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A warrant was issued for a Biggar man who was arrested by the North Battleford RCMP gang unit after he failed to appear in court. Matthew Greer, 34, was scheduled to enter a plea in North Battleford Provincial Court Jan. 25.

There were 362 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 34,080. As of January 25, 104 per cent of the doses received have been administered.

A bail hearing for a man who was wanted by police for about eight months was adjourned again in North Battleford Provincial Court. The show cause hearing for Johnathan Swiftwolfe, 24, on Jan. 25 was adjourned to Jan. 28.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin is one step closer to an off-leash dog park following the passing of the motion to proceed with the park’s development. The town will be providing maintenance of the park and will be protected with no increases to their premiums.

HUMBOLDT — A date for the reopening of the Aquatic Centre has been set. At a city council meeting Jan. 25, council agreed to a plan that will see the swimming pool reopen on Wednesday, Feb. 10, subject to COVID-19 restrictions.

A massive overnight fire has destroyed the car wash at the Battleford Esso station off highway 4 in Battleford. Battleford fire were on the scene with a full complement of 20 firefighters to battle the blaze.

Insp. Tom Beck of Battlefords RCMP detachment told North Battleford city council Monday one of the initiatives coming in 2021 is the creation of a First Nations Community Policing Unit. According to Beck, this First Nations unit will be starting Feb.

The longtime city clerk at North Battleford City Hall is calling it a career. The city has bid farewell to Director of Legislative Services Debbie Wohlberg.

Living Sky School Division is reporting two more cases of COVID-19 in their school division. They report a case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in an individual in Medstead Central School, and in an individual in Luseland School on Jan. 21.

A giant has fallen in North Vancouver. Capilano River Regional Park has said goodbye to one of its last standing sentinel trees. The Douglas fir tree, estimated to be around 500 years old, two metres in diameter, and 58 metres tall, fell on Dec.