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The COVID-19 pandemic has required northerners and all Manitobans to make many changes to our daily lives in order to flatten the curve here in the province.

Saskatchewan has reported its eighth death from COVID-19, a person in their 50s from the far north of the province. The home community of the deceased is unknown, as is their identity.

The Manitoba government has approved sending special payments to people with disabilities already receiving provincial assistance during COVID-19.

Creighton RCMP had a busy month in April, responding to a slew of assaults, mischief offences and some possible COVID-19-related matters. Within Creighton, police responded to 39 calls in April.

Let’s take a mid-50s memory ramble around the Main Street I knew as a child and teenager growing up in Flin Flon.

Despite ice lingering on lakes in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, fishing season is now open in both provinces. Both provinces’ fishing seasons opened earlier this month.

The thing about a crisis is that it reveals who people truly are, what their habits and personalities are like away from the exterior they want others to see. The COVID-19 crisis is the same - we’re beginning to see people’s true colours.

A man is facing arson charges after a fire at a Callinan Street home May 16. Firefighters were called to the scene around 7 p.m. May 16. A fire had started on the outside of a home and had spread into the building.

Cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's north continue to climb. Two new positive cases, one in the far north and one in the north, were reported by the province May 25. Eight people have recovered from the disease.

Manitoba officials will release exact plans for the province's second phase of reopening the economy later this week. Dr.