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Charges have been dropped against a group of 11 people who were the first to be charged under the Saskatchewan Public Health Act during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A North Battleford man arrested by the RCMP Gang Task Force pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and weapons charges. Trevor Cummer, 39, entered guilty pleas in North Battleford Provincial Court Jan.

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The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority’s public health officials announced a COVID-19 outbreak in the community of Black Lake First Nation on Jan. 17.

An Onion Lake man - who allegedly fled from RCMP on foot after he lost control of his vehicle on an icy road during a police chase - was scooped by Mounties six days later.

MELFORT — With 2020 in the books, members of the Melfort city council were happy to report an overall increase in building permits during this past year. Considering the average for the province was a 19.

Due to COVID-19 there’s still no sentencing date for a North Battleford man accused of killing Sequin Mooswa. Keenan Mirasty, 22, was to be sentenced December 2020 in North Battleford Provincial Court but the matter was adjourned to Jan.

There were 2,449 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan - this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 22,618.

HUMBOLDT — New training that will be provided by the Humboldt and District Chamber of Commerce aims to help businesses connect to a growing segment of the province’s population.

A lawyer for a man held in custody for a year since his arrest for a violent Unity home invasion objected to numerous trial delays.