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All eligible Sask. MLAs have received at least one vaccination dose or have an appointment The Saskatchewan government and the Opposition are in rare alignment on one important issue — the need to get vaccinated. All eligible MLAs have either received a dose or have booked an appointment. Social Sharing
However, that is presently not the case, nor is it likely to be in the next couple of years. “We don’t have a staffing problem now. We did, we have had staffing concerns, but not now,” said Ross Fisher, Executive Director with the Health Foundation, who first brought the proposed move to the attention of Yorkton This Week. Fisher said last fall three new microbiology laboratory technician students began training and will soon have completed that and will be offered positions here. In addition, four techs are “coming back off mat (ernity) leave,” said Fisher. And while there has...
Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit was returned for a fourth term in the Saskatchewan Legislature. After the vote Oct. 26, Ottenbreit was quickly declared elected with approximately 75.6 per cent of the vote, coming in above the NDP’s Carter Antoine and the Green Party’s Judy Mergel. article continues below
A new logo that appeared on the Government of Saskatchewan website and some press releases last week has caused a major stir. The symbol features the shape of the province in green with a gold, highly-stylized wheat sheaf slashing through it. The opposition NDP immediately condemned the move as a "shameless example of self-promotion." "It's promoting themselves with their own colours," said Buckley Belanger, NDP deputy leader. "It's full of partisanship. All this manipulation all this spin and all this PR, it's all meant to try and fool the people of Saskatchewan." Local Sask Party MLA Greg O...