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EAST CENTRAL — When COVID-19 first hit, Verona Thibault wanted to be pragmatic about keeping communities strong in the face of the health orders that have affected businesses.

Four residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One resident in their 60s from the Far North East zone. One resident over the age of 80 from the North West zone. One resident in their 60s from the North Central zone.

This has not a normal year for many local and provincial organizations. This includes the Municipalities of Saskatchewan, who are taking their yearly regional meetings online for this year.

Victory is always sweet in municipal politics, said Mayor Duane Favel, and this year, victory has meant starting his fifth term as leader of the Northern Village of Île-à-la-Crosse.

Living Sky School Division is reporting two more cases of COVID-19 in their school division as of the end of last week. In a news release Nov.

A fundraiser on the GoFundMe platform for a young Lashburn individual has already reached its goal. The fundraiser was been created for Kieran Highton of Lashburn, who was critically injured in an automobile accident on Nov.

There are 236 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on November 22, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 6,473 cases.

Saskatchewan set another record for new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Nov. 21, with 439 new cases reported. The number of people in hospital has climbed to 91, from 85 the day before. New recoveries came in at 41.

On Nov. 20, officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority informed Light of Christ Catholic School Division of a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at John Paul II Collegiate High School.

Hospitals are gearing up to expand COVID-19 care spaces across the province in the midst of a second wave of COVID-19 that has claimed an increasing amount of Albertans' lives. On Wednesday, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr.