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Five are on Central East Region

Canada’s largest bank, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), has quietly become the first major financial institution in the country to refuse to fund any oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska.

Tourism Saskatchewan has partnered with Destination Canada for its new Canada Nice campaign and the Hudson Bay area is reaping some of the rewards with new grants coming their way to promote the region.

The Indian Head RCMP are investigating a series of bale fires that have occurred just north of Quappelle. The first occurred on June 11 and the second occurred on Oct. 1, both of which occurred on the same quarter section of land.

At the recent council meeting, Esterhazy town council passed a motion to go forward with 4x8 signs for the West sign corridor—for both corridor and A and B—after previously only having 8x8 signs in the corridor.

There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on October 4, bringing the total to 1,959 reported cases. The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (1), Central East (1), Regina (1) and South East (2) zones.

Prince Rupert has a long and storied history in the seafood industry, once home to large-scale commercial fishing operations, canneries and processing plants. But much of that history is just that — history.

When a global pandemic closes down the entire world and postpones or cancels events, what is a young up-and -coming MMA fighter to do to stay fit and sharp? In the case of 19-year-old Zach Gehl from Esterhazey, you train up to break the world record

Griffin’s Cure By J.C. Paulson Published by Joanne Paulson Review by Michelle Shaw $20 ISBN 9780995975668 A brilliant scientist lies dead in his laboratory at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan.

Regina, Moose Jaw – The New Democratic Party promised a judicial inquiry into the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) development, should they form government after the Oct.