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The issue of how community safety officers could be reached after hours was raised at a meeting of North Battleford city council sitting as the Planning Committee on Monday.

Opening up North Battleford projects to local area contractors is still a hot issue at City Hall, with the issue raised again at a meeting of councillors sitting as the Planning Committee on Monday.

The province has extended its public health orders to May 10. That news came out of the news conference in Regina Tuesday with Premier Scott Moore and Dr. Saqib Shahab, chief medical health officer for Saskatchewan.

A busy year for local fire crews got busier on Monday as they responded to another structure fire in the city. This time it was a significant morning fire at a house on 101st Street near 15th Avenue.

Battlefords RCMP detachment is going to be seeing a change at the top. Staff-Sgt Jason Teniuk is taking over as the new Officer in Charge of Battlefords detachment from Inspector Tom Beck. Beck is taking on a new role in Whitehorse, the Yukon.

The province of Saskatchewan will be using AstraZenca to immunize adults 40 years and older. AstraZeneca will be integrated into the provincial vaccination roll-out plan.

Four people have been charged with the 2020 murder of Damian Moosomin, 20, of North Battleford.

A group of University of Saskatchewan students developing the province’s first cube satellite (RADSAT-SK) is getting closer to sending their project into orbit.

Vaccines Reported An additional 5,278 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 357,447.

On April 18 at approximately 11:30 p.m., Nipawin RCMP received a call from an individual reporting that they and two youths were stranded in a marsh in the Candle Lake area.