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More than a dozen Nipawin and area businesses were recognized at the Chamber of Commerce ABEX Awards and Business Recognitions. Sheldon and Greg Peifer and family received the agriculture award. Their farm was established in 1909.

One month after Melfort council decided to make changes to try to promote evening cab service, the city is making more tweaks to the taxicab bylaw. The major change in the bylaw passed at the Feb.

Nearly 100 Nipawin properties did not pay their property taxes on time. As of Feb. 9, $193,921.02 was owed from 95 properties. Nipawin Council voted Feb. 13 to advertise the list of properties in arrears, as per The Tax Enforcement Act.

Scott Moe , the province’s Minister of Environment, spoke about his government’s opposition to the carbon tax and what can be expected from the upcoming budget at an event in Nipawin.

Carrot River band Shockwave is performing at Telemiracle. So far, the band has already collected $13,000 in donations. Bobby Derksen , Andrew Derksen , Jeff Doerksen and Ashley Huff are on a roll.

Melfort’s new top cop introduced himself to that city’s council. Staff Sgt. Deon Marquis has been in command for around three and a half weeks. He was the commanding officer of the Rosthern detachment and served with Wakaw five years before that.

A meeting date for citizens living in the Bjorkdale district about the fate of their local school has been set. It will be held at the Bjorkdale School March 8 at 7 p.m.

The Nipawin Hawks saw their season high 13-game win streak come to an end, but they still wrapped up another successful 2-1 week.

The Melfort Mustangs finished the week with a 1-2 record, finally snapping their long eight-game losing streak. Against Nipawin The Mustangs traveled to Nipawin Feb. 7 to take on their rival Hawks.