Local News

Dana Antonovich of Canora Gateway Co-operative provided a donation of $1,000 to The Health Foundation.

The Buchanan Housing Authority Board of Directors has appointed Wendy Norrish as a new member.

The Rural Municipality of Good Lake will see an increase in population over the summer months, which means an increase of road repairs to accommodate. Reeve David Popowich said most of the town’s expenses are spent on transportation and roads.

The Canora Arts Council will be renewing its Stars for Saskatchewan concert series for the 2016/2017 season. Thanks to the efforts of volunteers and council members, four concerts will be shown at Canora Composite School.

With 46 entries, which was nearly twice as many as had entered the Mud Bog competition last year, and with an estimated 600 people cheering from the sidelines, members of the Kamsack Mud Slingers are pleased with their Canada Day showing.

A former Kamsack air cadet, named a top Saskatchewan cadet, attended a leaders’ summit in Ottawa where she also met the Prime Minister and the American President. Warrant Officer Brooklynn Andrusiak was a Kamsack air cadet from 2011 to 2014.

The library, sidewalks and the sewage lagoon were among items to concern town council at its regular meeting on June 27.

A special transparent box has been placed in the reception area of the Assiniboine Valley Medical Centre in Kamsack containing the Saskatchewan Municipal Award the community received at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities (SUMA) convention in Febru

Ratepayers of the RM of Cote were to receive their tax notices last week requesting property taxes at 13 mills, which is the same amount as was levied in 2015.

An executive committee to head the Norquay Recreation Board was elected for a two-year term during the board’s annual general meeting held June 20.