Saskatchewan Health Authority Expanding Capacity For COVID-19
www.saskatchewan.ca/…/sha-expanding-capacity-for…
This is one part of the SHA’s overall strategy to contain, delay and mitigate COVID-19.
www.saskatchewan.ca/…/m…/24/covid-19-update-ma…
As of March 24, 2020, the province of Saskatchewan has six new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 72 confirmed cases.
For the most up-to-date information about COVID-19, please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID-19. For more information about the Ministry of Trade and Export Development’s Business Response Team visit
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Please note that items such as baby wipes; Lysol wipes; paper towel or other sanitary products should be disposed of your waste bins.
These products do not disintegrate in the sewer system and can cause severe problems with the Municipality’s sewage effluent pumps.
Your cooperation to dispose of the aforementioned items properly is greatly appreciated.

Please use the following links for updates on COVID-19 from the Province of Saskatchewan.
• Ministry of Education Update – COVID-19
www.saskatchewan.ca/…/…/17/education-update-co…
• Government To Release 2020-21 Spending Plans Tomorrow
www.saskatchewan.ca/…/…/march/17/revised-budge…
• Ensuring Leave For Employees During Public Health Emergencies
www.saskatchewan.ca/…/labour-changes-for-employe…
• COVID-19: Eighth Presumptive Positive Case Recorded
www.saskatchewan.ca/…/news-and-media/2020/march/…
For the most up-to-date information about COVID-19, please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/coronavirus . Please note that from this page, you can download the Chief Medical Health Officer of Saskatchewan’s March 17, 2020 Public Health Order to help control the transmission of COVID-19

Please be advised that due to COVID19 and to provide for safety of the general public – the Bethune Community Hall will be closed effective immediately.
Any functions and gatherings booked for the hall have been cancelled or postponed. Any organizations with events that are being postponed will advertise any new dates as they are determined in the future.
The Bethune Community Hall greatly appreciates the public’s understanding during this time.

With the Corona Virus impacting everyone’s daily life and a number of Provincial Agencies making announcements through news media etc, the Municipal Office is attempting to provide additional avenues for the public to access information from the Provincial Ministries.
The following links are being made available with respect to education announcements; travel and quarantine information; and COVID Self Assessment:

www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2020…
www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2020…
www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-adminis….

As more information is passed along to municipal governments, those links will be shared on the Village of Bethune and RM of Dufferin #190 social media and respective websites.
As of March 16, 2020, the Village of Bethune and RM of Dufferin #190 municipal office and services continue to operate in normal business fashion.
If you wish to provide for payment of utility, tax or other accounts with the municipalities, to avoid public contact you may make payments online or through electronic transfer. If you have not set those options up already, contact the municipal office for assistance.
Thanks for your cooperation.

This is just for your information.

No action to be taken by the residents of the Village of Bethune.

“Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant staff have advised the Water Security Agency (WSA) that a planned shutdown at the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant will result in the shutdown and depressurization of the SaskWater Buffalo Pound West and North Pipelines for approximately 14 hours. Although there is a very low risk of contamination, the potential for contamination exists due to the depressurization and the natural degradation of the chlorine residual in the water as it sits in the line. Therefore, effective at 7:30 a.m. on March 13th 2020, the WSA is issuing a Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory (PDWA) for the Dufferin Water Association.

The Villages of Bethune, Disley and the Qu’Appelle Valley Water Users are exempt from this advisory due to their offline storage and re-chlorination capabilities.

An outage of the BP water treatment plant is tentatively scheduled for:
– Friday March 13 from approximately 07:30 to 21:30 and
– Sunday March 15 from approximately 08:30 to 14:30.

The shutdown is required to accommodate capital work projects at the plant. If the planned outage is canceled, rescheduled or altered the WSA will review and react accordingly”.