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MELFORT — A license agreement was approved by Melfort council, renting Swartout Hall at the Kerry Vickar Centre to the Saskatchewan Health Authority to create mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics.

Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig is surprised with the response from the public and the media since it was announced that the City of Estevan had invited famed entrepreneur Elon Musk to the Energy City to view the carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities

On Feb. 26, Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Society Saskatchewan held a “dinnerless dinner” online, with its focus on the development of small modular reactors in this province.

A lawyer representing a man charged with holding a girl captive against her will for four days asked the court for another adjournment.

The annual grant from the Nico Hawryliw Fund was presented to Boys and Girls Clubs of the Battlefords recently.

A couple charged with the murder of Kenneth Merasty, 43, on Flying Dust First Nation had appearances in Meadow Lake Provincial Court March 8.

Vaccines Reported An additional 892 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 92,776.

Submitted The Saskatchewan real estate market continues to build on January’s momentum and outperformed last February. Across the province, sales were up over 74 per cent from last February (and up 62.

There may be a resolution in the case against an Onion Lake woman charged with second-degree murder. A lawyer representing Shari Heathen, 27, requested an adjournment until next month saying he is in discussions with the Crown.

Kendra Weenie, an award nominated author and inspirational speaker from Sweetgrass First Nation is being featured this year on International Women’s Day by the Government of Saskatchewan’s Status of Women Office.