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HUMBOLDT — City council has voted to move ahead with a budget plan that will feature around a 2.4 per cent tax levy increase and spends $1.8 million to complete work at Centennial Park. The proposed budget was approved at a special meeting Dec. 9.

This news feed of vehicle thefts is updated periodically. If the story you are looking for isn’t at the top, please scroll down. Note: RCMP do not report all vehicle thefts to the media.

MELFORT — A chimney fire in the RM of Kinistino is causing Melfort Fire and Rescue to remind people to clean their chimneys. On the morning of Dec. 3, Melfort Fire and Rescue was dispatched to a reported structure fire in the RM.

There were more than 50 vendors in this much anticipated Historic Battleford Lions Christmas Bazaar held Nov. 30 at the Alex Dillabough Centre. It did not disappoint with the variety of vendors.

It has been four years since 21-year-old Jordan Charles Walker was last seen in Saskatoon. Investigators in the Missing Person Unit say the case remains open and any new information or tips would be welcomed.

Submitted by the Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors Sales and listings were remarkably stable in the Battlefords and region in November.

Submitted The Western Development Museum - North Battleford is the recipient of a generous donation from the North Battleford Lions Club Inc., enabling the museum to purchase a new floor preparation machine, a vital piece of maintenance equipment.

Submitted A group of international scientists and practitioners including University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Jay Famiglietti say we are not doing enough to protect and manage global groundwater resources, which will have long-term effects

Submitted Would you give $6000 of your own money to help a stranger achieve their dreams? That’s what Kai Hutchence of Massive Corporation Game Studios is doing.

Monday morning at 1:40, Humboldt/Lanigan RCMP were advising motorists that traffic was blocked between Guernsey and Plunket on Highway 16 due to complete lack of visibility due to smoke.