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Final Day For Public Input Into Woodland Caribou Draft Recovery Strategy |
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Written by mbcnews
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:00 |
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Today is the deadline for the public to comment on the federal government's boreal caribou draft recovery strategy.
The proposed plan is controversial in this province, because industry worries it has the potential to shut down northern development -- while the provincial government is concerned it might have to change the way it fights forest fires.
Environment Canada scientist Dr. Greg Wilson acknowledges there are holes in the Saskatchewan data that was used to formulate the draft document -- but he says the government has to move now to protect the caribou.
However, Wilson says they are still at the stage of hammering out broad guidelines of the strategy -- not specific implications for individual provinces.
He adds there's a lot of leeway and room for movement in the action plan stage.
Wilson also notes the government normally sets aside 30 days to review the submissions -- but because there have been 14,000 so far, he says it's going to take more time to go through them all and come up with a final strategy. |
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Feds Give Northern Victim Services Financial Boost |
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Written by mbcnews
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:55 |
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The federal government is pumping $1.85 million into victim services in Saskatchewan.
Victim services in the province's north will be receiving almost $923,000 of that money over four years.
Police-based victim services will be provided in five northern areas.
And culturally-sensitive victim services will be delivered to the families of missing Aboriginal women.
More screens will also be obtained, so children can testify in court without facing their alleged attackers. |
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Creighton School Division Expecting Budget Cut, But Not As Much As Once Feared |
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Written by mbcnews
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:43 |
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One northern Saskatchewan school division could see a 10% increase in funding while another could experience a 15.4% decrease, if a new education funding model was implemented today.
Creighton School Division director of education Bob Smith says there will be a drop in funds for his school division -- but not the 15.4% initially projected by the Ministry of Education.
He says ministry officials made some mistakes in their calculations. As a result, when the provincial budget comes down March 21st, he thinks the real cut will be about half that -- in the 7% to 8% range.
Smith has discussed the issue with the board and staff. Next week he plans to discuss it at a school council meeting.
Meanwhile, the Ile-a-la-Crosse School Division could see a 10% increase, if the model was implemented. But division officials say the final increase is expected to be much less. |
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