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Last Friday’, (Sept. 4), storm ripped out trees by their roots over at Donnie Ferguson’s farm on the edge of Moosomin. “It ripped trees out by the roots. I couldn’t believe such a thing for the size of it, that took a lot of power.

Fixing the fence, replacing panels and covering up the dugouts - that’s how over $30,000 in funding from the Toronto Blue Jays will be spent at the Creighton ball diamond.

Northeast region is in good shape

Recently the Norquay 4-H Bin Busters toured various crop plots as part of their club activities. The 2020 crop tour saw 12 members from Norquay, Pelly, Sturgis and Canora participate.

Despite a few delays due to rain, the Town of Preeceville’s Wastewater Treatment Facility Project continues to progress but not much was to report from the last progress statement from the Town of Preeceville.

Canada will be significantly short of its goal to reduce oil and gas methane emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2012 levels by its 2025 deadline, and advocates want stronger federal regulation to help bridge the gap.

There are eight new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on September 6, bringing the total to 1,651 reported cases. The new cases are located in the North West (1), Saskatoon (3), Central East (2), Regina (1) and South East (1) zones.

Hudbay is seeking to defend itself against claims of COVID-19 having popped up at its flagship mine in Peru.

A Back to School Plan was issued for Canora Composite School by the Good Spirit School Division on August 26 and it can be viewed in detail at the CCS website.

A remarkable family of four, mother, father and two daughters aged seven and three, were camping at Madge Lake last week, having crossed Western Canada on bicycles, from the Yukon to here, which was the latest leg of a 10-year, 75,000-kilometre bicyc