Assiniboia Times

The Ministry of Advanced Education, in partnership with Saskatchewan Polytechnic, is addressing a labour market shortage of Combined Laboratory and X-ray Technologists (CLXTs) in the province.

Moose Jaw RCMP received the report of a vehicle collision involving an SUV and a semi-truck, approximately 10 kilometres east of Moose Jaw on Highway 1 and west of Belle Plaine on August 29 at approximately 4:17 p.m.

Wanuskewin will re-open to the public on Saturday, September 5 for the Labour Day long weekend. The park 13.3 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon is on the tail end of a major $40 Million renewal project.

Administrators and teachers are looking to “up their game” when addressing the “new normal”, a new book “cleaning up their language”. Education in all its forms is a big contributor to this newly identified form of “fowl language”.

There were four new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 31, bringing the total to 1,619 reported cases. The new cases were located in the Saskatoon (1), Central East (1), South West (1) and South Central (1) zones.

NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat discussed the Sask. Party government’s failure to address long-standing staffing issues, potentially delaying expanded COVID-19 testing as schools reopen.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminded all travellers ahead of the upcoming Labour Day long weekend that restrictions are still in place at Canadian international border crossings.

Citizens in communities who have gone above and beyond through their volunteering efforts can be nominated for the 2020 Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal.

Saskatchewan property owners can start pruning their elm trees on September 1. The annual ban on pruning elm trees is in place to reduce the risk of spreading Dutch elm disease (DED), a fungus that kills elm trees.

Southeast College celebrated the grand opening of its newest training facility and apprenticeship program this past Friday (Aug 28).