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Carrot River’s community square project will get its finishing touches, thanks to a large donation. Federated Co-operatives Ltd. donated $50,000 from its community spaces program, which will allow the completion of the square’s pavilion.

The principal of Choiceland’s William Mason School said the eight students graduating in 2017 are an extra special group that will be hard to replace. “We’re going to miss this group of kids.

Tisdale’s coffee – and liquor – drinkers can rejoice. “We were informed today that the Tim Hortons and the Sobeys liquor store will be starting construction shortly, depending on weather,” said Sean Wallace , Tisdale’s economic development officer.

For Marco Pelchat , it was a celebration of the end of one adventure and the beginning of a new one. Pelchat was this year’s graduating class at Zenon Park’s École Notre-Dame-Des-Vertus.

For the nine graduates of Arborfield School, their ceremony marked the beginning of going after anything they wanted. Nicole Lacroix , one of the valedictorians, was pleased that her class had finished 13 years of public education.

Nipawin council, not the public, will decide if fluoride should be added to the town’s drinking water. They defeated a motion at their June 12 meeting to hold a referendum on Sept. 20 asking the public about the issue.

An organization that wants to improve Highway #55 between Nipawin and The Pas, Man., spent 2016 building a case and turning itself into a lobby group funded by its members. The Gateway Keewatin Corridor Inc.

The City of Melfort is beginning to ramp up negotiations with the union that represents its workers. The collective agreement between the city and the Canadian Union of Public Employees 777 ended Dec. 31, 2016.

With the flipping of dirt using a shovel, the North East SPCA are closer to building an animal shelter for the region. The organization hosted a sod-turning for the $750,000 Harry and Eve Vickar Animal Shelter in Melfort June 13.