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Updated return to school plan inadequate on student and staff safety

Updated return to school plan inadequate on student and staff safety

The Saskatchewan government’s latest tweaks to the Safe School Plan ignored expert advice and the concerns of many staff, parents and students, said CUPE Saskatchewan’s Education Workers’ Steering Committee.
Mixed messages emerge as schools get ready to open

Mixed messages emerge as schools get ready to open

Weyburn This Week editorial
Cheers and Jeers for Aug. 13

Cheers and Jeers for Aug. 13

Cheers: Cheers to Tara and Mae from the Estevan Medical Group. They do a wonderful job and they conduct themselves with professionalism. It means a lot to the patients. Cheers to the arrival of another new physician to the community.
Don’t mask my surprise

Don’t mask my surprise

I was in the pit grandstand for the Estevan Motor Speedway’s program on Aug. 1. A woman who was at the races with one of the drivers expressed her surprise that she hasn’t seen many people wearing masks since she arrived in Estevan.
Spaying, neutering and controlling feral cat populations shows compassion

Spaying, neutering and controlling feral cat populations shows compassion

On a weekend in early August, two women in Assiniboia held a garage sale in town to raise money to spay, neuter and regulate the town’s feral cats.
Many unknowns in going back to school

Many unknowns in going back to school

Weyburn Review editorial
Everyone loves a parade

Everyone loves a parade

My Nikkel’s Worth column
Why garbage piles up instead of fitting back into the ground?

Why garbage piles up instead of fitting back into the ground?

I recently was cleaning my make-up stocks that I’ve been piling up for years, trying to get rid of anything that was expired, outdated or just too weird to use. And there was a little bottle with dried-up nail polish.
The maps that we’ve been waiting for

The maps that we’ve been waiting for

Since the first presumptive case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Saskatchewan back on March 12, many in Saskatchewan have been clamouring for more information as far as where the cases were located.
MacKay visited Saskatchewan to promote his leadership vision

MacKay visited Saskatchewan to promote his leadership vision

Peter MacKay visited Saskatoon on Monday, August 10 to meet members of the Conservative Party of Canada and to convey his message of getting the economy back on track as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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