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Forecasts are predicting a harsher than average fire season for Saskatchewan this year, as the province begins to reopen amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Pela founder has Yorkton roots

LANIGAN — The emergency department at the Lanigan Hospital, along with 11 others, will reopen to the public.

HUMBOLDT — After a presentation from a resident, council is having a closer look at allowing backyard chickens.

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt District Hospital Foundation (HDHF) has received a $65,000 boost from BHP that will go toward the purchase of a chemistry analyzer.

Before employees return

A Meadow Lake man facing robbery and several firearms charges, as well as breach of probation, was denied bail. Cassidy Regan, 29, was remanded in custody after a show cause hearing in Meadow Lake Provincial Court May 25.

A trial is set for a man charged in connection to a violent home invasion in Unity. Drayden Clinton, 25, of Macklin, appeared in North Battleford Provincial court May 26. Clinton was denied bail and has been in custody since Jan.

NIPAWIN — L.P. Miller staff are busy getting ready to send their 78 graduates out into the world as they prepare their virtual graduation ceremony. A video presentation will be made available on June 29 at 3 p.m.

Submitted In May, the SHA underwent a process to temporarily convert 12 community hospitals to Alternate Level of Care sites to help build capacity for any potential surge in COVID-19 cases and to protect as much as possible against outbreaks in thes