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Submitted SaskTel has announced that it has launched nine new macro cell towers bringing 4G LTE wireless service to previously underserved parts of the province.

The Government of Saskatchewan is extending the Saskatchewan Small Business Emergency Payment (SSBEP) program an additional month to support small businesses province-wide during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

There is an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 at the following location where a person or persons attended while infectious: - April 22 to May 1, 2021 – Manitou Evangelical Free Church, 201 2nd Street West, Neilburg Individuals who were at this

Vaccines Reported An additional 7,403 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 435,142.

Two children died and seven more were critically injured as the result of gang violence in 2020, according to Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth.

Three positive COVID-19 cases were reported in Light of Christ Catholic Schools this week.

HUMBOLDT — An upcoming feature at Water Ridge Park organized by the Reid-Thompson Public Library will have local children reading and moving at the same time.

On April 30 at 8 a.m., Maidstone RCMP, Lloydminster Rescue and WPD Ambulance were dispatched to a collision involving a school bus and a truck on Highway 3 west of Paradise Hill.

MELFORT — The Melfort RCMP’s detachment area is expanding.

Vaccines Reported An additional 5,758 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 427,739.