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EAST CENTRAL — Workers at seven of the province’s crown corporations took strike action at the end of last week and the beginning of this week.

Supporters of the old St. Vital Church in Battleford made their pitch to save the structure at a town council meeting Monday night.

Submitted by Saskatchewan Lotteries Duc Tran was shocked when she checked her Lotto Max ticket and discovered she’d won $248,296.10 on the Nov. 23, 2018 draw.

MELFORT — Melfort council has approved a new community plan. Now it requires provincial approval before it is officially implemented. Rick Lang, Melfort’s mayor, said the plan has been updated from start to finish.

Submitted A memorandum of settlement between the Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation and the Public Service Alliance of Canada has now been ratified by both parties.

SaskPower does not plan to lock out employees Tuesday, and employees who return will be put to work, SaskPower said in an advisory Monday evening.

MELFORT — The Melfort RCMP is asking for public assistance relating to a male suspect connected to a break-in of a van in Melfort. The male suspect was captured by surveillance video walking around Luke's Yard Maintenance Inc. on Sept.

Loblaw Companies Limited is recalling a popular powdered infant formula from the marketplace due to possible Cronobacter spp. contamination.

TISDALE — Saskatchewan’s new lieutenant governor visited Tisdale to celebrate the work of local emergency services at the official Tisdale Emergency Services Gala.

Submitted On Saturday, Oct. 5, Gary LaPlante of Moosomin First Nation was inducted as Knight of the Order of Saint George at St George’s Cathedral in Kingston, Ont.