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Dear Editor Demagogues, despots and the divine right types have been a puzzlement to me all my life. No doubt I overdosed as a child on the fable of the emperor with no clothes before I understood the concept of political allegory.

A house that was built in 1901 is a total loss following a fire last Thursday afternoon in Battleford. The blaze happened at 82-26th Street. According to Fire Chief Larry Gabruch, the call came in at 1:34 p.m. of smoke coming from the basement.

The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit South (MCU-S) continues to investigate the death of a male infant that occurred in Canora on Nov. 21, 2020.

A North Battleford Crown Prosecutor asked the Lloydminster Provincial Court for a special sitting for the trial of an alleged street gang associate from Onion Lake Cree Nation. Prosecutor Oryn Holm told the court on Feb.

A Westside gang member was sentenced to 18 months in jail for her part in taking RCMP on a 150-kilometre, two-hour pursuit. Juanita Wahpistikwan, 21, was sentenced in Lloydminster Provincial Court Feb.

An RM of Britannia man has been charged after RCMP units and detachments worked together to find the culprit in a series of break-ins.

The Government of Saskatchewan says Saskatchewan pharmacists are formally on board to play a key role in the delivery of the largest mass vaccination campaign in provincial history.

Vaccine Delivery Eighty-one (81) per cent of residents in long-term care homes across Saskatchewan have now received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

A date for sentencing has finally been set for a man who plead guilty to manslaughter last fall The sentencing for Keenan Mirasty has been set for May 6, at 9:30 a.m. in provincial court number 2.