Pay what you can startup sets audacious goal
In response to COVID-19, a Canadian business skills training company has dramatically pivoted to offer 100,000 Canadians access to ‘pay what you can’ business training as they struggle to develop new skills and become marketable employees for when the economy rebounds.
“COVID-19 has been taking a real toll on us all,” said Louis Trahan, President of PayWhatYouCan.Training.
PWYCT is offering virtual instructor-led courses over a broad range of workplace skills and adding more courses every day.
The list is endless and ever-changing as more instructors are brought into the campaign. All courses are taken online at PayWhatYouCan.training
PWYCT plans to reach 100,000 learners by the end of the program and wants the need for this program to disappear, so as soon as things start to become normal for Canadians and Canadian businesses, they will look at shutting it down.
Canada’s Farm Show 2020 postponed due to COVID-19
– Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) and the Canada’s Farm Show advisory board have made the difficult decision to postpone this year’s show. It was scheduled for June 16 to 18, 2020. A rescheduled date has not been confirmed.
PVSD Board meeting
This month, the Prairie Valley Board of Education held its regular meeting on April 22, though they did it a little differently! Due to COVID-19 and to ensure the safety of all, the Board met virtually. During the meeting, they approved the school year calendar, discussed important PMR (Preventative Maintenance and Renewal) work and heard from Division administration about all the incredible work taking place in our Division while classes are suspended.
Second Round and Craft Award Nominees Announced
The Yorkton Film Festival is pleased to announce that our second round juries have concluded and nominees can now be announced in our remaining and craft categories.
Said YFF Executive Director Randy Goulden, “With all of our nominees announced, we look forward to announcing this year’s Golden Sheaf Award winners in June.”
A list of second round nominees can be found on their website: www.yorktonfilm.com.
2020 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Lloydminster postponed
REGINA, SK – The Saskatchewan Games Council, the City of Lloydminster, and the Lloydminster 2020 Host Society have jointly announced the postponement of the 2020 Saskatchewan Summer Games until July 2021 due to health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19. The Games were originally scheduled to be held from July 26 – August 1 in Lloydminster, Sask.
The Games are now tentatively scheduled to run from July 18–24, 2021, and will feature competition from young athletes in 15 summer sports.
The Saskatchewan Games are one of the largest amateur sporting events in Saskatchewan, seeing participation from over 2,000 athletes, coaches and officials from every corner of the province.
Lukiwski Condemns Liberal Gun Over-Reach
Tom Lukiwski, MP for Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan, today added his voice to nation-wide condemnations for Liberal government’s sweeping gun ban.
Prime Minister Trudeau today announced a ban on over 1,500 firearms. The ban was done through Order-in-Council rather than by legislation, meaning that the measures will not be voted on in Parliament.
“You’ve heard the expression about minority governments acting as though they had a majority. Trudeau has taken this one step further – he has a minority government that acts like a dictatorship,” Lukiwski said.
“Firearms bans have been part of the Liberal playbook for decades. I think it’s shameful that Trudeau is exploiting the high emotions around the Nova Scotia murders and the weakened state of Parliament during the pandemic to push through a purely partisan policy.”
“This is knee-jerk policy that would do nothing to prevent tragedies like the one in Nova Scotia. In that case, the murderer did not have a firearms license – could not have bought guns legally in any case – and purchased illegal weapons from the United States. Trudeau’s response has been to make it harder for licensed, law-abiding gun owners to acquire firearms for sport, hunting and animal control purposes.”
Lukiwski challenged the prime minister to bring the issue to a vote in a House of Commons.
“It’s high time that Trudeau stop circumventing democracy. It is high time he got the message that he did not win the last election. He did not win the popular vote and he doesn’t have the majority of votes in the House of Commons. He does not have the power he thinks he does. It’s time that he stop using the pandemic as an excuse to behave like a tin-pot dictator.”
-Media Release - Amos Dowler
STARS to stream live country music concert to support operations
Streaming for STARS - With the COVID-19 pandemic postponing or cancelling hundreds of our annual fundraising events, we are taking our efforts online with a virtual concert and fundraiser to help STARS be there for the next patient who needs us.
Scheduled performers include, Brett Kissel, George Canyon, Aaron Pritchett, Gord Bamford, Hunter Brothers, The Washboard Union, Jess Moskaluke, Aaron Goodvin, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Chris Buck Band, Bobby Wills, Dan Davidson, Tenille Arts, Rob Watts, Trevor Panczak and more. Also scheduled appearances by Ron MacLean, Mark McMorris, Dan Clark, Josh Morrissey, Kim Coates and STARS’ team members.
Live-streaming on STARS’ Facebook page, online at streamingforstars.ca
