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A recent decision by a Prairie North Health Region evaluation committee could result in trouble for the Cut Knife Pharmacy.

An aunt-niece team read out their first children’s book to the patrons of the Melfort Library. Angela Joelle grew up around Melfort and Star City, but now works as a visual artist in Vancouver. Her niece Brynna Beaupre is from Regina.

A collision on HWY 5 on Aug. 10 involving two vehicles sent three people to hospital in Saskatoon, according to Humboldt RCMP.

Two local fishers won one of the flagship fishing tournaments in this province. Spencer Kozun of Nipawin and Wade Maynard of Carrot River won the Premier’s Walleye Cup on Tobin Lake with a total of 42.30 pounds of walleye.

The three Northeast Dairy Queen locations raised $24,009.73 for Miracle Treat Day. The national campaign, held Aug. 10, has each location donate the net proceeds from each Blizzard to the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation.

From Friday morning to Monday morning, police received 198 calls. Friday saw a hit and run, an assault, a vehicle collision on the way to Cochin, and two impaired driving charges later that evening.

Starting February 15, 2018, changes to The Payday Loans Regulations will result in a reduction in the maximum allowable cost a payday lender can charge on a loan and a reduction in the fee if there is a dishonoured payment.

The Government of Saskatchewan and CAA Saskatchewan would like to remind you, if you see flashing lights ahead, slow to 60 km/hr. Not only is it the law, but also common sense to slow down to 60km/hr for anyone working on the side of the road.

From the Tisdale Recorder Files, Aug. 13, 1997

Thursday afternoon, the Saskatchewan RCMP received confirmation that carfentanil (controlled under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) was present in a substance tested by Health Canada after an incident at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Princ