Today's News: Shot / chaser

The shot: From six years ago  

The chaser: From Friday 

Obviously the news agenda for at LEAST the next 72 hours is CANCELLED while we decide what we think about Justin Trudeau's new Caesar haircut. pic.twitter.com/WXf1J6ICXs

— Mike Gibbs🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 (@Mikeggibbs) July 16, 2022

The shot:  So this happened -- the hospital in Kamsack SK is closing its acute care beds, so on Thursday about 200 Kamsack people gathered at the hospital grounds to meet Sask Party rural health minister Everett Hindley, local Sask Party MLA Terry Dennis and a smirking staff aide. The protestors heard the usual bafflegab about how any minute now Sask Health is going to be hiring lots more people, don't worry, move along move along, you can all just use the hospital 40 KM away at Canora instead.

The crowd was not impressed - Brady Lang at CTV reported:

 Dennis and Hindley addressed the rally first just after 10 a.m., for about 10 minutes prior to a tour of the Kamsack Hospital, which just saw its facility lose its remaining five acute care beds, along with shrinking emergency hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. 

“We’re trying to do as much as we can,” Hindley told the concerned citizens.

“Sometimes, we’ve got to think outside the box, because rural health care isn’t the same it was 20 years ago,” said Dennis.

Following the 10 minutes, Hindley’s aid can be seen working to move Dennis and Hindley into the facility, with a smirk on his face.

Those who weren’t smirking, the entirety of the crowd of 200, then booed the Minister and the local MLA.

Yes, it was the CTV reporter himself who used the term "smirking" to describe the demeanor of the staff aide.

And Saskatoon NDP MLA Matt Love was there also.

How much longer can the @SaskParty use rural Saskatchewanians for votes while cutting services to them? Kamsack hospital is vital to the area. Kudos to those folks, both partisan and not, for showing up and demanding more from their govt. #skpoli https://t.co/9lqG5qD4WF

— 🌻 Puzzled. Paige.🪆 (@PaigeVBA) July 14, 2022

Here’s the wrap from the rest of the day in Kamsack

From parties fighting about who closes hospitals, ten minute Q & A with residents, to a guarantee

A bit more from the Assiniboine River Valley:https://t.co/imRIhmepfg

— Brady Lang (@BradyLangCTV) July 15, 2022

Infuriating to watch the Sask Party ‘boy’ in charge of his MLAs smirking and clearly dismissing the vocalized concerns of the Kamsack people. #privilege

— Layton Burton 🏳️‍🌈 (@laytonburton61) July 15, 2022

The chaser: Turns out the emergency room at Canora was closed that day. And signs were sending people to....Kamsack!

Yesterday residents of Kamsack were told by their MLA and Minister for Rural Health, that they could go to Canora for ER care

Well, the ER in Canora was also shut down yesterday and residents were directed to Kamsack

This isn't just govt incompetence, this is dangerous#skpoli pic.twitter.com/ZUMiWe6WT4

— Matt Love (@MattloveNDP) July 15, 2022

I don't think Saskatchewan has ever had a government that was worse for small town and rural people than this Sask Party government has been for the last 15 years.

The shot: Moving on, Thursday this happened:

Preston has lost the plot, and Charest has lost the election. Better to save a little dignity, surely, than dive into the Epoch Times cesspool… https://t.co/pUnaXyYFkr

— Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦 (@acoyne) July 15, 2022

The chaser: and Friday we found out that the anti-Trudeau crowd is determined to bring us all into the cesspool with them:

This is disgraceful and dangerous. Pierre Poilievre needs to rein in his trucker thug buddies before something tragic happens. Enough is enough. #cdnpoli https://t.co/BzbRH3SOFY

— 🇨🇦 Simon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌈🌻 (@montrealsimon) July 16, 2022

Finally, in other news, Tiger cried when he heard the people cheering as he walked across the St. Andrews fairway:

Flaws and all, among the greatest golfers of all time…listen. https://t.co/FWXFKEbSp3

— Rick Anderson 🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@RickAnderson) July 15, 2022