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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.

Here are some highlights from the latest update on COVID-19 by the province. The province will be resuming daily reporting of provincial COVID-19 case numbers on the weekends.

There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 14, bringing the total to 876 cases. Three of the new cases are in the Central region, one in the Saskatoon region and one in the Regina region.

Just west of Preeceville, on the south side of Highway 49 are six rows of large solar panels, facing south. They are the latest addition to the SaskPower grid, producing power since the end of June.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin town council once again met for their bi-monthly meeting with some interesting discussion points brought before the group. Josh Martin from the Nipawin RCMP detachment brought his report before council on July 13.

It has been confirmed by the News-Optimist that Pius Pfiefer has passed away. Pfeifer, 90, died in Edmonton on July 11. He was a longtime businessman and community builder in North Battleford who was involved in a number of hotels and other ventures.

In a rare occurrence, fishermen from Vancouver snagged a barracuda in Alberni Inlet when they were out on a salmon testing program for the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).