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After a long shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Capitol Theatre North Battleford has announced it will be re-opening for movie showings starting this week.

There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 20, bringing the total to 962 cases. The new cases are located in the Central (8), Saskatoon (5), South (5) and North (1) regions.

MELFORT — Black members of the Melfort community told stories of discrimination they’ve faced while living in the city at a roundtable discussion on racism.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Broncos Assistant Coach Curtis Toneff has been charged with assault, said a Saskatchewan RCMP spokesperson. Police said he was charged June 2 for an incident on May 24. No further details were revealed by the RCMP.

Three Saskatchewan cities are seeking to replace major medical facilities. The Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Yorkton Regional Hospital and Weyburn General Hospital are all in need of replacement, according to their respective communities.

​The Saskatchewan Health Authority is issuing an advisory after confirmation that an individual who was at a business in Cut Knife tested positive for COVID-19 during the time when they were likely infectious.

On July 17, at approximately 10:15 p.m., Canora RCMP responded to the report of an attempted murder at a residence in Canora, SK. Police and EMS arrived at the residence rapidly.

A former Estevan resident has wrapped up his epic, 267-day global adventure at sea on a 13-metre sailboat. Bert ter Hart, who now resides on B.C.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Broncos Assistant Coach Curtis Toneff has been suspended from his duties following being charged by the RCMP, said a release from the team.

Among Saskatchewan’s wind-swept, rolling prairies in the far south near the United States border, a tiny Jewish cemetery is one of the last markers of the Sonnenfeld Colony, a poor, Jewish farm colony whose members the government barred from owning l