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Limit flags being flown at government buildings
The provincial government should mandate that all publicly funded buildings should only be allowed to fly two flags the Canadian flag and the Saskatchewan flag. The only exception would be flying the flag of an official dignitary from a foreign country visiting the legislature. The flag would only fly during the duration of the visit and only at the Legislative Building. This is what is done world wide as a show of respect.
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REGINA Ward 8 Councillor Shanon Zachidniak and her family spent Earth Day cleaning up garbage around the Regina. The idea came from her son Wylie Tzupniak, who challenged people on social media last year to clean up their neighbourhoods. It’s now an annual tradition for the family, which resulted some big collections this Earth Day Zachidniak said the pandemic has increased the need for cleaning up the environment, and it’s an easy thing to do. “I think unfortunately with COVID the amount of garbage for a variety of reasons has just increased,” Zachidniak said. The family filled five shopping bags with garbage and a bag of recycling in the morning. Several more bags were filled in the afternoon.
REGINA The COVID-19 pandemic has left more people looking for help with emergency food and shelter, so a resource has been taken over by the City of Regina to help those who don’t know where to turn. Every day, hundreds of people rely on Regina soup kitchens, the Regina Food Bank and social agencies to help them with essential needs, so the Regina Survival Guide is now readily available on the City of Regina’s website. “The City of Regina has taken it on to ensure that it has a permanent home and is able to be updated regularly,” said Kelly Husack, policy analyst with the City.
REGINA After hearing he would be getting a sizeable rebate from SGI in the spring, Marc Spooner was wondering about how he should spend it. “I saw that we were going to get approximately $285 back from SGI that was unexpected. Then I got thinking to myself, what if we all pooled our money together and did something neat, something big,” said Spooner. Spooner formed a Facebook group called Field of Dreams: Let’s do something together with our SGI Rebates. “I was thinking maybe preserving a chunk of the prairie, or some boreal forest, or some project like that. We could really leave a legacy for Saskatchewanians for decades and lifetimes to come,” he said.
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Saskatchewan Party’s vaccine rollout
The province’s plan for mass vaccinations announced by Health Minister Paul Merriman and Saskatchewan Health CEO Scott Livingstone holds significant flaws by not accounting for workers who are at extremely high risk.
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Vaccinating health-care workers, those in long-term care facilities, and those who are immune compromised because of serious health conditions makes sense. The next planned phase will be to vaccinate individuals according to age, beginning with those in their 60s.