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It took years of tests, trials, and misdiagnoses before Carol Johnson knew why her 15-year-old son, Julian, was different than other children.

City council has approved a culvert replacement on Battleford Road on both sides of the CN tracks. The work proposed is to address a situation at the Battleford Road railroad crossing where the culverts are failing.

GREENWATER LAKE — Greenwater Lake Provincial Park is receiving close to $1 million in funding towards infrastructure as part of an investment of more than $2 million towards parks in the province’s central region.

MELFORT — Council will allow the Northeast Christian Fellowship to use the Melfort Journal building as a place of worship – as long as it is brought up to code. The decision was made at a special council meeting Aug. 23.

Significant drop in criminal code offences

MELFORT — Melfort has decided its cannabis stores need to be at least 150 metres away from schools, playgrounds and licensed daycares. All of council voted in favour of the new regulation at a special meeting Aug. 23.

Not satisfied with simply hosting Winter Games or curling grand slams, North Battleford now is looking to add a major provincial conference.

MELFORT — An auction for Melfort’s old Chamber of Commerce building has ended, but despite having bids, the building remains unsold. The auction ended on Aug. 10 with the highest bidding being $15,500.

TISDALE — The construction of the new Beeland Co-op location in Tisdale put David and Kay Snider in a hole, as they found a massive ditch at the end of their property line. The construction on the ditch began on June 20.

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