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There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 27. This brings the total to 1,609 reported cases. The new cases are in the North West (3) and Saskatoon (2) zones. Of the 1,609 reported cases, 58 are considered active.

Saskatchewan’s fiscal state has improved since it released its budget in the earlier days of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Aug.

The Saskatchewan government released its budget update for 2020-21 on Thursday, in which they touted a smaller deficit than expected. The deficit is forecast at $2.

The city of North Battleford has announced that beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1 the Waste Management Facility is resuming regular hours of operation. Instead of closing at 5 p.m., their hours will be back to Monday to Saturday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Saskatchewan's rural municipalities will hold an almost entirely virtual convention next year as the pandemic spotlights unequal rural broadband access.

A Saskatchewan-born molecular biologist believes that collaboration is a key in both science and fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr.

From the province: Warm, dry conditions continued this week which allowed crop development and maturation to progress and farmers in all regions of the province to make some harvest headway.

The summer of 2020 has changed a lot of lives in Saskatchewan. For Ric Driediger, owner of Churchill River Canoe Outfitters, this global pandemic has been both good and bad for his business in Missinipe, Sask.

MELFORT — Summer can be a busy time for the North East SPCA (NESPCA) and the Animal Control Officers in the City of Melfort.

A fundraiser has been launched for a seven year old from Battleford involved in a quad rollover. Jaxon Guthrie was involved in that rollover Aug. 25 and flown by STARS Ambulance in critical condition to the Jim Pattison Childrens Hospital.