Local News

FOAM LAKE — There has been a collision between a semi-truck and a train on Highway 16 three miles west of Foam Lake. The Wadena RCMP along with Canadian Pacific Police and Foam Lake Fire Department are at the scene.

Saskatchewan Health – The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has seen an increasing number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and infectious syphilis cases in recent months in northwest Saskatchewan.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin council has passed the town’s first company cell phone policy for staff along with an update to their dress code.

NIPAWIN — The Town of Nipawin has set up a better line of communication with the provincial highways ministry to get updates on bridge work, information it will pass on to the public.

The recent announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of a ban on single use plastics by 2021 was welcomed Monday by North Battleford mayor Ryan Bater.

YORKTON — The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has confirmed a case of measles the province. The case was diagnosed in Yorkton, in a returning traveler who had recently flown into the Regina airport on June 9 after overseas travel.

HUMBOLDT — St. Augustine School has received approval from the city to install a new, LED display sign on its southern wall facing Glenn Hall Drive. The approval was given at the June 10 council meeting.

Submitted by Saskatchewan Lotteries Louis Larson was in a daze when he left his local Co-op store. The Regina resident checked his Western 649 ticket and discovered he had won $2,000,000 on the June 5 draw. “I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Saskatchewan Agriculture Many areas of the province that are in need of rain did not receive any this past week. However, localized rain helped to relieve dry topsoil moisture conditions in the northwest and southeast.

MELFORT — Melfort Communities in Bloom received $35,000 from Federated Co-operatives Limited to create a community garden in Melfort.