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Both Manitoba and Saskatchewan reported new COVID-19 cases in the double digits Friday, with cases centred around southern regions. Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were found in Manitoba, each centred around the south of the province.

A summary of calls to police from July 26-August 1, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: July 26 Report of windows being broken on a person’s trailer. The complainant did not want charges laid in the matter.

High water at Sandy Bay has hit its peak, but northern communities along the Churchill River system aren't out of the woods yet.

Have you been looking for more detailed information on COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan? The province's new mapping systems may have what you want.

Water system maintenance in Snow Lake will put the community under a precautionary boil water advisory, starting Friday morning.

Another person in Saskatchewan has died from COVID-19. The province's 19th death from the disease was reported by provincial health officials August 6. The person who died was a person in their 70s from Regina.

Manitoba has reported its biggest spike in new COVID-19 cases in over four months. The provincial government announced 30 new cases of COVID-19 were found August 6, bringing Manitoba's total number of cases up to 474 during the pandemic.

The Creighton School Division announced their own back-to-school plan August 5, working off guidance from the provincial government guidelines announced a day earlier.

Manitoba finished processing 990 COVID-19 tests. Out of that group, two people tested positive August 5 - a woman in her 20s and a man in his 30s, both from Winnipeg.

Saskatchewan now has a back-to-school plan, but teachers and advocates are saying the plan has serious holes.