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Judy Henley, a health care worker and member ofCUPELocal 5430 from Melville, Saskatchewan, has been elected as the new president of CUPE Saskatchewan. Henley has been active in CUPE since 1985.

This year’s recipient of the Boehringer Ingelheim WCABP Veterinarian of the Year award is Dr. Richard Krauss from Preeceville, stated the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medicine Association newsletter.

At the 91 st annual Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) Convention held in Weyburn, the River Ridge branch of the SWF received a plaque in appreciation of donating $60,000 to Habitat Trust.

Each year nominations for the Garden of Saskatchewan (GOS) Citizen’s Ring Award are received by the award committee. Kamsack resident Wendy Becenko was named as the recipient for 2018. Becenko was nominated by Carol Gillespie of Gimli, Man.

As the weather warms and the daylight-hours increase, truckers and shippers are being reminded to begin reducing truck loads on some provincial highways.

The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act was enacted in 2017 to prevent opioid overdose deaths.

A Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench judge found Tyler Vandewater guilty today of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of his cellmate Christopher Van Camp in June 2017.

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A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to support Riley Raynard and his efforts to continue racing in hobby stocks. The campaign was started by Angela Prette Thursday morning, and has a goal of $20,000.

Today, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released the March spring runoff outlook. Most of the province is facing a below normal spring runoff for 2020 as low winter snowfall levels are impacting conditions across Saskatchewan.