The City of Regina is making masks mandatory for people using city buses beginning on August 31. The decision was announced on Thursday morning after the city moved to increase service on some routes and bus capacity with the expected return of high school students next month. While riders not wearing masks will still be […]
There is one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on August 18, bringing the reported total to 1,582 total cases. The new case is located in the Saskatoon zone. Of the 1,582 reported cases, 157 are considered active. There are also 16 new recoveries for a total of 1,403 recoveries in the province. Eight people […]
Saskatchewan’s NDP leader is calling on the premier to apologize for the lack of clarity around schools reopening and the stress it has caused to families and to school teachers and staff. On Monday, Premier Scott Moe announced $40 million to help schools in the reopening with the funds coming from a $200 million contingency […]
The City of Regina is now accepting applications for its newly announced Economic Recovery Grant to help local businesses hurt by COVID-19. The city is contributing $2 million to businesses through the grant over the span of two phases. On Monday morning, Mayor Michael Fougere said businesses are striving to stay open during the pandemic, […]
NDP leader Ryan Meili feels Saskatchewan’s minister of education is attempting to gaslight school divisions and families following his latest comments. Meili noted that Minister Wyant said this week that the provincial government’s 2020 $200 million contingency fund could be made available to school divisions that requested it. However he mentioned that the minister stated […]
The Saskatchewan NDP described Education Minister Gord Wyant’s announcement on Tuesday as “disastrous” following updates to the government’s Safe Schools Plan. Minister Wyant offered recommendations for schools divisions and left the decision making for mask usage in the hands of divisions when classes resume next month. However NDP Education Critic Carla Beck believes the plan […]
There are eight new cases of COVID-19 and 36 new recoveries in Saskatchewan as of Wednesday, August 5. Three of the new cases are in the North East, two in the Saskatoon region, two in Regina and one in the Central West. The reported total is now at 1,376 cases with 225 considered active. A […]
Concerns persist for the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation following the release of the government’s COVID-19 Safe Schools Plan for the fall. It’s an eight-pronged plan that doesn’t include mandatory mask usage and reduced class sizes unless three of four scenarios are activated regionally or provincially based on the advice of Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib […]
Saskatchewan’s 27 school divisions have plans in place for the safe return of students and staff to the classroom in September amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Saskatchewan school divisions had their draft plans reviewed by Saskatchewan Education’s Response Planning Team (RPT), in order to ensure that they adhere to the Primary and Secondary Institution Guidelines, developed […]
There are nine new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 1,368 cases. The new cases include 1 in the North West, 1 in the North Central, 2 in Saskatoon, 4 in Regina, and 1 in the South West. Of the 1,368 reported cases, 253 are considered active with 1,097 recoveries. Fourteen […]
