Budgets, Cops, and Covid (shownotes for From Many Peoples, Strength ep 26)

Headlines

Covid

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-icu-younger-1.5968129

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/it-is-very-bad-regina-doctors-say-the-situation-in-covid-19-icus-is-dire-1.5375377

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatchewan/the-virus-changed-should-saskatchewans-vaccine-plan-do-the-same

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/covid-19-saskatchewan-1.5978602

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/workplaces-lead-the-pack-in-covid-19-outbreak-locations-throughout-sask-1.5980092

NDP MLA gets laughed at by Sask Party members as pleads for masks in legislature (he is immune-compromised) from saskatchewan

https://www.saskhealthauthority.ca/news/service-alerts-emergency-events/covid-19/information-for-physicians/Documents/Physician%20Town%20Halls/Physician%20Town%20Hall%20-%20April%208%20-%202021.pdf?fbclid=IwAR20S8juLjOEPC5_3mFK7DcYdgIN6rTHsWjACV2dxl18318-6YvTaq7m8-I

Police

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-participate-clares-law-1.5971474

Saskatchewan commits to creating police watchdog, details unclear

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/regina-police-preparing-to-launch-project-speed

Statue and statue related (very quick)

Regina City Council votes to remove Sir John A. Macdonald statue from Victoria Park

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/saskdispatch/view/a-symbolic-step-group-calls-on-city-of-regina-to-rename-dewdney-avenue

Regina council votes unanimously to rename Dewdney Pool to ‘Buffalo Meadows Pool’

Budget ( A Deeper Look)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-budget-2021-1.5976260

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/advance-consumption-sites-funding-1.5976434

https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/saskatchewans-proposed-ev-fee-slammed-as-regressive

Saskatchewan Quietly Cut Funding For Provincial Office in Charge of Climate Change Policy