Humboldt Journal

NIPAWIN — Despite the challenges that 2020 brought for the Town of Nipawin, Mayor Rennie Harper said she wants to focus on the positive things that were completed this year in Nipawin.

New COVID-19 cases have come down, but that could be due, in part, to fewer people getting tested over the holidays. Vaccinations are rolling out, but it’s going to be several months before they are really widespread in distribution.

2020 has been a tumultuous year, which is a sentiment even the annual rankings of baby names in Canada couldn’t escape.

MELFORT — It is an understatement to say that COVID-19 made 2020 a difficulty for many municipalities in Saskatchewan, many communities have weathered the storm and have accomplished much given the challenges of the pandemic.

Kobe Bryant, toilet paper, and Donald Trump are among the topics Canadians were the most interested in this year

HUMBOLDT — While 2020 was a year full of challenges, Mayor Michael Behiel said he is proud of what the city has accomplished this year.

Most years, it is crime stories that dominate the list of most visited stories on humboldtjournal.ca. Not this year. If there was a common link, most of the stories related to COVID-19 and how to deal with life with the new disease.

Vegetables are becoming increasingly common in an unusual place: the grocery store meat aisle. Sales of alternative, or plant-based, meats are booming worldwide.

Prisoner’s advocacy group Beyond Prison Walls Canada sent a letter to the Office of the Correctional Investigator on Wednesday saying that the rights of inmates at Saskatchewan Penitentiary are being violated as COVID-19 spreads in the facility.

When Renfrew, Ont. resident Christina Edgar visited the emergency department a few weeks ago, the doctor asked questions, but Edgar couldn’t understand a word.