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TISDALE — While Grade 12 students from Tisdale Middle and Secondary School are disappointed about the 2019-20 school year, their former teachers want them to know they share how they are feeling.

HUMBOLDT — Downtown Humboldt is going to get an upgrade to its look. The Humboldt Downtown Business Improvement District and the City of Humboldt are installing new bike racks, benches, planters, garbage/recycling receptacles and picnic tables.

In the end it was the Melfort Mustangs who hoisted the Cup in the SJHL’s simulated Canalta Cup playoffs on NHL 20. The Mustangs won the simulated Game Five over Yorkton Terriers 4-2 on Monday, taking the virtual final series four games to one.

The latest municipality to adopt its budget for 2020 is the RM of Eldon. Their budget has been set for 2020, according to their news release, with a mill rate adopted of 3.34, the same as a year ago.

On May 15, Saskatchewan RCMP officers conducted a search at a rural property, 27 km north of Biggar, in the RM of Glenside, as part of an investigation into the trafficking of controlled substances.

Another major event has fallen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. What was to be the 15th Annual Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Camp and Festival 2020, scheduled for this August at Ness Creek, will be pushed back to next summer.

On Oct. 18, 2019, Battlefords RCMP responded to a call of an injured male in a residence on the 100 block of 26th Street West in Battleford. Officers arrived to locate an adult male with serious injuries.

Nunavut’s finance minister says that the nearly $4 million the territorial government has paid to isolate returning residents in southern hotels is money well spent. Finance Minister George Hickes calls these costs an investment.

Tereza Verenca, Castanet Media, Kamloops Someone has started an online petition to rename Airport Road in Kamloops in memory of fallen Snowbird Jennifer Casey.

Tereza Verenca, Castanet Media, Kamloops Canadian flags have started to pop up in windows and in doorways across Kamloops, as a salute to the late Cpt. Jennifer Casey and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.