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In lieu of a daily in-person update to the media, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, issued the following statement today. "As of Sunday, April 12, there are 23,318 cases of COVID-19 cases and, sadly, 653 deaths.

A Saskatchewan resident in their 60s has died from complications related to COVID-19. The death took place in Regina. The province now has four deaths related to the virus.

The North Battleford RCMP were responded to several calls of people hearing shots being fired in the 1200 block of 108th Street in North Battleford. A residence in the area was found to have several bullet holes in it.

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Roughly 10 miners from Saskatchewan arrived in Dawson City, Yukon, last weekend and two members of the group ignored self-isolation rules and entered a store, according to the chairperson of the community’s emergency measures organization.

Around 12:45 p.m. April 10, Prince Albert RCMP responded to a fatal two vehicle collision on Highway 3 near Muskoday First Nation. A car and a truck collided, causing the highway to be blocked.

Submitted The RCMP has been asked for assistance in the coordination and enforcement of the March 25, 2020, Quarantine Act Order that, unless specifically exempted, any person entering Canada must isolate or quarantine (self-isolate) themselves for 1

Goats are an overlooked tool in the arsenal for rural, isolated communities to improve their resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a pair of farmers from a remote island in British Columbia.

Our main objective in Saskatchewan has been and continues to be to “flatten the curve”, but what does that mean, and are we really doing it? On March 19, 2020, World Health Organization spokesperson, Christian Lindmeier explained that on a global sca

A fourth case of COVID-19 reported for the Far North region of Saskatchewan is actually in Saskatoon, according to Pinehouse Mayor Mike Natomagan.