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The Preeceville Volunteer Fire Department plays a crucial role in the local community and recently have added another welcome contribution of bringing birthday cheer to children 12 years of age and under.

The effects of COVID-19 have been felt all over the world, with businesses in Preeceville and the surrounding area feeling the repercussions.

Special days like birthdays continue to happen, even during a time of a worldwide virus outbreak.

Warrants were issued for two of three people charged with weapons offences and drug after they failed to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court.

With the world social distancing, this year’s edition of the Sliding Hills Charolais Sale was an online affair. But that did not stop brisk bidding for the stock on offer from Canora-area producers; Carey and LeeAnn Weinbender and family.

A heritage building which once housed the Seventh Day Adventist congregation in Kamsack has been totally transformed into a unique, well-appointed single family dwelling.

“Sauntering, Thoreau-style" Written by Victor Carl Friesen Published by Your Nickel's Worth Publishing Review by Shelley A. Leedahl $25.

Arrows in a Quiver: From Contact to the Courts in Indigenous-Canadian Relations by James Frideres Review by Ben Charles $39.95 ISBN 9870889776784 Indigenous-settler relations, sovereignty, and legalities have a long and tumultuous history in Canada.

NOTE: This piece was originally published on the www.heritagesask.ca blog I was not surprised to hear that some of the first reported shortages in grocery stores was (after toilet paper, a subject worthy of its own cultural study) yeast and flour.

The University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) has been awarded $23 million to fast-track efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announce