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Social media companies can’t be trusted to moderate themselves, so it falls to the government to enforce new restrictions to protect Canadians from harmful content online, according to a report currently under review by the federal heritage minister.

It was an eventful evening for Battleford Fire Chief Larry Gabruch last Monday. Gabruch presented the annual report for the Battleford fire department to town council, complete with numbers from 2020.

There were 429 administered doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 34,615. As of January 27, 106 per cent of the doses received have been administered.

The RCMP detachment crime statistics for the Town of Battleford for 2020 show numbers holding steady for the town overall, with a few crime categories showing declines. Sgt.

Colin Ratushniak is happy to see a new batch of vaccines coming into his town of La Ronge the past week. The first batch of first dose Moderna vaccines was delivered on Jan.

HUMBOLDT — A $897,000 contract for consulting services has been awarded for the City’s wastewater treatment upgrade project. Catterall and Wright Consulting Engineers was chosen from among seven bidders for the contract.

NIPAWIN — Construction has begun in Nipawin on a new wine, spirits and beer store connected to the Nipawin co-op food store. According to Keisha Mohr, marketing and community relations with Lake Country Co-op, the project is a $2 million investment.

HUMBOLDT — The groomed trails of the Naicam SnowBlasters are not for ATV and 4x4 trucks to travel on, the Humboldt RCMP would like to remind the public.

Three more weeks. That’s the length of the most recent extension of public health orders in Saskatchewan meant to limit the spread of COVID-19. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement from the Legislature in Regina on Jan.

The City of North Battleford got an update from the project managers on the sanitary sewer trunk main project and it was not a good one. The city heard from Sean Bayer of KGS Group, who had some bad news to share on cost overages for the project.