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Feb. 4, 2021, will mark eight years since the Royal Canadian Mint stopped distributing the Canadian penny. The Government of Canada had announced that the penny would be phased out of Canada’s coinage system in the budget presented on March 29, 2012.

WATSON — After Humboldt-Lanigan RCMP responded to an alarm at a non-residential building in Watson, officers discovered a cannabis grow operation that was in contravention of the Cannabis Act .

MELFORT — Northern Lights Palace user groups are asking the Melfort city council to postpone removing the ice surface. Melfort Mustang coach Trevor Blevins asked the council at the Feb.

There were 106 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,575. As of February 2, 109 per cent of the doses received have been administered.

According to the provincial government, the UK COVID-19 variant (B.1.1.7) has been detected in two residents in the Regina zone.

At 1942 Kramer Place in North Battleford, a structure fire was reported on Jan. 30 around 12:53 p.m. Police are looking for any information or witnesses that may have noticed anything or anyone between the times of Jan. 29, 5 p.m. – Jan.30, 12:53 p.

Steven Brown, Director of Finance in the City of North Battleford, has been unanimously selected by La Ronge town council as their new chief administrative officer at the town office.

Saulteaux First Nation had a grand opening on Friday, Jan. 29 of its new cannabis dispensary situated on Saulteaux-owned land at the corner of Highway 4 north and Forest Hall Road on the outskirts of North Battleford.

SaskTel is serious when they talk about providing service to rural and remote areas, as its most recent additions to its cell tower network are in many cases so far off the beaten path, you may have to consult Google Earth to find them.

There were 88 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,447. As of February 1, 108 per cent of the doses received have been administered.