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On Dec. 3, Glaslyn RCMP Detachment received a theft of quad complaint from the Village of Glaslyn. The quad is a 2017 Arctic Cat, red in color with a double rider seat and snorkel on the front. The theft occurred between 11:30 p.m.

A few days after the global pandemic was declared, Jim Boire got a text from his daughter Rebecca Erker, a Royal University Hospital intensive care unit nurse. Erker is working on her PhD with the respiratory research centre in Saskatoon.

Nurse texts dad, asking for ventilators, and a prototype is together in six days

TISDALE — COVID-19 has made things difficult for municipalities, especially when it came to tax collection for the 2020 tax year.

Third party grant requests dominated the first night of deliberations for the 2021 budget for the city of North Battleford on Thursday evening. Several third party organizations were before council seeking funding.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced it is moving forward with the next phase of its surge plan — one that will include redeployment of staff and service slow downs.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has decided not to go ahead with the last scheduled Chamber on Tap of 2020. The event scheduled for Dec. 3 at Porta Bella Restaurant has been postponed until the new year.

EAST CENTRAL — The North East School Division (NESD) has applied for up to $2 million in additional expenditures from the provincial government for COVID-19 expenses.

From the province: One resident in the South zone, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died. The individual was in the 80+ age category.

From the SHA: The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the public of an increase in COVID-19 cases in the Lloydminster area and is urging Saskatchewan residents to follow public health measures and personal safety precautions to prevent th