Provincial News

The RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina welcomed incoming executive director Tara Robinson Wednesday, who will be leading the centre in its upcoming shift to become a national museum.

The Saskatchewan NDP and Regina restaurant owner Josh McLean are calling on the provincial government to extend temporary offsale licences granted to restaurants during pandemic closures, after pulling them on short notice last week.

Officials gathered at the Cooperator’s Centre in Regina Thursday to announce that the SaskTel Tankard provincial championship will be returning to the Queen City in 2022.

The provincial auditor has given the Water Security Agency a failing grade in the most recent report, stating the agency hasn’t made enough changes to improve it’s regulation of drainage in Saskatchewan.

As Saskatchewan approaches the end to public health measures this weekend, the province will no longer be providing biweekly COVID-19 updates from officials moving forward.

Today, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a change to the Irrigation Development Program that will allow producers to access up to $500,000 per applicant to finance irrigation infrastructure.

Even with the prolonged rain experienced across the province over the week, producers were still able to seed throughout all regions.

The Government of Saskatchewan announced a plan to further ease visitor restrictions in long-term care and personal care homes in alignment with the three steps of the Re-opening Roadmap.

Editor’s note: In August 2020 Shelley Luedtke visited Shiloh, the site of the first Black settlement in Saskatchewan. A story about that experience was published in the September 3 issue of The Outlook.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) continues to escalate its response to COVID-19, using the Health System Readiness Plan to guide actions being taken to contain, delay and mitigate the virus.