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A Saskatchewan man was acquitted on numerous weapons charges after a judge ruled the RCMP wrongfully searched his home. Judge M.T. Beaton, Saskatchewan Associate Chief Judge, excluded evidence of 31 firearms seized by police at the home of Perry K.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce is planning to host the North Battleford mayoralty forum on Oct. 27. The event will be at Western Development Museum at 6 p.m., but due to COVID-19 it will be closed to the public.

MELFORT — The City of Melfort Is asking residents to take precautions to help slow down crime in the community.

There are 54 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on October 26, 2020, bringing the total to 2,783 cases.

With an election that has been different in many ways due to COVID-19 restrictions, it was notable for the leaders of both the Saskatchewan Party and New Democratic Party not making many forays into rural Saskatchewan.

A Saskatoon man accused of distributing and making child porn appeared in court Oct. 21 and the matter was adjourned.

When Quebec Premier Francois Legault floated the notion of herd immunity for COVID-19 in April of this year, epidemiologists across the country were flabbergasted.

EAST CENTRAL — Around 30 per cent of registered voters have already voted in the coming Monday, Oct. 26 provincial election. Out of 817,014 registered voters province-wide, 185,061 voted in the advance polls, while 61,255 voted by mail.

More than three-in-five likely voters in the province approve of the way Premier Scott Moe has handled his duties The Saskatchewan Party remains ahead of all challengers in the Prairie Province’s election, a new Research Co. poll has found.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan’s platform runs the gambit from minimal intervention in the economy and low taxes to seeking more autonomy within Canada.