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Physical distancing a challenge for the blind in Saskatchewan
Keeping a proper social distance of two metres is not so simple for people who are blind or partially sighted.Ashley Nemeth is a Saskatchewan advocate for the blind community and for the Canadian Nati...
Apr 27, 2020 Ashley Nemeth and her guide dog. (Ashley Nemeth/Submitted)
Parents urged to keep tabs on kids’ Internet interactions to stop online predators
Online predatory crimes against children have gone up significantly over the past few years.Police in Saskatchewan are noticing that while it's not spiking in this province, it has gone up as children...
Apr 27, 2020 (CJME News Staff)
Farmers call for improvements to business risk program
AgriStability continues to be a sore spot for many farmers who want the reference margin of the program increased.Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit talks about the interim benefit payment ...
Apr 27, 2020 (submitted photo/Ministry of Agriculture)
Planning continues for Agribition 2020
Organizers of Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) in Regina are optimistic this event will go ahead.CWA CEO Chris Lane said planning is continuing for the 50th annual show and said the province's decisi...
Apr 27, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy in first hours, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for the federal government's wage-subsidy program to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.The emergency measure will cover...
Apr 27, 2020
Classroom in a Box - Fish
The purpose of this classroom in a box is to introduce your students to the fish that live in our rivers and lakes, learn about the special adaptations they have that make them perfect for living here...
Apr 27, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday April 27, 2020
The Alberta government released a distribution plan to enable agriculture to submit personal protective equipment (PPE) orders.Most agricultural retailers are no longer stocking PPE and reports indica...
Apr 27, 2020 ID 94181335 © Kathy (null) Dreamstime.com
Agribition will be held, open letter says
Organizers of Canadian Western Agribition say this year's show will go ahead.In an open letter posted on Twitter on Saturday, they say the show has weathered recessions, droughts and other various cha...
Apr 26, 2020 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Four more COVID-19 cases in Sask., three of which in the North
Saskatchewan now has four more confirmed cases of COVID-19, three in the North region and one in the Regina area. There are now nine active cases in the North and 10 in Regina. The Far North still lea...
Apr 26, 2020 COVID-19. (The Canadian Press)
Seven of eight new COVID-19 cases in Far North region
The Far North region continued to see a large increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases. Out of the eight new cases reported on Saturday, seven of them are in the Far North. The other occurred in the North...
Apr 25, 2020 COVID-19. (The Canadian Press)