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Tourism Yorkton and local Chamber see move as a positive

anada’s national horse brought back from edge of extinction Alongside Canada’s national flower, sport, symbol and bird, is a national animal that is often forgotten. Canada’s national horse, Le Cheval Canadien, is in danger of disappearing.

Saskatoon – Like almost every other public event since COVID-19 hit in March, 2020, the Saskatchewan Industrial & Mining Suppliers Association Inc. (SIMSA) had to put off its regular October Oil & Gas Supply Chain Forum.

On Friday Jan. 15, at approximately 12 p.m., Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP received a report of a break and enter at a liquor store located on Hudson Avenue in Fort Qu’Appelle, SK.

An Onion Lake man - who allegedly fled from RCMP on foot after he lost control of his vehicle on an icy road during a police chase - was scooped by Mounties six days later.

Due to COVID-19 there’s still no sentencing date for a North Battleford man accused of killing Sequin Mooswa. Keenan Mirasty, 22, was to be sentenced December 2020 in North Battleford Provincial Court but the matter was adjourned to Jan.

Province reports 290 new cases and 2,449 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced the signing of their 2020 first-round selection, offensive lineman Mattland Riley. Riley (6’3 – 300lbs) was selected by the Riders 7th overall in the 2020 CFL Draft.

A 44-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly robbing a Main Street bank last week. The incident took place Jan. 14, when shortly after 1 p.m., Flin Flon RCMP received a call of a robbery at the RBC Royal Bank.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Dates listed refer to publication dates not the dates of the events.) January 6, 1977-The Parkland Regional Library has announced that the RM of Hazel Dell and the hamlet of Westview have joined the regional library system.