Saskatchewan leaves teachers, other front-line workers off its vaccine priority list
Teachers are among essential workers in Saskatchewan who have been excluded from the province’s vaccine priority list. Other notable omissions include childcare workers, correctional officers and retail clerks who are often dealing with members of the public.
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Sask. leads country in per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Saskatchewan s greenhouse gas emissions are among the worst in the country per capita, up 10 per cent since 2005.
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Posted: Apr 14, 2021 3:44 PM CT | Last Updated: April 14
Environment Minister Warren Kaeding says Prairie Resilience needs time. The plan launched in 2017. (Government of Saskatchewan) comments
Saskatchewan leads the country in greenhouse gas emissions per capita, according to a new report published this week by Environment and Climate Change Canada, a dubious distinction provincial Environment Minister Warren Kaeding says is due to an economy heavily based on resources, manufacturing and exports. We don t have a lot of people in a province that produces a significant amount of goods and services that are exported or sent out of the province, he said.
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Sask. first responders soon to be vaccinated The new plan also takes into account remaining frontline health-care workers as well as pharmacists and grocery store staff.
Author of the article: Heather Polischuk
Publishing date: Apr 13, 2021 • 1 day ago • 5 minute read • Members of the Regina Police Service, Regina Fire Protective Services and Dakota Towing made their way around the Regina General Hospital with the lights, sirens and horns to show appreciation for health care workers during the COVID-19-19 crisis in Regina on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post
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The province has amended its vaccine delivery plan, allowing for first responders including police, firefighters and public health inspectors to receive COVID-19 shots via mobile vaccination units.
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Saskatchewan is once again limiting all indoor private gatherings to members of immediate households only as the province’s COVID-19 caseload takes a turn for the worse.
The reversal comes just over a month after Premier Scott Moe relaxed public health orders and allowed private gathering of up to 10 people to meet under one roof. Since then, Regina has become a national hotspot for a more virulent, deadly strain of COVID-19 that has since spread to Saskatoon, Weyburn, Moose Jaw and Estevan, among other communities.
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