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Submitted by Battlefords RCMP Wednesday, June 2, through Tuesday, June 8, Battlefords RCMP responded to 477 calls for service. These included: • Five missing persons reports, three still active.

The main message from provincial officials at the latest COVID-19 update on Tuesday afternoon was the importance of vaccines in reducing case numbers.

Kindersley RCMP are investigating an armed robbery in Dodsland. Around 4:15 p.m. June 7, Kindersley RCMP received a call of a robbery at a bank in the community of Dodsland on the 200 block of 2nd Avenue.

Battleford town council passed a bylaw at their meeting Monday night which requires buildings to have civic addressing. The bylaw requires houses and buildings in Battleford to have street numbers on their buildings that are visible from the street.

New cases (June 8) New Active Humboldt area (Central East 1) 1 17 Kelvington-Punnichy area (Central East 2) 0 13 Nipawin area (North East 1) 5 14 Melfort area (North East 2) 2 12 Tisdale-Hudson Bay area (North East 3) 0 8 Vaccinations (June 8) Vaccin

Two Meadow Lake RCMP officers had symptoms possibly associated to inhaling/being exposed to a foreign substance and were examined by medical professionals.

The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association and Corteva Agriscience Canada have announced continued collaboration to enhance rural community safety through BeGrainSafe’s grain safety program through 2022.

Two new deaths were reported Tuesday in the province’s daily COVID-19 report, one of which was in the 80+ age group in the North West zone. It was the second day in a row reporting deaths in the North West Zone.

Vaccines Reported An additional 6,724 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 816,124.

Town council in Battleford decided at their council meeting Monday to grant a tax abatement to the new Oil Can Charlie’s location in Battleford West. The municipal tax abatement will run for three years.