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City council in North Battleford made a decision at Tuesday’s council meeting to uphold the demolition order on a dilapidated property at 1102 - 106th St.

At Tuesday afternoon’s latest COVID-19 update from Regina, Premier Scott Moe had some tough words for those refusing to get vaccinated.

A Prince Albert man pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of 27-year-old Cody McAdam. Bryce Bird, 20, had pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in November 2020 and a trial date was to be set in Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench.

NIPAWIN — The Town of Nipawin announced that they would be rescinding the open burning restriction following favourable changes in the Fire Weather Index and recent moisture. The restriction was issued on May 19.

New cases (May 25) New Active Humboldt area (Central East 1) 1 16 Kelvington-Punnichy area (Central East 2) 1 65 Nipawin area (North East 1) 0 0 Melfort area (North East 2) 1 11 Tisdale-Hudson Bay area (North East 3) 0 5 Vaccinations (May 25) Vaccine

Trials haven’t been set for an Onion Lake Cree Nation man and a Sturgeon Lake First Nation woman facing organized crime charges in Prince Albert.

Youth aged 12 to 17 are now eligible to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Only the Pfizer vaccine, however, has been approved for use with youth aged 12 to 17.

Recent rain has resulted in the lifting of a fire ban for the Town of Battleford and the Rural Municipality of Battle River.

A Moosomin First Nation woman has been in custody since she was arrested May 16 and charged with two counts of aggravated assault.

Vaccines Reported An additional 2,339 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 665,193.