Local News

Estevan – There were 40 drilling rigs working in Saskatchewan on Aug. 14, according to sister publication Rig Locator ( riglocator.ca ). That made for 36 per cent out of a total of 111 rigs in the province.

RCMP are looking for a suspect in a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred just over a year ago.

Northern Manitoba NDP MP Niki Ashton and Winnipeg Centre NDP candidate Leah Gazan said Aug.

EAST CENTRAL — The highway between Watson and Wadena will be receiving $8.8 million in improvements. According to an announcement made by the provincial and federal governments on Aug.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin council awarded a tender for the tie-ins of the water treatment plant into the existing water distribution system for more than $1.5 million, plus contingency. The tender was awarded to DC Trenching for $1.

The eighth person charged in the Tiki Laverdiere murder investigation appeared in court Friday morning. It was a brief first court appearance for Mavis Quinn Takakenew in North Battleford provincial court.

The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit North has arrested and charged another individual in relation to the ongoing investigation into the homicide of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere.

EAST CENTRAL — Despite rain delays in some areas, producers now have over one per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, and less than one per cent of the 2019 crop combined.

North Battleford has once again been trampled by Maclean’s Magazine. This time, the city was on the receiving end of low grades from the magazine’s Best Places to Live feature, released on Aug. 8.

MELFORT — Melfort MLA Todd Goudy said he’s excited to serve as the new legislative secretary to the premier. Goudy received the position as part of a cabinet shuffle announced by the province on Aug. 13.