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The City of North Battleford has announced the boat launch is closed effective immediately. It is due to the high water levels and additional debris in the river as well as rapid currents.

A resident in the North who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The individual was in their 20s. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 15. There is one new case of COVID-19 to report on July 7, bringing the total to 806 cases.

No prisoners were released early from Saskatchewan jails during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the province.

Because people don’t use furnaces much in the spring or summer, SaskEnergy has not seen much of an impact on its demand for natural gas since the COVID-19 crisis took hold in mid-March.

Regina – You don’t use your furnace much in spring or summertime, and as a result, SaskEnergy has not seen much of an impact on its demand for natural gas since the COVID-19 crisis that took hold in mid-March.

MELFORT — As the tender for the new heliport at the Melfort hospital draws to a close, city councillors and the Saskatchewan Health Authority have agreed on the terms and conditions for the heliport’s construction.

EAST CENTRAL — Non-profit organizations within 100 kilometres of BHP’s Jansen Potash Project near LeRoy will be able to apply to a new COVID-19 community assistance fund.

On July 4 at 8:30 p.m., Maidstone RCMP were dispatched to a missing tuber that was floating down the Battle River south of Waseca. Missing was an 18-year-old male from Lashburn, who got separated from friends when a storm rolled in.

Saskatchewan’s annual summer free fishing weekend is July 11 and 12. On this weekend, residents and visitors can fish in any of Saskatchewan’s public waters open to sport fishing, no licence required.

CALGARY — A Paradise Hill man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trail would operate on him days later.