canadians’ food security and mental health: StatCan

About 5.1 million Canadians are food insecure, and many of them are struggling with mental health issues. And the pandemic has made the situation worse, according to a report released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.
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