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Submitted The Saskatchewan Health Authority is ending its outbreak declaration at the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital, made after an inpatient tested positive for COVID-19 April 30. Dr.

Modern-day bootlegging continues to be a problem in Saskatchewan. Deschambault Lake RCMP recently charged two people in separate incidents for bootlegging. “It’s definitely a problem in northern Saskatchewan,” said Cpl.

On May 7 at approximately 10 p.m., Battlefords RCMP were called to the Sweetgrass First Nation for multiple calls of grass fires being set in multiple locations.

Effective Thur​​​sday, May 7, 2020, emergency and outpatient services at Wilkie and District Health Centreare suspended until further notice. Laboratory, x-ra​y, and community services will be available by appointment only.

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The province confirmed Thursday that in-class learning will not resume until September at the earliest. Saskatchewan students have been continuing to take part in online learning at home, with in-class learning suspended indefinitely on March 16.

As of May 7, 2020, Saskatchewan has 19 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 531. Fifteen of the new cases are in the Far North with 12 of those being in the La Loche area, while the remaining four are in the North region.

The province is going to fast-track its municipal revenue sharing as part of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made Thursday by Government Relations Minister Lori Carr in a news release.

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Seeding is underway in many parts of the province this week, with seven per cent of the 2020 crop now in the ground. This is just below the five-year average (2015-2019) of nine per cent for this time of year.