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Saskatchewan’s population is on the rise. As of January 1, 2018, Saskatchewan’s population was estimated to be 1,169,752, according to Saskatchewan.ca press release on March 22.

Herb Sutton presented his monthly community safety report last Monday night to city council, and there was no shortage of items he had to deal with on his watch over the past month.

A warm day kept the fish away. That was the dilemma facing Lucien Lake Regional Park, as they hosted their annual ice fishing derby in Middle Lake on March 17.

TISDALE—The popular brainchild of a former Tisdale resident is making the leap from live-action to animation. Brent Butt’s Corner Gas Animated will air on the evening of April 2 on the Comedy Network.

The cause of a SaskEnergy natural gas pipeline rupture that knocked out service in the Melfort area in January has been found. The pipeline was hit by somebody using digging equipment in a field.

TISDALE—A town hall meeting hosted by the Tisdale RCMP focused on preventing rural crime. Cpl. Mel Zurevinsky from Regina was at the March 29 meeting to talk about how citizens could establish rural crime watches and citizens on patrol programs.

From the Tisdale Recorder files, April 1, 1998

Video evidence ended up being crucial in the robbery conviction of Dakota Cody Ermine recently in Queen’s Bench court in Battleford. Ermine was tried and convicted of robbing the Windsor Hotel and Bar in Battleford on Aug. 12, 2016.

There was some worthy recognition for a couple of longtime firefighters with the City of North Battleford at Monday’s council meeting.

At an emergency meeting held in Ottawa about the grain transport crisis, the message from organizations representing the agriculture industry was clear.