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Unity RCMP are reporting a “dramatic” increase in STARS Lottery scams over the holiday season.

Handbags of Hope is a program in which volunteers donate gently used purses filled with personal care items to those who have left an abusive situation with nothing but the clothes on their back.

Carrot River’s council decided not to give themselves a three per cent wage increase for 2018. Bob Gagné , Carrot River’s mayor, said after the Dec. 20 council meeting that money was tight all across the province.

North Battleford residents have until the end of the month to turn in their used Christmas trees at the parks shop at 11202-8th Avenue. According to a news release, the City of North Battleford will be accepting the live trees until Jan.

Nine teams of curlers competing in the Viterra Scotties Women’s Curling Provincials were officially welcomed into Melfort and the Northern Lights Palace.

Humboldt Sarcan has plenty to look forward to in the year to come. Construction is currently underway for their new building on the corner of 13th Street and 5th Ave.

As 2017 comes to a close, the Canadian economy is on track to record its fastest pace of growth since 2011 thanks to strong consumer spending and a hot housing market.

A new building means a new start for the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation’s daycare and early childhood education programs. The new facility saw a ribbon-cutting Dec. 21 and is slated to open for business Jan. 3.

Canada 150 Skating Day organizer Steven Nelson presenting the grand prize, an autographed picture of Blair Atcheynum, to Chris Metlewsky on Dec. 10.

Crime stories dominated the list of the 10 most visited stories on parklandreview.ca, followed by stories about construction in Tisdale and a story about a Hudson Bay couple winning $2 million. 1.