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HUMBOLDT — Grade 8 students at St. Dominic School in Humboldt held a small ceremony and placed hand-painted poppy stones they made at the gravesites of veterans in the Humboldt Public Cemetery.

From the SHA: The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is announcing effectively immediately family presence/visitation will be limited to compassionate reasons only for River Heights Lodge in North Battleford.

HUMBOLDT — The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at a local business. On ​Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., a person or person was at Yuens's Cellular Service while they were likely infectious.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Saskatchewander. In its 11th year, this program is looking for the next enthusiastic person who can showcase all the great things Saskatchewan has to offer.

There are 112 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on November 11, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 4,326 cases. None of the new cases are in Saskatchewan residents tested out of province.

Not even a raging pandemic could stop Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 70 from honouring the Veterans on Remembrance Day Nov. 11. At 11 a.m.

In the Second World War, a group of young Canadian airmen, mostly from this region, became a big band that played with music's top names — even Glenn Miller approved — and brought a welcome boost and 'taste of home' to our troops fighting in Europe.

Tanya Ward-Schur believes positive changes are coming. And that’s why Ward-Schur, the community facilitator for Urban Aboriginal Voices, a non-profit organization based in Red Deer, Alta.

The federal government will be requiring all entrants to Canada to self-report their health and quarantine arrangements using the ArriveCAN app prior to arrival.

The National Council of Veteran Associations in Canada last month called for dramatic action amidst what it called a “perfect storm” of existing backlogs and COVID-19.