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Vaccines Reported An additional 2,704 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,350,671.

The Saskatchewan public Safety Agency lifted the provincial fire ban Monday, as approaching weather bringing cooler temperatures and rain is expected to aid the ongoing dry conditions.

A Lloydminster man accused of forcible confinement and assault with a weapon had his bail conditions eased. On July 19, a lawyer for Jason Palsich, 37, asked the Lloydminster Provincial Court to ease two conditions.

City Hall in North Battleford has issued a news release warning the public of reduced air quality within the community. The city has experienced smoky conditions for the past number of days due to wildfires in northern Saskatchewan.

CARROT RIVER — A 19-year-old woman from the Carrot River area died from a two-vehicle collision between a car and a school bus three miles north of Carrot River on Highway 23.

On July 18 around 2:30 a.m. Carrot River RCMP, Fire Services and EMS responded to a complaint of a two-vehicle collision three miles north of Carrot River on Highway 23.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is alerting the public of more opportunities for obtaining the COVID-19 Vaccine this week.

Landowners partner with Ducks Unlimited Canada and Nature Conservancy of Canada to protect wetlands and grasslands

Inuk Elder Naulaq LeDrew now gets a chuckle out of a story that has been passed down through generations to children. LeDrew recalls she might have been as young as three when she first heard it.

Two experts in tuberculosis say the mass death from TB at residential schools was no accident, but the result of deliberate neglect that was part of Canada’s broader genocidal project.