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A convenience store in Sedley was robbed at knife point December 7. Fillmore RCMP were dispatched to the convenience store where police say a male entered the store shortly before 8:30 p.m. and pulled a knife on the employees who were working there.

Saskatchewan's population continued to grow in the third quarter of 2013. As of October 1, 2013, there were 1,114,170 people living in Saskatchewan - an increase of 5,867 in the previous three months and 19,797 over the past year.

Members of the Weyburn Rotary Club visit with residents of Hill Top Manor after a round of carol-singing for the residents on Dec. 19. Rotary members include from left, Ron Milleker Stafford Nimegeers, Mary Fish, Duane Schultz and Tom Schuck.

Yellow Grass (cpd) - The YGULP (Yellow Grass United Lutheran Partnership) Church was busy with many activities and services including preparing for the Christmas Eve candlelight service beginning at the church at 7 p.m. On Dec.

By the middle of February the rumours that had been spreading about a major project being designed for the small community of Northgate, were confirmed. The village that straddles the U.

Ripples were sent through the agriculture community in Weyburn and area after the Weyburn Inland Terminal made two big announcements.

For the last five years, the programs at HELP International have helped train university students from Malaysia.

The Red Coat Road and Rail shortline railway has come through a tough couple of years, but they'll be able to be around for another year of operation, said board member Lonny McKague.

The Boundary Dam project, touted as BD3 or clean coal was another one of the news stories that made the list in previous years and certainly gained serious recognition moving forward in 2013. The refurbishment of Unit No.

Although work on an eagerly anticipated commercial truck bypass around Estevan barely got underway in 2013, the steps leading up to the actual start of construction made this one of the major news stories of the year.