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Canada lost more than a million jobs in March, but April may be even worse
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy lost an unprecedented one million jobs in March - the worst recorded single-month change - as the COVID-19 crisis began to take hold, lifting the unemployment rate to 7.8...
Apr 09, 2020
Trudeau promises ‘relaxed’ standards for wage subsidy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal wage-subsidy program for employers hit by COVID-19 will have looser standards than previously announced. Rather than having to show a 30-per-cen...
Apr 08, 2020
CFL postpones start of regular season due to COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - The CFL is the latest league to postpone play due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league, which was slated to kick off the regular season on June 11, announced Tuesday that the season won't st...
Apr 07, 2020
Police, fire deal with explosion at Estevan business
Connor Barnstable's Facebook page may have been more popular than normal Monday. Barnstable works at Performance Machining in Estevan's east end, just south of Fourth Street and the bridge leading tow...
Apr 06, 2020
Sask. adds 14 new COVID-19 cases, including employee at assisted living facility
An employee at an assisted living facility in Regina is one of 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. In a media release Friday, the provincial government said an employee at an Eden Care fa...
Apr 03, 2020
Sask. records third death due to COVID-19 complications
A third Saskatchewan resident has died due to complications from COVID-19. In a media release Wednesday, the provincial government said a person in the 80-to-89 age group has died. The first two death...
Apr 01, 2020
Feds, canola council say Chinese ban remains in place
Contrary to earlier reports, the Government of Canada and the Canola Council of Canada said Tuesday that exports of the oilseed to China are still banned. Earlier Tuesday, media reports suggested Chin...
Mar 31, 2020
Federal government to boost payroll subsidy
OTTAWA - The federal government is increasing a payroll subsidy to small business to thwart layoffs due to COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will now cover up to 75 per cent ...
Mar 27, 2020
Sask. Catholic schools win funding appeal fight
It's a significant legal victory for Catholic education in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the appeal of the Theodore case in a unanimous decision. It overturns t...
Mar 25, 2020
14 new cases of COVID-19 brings Saskatchewan’s total to 86
Saskatchewan's goal of limiting community transmission of COVID-19 could get a serious test as more travellers return to the province. On Wednesday -- when the provincial government revealed there wer...
Mar 25, 2020
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