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Submitted The first volunteers have been selected for a vaccine trial of COVAC-2, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Vaccine and infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask).

There is a raft of things to do over Wintertainment week in North Battleford. The events are free, but require pre-registration.

The Battlefords Agricultural Society’s annual trade show, Agrimex, has been cancelled again.

In the wake of the cancellation of the Presidential Permit for the TC Energy Keystone XL pipeline project, all eyes have turned to Enbridge’s Line 5, which the Governor of Michigan has been moving to shut down.

Feb. 4, 2021, will mark eight years since the Royal Canadian Mint stopped distributing the Canadian penny. The Government of Canada had announced that the penny would be phased out of Canada’s coinage system in the budget presented on March 29, 2012.

There were 106 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,575. As of February 2, 109 per cent of the doses received have been administered.

According to the provincial government, the UK COVID-19 variant (B.1.1.7) has been detected in two residents in the Regina zone.

My father is a cattleman. He’s raised fine Charolais animals for the past 56 years near Marshall where I grew up. Of course, having a father who is a cattleman has often created humorous situations for me.

Dear Editor Although Christmas is long past, it is never too late to appreciate the varied gestures of goodwill made from the community towards residents in long term care during the Christmas season.

At 1942 Kramer Place in North Battleford, a structure fire was reported on Jan. 30 around 12:53 p.m. Police are looking for any information or witnesses that may have noticed anything or anyone between the times of Jan. 29, 5 p.m. – Jan.30, 12:53 p.