Local News

An update to the Saskatchewan Health Authority modelling and healthcare system readiness plan shows a large decrease in projected COVID-19 cases and deaths in the province.

EAST CENTRAL — Things have been a little different for staff at local greenhouses this year but things will slowly return to normal as the Saskatchewan growing season starts.

KINISTIN SAULTEAUX NATION — After a case of COVID-19 was diagnosed at James Smith First Nation, Kinistin Saulteaux Nation Chief Greg Scott and the rest of the band council decided to lockdown their community. The lockdown came into effect on April 5.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has released its updated pandemic modelling Tuesday, which pointed to the province being in a better position to deal with COVID-19.

As of April 28, Saskatchewan has one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Regina region, bringing the provincial total to 366. Seventy of the cases are considered active. Three more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 291.

MELFORT— A 50-year-old man has been charged with driving 102 km/ hr in a 50 km/ hr zone within Melfort city limits— the same as a separate driver did six days prior.

UPDATE: As a result of the investigation into a shots fired incident April 28, the Battlefords RCMP have laid the following charges.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt residents on Second Street, Third Street, Fifth Street and Landmark Place will see power outages over the next few days. On April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Today, flags at all government buildings are lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset to mark the National Day of Mourning. April 28 was first declared as the National Day of Mourning by the Canadian Labour Congress in 1984.

An inquest into the death of a Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A coroner’s inquest into the death of Daniel James Tokarchuk was scheduled to be held in Prince Albert from April 27 to May 1.