Local News

There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report on July 10, bringing the total to 815 cases. The new cases are in the Central region. Of the 815 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 43 are considered active. A total of 757 people have recovered.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt has been approved by the provincial government as an area that’s eligible to receive assistance under the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program.

Three men charged in connection to the murder of Ryan Gatzke, 27, of North Battleford, had more court appearances.

A Meadow Lake man charged with firearms-related offences, uttering threats, robbery and breach of probation was granted bail. Cassidy Dillon Regan, 29, had a show cause hearing in Meadow Lake Provincial Court July 6 and was released.

When Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister were seen on camera without a mask in Pearson Airport in Toronto on Tuesday among the men in the background appeared someone resembling Prince Albert Member of Parliame

When La Loche’s Ducharme Elementary School returns this fall, some young students’ first classes won’t be in English.

EAST CENTRAL — With the province’s go-head, bowling alleys and halls across the province are reopening, including Tisdale, Melfort, Humboldt and Nipawin. They were allowed to reopen as of July 6.

Saskatchewan had one of the strongest rates of job growth in Canada in June as more of the economy reopened and the province continued its strong recovery from the impact of the pandemic.

Farmers looking for new equipment, innovative products, crop research and agribusiness management tips will find all that, and more, at this summer’s Ag in Motion Discovery Plus.

On July 7 at approximately 3:30 a.m., officers from the Big River RCMP responded to the report of a 15-year-old female pedestrian struck by a car on 2nd avenue in the Village of Debden.