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A known Terror Squad street gang member denounced his ties to the criminal organization and is turning his life around, according to his defence lawyer. During a sentencing hearing on Feb.

MELFORT — Melfort RCMP are asking for help to identify two women connected to a theft at a Melfort Main Street business. Police said that on Feb. 2 at 7:35 p.m., the two women entered the business, located on the 1000 block of Main Street.

EAST CENTRAL — The advanced education and health ministries has invested $130,000 into a collaborative partnership between Healthy Campus Saskatchewan and 19 post-secondary institutions across the province to support students’ health and wellbeing.

Submitted The first volunteers have been selected for a vaccine trial of COVAC-2, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Vaccine and infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask).

EAST CENTRAL — With 2021 being a census year for the country, local municipal governments are urging their residents to fill in the necessary forms that bring valuable information to their community.

There is a raft of things to do over Wintertainment week in North Battleford. The events are free, but require pre-registration.

The Battlefords Agricultural Society’s annual trade show, Agrimex, has been cancelled again.

Feb. 4, 2021, will mark eight years since the Royal Canadian Mint stopped distributing the Canadian penny. The Government of Canada had announced that the penny would be phased out of Canada’s coinage system in the budget presented on March 29, 2012.

WATSON — After Humboldt-Lanigan RCMP responded to an alarm at a non-residential building in Watson, officers discovered a cannabis grow operation that was in contravention of the Cannabis Act .

MELFORT — Northern Lights Palace user groups are asking the Melfort city council to postpone removing the ice surface. Melfort Mustang coach Trevor Blevins asked the council at the Feb.