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The City of North Battleford has gone with a local law firm to try and collect a large amount of property tax arrears. Council voted Monday to award a five-year tax enforcement request for proposals to Battle River Law.

Last week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an expansion to the criteria of eligibility for the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) to make more owner-operated small businesses eligible.

TISDALE — A $464,961 grant from the Municipal Economic Enhancement Program is being used to fund Tisdale’s 2020 street and waterline replacement.

In his latest update on COVID-19 in Regina Wednesday, chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab noted that Saskatchewan Health Authority had flagged a community outbreak of COVID-19 at an event Saskatoon.

SASKATOON — A community outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatoon has been declared by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The outbreak is the re​​​sult of one confirmed positive case and one presumptive positive case between May 21 and 26.

The opposition New Democrats continue to hammer away at the government on the issue of rural emergency rooms closures, even after news that most of them will be reopened.

On May 21, the COVID-19 security CheckStop to the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation received information that a known bootlegger was expected to be transporting alcohol into the community.

Two Saskatchewan residents from the Far North region who tested positive for COVID-19 have died: one is an individual in their 80s and the other is an individual in their 60s. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 10.

EAST CENTRAL — Striking refinery workers are demonstrating in Stenen, Pontrilas, Porcupine Plain, Meacham and Southey to get their message out to rural populations. “It’s about getting our message out there, and that we’re still locked out.

Fort Battleford National Historic Site has announced it will re-open with limited visitor access and basic services beginning June 1.