Steven Wilson

The official forecast for today is calling for a daytime high of 11°. While not quite a record, it will be quite the difference from the -21° that Estevan was at yesterday morning. It will be a swing of nearly 32 degrees in just under 36 hours.  

While that may be the forecast, not everyone agrees with it.  

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities is calling on the provincial government to do more regarding the staffing shortages when it comes to healthcare in rural Saskatchewan. The first step they are asking the province to take is the reinstatement of the Grow Your Own Nurse Practitioner Program.  

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.