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This weekend marks 50 years for a hallmark event of the summer at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford. The event is Those Were the Days, which takes place Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17 and 18, at the museum between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

On August 8, the Canora RCMP executed a Search Warrant of a large indoor and outdoor marijuana grow operation, according to an RCMP release. The Search Warrant was executed at a rural property near the hamlet of Tadmore.

Submitted A Lloydminster woman is $1,855,305.52 richer after winning SIGA’s Smoke Signals jackpot. Brenda Lloyd became the first to win the top tier progressive jackpot at Gold Horse Casino on Aug. 6.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt ranks as one of the lowest communities on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index within Saskatchewan. Out of the 16 Saskatchewan municipalities on the list, Humboldt ranked 13th in 2018, with a score of 57.93.

Submitted Royal University Hospital’s children’s emergency services are now operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Previously, dedicated pediatric services operated from 8 a.m. to midnight.

The Poundmaker Performance Festival which ran Aug. 6 to 8 concluded Thursday at Fort Battleford with performances by Indigenous dancers and singers.

KINISTINO — A 23-year-old man from James Smith First Nation has been charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm after a single vehicle rollover seven kilometers north of Kinistino.

EAST CENTRAL — Five east central communities will receive funding for community flood mapping. Tisdale, Melfort, Arborfield, Cudworth and Watson have been designated “high risk” for future flooding.

In the wake of financial troubles surrounding ILTA Grain Inc., the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has announced some new steps it was taking to protect farmers who have delivered grain to the company.

The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport announced Wednesday The Battlefords Provincial Park is getting upgrades. In 2018-19, the first phase of water system upgrades took place at The Battlefords Provincial Park.