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The National Lacrosse League has announced they are partnering with TSN to show games on broadcast and live streaming platforms.

The provincial auditor has given the Water Security Agency a failing grade in the most recent report, stating the agency hasn’t made enough changes to improve it’s regulation of drainage in Saskatchewan.

From the province: With very little recent rainfall and a long stretch of hot temperatures, crops are rapidly advancing across the province.

Public Service Announcement from the SHA: On July 11, 2021, Saskatchewan will enter Phase 3 of the re-open Saskatchewan plan and all remaining Public Health Orders will be removed, including mandatory masking indoors.

Wednesday marked a notable milestone for the province of Saskatchewan in its fight against COVID-19. “Today will be our last regularly scheduled COVID briefing,” Premier Scott Moe said at the latest media conference.

The issue of the thousands of Indigenous children who suffered abuse and later died in residential schools have been hogging the headlines the last two months.

A woman sentenced to four years in prison for her part in an incident where police were shot at on Onion Lake Cree Nation broke down and sobbed in the prisoner’s box.

Wednesday marked a notable milestone for the province of Saskatchewan in its fight against COVID-19. “Today will be our last regularly scheduled COVID briefing,” Premier Scott Moe said at the latest media conference Wednesday.

From the province: Today, 71 per cent of Saskatchewan residents have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 50 per cent are now fully immunized.

North Battleford Galleries has announced that local artist Heather Hochbaum has been named the recipient of the 2021 Saskatchewan Craft Council's Award for Excellence in Quilting.