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Council opts for change at Mayhew and Darlington intersection

Numbers showed a small surplus of $139,832

Yorkton Council unanimously proclaimed June as Canadian Tire Jump Start Month in the city. The request for the designation was made at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council.

On May 14, the Canora and District Fire Department experienced a day which members will not soon forget. Devon Sawka, fire chief, said in total they spent over 18 hours fighting fires and attending to motor vehicle accidents.

Kamsack native Shanley Allard began her new position as Kamsack recreation director on May 13. Allard and her husband Jeremy have three children: Kaley, 8; Shayla, almost 10 and Cameron, 11.

“Mining: Supporting Local and Global Communities” is the focus of this year’s Saskatchewan Mining Week, which takes place May 26 to June 1.

The Preeceville Recreation board once again arranged for a field west of Preeceville to be used as fundraiser crop. The 70 acres was seeded to wheat, with the funds from the harvest going towards the bike and skate park committee.

If you needed a haircut, wanted it to go to a great cause, and happened to be at Parkland Mall this weekend, the annual Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer was there to oblige.

The Pride Parade kicked off this weekend with a huge turnout. The overcast and, at times, rainy weather couldn’t dampen the spirits of anyone in the parade or supportive onlookers. If anything, it made the rainbow colours all the more vivid.

Approval of the 2019 operation budget and a proposal to provide an action plan for the Town of Canora landfill were among the items of concern to town council at its regular meeting on May 7.