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Delegates at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Convention in Saskatoon gave their approval to most of the resolutions before them Tuesday, with one exception. A motion to switch to staggered municipal elections was defeated Tuesday afternoon.

Highest per hectare bid for a parcel west of St. Walburg

Every minute, $1.4 million worth of goods cross the U.S.-Canada border. Meanwhile, the Americans have elected a new administration that’s seriously looking at how it trades with foreign countries.

The City of Prince Albert’s response to the Husky oil spill last summer has earned them a Saskatchewan Municipal Award. The city was awarded First Place for its Oil Spill and Water Crisis Response. According to the news release from the Sask.

A story about the struggles and successes of refugees came to Melfort at a relevant time, according to the show’s director. Natasha Martina wrote Displaced with Sue Mythen in 2011. One of three main characters, Dara, is from Afghanistan.

The Northeast did not share the growth seen in the province as a whole. The 2016 census says the region has a population of 42,164, a loss of 1,161 people since 2011. Most of the region's towns, villages, reserves and RMs lost people.

Battlefords RCMP have arrested and charged Dylan James Larose, 24, of Saskatoon, in connection with three business robberies in the Battlefords and a gas station holdup in Saskatoon.

As the new mayor of Battleford, Ames Leslie had something in common with many elected officials at SUMA this year. Some 30 per cent of the mayors and councillors attending the convention were newly elected.

There were many new faces on hand at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention in Saskatoon. Mayors and councils had just come through the 2016 election cycle.

The SUMA convention wrapped up its four-day convention in Saskatoon on Wednesday. The 112th annual convention saw Gordon Barnhart, councillor in the Town of Saltcoats, elected as the new president.