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HUMBLOLDT — A confirmed case of COVID-19 has been identified in Humboldt. Rob Muench, the city’s mayor, said he received an email from the individual.

As of March 22, 2020, the province of Saskatchewan has eight new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 52 reported cases. • Thirty-three cases are confirmed and 19 cases are presumptive positive.

The union that represents Saskatchewan’s legal aid lawyers is calling on the federal and provincial governments to release non-violent inmates from prison and jail to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

A Saskatchewan doctor who tested positive for COVID-19 says the only way to avoid the virus is to stay home. “I have learned that staying home is the only way to keep yourself safe,” said Dr. Jesse Melle in a Facebook post March 21.

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The Canora/ Sturgis RCMP responded to 75 calls for service during the reporting period, some of which included four traffic collisions, three impaired driving offences, 34 traffic offences, six assaults, three thefts, one break and enter, one fraud,

Dr. Gordon Asmundson, a psychology professor at the University of Regina, has received $400,000 in funding for his research project COVID-19: The Role of Psychological Factors in the Spreading of Disease, Discrimination, and Distress.

Sarcan is closing all of its recycling facilities across the province for an indefinite period of time in response to the pandemic. Its facilities can be found in Humboldt, Tisdale, Melfort, Nipawin, Porcupine Plain, Naicam, Watson and Lanigan.

HUMBOLDT — Trappers from across the province came to Humboldt enjoy a 15-vendor trade show, workshops, live demonstrations, and competitions The Saskatchewan Trappers’ Association held their convention March 13 and 14 at Jubilee Hall.

As the COVID-19 crisis leads to ever-increasing restrictions on travel, essential truck traffic is indeed getting through to Saskatchewan. Canada closed its border with the U.S. to all non-essential travel at 11:59 p.m. Friday.