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HUDSON BAY — The province has sold oil shale leases within an area 12 to 30 kilometres southwest of Hudson Bay. For many years, it has been known that Saskatchewan has oil shale resources, but they have never been developed. In the Dec.

Judge Shannon Metivier has been chosen as the new Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan. The appointment is effective March 1, 2021. She will replace Chief Judge James Plemel, who was appointed to that position Jan. 1, 2015.

Four residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, have died. Two individuals were in their 60s from the Regina and Far North zones; and two individuals were in their 70s from the South zone.

There are 202 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on December 5, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 9,730 cases.

UPDATE: On Dec.

The Ministry of Environment is asking hunters to submit the heads of deer, moose and elk harvested this hunting season for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing.

From the website of the Saskatchewan Health Authority By Dr. Jared Oberkirsch I am a family physician in Weyburn, and I share responsibility for the health needs of this community – my hometown. I am also tired of COVID-19. Exhausted by it, actually.

By the Saskatchewan Health Authority With so much information coming at a person about COVID-19, sometimes it is difficult to tell fact from fiction.

On Dec. 3, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Meadow Lake RCMP attended to an apartment complex located on 7th Avenue West in Meadow Lake to arrest an adult male who had outstanding warrants for his arrest on serious charges.

A North Battleford man accused of breaking into a home in Stanley Mission and assaulting the resident was denied bail in La Ronge Provincial Court Nov. 26. Brandon Holmes, 27, was arrested in October.