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Dean Karcha says that he did what anybody would have done if they found themselves in a similar situation to what he encountered Monday on Boundary Dam. But that hasn’t stopped people from hailing him as a hero for what he did.

HUMBOLDT — The city is moving ahead with a plan to require storefront business to have business licences. At its July 22 meeting, council passed a first reading of a bylaw that would charge $100 per year for the licences.

EAST CENTRAL — Walk-in counselling is now open for anyone that needs it who lives in the northern part of the east central region.

HUMBOLDT — Paving crews will be coming to Humboldt within “about a week or two,” said director of public works and utilities Peter Bergquist.

The case against Cameron Froese has been adjourned again, this time to Aug. 26. Froese, of North Battleford, faces an accessing child pornography charge.

As the search for murder suspects Kam Mcleod and Bryer Schmelgsky continues, RCMP are saying that on Aug.

Back in early July, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) co-authored a report which revealed that almost half of First Nations children (47 per cent) in this country fall below the poverty line.

COLONSAY — Mosaic has announced that it will temporarily close its Colonsay potash mine.

According to Manitoba RCMP, the Underwater Recovery Team has completed their work following the discovery of a boat on the shore of the Nelson River. They will not be conducting any additional dives.

EAST CENTRAL — The annual meeting of the Hudson Bay Route Association (HBRA) is coming up in Flin Flon and a federal cabinet minister will make his way north.