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Dry conditions across Saskatchewan continue to make it difficult for the province to get an upper hand on the forest fire situation. Some 19 wildfires were reported as burning across Saskatchewan as of Monday morning.

A special presentation was made at Borden School May 25, when the Borden senior boys’ curling team of Dallas Burnett, Wyatt Piprell, Andrew Derksen and Eric Westad were recognized by the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association.

UNITY — Grade 12 Unity Warrior football player Gavin Dyck was part of the May long weekend North vs South Combine football game that took place at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. The event consisted of two practices a day from Friday to Sunday.

Kevin Scoular has earned the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award for the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina.

Sympathy to the Julie Kuchirka family of North Battleford on the recent passing of Julie. She was a veteran volunteer at the Western Development Museum. I’m sure she will be missed by all the members. Funeral service was held in late April.

About 120 Grade 4 and 5 students from Unity Public School and St. Peter’s School in Unity and Cut Knife School in Cut Knife attended a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day May 20, organized by ADM Agri-Industries of Lloydminster.

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Neighbourly Advice According To Ed

I am often asked why I recommend one fund over the other, or why someone’s favorite fund is not one of mine. There are a number of reasons – the fund may be too new, for example, and I may not have enough familiarity with it to make an assessment.

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