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MELFORT — Melfort council passed a motion, six to one, to invest $50,000 into replacing windows on the historic post office and install an art installation donor wall. The windows will be replaced with historic replicas.

The Town of Battleford has taken steps toward improving the safety of an area intersection, although when such changes would be completed is uncertain.

The Humboldt and Lanigan RCMP detachments are reminding people to take extra care in and around school zones as area children head back to school. Cst.

The provincial government is cracking down on impaired driving with new penalties. The new rules will have zero tolerance for drivers that get behind the wheel with any detectable level of impairing drugs in their system.

An awkward and unsafe downtown intersection will soon see a redesign. The city has put out a tender that calls on contractors to bid on the creation of a new design for the Main Street and 5th Avenue intersection.

A federal court has overturned the federal government’s approval of the $7.4 billion Trans Mountain pipeline. The Federal Court of Appeal said Aug.

The province is planning a review of the regional library system. “Following the 2017-18 budget, the Government of Saskatchewan committed to engagement sessions with the library sector,” wrote an education ministry spokesperson via email.

The province’s first quarter deficit will be smaller than anticipated, due to improved non-renewable resource revenues and performance from crown corporations. The deficit came in at $306 million, compared to the original projection of $365 million.

EDAM — The Edam Enriched Manor recently received an organizational grant from the Kinsmen Foundation to purchase and install a walk-in whirlpool tub at their facility in Edam.

Humboldt’s mayor is travelling to China in an effort to promote the city to investors.