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Hafford is listed by SaskTel as one of two rural Saskatchewan communities to recently be offered SaskTel's High Speed Basic Level 2 package that gives speeds of up to five megabits per second download.

Saskatchewan's farmers produced a record crop in 2013 but as grain languishes in elevators and ships waiting to be loaded sit in Vancouver for weeks on end, the excitement of that bumper crop is beginning to fade into frustration.

A few months ago, The Journal sat down with Mayor Malcolm Eaton, where he mentioned a growth planning study, which the City of Humboldt had been quietly conducting for the past little while.

Saskatchewan recently ranked highest for believing its provincial government supports entrepreneurship and small businesses.

A public coroner's inquest is being held in Humboldt March 3-7 to further examine the deaths of three residents of St. Mary's Villa, a long-term care home, following a carbon monoxide (CO) leak in 2010.

The City of North Battleford will continue to push for provincial project funding to improve safety at several highway intersections.

Uncertainty on the potash market has forced the provincial government to dip into a reserve fund to keep a balanced budget. A third quarter financial report released on Feb.

Five reports of erratic driving were among the approximately 25 calls for service/occurrences dealt with by Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26.

The sexual assault case against Harry Michael Dekker remains in mediation for at least the next several weeks. The case came up again in provincial court in Saskatoon Tuesday morning.

The provincial government is now calling for the federal government to step in and end the issues plaguing the shipment of grain.