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The City of North Battleford is again encouraging members of the public to drop off their hazardous waste on Household Hazardous Waste Day. It happens Saturday, Sept. 19 from 9 a.m.

Saskatchewan’s New Democratic Party Education Critic Carla Beck welcomed the additional $51 million announced on Sept. 8 by the provincial government for the education system’s COVID-19 response, but feels the timing was off.

Projects are now underway in all oil and gas-producing regions of the province through the Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP) that was announced by the provincial government earlier this year.

The Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) continues to be a champion for the industry in Saskatchewan.

This file is updated as new exposure alerts come in from SHA. For earlier alerts, scroll down Oct.

NIPAWIN — In what Nipawin’s fire chief, David Balding, is calling a “very successful outcome”, a Nipawin home was saved from a structure fire in the late hours of the night.

On Sept. 7 at approximately 10:30 p.m., Wollaston Lake RCMP received the report of two male youths, ages 16 and 14 years old, and an 18-year-old male, had taken a canoe from the barge dock and tried to cross Welcome Bay to the T-dock.

MUENSTER — A break and enter at a property on Muenster’s College Street resulted in some damage and property being moved around. The crime took place Aug. 21 between 11 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. the next day.

About a third of the average number of wildfires burned in northern Saskatchewan this year, despite earlier predictions of a high-risk season.

Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public that an individual who tested COVID-19 positive was at the following businesses when the individual was likely infectious: · Co-op Watrous Food Store – Aug. 28, 3-3:30 p.m.