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The recent Chair’s Luncheon, held virtually by the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce, marked one of the first public appearance opportunities for Battlefords MLA Jeremy Cockrill since his election last fall.

This week, the staff at our school took the Red Cross first-aid and CPR training course taught by my friend Kim Lines. She’s a dandy instructor and really knows her stuff. We all left the better for learning these life-saving techniques.

Smeaton RCMP are asking the public’s assistance in locating 28-year-old Mitchell Robert Davis. Mitchell was last seen in Candle Lake on the evening of Friday, Feb 12, and his family is concerned for his well-being as they have not heard from him.

In the wake of former Governor General Julie Payette’s resignation, many First Nations are calling for her replacement to be a First Nations person.

There were 164 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 49,809. With this, 107 per cent of the doses received have been administered to date.

Probably, if not certainly, the thing I’ve struggled with more than anything during this past year, it’s been the removal of so many areas of service from my life.

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Festival Fanfare

Who remembers the Talkabouts, the Battlefords first rock and roll band? I don’t but I wish that I could, because we would be kindred spirits. When I was 17, I played in a band called Rick and the Raiders.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 163 (13.3 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today's average to data collected over the past several months.