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Saskatchewan's Information and Privacy Commissioner Ronald J. Kruzeniski sent out a message about the challenges around online learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to Correctional Service Canada, during the 10:30 p.m. count on May 1, staff members at Willow Cree Healing Lodge, a minimum-security federal institution, discovered that Matthew Stamper was not accounted for.

A new online program, eTick, has expanded into Saskatchewan, allowing University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers and the province’s Ministry of Health to efficiently monitor ticks and inform residents of potential health risks.

The office of the northern Medical Health Officers for the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority have declared an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Beauval following an increasing number of cases.

Health Minister Jim Reiter was joined by chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab to announce 23 more positive cases of COVID-19 in northern Saskatchewan, along with an outbreak in a Prince Albert Hospital.

Andrew Prossin’s One Ocean Expeditions Inc. has left hundreds of tourists, contractors and employees without payment or refunds

Submitted The City of North Battleford will begin the 2020 unidirectional flushing on Monday, May 4 with an estimated end date of Monday, May 25.

As of May 1, Saskatchewan has 26 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 415.

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $1 million to support a province-wide marketing campaign to encourage Saskatchewan residents to support local businesses and their employees.

​The Saskatchew​an Health Authority is expanding its testing and contact tracing in La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation as it continues its vigorous approach to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19 in the area.