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Saskatchewan has reported its 14th death from COVID-19 Thursday - an unnamed person in their 70s from the far north. The announcement came July 2, along with the announcement of 10 new COVID-19 cases - four on Canada Day and six July 2.

Cranberry Portage RCMP are investigating and an arrest has been made after dozens of computers and windows were smashed at Frontier Collegiate. RCMP were called to the school June 29 around 3:30 a.m. after reports of a disturbance.

It was one of Flin Flon’s original building blocks, a tall, mean, 60-ton electric shovelling machine, used to dig out the city’s biggest project to date in its time - the original open pit.

Another day meant more of the same on COVID-19 Tuesday - little new in Manitoba, more cases in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan reported six new cases of the disease June 30 - three in the far north, two in the north region and one in the south.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder after the death of a woman in Pukatawagan last week. The woman was found dead in a wooded area June 26 around 8 p.m. and reported to Pukatawagan RCMP.

Hudbay has announced a change in the company’s executive structure, bringing in a new face as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO) and senior vice president.

One new case found in region June 29; Manitoba announces new cases, details

COVID-19 finally looks like it's taken a day off in the prairie provinces. Between Manitoba and Saskatchewan, only one new case of the disease was reported Sunday. That case was reported in an unidentified community in far north Saskatchewan.

To walk across Canada, you’ll need to hike over 6,000 kilometres. Hapnot students cruised way past that for a school challenge last month.

Saturday saw another increase in COVID-19 in the prairie provinces, including one of the biggest one day case spikes in Manitoba for months.