Steven Wilson

Throughout the southeast, and across the whole province, respiratory illnesses have been on the rise. In the most recent Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program, released by the provincial Ministry of Health on December 8th, the primary cause for respiratory illnesses was influenza, followed by COVID-19, then Respiratory Syncytial Virus.  

A former Saskatchewan resident who was arrested in the United States in August of 2022, ending an AMBER Alert for two children reported as missing from Eastend, has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in South Dakota in connection to the case. 

Late last week, Members of Parliament put in a lot of overtime, as they sat for nearly 30 hours voting on 134 separate motions, all of which needed to be passed by the federal Liberal government as part of the spending estimates. Each one of the 134 motions, which were put forward by the Conservative opposition, was a confidence motion.  

A tragic situation in Prince George, British Columbia has the RCMP encouraging parents and caregivers to have open, honest conversations with their children about financial sextortion.  

Catherine Tabak is the senior manager for cybertip.ca, the national tipline for reporting incidents of online child sexual abuse and exploitation, and it is operated through the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. She explained what sextortion is.  

The most recent meeting of the board of the South East Cornerstone Public School Division saw several reports presented, including the audited financial statements for the previous school year, as well as the annual report from the Director of Education, Keith Keating. 

The financial numbers that were presented showed the deficit for the 2022-23 fiscal year was $1.3 million lower than expected, but was still $5 million. This was due to revenue for the year being slightly higher than originally budgeted, with expenses being around 0.9 percent lower than budgeted. 

El Nino is a weather phenomenon that is said to play the second-largest role in shaping the weather of the planet, second to only the earth’s orbit around the sun and the changing of the seasons. Here in Saskatchewan, El Nino years are marked by milder temperatures, and a lack of substantial snowfalls, for the most part.  

Terri Lang is a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. She explained what the general forecast is during an El Nino event. 

The most recent subsurface mineral public offering, held on Monday, raised $1.231 million in revenue for the Saskatchewan government. Lithium was the key driver of the bids that were received, with all ten of the blocks up for bidding prospective for the mineral. 

The top bid was $894,684 for a 1,192-hectare block five kilometres southwest of Stoughton. The amount was paid for by Hub City Lithium, a joint venture of ROK Resources and EMP Metals Corporation.  

Statistics Canada released the latest payroll employment, earnings, and hours numbers Thursday morning. The data shows the picture of what people were earning in September, along with how many hours people were working in various sectors.  

Here in Saskatchewan, the average weekly earnings in September were $1193.08. This was up by $41 from August, but still below the national average.  

The most recent subsurface mineral public offering, held on Monday, raised $1,459,502 in revenue for the Saskatchewan government. Lithium was the key driver of the bids that were received, with all ten of the blocks up for bidding prospective for the mineral. 

The top bid was $894,684 for a 1,192-hectare block five kilometres southwest of Stoughton. The amount was paid for by Hub City Lithium, a joint venture of ROK Resources and EMP Metals Corporation.  

El Nino is a weather phenomenon that is said to play the second-largest role in shaping the weather of the planet, second to only the earth’s orbit around the sun and the changing of the seasons. Here in Saskatchewan, El Nino years are marked by milder temperatures, and a lack of substantial snowfalls, for the most part.  

Terri Lang is a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. She explained what the general forecast is during an El Nino event.