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Around 12:45 p.m. Friday Wynyard RCMP responded to a call of a collision between an eastbound semi and a westbound car on Highway16. The adult male semi driver was taken to hospital as a precaution.

SASKATCHEWAN — Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indian Nations (FSIN) said they are all pained and saddened by Pope Francis’ “lack of effort to apologize” for residential school sites.

A northern Saskatchewan hub has decided to scrap its Canada Day celebrations in favour of National Indigenous Peoples Day.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is holding a number of walk-in and drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinics across Northern Saskatchewan this weekend as we continue our work to #StickItToCovid.

There are three walk-in vaccine clinics planed for tomorrow. In Humboldt, there will be a first dose only Moderna vaccine walk-in clinic on June 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Uniplex's Jubilee Hall.

Two new deaths are being reported Monday nin the provincial government’s COVID-19 report. One death was od a person in the 80+ age group from the North West zone. The other, in the same age group, was in the North Central zone.

One new death is being reported Friday in the provincial government’s COVID-19 report. The death was on a person in the 70-79 age group from the North West zone.

Vaccines Reported As of end of day Thursday, June 17, there were an additional 24,260 vaccinations administered. This represents two days of vaccine administration (Wednesday June 16 and Thursday June 17).

A 48-year-old Saskatoon man has died after three canoes capsized on Amisk Lake. On June 16, 2021, at approximately 7:10 p.m., Creighton RCMP received a complaint of three canoes that had capsized on the south side of Amisk Lake.

TISDALE — By the end of the summer, the Town of Tisdale will begin enforcing a two decade old bylaw that states campers, trailers and vehicles are not allowed to be parked on town property.