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The Saskatchewan government announced its plan to reopen the province on Thursday. After the news broke, the mood in northern Saskatchewan was one of relief; the pandemic, it seemed, was drawing to a close.

With no new cases of COVID-19 cases reported in Manitoba April 28, the province is beginning to look toward opening up closed services. The province has carried out 325 tests at Cadham Provincial Laboratory since April 27.

On April 27, at approximately 4:30 a.m., White Butte RCMP responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision southeast of Pense, SK. A pickup truck travelling on a grid road left the roadway and rolled multiple times.

An inquest into the death of a Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A coroner’s inquest into the death of Daniel James Tokarchuk was scheduled to be held in Prince Albert from April 27 to May 1.

A workplace incident in Estevan has left one person dead. Emergency services from Estevan responded to an incident at a business on the east side of the city Monday afternoon at about 2 p.m.

The case against an Onion Lake man facing child porn charges was adjourned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HUMBOLDT — This year’s Summer Sizzler is cancelled due to the pandemic. City council voted to cancel the June 18 to 21 event at its meeting on April 27.

The quarantine made creative minds work and reorganize quickly and brought up many new opportunities.

The province and the Sask. Teachers Bargaining Committee (TBC) reached a tentative agreement last Wednesday which includes a pay increase for teachers in Saskatchewan.

Premier Scott Moe announced on Monday the province has recorded the fifth death due to COVID-19, along with 11 new cases of the virus due to the outbreak in La Loche.