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The past weekend saw the return of the 18th annual OnStage Dance Festival, which hosted over 1,300 dancers from various communities.

Victims of Crime Awareness Week was celebrated April 19-25 in the province and was followed by some announcements regarding how victims of crime in the province can seek help.

At least seven parents and teachers from St. Augustine have stepped forward to form the new playground committee, which will organize and fundraise for the school’s new playground equipment. “We basically just started.

Alerting residents of emergencies will now become easier with the launch of SaskAlert. The purpose is to alert individuals of potential dangers that might happen in an emergency.

Poverty is an ongoing problem with no one solution, but that hasn’t stopped the provincial government from trying to address it.

It seems that effects of last year’s rail transportation issue is still being felt as the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce recently released its report, “The Impact of Rail Access on Saskatchewan’s Export Potential.

It’s getting into gardening season, and Misty Gardens’ Paul Kneeshaw came to the Reid-Thompson Public Library on April 22 to give a talk to interested attendees – and it was so crowded that people had to stand along the walls.

The City of Humboldt released the 2015 budget a couple weeks ago and for the first time, it was based on priorities rather than looking at what could get cut.

City residents are a step closer to getting their civic property taxes in the mail.

In presenting the quarterly crime statistics to Battleford Town Council last week, Sgt. Amber Clark said, "There's not a huge variance in anything really.