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YORKTON — The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has confirmed a case of measles the province. The case was diagnosed in Yorkton, in a returning traveler who had recently flown into the Regina airport on June 9 after overseas travel.

HUMBOLDT — St. Augustine School has received approval from the city to install a new, LED display sign on its southern wall facing Glenn Hall Drive. The approval was given at the June 10 council meeting.

Submitted by Saskatchewan Lotteries Louis Larson was in a daze when he left his local Co-op store. The Regina resident checked his Western 649 ticket and discovered he had won $2,000,000 on the June 5 draw. “I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Saskatchewan Agriculture Many areas of the province that are in need of rain did not receive any this past week. However, localized rain helped to relieve dry topsoil moisture conditions in the northwest and southeast.

MELFORT — Melfort Communities in Bloom received $35,000 from Federated Co-operatives Limited to create a community garden in Melfort.

EAST CENTRAL — A parliamentary committee is not making a recommendation whether school buses should have seat belts, urging more research on the issue.

Calgary –The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) expressed extreme disappointment on June 12 with the decision by the Trudeau government to not accept the full slate of amendments for Bill C-69 proposed by the Senate following lengthy con

Gamex Bingo will remain closed for the next couple of months. A meeting of the Battlefords and District Bingo Association Inc.

City officials say they will meet with volunteers from the North Battleford Historic Archives to address their concerns about the future of the organization.