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Alice Grove was the first.
On March 28, 2020, a mere 10 days after Saskatchewan declared a state of emergency and moved to a provincial lockdown when COVID-19 cases began to surface in the province, the 75-year-old North Battleford woman died in hospital.
In an interview with the StarPhoenix not long after, Groveâs sister described a woman who had been blessed with a beautiful singing voice and a skill at playing such varied instruments as the piano, organ, bagpipes and clarinet. Grove liked to keep busy, she knit and crocheted, and she regularly attended church. She was a widower who lived alone, following the death of her husband.