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The city of North Battleford has announced that it is auctioning off a number of surplus goods at an online auction. In a news release, the City has announced it has joined GovDeals.

MELFORT — Conexus Credit Union is giving $5,000 from its Kindness Capital Fund to a Melfort individual who has been printing mask straps for healthcare workers.

Saskatchewan agriculture groups are urging Ottawa to lower barriers blocking farmers from accessing supports in the face of volatile markets.

The Saskatchewan government wants 300 animal samples to track a fatal disease affecting some of the province's wildlife. The government is creating chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing areas in seven wildlife management zones to collect the samples.

EAST CENTRAL — Local communities will benefit as the province distributes $70.3 million from its share of the federal Safe Restart Canada Plan. Humboldt will receive $350,000, Melfort $357,000, Tisdale $193,000 and Nipawin $263,000.

TISDALE — The Tisdale RCMP has located a Blu-ray player and television that was stolen in a break-and-enter at a Tisdale residence in the central part of town. The theft occurred on Sept. 7.

EAST CENTRAL — Due to a staff shortage as a result of Covid-19, the Melfort and Tisdale RCMP detachments are temporarily combining their schedules. Cpl.

The readers have made their choices in this year’s People’s Choice Awards. The contest appeared in July editions of the East Central Recorder and online at humboldtjournal.ca.

First 20-megawatt facility in design phase

The Saskatchewan government says it disagrees with a Sept. 4 report by the privacy commissioner recommending the education ministry release a breakdown of repair costs for schools in the province. On Oct.