Battlefords News-Optimist

Northern Saskatchewan community leaders are upset that health officials are no longer sharing daily reports of how many confirmed cases of COVID-19 are in their communities.

The Saskatoon Police Service Major Crime Section is entering into a homicide investigation into the suspicious missing persons file of 30-year-old Megan Gallagher.

There were 1,448 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan - this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 31,275.

Sask Polytech and three partner institutions have received a funding boost from the Lawson Foundation for a project that will help in their efforts to advance outdoor early learning and teaching across Canada.

January 22, 2021, marks the five-year anniversary of the La Loche tragedy. Below is the full text of Premier Scott Moe’s statement commemorating the lives lost and the healing that is ongoing.

An alleged Westside Outlaws street gang member from North Battleford was denied bail. Tonia Cantel, 22, had a show cause hearing before Judge Kim Young in Lloydminster Provincial Court Jan. 21.

On Jan. 18, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum lifted a state-wide mandatory mask order, with the state having brought its COVID-19 new case numbers down to a level lower than Saskatchewan’s.

Update: Around 7 p.m. Jan. 21, Maidstone RCMP responded to a complaint of a three vehicle collision on Highway 17 south of Lloydminster, near the community of Lone Rock.

Lockdown remains in effect

There is a state of emergency on the Moosomin First Nation due to COVID-19 and a temporary partial lockdown has been declared this week on the reserve. The lockdown took effect Monday, Jan. 18, as an outbreak was declare on Moosomin reserve.