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Efforts are continuing by crews fighting the wildfires that erupted this week northeast of Prince Albert. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency provided an update on the situation in a media conference on Wednesday morning.

EAST CENTRAL — The Hoodoo Landfill, serving the RM of Humboldt, Marysburg, Pilger, Middle Lake, Fulda and St. Benedict, is temporarily restricting loads of construction and demolition material due to damage from a pit fire on the site.

The government is going on a hiring spree to recruit and train up to 2,000 people as energy advisers to support green home renovation programs this summer.

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is calling on the federal government to intervene and release two Saskatchewan sisters who have served almost three decades in prison for a murder they say they didn’t commit.

Due to the wildfire burning northeast of the city of Prince Albert, Highway 55 is closed from Meath Park to Prince Albert in both directions.

CARROT RIVER — Carrot River’s new fire truck, a custom made $485,000 Rosenbauer FX GM pumper, has arrived and is expected to take minutes off the crew’s preparation time for fire calls.

Battleford will soon be the home of another Oil Can Charlie’s location. At their May 17 meeting at Town Hall, Battleford council members heard from Jay Bottomley, owner of Oil Can Charlie’s in North Battleford, about his plans for the business.

At their regular meeting of town council on Monday, Battleford council discussed a couple of requests by the owners of the new Oil Can Charlie’s location in Battleford West. BSR Ventures Ltd.

Here are highlights from the latest COVID-19 provincial update held Tuesday afternoon on Microsoft Teams. Health minister Paul Merriman said the vaccination program continues to make tremendous progress.

For May 18, the provincial government is reporting 5 new COVID cases in the Central East zone and 4 new cases in the North East zone.