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Like other organizations, the pandemic situation meant that Discovery Co-op had to hold its 2020 Annual General Meeting by video conferencing on Aug. 18.

Saskatchewan property owners can start pruning their elm trees again as of Sept. 1. The annual ban on pruning elm trees is in place to reduce the risk of spreading Dutch elm disease (DED), a fungus that kills elm trees.

The challenges of COVID-19 haven’t stopped the city of North Battleford from staging another Send Off to Summer drive-in movie event. The annual free movie event for the entire family will again happen as usual on Sept. 11.

Three men charged with killing Ryan Gatzke in Battleford in 2019 remain in jail.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has found in a survey that one in seven small businesses in Canada are at risk of closing – in addition to the businesses that have already closed – due to the impacts of COVID-19.

Certain buildings have an ability to tell stories of the past, stories of where people came from and why they stayed. If buildings from the past aren’t maintained, they eventually disappear as they age, and so too can their stories.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has found in a survey that one in seven small businesses in Canada are at risk of closing—in addition to the businesses that have already closed— due to the impacts of Covid-19.

Hope in the Darkness is a not-for-profit initiative that was founded in 2018 by Kevin and Harmony Redsky to help bring awareness to mental health in Canada.

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Aug. 30, keeping the total at 1,615 reported cases. Of the 1,615 reported cases, 42 are considered active. A total of 1,549 people have recovered. Three people are in hospital.

Approximately 10 a.m. Sunday morning, Battlefords RCMP advised the public that Highway 4 has been re-opened to traffic. On Saturday at approximately 7:30 p.m.