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Once again the City of North Battleford is getting provincial money through the province’s Municipal Police Grants.

There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 15, bringing the total to 881 cases. Three of the new cases are in the Central region, one in the Saskatoon region and one in the South.

MELFORT — Five tenders have been reviewed by the City of Melfort for work on the city’s STARS heliport, but currently none can be awarded due to a $47,000 fundraising shortfall.

COVID-19 caseload updates by the province will resume on Saturdays and Sundays after 56 new cases were discovered last weekend.

TISDALE — The Tisdale RCMP are asking for public assistance with any information pertaining to night trespassers in the RECplex. Around 1:35 a.m. on July 7, four suspects entered the multipurpose facility through an unlocked side door.

A Blaine Lake woman who was released on bail on identity theft, assault and fraud charges, and then re-arrested, was released on bail again. Laticia Juba-Arcand, 27, had an appearance in Saskatoon Provincial Court July 8 by CCTV and she was released.

Humboldt’s not the only city in Saskatchewan that has discussed and rejected backyard chickens. Prince Albert’s council talked about the issue on July 13 at its executive meeting and decided to not move forward with a 5-4 vote.

TISDALE — Over the month of June, the Tisdale RCMP had 27 scam calls reported – with one victim being defrauded out of thousands. “We had a big month in June with a social insurance number fraud,” said Sgt.

A hydrogen production pilot project in Saskatchewan could be the start of a new resource economy in Canada, industry insiders say.

MELFORT — A fall in facility revenues are causing some minor financial problems for the City of Melfort.