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Submitted The Saskatchewan Health Authority is partnering with Quantum Genetix Canada to provide an independent testing service as an option for asymptomatic testing.

NIPAWIN — While the province watches as COVID cases rise across the province, the Town of Nipawin is working on ways to share information among their residents and businesses.

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has denied the appeals of three convicted gang members’ first-degree murder convictions.

HUMBOLDT — Carlton Trail College has received a gold MarCom Award for creative excellence in marketing and communications work for the college’s print fall 2020/winter 2021 viewbook, which advertises the school’s program information.

COVID-19 may have shut down a number of activities this year but one socially-distanced outdoor activity is still on: snowmobiling.

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped the Western Development Museum from going ahead with Light Up the Village 2020.

The City of North Battleford has released its draft 2021 budget document and as expected the budget is calling for a minimal property tax increase in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MELFORT — A backhoe operated by a worker at a construction site in Melfort slid into an embankment, requiring rescue from emergency responders.

Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili expressed disappointment with the Sask. Party government’s Speech from the Throne today, calling it a “missed opportunity” to take the urgent action needed to fight the second wave of COVID-19.

The Throne Speech reads like a checklist, ticking off the boxes of the re-elected Saskatchewan Party’s campaign platform in addition to dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, which it says is the top priority. The 17-page Throne Speech was read Nov.