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Saskatchewan’s provincial government is going local, procuring a large new supply of PPE for Saskatchewan schools from a pair of Saskatoon companies.
According to a news release issued on Monday, the government will buy four million medical-grade disposable masks from Saskatoon company Innovation Safety Supply, and 30,000 face shields from Benchmark Personal Protective Equipment.
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“Our government is committed to providing teachers, students and school staff continued access to personal protective equipment from locally based companies,” Education Minister Dustin Duncan said in a statement in the press release.
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Mar 15, 2021 11:34 AM
Olga Bugrova, co-owner of Benchmark PPE, with one of the company s masks. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Two Saskatoon companies are filling the Saskatchewan government’s latest order for personal protective equipment for schools.
On Monday, the government said it was buying another four million medical-grade disposable masks and 30,000 face shields the fourth order of PPE supplies for schools since the COVID-19 pandemic began in Saskatchewan.
“Our government is committed to providing teachers, students and school staff continued access to personal protective equipment from locally based companies,” Education Minister Dustin Duncan said in a media release. “We will continue working with our school communities to ensure they have the supplies needed to keep students, staff and families safe.”
SASKATOON A Saskatoon-based company has been tasked with manufacturing millions of masks and thousands of face shields to be used in the province s schools. This week, Benchmark Personal Protective Equipment is shipping an order of four million disposable masks and 18,000 face shields, according to the Saskatchewan government. “Benchmark PPE is extremely proud to be able to manufacture these critical PPE items in Saskatoon,” Benchmark personal protective equipment business developer Justin Stuart said in a news release from the province. “It is of the utmost importance to keep students and staff in schools safe while in the classroom, Stuart said.
The Government of Saskatchewan has purchased 18,000 face shields and 4 million disposable masks from the Saskatoon-based company Benchmark Personal Protective Equipment to continue to help keep . . .