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With the arrival of spring comes the arrival of the potential for wildfires, floods or tornados, so this Emergency Preparedness Week, which runs May 2-8, 2021, is the perfect time to get prepared, just in case.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding the public of an increased risk of COVID-19 in Regina and is strongly urging Saskatchewan residents to strictly adhere to all public health orders and measures.

SaskTel announced that it will invest approximately $323 million of capital in Saskatchewan in 2021-2022 and over $1.4 billion over the next five years.

The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) released its injury statistics, announcing that workplace injury rates decreased in 2020. The workplace total injury rate for 2020 was 4.46 per 100 workers, a 10 per cent decrease from 2019.

There are 12 new COVID-19 cases reported in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ East 3 zone on April 28. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ East 3 zone, which includes Weyburn and area, currently has 60 cases according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s daily report.

Municipalities of Saskatchewan welcomes the Government of Canada’s investments in hometowns through broadband and infrastructure funding, as announced in the 2021-22 federal budget.

The Fire and Protective Services Bylaw for the City of Weyburn received its first and second reading by Weyburn City Council at its April 26 meeting, and is now open for review by residents.

Every year on April 28, Canada marks the National Day of Mourning and provincially, flags at all government buildings are lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset.

Prairie Sky Co-operative had a full review of their past year in a virtual annual meeting on Thursday evening, and reported a successful year in spite of the challenges posed by COVID-19, which did have an impact on operations.