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P.E.I.’s Chief Public Health Office will soon be checking Islanders to see if they are immune to the coronavirus. And they could be doing so using a test developed by a Charlottetown company – Affinityimmuno Inc.

The RCMP Crime Reduction Team have arrested and charged three males and one female following a lengthy organized crime investigation.

“Conspiracy theories are very quick to take hold in the absence of truthful information," researcher warns

MELFORT — Melfort city council met during the week to finalize a couple of important decisions facing the city.

HUMBOLDT — After 35 years with the city, Sandra Pauli, the city clerk and director of corporate services, is retiring. Her last day was May 29.

With B.C. likely to need as many as 412 million face masks in the next 12 months, researchers at UBC are now hard at work to find a local solution - and the answer may simply be the trees.

MELFORT — Melfort will use $861,000 from the province on walking trails, paving, water main replacements, a program to help citizens connect to city hall online and the Kerry Vickar Centre.

Places of worship and operators of child care facilities can now prepare to open in Phase 3 of Re-Open Saskatchewan.

As of May 29, there are two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 641. One new case is in the South region and one is in the Saskatoon region. Of the 641 reported cases, 61 are considered active.

NIPAWIN — Before approving a tree inventory tender, Nipawin council wants more details on why staff are not recommending a lower bidder.