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As Saskatchewan moves into Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccination plan on March 18, nearly all the talk, to date, has been about getting shots into the arms of adults, particularly the elderly first.

Submitted The Saskatchewan RCMP has announced the launch of Online Crime Reporting. The Online Crime Reporting tool will allow residents with a valid email address and Internet connection to report select crimes online using a computer or cellphone.

Police have charged a second person in connection to the January 2020 death of twenty-six-year-old Braeden Sparvier. Twobears Bird, 22, of Onion Lake Cree Nation, was arrested in Prince Albert in February 2021 and charged with accessory to murder.

An Onion Lake man charged after allegedly taking police on a pursuit in an incident where an RCMP vehicle rolled was denied bail. Michael Patrick Hill, 23, had a bail hearing in Sherwood Park Provincial Court on March 17.

A Meota man charged with killing his wife made his first court appearance March 19. Michael MacKay, 39, appeared by telephone in North Battleford Provincial Court.

To appear in court Friday

Regina – For the most part, the Ministry of Health has stuck to the strategy of distributing the COVID-19 vaccine first by those living in long-term care and personal care homes, and then by age.

An Edmonton man charged in connection to the murder of Tiki Laverdiere will stand trial in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench in January 2023.

Here are highlights from the latest COVID-19 news conference in Regina featuring health minister Paul Merriman, Sask. Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone, and the province’s chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab.

Vaccines Reported An additional 5,430 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 118,195.