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Nine more recoveries, five in hospital

Hundreds of workers in northern Saskatchewan will be hit with a 25 per cent pay cut in May, as Cameco Corporation’s Cigar Lake mine and Orano Canada Inc.

Manitoba’s social distancing efforts are helping keep new COVID-19 cases low, but restrictions on gatherings will last for the next few months. Provincial chief health officer Dr.

Carlyle and R. M. #63 Fire and Rescue will be answering the calls from new headquarters this November.

Along with healthcare, the All Nations Healing Hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask. is giving its patients a second freebie — new cloth masks, all handmade and donated.

A bail hearing for a man charged with drug trafficking and weapons-related offences was adjourned. Kevin Ackegan, 40, appeared in Prince Albert Provincial Court again on April 21. He has been in custody since his arrest Feb.

The Government of Saskatchewan is urging residents, farmers and landowners to take extra precaution to prevent wildfire and grassfire during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Government of Saskatchewan’s Subsurface Mineral Crown Disposition Public Offering, held on Monday, raised $169,878 in revenue for the province. This is the first subsurface mineral offering of the 2020-21 fiscal year.

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt-based comic Auroraman has launched a special edition of their seventh issue, featuring a guest cover artist and all proceeds going to Creative Kids Saskatchewan.

A Meadow Lake man has pleaded not guilty to 13 firearms-related charges and a trial is set. Lennex Merasty-Morin, 31, appeared in Meadow Lake Provincial Court April 20 and April 21 for a show cause hearing. He was granted bail and released April 21.