REGINA Saskatchewan s 2021-22 budget shows the province is still feeling the financial affects of the COVID-19 pandemic, posting a forecasted $2.6 billion deficit for the fiscal year. For the second year in a row, the budget focuses heavily on health, education and social services spending to ease assist with pandemic-related costs. Deficits are projected to continue over the next three years, at $1.7 billion in 2022-23, $1.2 billion in 2023-24 and $770 million in 2024-25. Based on these projections, Saskatchewan will see seven straight years of deficits through 2025, after posting deficits in each budget since 2018-19. Forecasts for both revenue and expenses are up from 2020-21. Total expense of $17.1 billion is expected this fiscal year, up $1 billion, or 6.3 per cent, from last year s budget. These expenses are also up $1.1 billion from the current 2020-21 forecast.
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SASKATOON A Saskatoon area woman wants to bring awareness to the challenges deaf people face during an era of mask-wearing. “When I’m out there and trying to talk to people I’m super stressed out because I have no other way to communicate with them other than read lips,” said Christin Young, of Martensville, who is deaf. “I don’t know how we’re going to survive this, but I’m doing the best I can because I have to.” She used to be hard of hearing, but now is almost entirely deaf. She had to quit her job as a financial planner because she couldn’t manage Zoom calls once her business moved online.
Feb 21, 2021
Celebrating the success of the 2020 annual campaign are Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Executive Board members, standing left, Patricia Gaughan DiPalma, executive director; Dr. Kathryn Bronstein, foundation board president; and Colleen Meeder, foundation board secretary. Seated from left are Jon Northrop, vice president; and Christine Adams, treasurer.
WESTFIELD Donors to the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation donated close to $280,000 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to support the foundation’s mission.
With its partner, Allegheny Health Network, AHN-Westfield Memorial Hospital worked to be among the first in the area to disperse the available COVID-19 vaccine to doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, frontline essential workers, and those 75 years and older, during the first six weeks of 2021.