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In a ceremony that Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Martel Popescul said was a first for Yorkton in the Court's history, a new justice was sworn in July 15 at the courthouse on Darlington Street. Mr.

The Government of Saskatchewan has approved SaskEnergy's application for an increase to its commodity rate - the first increase in six years. With this change, SaskEnergy's commodity rate moves to $4.84/Gigajoule (GJ) from $3.

Sunrise Health Region (SHR) has announced it will reduce the number of beds on Skinner Unit to 35, a reduction of fourteen beds.

My wife is the most compassionate person I know, with the possible exception of my mother.

Off-leash dog park fundraising is more than 40 per cent of the way to its $13,000 goal following a Dog Party in the Park July 20.

The province has lifted a public health advisory about high levels of bacteria in Last Mountain, Echo, Pasqua, Katepwa, Crooked and Round Lakes. Tests on water samples taken Monday have confirmed that levels of E.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment has been receiving numerous calls from the public regarding abandoned wildlife, including baby ducks, goslings, song birds and fawns.

The Loggerhead Shrike, a.k.a. "butcherbird" is a species of songbird that is native to the Saskatchewan prairies.

Traffic is once again flowing on the Yellowhead Highway near Elfros after crews moved 400 truckloads of earth to repair the flood-damaged highway. The road was closed on June 30 after several days of heavy rain caused a culvert to wash out.

A northern forest company was recently fined $18,200 in Prince Albert provincial court after pleading guilty to charges under The Forest Resources Management Act.