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Driver dead following Snow Lake cement truck roll over

Driver dead following Snow Lake cement truck roll over

RCMP are investigating after a single vehicle rollover claimed the life of a 51-year-old man near Snow Lake Monday. Police were called to a scene on Highway 392 at about 3 p.m. Oct. 26, near the turnoff to Lakeshore Boulevard.
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Vermette wins re-election in Cumberland, gathers nearly two-thirds total votes

Vermette wins re-election in Cumberland, gathers nearly two-thirds total votes

It's in the books. With almost all votes counted, the Canadian Press and The Reminder have projected NDP incumbent Doyle Vermette will win his fourth consecutive election in the Cumberland riding. With 53 of 54 polls reporting as of 11:40 p.
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Sask. Party majority government projected, NDP leads in Cumberland early in race

Sask. Party majority government projected, NDP leads in Cumberland early in race

Well, that didn't take very long. Less than 40 minutes after polls officially closed in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Press, along with other Saskatchewan news outlets, are calling the provincial election as a Saskatchewan Party majority.
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“We let the virus off the hook”: high COVID-19 rates starting to affect health care, says Roussin

“We let the virus off the hook”: high COVID-19 rates starting to affect health care, says Roussin

Manitoba’s top health official has said the increased number of COVID-19 cases in the province is beginning to strain the province’s health care system. The often stoic Manitoba chief provincial public health officer Dr.
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Manitoba reports 10 new northern cases, active case count hits 60, exposures at schools, funerals

Manitoba reports 10 new northern cases, active case count hits 60, exposures at schools, funerals

At one point, northern Manitoba went almost five months without a single case of COVID-19. As of Oct. 26, 60 people in the region now have the disease. Ten new cases of COVID-19 were found in the Northern Health Region Oct.
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New North makes regional recommendations for Sask. election candidates

New North makes regional recommendations for Sask. election candidates

Regional group New North is dissatisfied with how little northern Saskatchewan issues have come up during the provincial election campaign. The group has released a list of key issues it wants to see the next government resolve.
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Restrictions in effect for north include mask use, gathering size limits, school changes

Restrictions in effect for north include mask use, gathering size limits, school changes

Provincial and regional health officials have issued a plan to snuff out COVID-19 in the north - including tight restrictions on group activities, mask use and in-school classes.
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Seven new northern cases Sunday, positive Snow Lake case recovered, warning for Norway House funeral

Seven new northern cases Sunday, positive Snow Lake case recovered, warning for Norway House funeral

Seven new northern cases and some new recoveries in the north led off Manitoba's Oct. 25 COVID-19 briefing. The province reported 161 total new cases and four deaths throughout Manitoba, seven of which were in the Northern Health Region (NHR).
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15 new northern cases reported, case loads climb in The Pas, Thompson, exposures announced

15 new northern cases reported, case loads climb in The Pas, Thompson, exposures announced

In northern Manitoba, COVID-19 apparently doesn't take weekends off. 15 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in northern Manitoba Saturday.
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Northern Manitoba sees seven new cases, 47 active total, 36 in far north east Sask.

Northern Manitoba sees seven new cases, 47 active total, 36 in far north east Sask.

Forty-seven people now have COVID-19 in northern Manitoba, with seven new cases of the disease joined by several recoveries.
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