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HUMBOLDT — The winners of the Humboldt and District’s 2020 Mark of Excellence Awards were announced at a live online event. The event was hosted June 18 by the chamber’s Brent Fitzpatrick and Stefani Block .

Blair Mitchell of Preeceville has been hunting bear for 31 years and was extremely thrilled to shoot the biggest bear of his lifetime.

There are eight new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 19, 2020, bringing the provincial total to 716. Seven of the new cases are in the Far North region and one is in the Saskatoon region.

UNITY - A blue sky and warm temperatures enabled residents of several senior centres to sit outside and enjoy a personalized drive-by parade the morning of June 10.

HUMBOLDT — The St. Mary’s Villa Foundation Agency is preparing to launch a fundraising campaign for a new long term facility to replace their current outdated facility.

The Canadian Press Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth are the latest brands reckoning with racially charged logos. The soul-searching comes in the wake of PepsiCo's announcement Wednesday that it's renaming its Aunt Jemima syrup brand. Mars Inc.

Two major food brands featuring fictional Black characters are changing in the face of worldwide protests against racism. Aunt Jemima, a pancake and syrup brand owned by The Quaker Oats Company, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc.

New guidelines to help schools navigate the result to school in September have been released by the provincial government.

The provincial government has released guidelines for the return to classroom learning in the fall on Thursday. The announcement was made by education minister Gord Wyant at a news conference at the legislature.

UPDATE: as of 4:12 p.m. Musgrave has been located safely by Saskatoon Police Service. HUMBOLDT — A missing 25-year-old woman from Saskatoon was last seen in Humboldt.