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July 21 COVID-19 update: 276 active cases, 53 new cases, 19 recoveries, no deaths

July 21 COVID-19 update: 276 active cases, 53 new cases, 19 recoveries, no deaths

Vaccines Reported An additional 5,413 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,358,720.
Gang task force making progress: S/Sgt. Teniuk

Gang task force making progress: S/Sgt. Teniuk

Battlefords RCMP Officer-in-Charge Jason Teniuk was before Battleford town council Monday with the latest update on happenings at the detachment. A big focus of Teniuk’s report was the gang task force in relation to staffing at the detachment.
Trial set for Red Pheasant man accused of breaking into home, assaulting occupant with rifle stock

Trial set for Red Pheasant man accused of breaking into home, assaulting occupant with rifle stock

A trial is set for a Red Pheasant First Nation man charged with breaking into a residence and assaulting one of its occupants with a rifle stock.
RCMP Weekly Report - Car theft victim stabbed

RCMP Weekly Report - Car theft victim stabbed

Battlefords RCMP responded to 524 calls for service from Wednesday, July 14, through Tuesday, July 20. These included: * 10 missing persons reported. One investigation is still active. - Update: Skyler Tinker, 13 is still missing.
NSRBL quarter-finals are underway

NSRBL quarter-finals are underway

The postseason is under way in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League and there have already been a few surprises involving the Battlefords-based teams.
Vaccines for kids not likely until after Christmas

Vaccines for kids not likely until after Christmas

If you think your younger kids will soon be vaccinated against COVID-19, guess again.
Chief wants residential school history taught in school

Chief wants residential school history taught in school

Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand knows the dark past caused by residential schools in Canada’s history, a heartbreaking past where thousands of Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their families so they could be assimilated to west
NDP call for reopening of utility deferral program instead of Crown rebranding investment

NDP call for reopening of utility deferral program instead of Crown rebranding investment

The Saskatchewan NDP are calling on the provincial government to abandon their possible Crown rebranding project and instead reopen the utility payment deferral program offered to Crown customers during the pandemic.
P.A. man charged with killing one woman and sexually assaulting, choking another

P.A. man charged with killing one woman and sexually assaulting, choking another

A Prince Albert man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Natasha Ross appeared in court today after he was arrested on a Canada-wide warrant.
Mill rate bylaws approved

Mill rate bylaws approved

North Battleford city council approved a number of bylaws connected to setting the 2021 mill rates at their meeting Monday. The bylaw to establish mill rate factors passed in three readings.
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