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Highlights from Tuesday's COVID-19 update in Regina

HUMBOLDT — A local financial institution is trying to support local businesses while thanking their employees for their work during the pandemic.

The Government of Saskatchewan brought forward amendments to Bill 194 that will better protect the rights of legal firearm and handgun owners within the province by limiting the ability to ban firearm and handgun ownership within the province through

Indigenous entrepreneurship is on the rise. Yet many Indigenous people in the northern parts of the country and in remote communities continue to face numerous obstacles to self employment.

There is one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 16, bringing the provincial total to 684. The new case is in the Saskatoon region. Of the 684 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 40 are considered active.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced the government is extending the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) by eight weeks, to ensure Canadians have the help they need as they transition back to work.

With the provincial and municipal elections coming up in November, local women who hold political offices are not shy to speak about their own political experiences.

A Saskatoon drug-dealer handed a 10-year prison sentence won a part of his appeal because police violated his rights by making him wait seven-hours to speak with a lawyer.

Cut Knife farmer Shane Maze never heard the plane crash in his wheat field. He was only alerted to the discovery hours later, when his uncle phoned him about the aircraft in the field located around 20 kilometres from his home.

UPDATE: Stanley Mission RCMP located Keith Bingo Charles at a residence in Stanley Mission today and he was arrested without incident. Thank you to the public for their assistance.