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Usually, there would be 30 to 50 rigs drilling in Saskatchewan, with most drilling for oil, but a few drilling for potash or helium. Right now there is only one rig active.

UPDATE: Ashley Gliege was located safe and sound. Battlefords RCMP wishes to thank the public for their assistance. BACKGROUND:On Thursday, July 16, a 30-year-old female was reported missing to the Battlefords RCMP.

Charles St. Savard of Edmonton appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court July 17 by telephone on first-degree murder and kidnapping charges in connection to the 2019 death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. St.

Over the past several months, the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit North (MCU-N) has continued to investigate the homicide of 26-year-old Braeden Alfred James Sparvier, of the Onion Lake Cree Nation.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is issuing an advisory after confirmation that a person visited select Regina businesses during the time when they were likely infectious with COVID-19.

The past few months have been … eventful. We’ve all had a lot on our minds. Still, that’s no excuse to drive distracted (or drive impaired, or not wear a seatbelt, or break speed limits).

A trial for a Meadow Lake man charged with several weapons-related offences and robbery didn’t proceed July 16 after witnesses failed to appear.

The city of North Battleford has announced that effective immediately, the boat launch is reopened. The launch had been closed due to high water levels, rapid currents and debris.

The province was jolted by news of the largest one-day increase in cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan since the pandemic began. There were 42 new cases reported of COVID-19 on July 16, bringing the total to 923 cases.

There are a growing number of COVID-19 positive cases and rising level of transmission within communities and communal living venues in southwest and west-central Saskatchewan.