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MELFORT — Crowds of youth gathered in Melfort for the long-awaited opening of a new skate park. “It gives the youth an opportunity to experience something that we didn’t have before,” said Rick Lang, Melfort’s mayor, at the grand opening on July 24.

The art of blacksmithing is back in town

South 20 Dodge in Humboldt has a new ornament for their office with Canadian Nascar driver DJ Kennington’s Bristol, Tennessee race hood coming to town.

NIPAWIN — One figure who made the Nipawin Regional Park what it is today was Henry Andres. “It’s just Henry Andres and he had no middle name. He was born in Saskatchewan and passed away in Saskatchewan,” said Henry’s granddaughter Kelly Andres.

Summer vacations will result in a temporary physician shortage the board of North Saskatchewan River Municipal Health Holdings was advised at their regular meeting July 16. Dr. Forghanirad will be on holidays Aug. 25 to Sept. 9 and Dr.

The Stewards of Jackfish/Murray Lakes and the RM of Meota No. 486 recently launched a co-operative initiative to formally mark the Rock Island hazard on Jackfish Lake.

TISDALE — The bill for the RECplex roof replacement has gone up. What was originally a $1.3 million project will go up by almost $57,000 to fix the section of the roof over the Hanover room.

A man from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation is dead after a single-vehicle rollover near the junction of Highway 26 and Highway 3 south of St. Walburg Sunday. Turtleford RCMP and St. Walburg Fire Department responded to report of the crash at about 9:50 p.m.

Owner has until July 31 to claim

After Tiffany Guttormson’s death in the winter of 2017, sister Jessica Hamilton wanted to do something to remember Guttormson, as well as bring their home community of Naicam together.