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In light of the COVID-19 emergency and physical distancing requirements, the provincial government has enacted regulations allowing the remote witnessing of wills.

As the Pasqua First Nation is working to keep its elders healthy and free of COVID-19, it’s also contending with people trying to sneak onto its land by using ATVs to go around security checkpoints.

NIPAWIN — The Town of Nipawin will see some improvements coming soon to its streets following the results of a traffic study.

MELFORT — Melfort residents will see a slight increase in property taxes this year as the Melfort City Council passed their mill rate bylaw during their last meeting.

It's warming up, the ice is melting and the geese are coming back. Check out this photo by Louise Lundberg of Turtleford area.

On April 18 at 6 a.m., Fond du Lac RCMP received a report of an altercation between several people at a residence in the community of Fond du Lac.

As of April 19, Saskatchewan has two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 315 reported cases. The total number of cases still includes one presumptive case reported April 18. Seventy-seven of the 315 reported cases are considered active.

After over 140 years, a collection of culturally significant artifacts of the Blackfoot Confederacy will be returning from a museum in England to its home at Siksika Nation.

WHITEHORSE — Mineral staking in the Peel Watershed was off-limits for nearly a decade, but now industrial development is permitted in a portion of wilderness home to four First Nations.

The Government of Nunavut is paying airlines for empty seats to help ensure flights continue during the COVID-19 pandemic. The GN has been giving Calm Air and Canadian North $2.25 million a week since March 30.