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A five-day trial is set for a Cochin man charged with killing his father in 2018. A trial for Joshua Tucker, 29, was scheduled to be held in May at the Battlefords Court of Queen’s Bench but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MELFORT — A new community ambassador program aims to connect Melfort residents with activities to do as a summer with COVID-19 restrictions arrives.

Since 2012, a group of volunteers, the Stony Crest Cemetery Restoration Committee, has worked to restore the Mennonite burial ground near Sonningdale to honourable condition for those resting there.

Submitted Since announcing that more Saskatchewan people would be offered testing effective May 25, more than 4,000 residents have called for testing, a jump of 60 per cent in the volume of calls coming into HealthLine 811.

Court appearances were adjourned for three co-accused charged in connection to the 2019 murder of a North Battleford man.

Healthcare biggest issue for newly selected candidate

Yukon’s Wolverine mine, which primarily extracted zinc before it closed in 2015, has a storied history of failure. It opened and closed with only a few years of production, due to plummeting stocks.

Plans for a new long term health care facility in Meadow Lake have been finalized by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Construction started in April, with the project expected to be complete by fall 2021, said the authority’s release.

RCMP have confirmed on Thursday that they believe last week's sudden deaths on 99th Street were a murder-suicide.

Two individuals who attended a wake and funeral in the community of Clearwater River Dene have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) as of June 11, 2020 after developing symptoms.