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After a year like no other, 28 graduates from Canora Composite School celebrated their accomplishments with family and friends at King George Park on June 29.

The Canora/Sturgis RCMP responded to 34 calls during the week of June 24 to June 30, some of which included: three traffic accidents, four provincial traffic offences, six other provincial statutes, two harassments/threats, one theft, three mischiefs

Communities in Northern Saskatchewan are evacuating as wildfires edge closer. As of Monday, 91 fires were considered active in the province, bringing this year's total to 312 so far.

Saskatchewan medical students will soon have a new option to complete their four-year education entirely in the Queen City, as the University of Saskatchewan is preparing to expand its program at the Regina campus very soon.

In my quest to discover and learn from interesting people and lifestyles in east central Saskatchewan, it was recommended that I get in touch with a young entrepreneur from Rhein – a small village located 46 kilometres from Kamsack.

Mayor Nancy Brunt reported that the Kamsack Town Council has approved a pilot project application submitted by Cory Chernoff to implement raising backyard chickens within town limits.

On June 27, 2021 at approximately 6 p.m., Kamsack RCMP officers were responding to an unrelated complaint on Keeseekoose First Nation when they observed a male who was known to be on a Canada-wide warrant for a breach of parole.

With temperatures soaring into the mid-thirties on June 29, the group of graduating Kamsack Comprehensive students looked remarkably cool and collected as they were paraded through town on top of two flat deck floats.

Vaccines Reported An additional 5,458 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,304,646.

The Saskatchewan NDP and Regina restaurant owner Josh McLean are calling on the provincial government to extend temporary offsale licences granted to restaurants during pandemic closures, after pulling them on short notice last week.