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The $70 million LOTTO MAX jackpot has still not been won and Friday will be the next opportunity for someone to have the winning ticket. The jackpot is the largest top prize offered in any Canadian lottery game.

HUMBOLDT — Council has voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with its unionized workers that includes wage increases in 2021 and 2022.

The City of North Battleford reports that there is a partial street closure today on 100th Street from 20th Ave. heading south. The reason is for asphalt crack sealing. The work is expected to take place today, June 17 from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

NIPAWIN — The Boreal Area Regional Waste Authority Inc. (BARWA) landfill is back to normal operations two days after a fire ignited in one of its cells. The cause of the fire, which began on June 15, is not known at this time.

NIPAWIN — Shirley Phillips says she is "shocked" to see a Nipawin bridge spanning decades of local history indefinitely closed to traffic.

Reducing Lloydminster Provincial Court to a circuit point is a step backwards, says a Lloydminster lawyer and secretary-treasurer of the Battlefords Bar Association.

Warning: Some may find details disturbing Saskatchewan’s highest court shot down the appeal of Native Syndicate gang members convicted for the beating death of 54-year-old Shawn Roderick Douglas.

From the SHA: As of June 16, there are more than 3,500 first dose immunization appointments available in Saskatoon and area.

The province has reported a single death in the Central East zone. Provincial health officials said June 15 the person was in the 70 to 79 age group. The Central East zone includes Humboldt, Yorkton and Melville.

HUMBOLDT — A fundraising effort for a $20,000 surgical microscope used to insert tubes into the ears of child patients has been launched by the Humboldt District Hospital Foundation.