Steven Wilson

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation announced the next round of rotating job action Tuesday morning, and the withdrawal of lunch hour supervision will be returning to southeast Saskatchewan by the end of the week.  

Every school year, there comes a short period where it seems every other person in the school is sick, be it students, teachers, or other staff. The types of illnesses seem to vary each year as well, but are in most cases illnesses which are easily passed from one person to another but aren’t necessarily severe.  

The Saskatchewan School Boards Association issued a statement Friday afternoon on the issue of class complexity, one of the key sticking points in the negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation on a new collective bargaining agreement. The statements, from SSBA President Jaimie Smith-Windsor, call for a return to the bargaining table to reach a fair and reasonable agreement.  

Last week, federal NDP MP, and natural resources critic, Charlie Angus introduced a private members bill in the House of Commons that would ban what he called deceptive and misleading fossil fuel advertising. He said the bill would outlaw any marketing that would downplay emissions from the oil and gas sector or would promote oil and gas in ways that could be considered false, misleading or deceptive.  

Whenever something appears in the skies that isn’t easily recognizable to the human eye, there are always questions about what it could be. It can be easily explained in most situations, such as a weather balloon or a drone. In some other cases, especially at night, the answers aren’t always as easily accessible. In some situations, the night sky is lit up as a meteor burns up in the atmosphere, such as the case of the night of January 26-27.

The latest Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada was released Friday, and it shows that while the unemployment rate provincially was down in January, it did creep up in the southeast, especially outside of Regina.  

After a melt got rid of the snow stockpile in the southeast, a fresh patch has come down overnight and will need shoveling done across the city.

After that snow falls on the ground, trying to move it improperly can sometimes lead to serious injury or even a heart attack. 

The Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Doctor Steven Lear has several tips for those who will be out working to move the snow to prevent injury. 

Negotiations are set to resume between the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee. The invitation to resume the negotiations came from the GTBC late Wednesday after they are said to have received a new mandate from the provincial government. The meeting is scheduled for Monday in Saskatoon. 

The Saskatchewan Party announced via social media Tuesday afternoon that four members of the party, all current members of the provincial cabinet, will not be seeking re-election this year.  

The release stated that Weyburn-Big Muddy MLA Dustin Duncan, Indian Head-Milestone MLA Don McMorris, Saskatoon Northwest MLA Gord Wyant, and Humboldt MLA Donna Harpauer will not be seeking to be re-elected.  

Each year, when the snow melts on the fields west of Estevan, social media lights up with images of one specific field. Lines, circles, semi-circles, and more, are carved into the prairie landscape, filled with water. The speculation of what these could be ranges from the occult, to bored farmers, to aliens.