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One wonders why we should even bother doing a review of the big stories in the Battlefords from the year 2020. No one wants to relive the events of 2020, a year most people want to see flushed down the drain as quickly as possible.

4,832 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered

Joe Hargrave, MLA for Prince Albert Carlton, recently resigned as Saskatchewan Highways Minister after making a trip to Palm Springs, California in late December landed him in a public storm given the general public has been urged to stay home to con

EAST CENTRAL — Fred Bradshaw, Saskatchewan Party legislature member for Carrot River Valley, has been officially sworn in as Minister of Highways and Minister responsible for the Water Security Agency.

It turned out to be a year of upheaval at City Hall in North Battleford. The COVID-19 pandemic dominated the year, as it upended regular council meetings and the normal business of the municipal government.

On Jan 5, family members who had been searching locations around Rose Valley for a missing man located him deceased in a field in the Municipality of Bjorkdale.

Update : The Saskatchewan RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating two adult males who are believed to be involved in a shooting incident on Cochin Avenue in Meadow Lake on Jan. 4.

YELLOW QUILL FIRST NATION — A 32-year-old Yellow Quill First Nation man who was missing was found deceased in a field in the RM of Bjorkdale. Trevor Ashton Moose was found by family members that had been searching locations around Rose Valley.

A woman arrested by the North Battleford RCMP gang unit failed to appear in court and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Cassandra Fox, 24, was scheduled to enter a plea and election in North Battleford Provincial Court on Jan. 6.

As of January 6, a total of 4,524 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan.