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Application for funding of a variety of local projects and the approval of an action plan for the Canora Landfill Site were among the items of concern to town council at its special meeting on July 9 and its regular meeting on July 21.

The Town of Preeceville council approved the minutes from the June 17 meeting at the July 15 regular meeting held at the Preeceville Legion Hall.

SASKATOON - An international team led by the Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has decoded the full genome for the black mustard

The Canora/Sturgis RCMP responded to 160 calls for service from July 17 to August 6, some of which included: 66 traffic offenses, 17 provincial statutes, three traffic accidents, three break and enters, two frauds, six mischiefs, six thefts, five utt

Dorothy Ahenakew has been the food security coordinator for the Ahtahkakoop community Garden Initiative Project for the past three years with help from the Ahtahkakoop band, the Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC), and Canadian Feed the Children.

New finding may help focus the search for anti-cancer drugs

Regina – Despite extremely sluggish drilling activity in Saskatchewan’s oilpatch, the Aug. 11 Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas rights brought in $2.4 million.

Investigation continues into the cause of the fire which destroyed a single storey wood frame house at the intersection of East Avenue and Taylor Street on July 27. The Kamsack fire brigade was called at about 6 p.m. to the house belonging to J.J.

A woman who has spent much of her adult life working in the food and beverage industry and most recently was the manager of a soul food restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has purchased the former Notched Branch restaurant in Kamsack and plans to

Construction has progressed on the Town of Preeceville's upgrade its wastewater treatment facility and related infrastructure to help better protect the environment and position the community for growth.