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This week saw the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League wrap up their regular season, with playoffs still to come. It was a shortened season in 2021, with each team in the league scheduled to play 11 games.

On Jan. 28, the Saskatchewan RCMP’s North District Management Team received information leading them to conduct a Canadian Firearms Registry check on an officer serving at the Waskesiu RCMP Detachment.

Vaccines Reported An additional 2,419 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,307,065.

It may not be the full Northwest Territorial Days that people are used to, but the Battlefords Ag Society is a go for a number of events in mid-August.

Local residents will be able to attend a drive-in movie Tuesday night as part of the Prairie Toyota Dealers Reels on Wheels Tour. A screening of Raya and the Last Dragon will take place at the Battlefords Ag Society grounds.

Up to 75 per cent of run-off management project costs

A new Beef Industry Integrated Forage Management and Utilization chair will be established at the University of Saskatchewan to connect the study of soils, plants, animals, economics and ecosystems to tap into forage crops’ full range of benefits.

Biochar key to preventing arsenic contamination of water

Brady Highway was 15 when he fought his first wildfire for roughly two weeks at his family cabin.

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