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Canora town council decided at the September 1 meeting to contribute $106,662 towards the total cost of new Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) project at Canora Hospital. The total cost of the project is estimated at almost $1 million.

Kamsack and its citizens were commended by their MLA last week for having led the way through a struggle to provide the community with a new facility for health care, which he said is still Saskatchewan’s number one concern.

The body of a Keeseekoose First Nation man was discovered in a vehicle in a field several days after the man’s death.

Loose change in desks and a day’s deposits were stolen from the Kamsack town office when it was illegally entered the night of August 26/27. It was discovered at 6 a.m. on August 27 that someone had entered the building after 8 p.m.

Transaction mail volumes fell faster in fi rst half of 2015 than in any fi rst half since volumes peaked in 2006

The proclamation of The Archives and Public Records Management Act will advance government accountability for the management of public records, particularly electronic ones. All public records, regardless of format, are subject to the new Act.

It took a volunteer and mower a couple days last week to cut the grass on about 70 per cent of the slopes at the Duck Mountain Ski Hill.

After many delays the proposed cardlock for Preeceville is finally becoming a reality.

A Collaborative Emergency Centres (CEC), such as the one being set up in Canora, may not be the answer to the Preeceville Hospital emergency bypass situation but it may offer a possible solution.