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Saskatchewan continues to be one of the fastest growing provinces in Canada, growing by 3,711 people in the first quarter of 2010 to an all-time high of 1,041,729 people.

The Village of Benson is in clean up mode after a major storm Friday morning.At approximately 2 a.m., an intense storm that included heavy winds and rain hit the community of 200 and left a trail of damage in its wake.

In one of the closest competitions in the history of the Golden Garbage Can, Weyburn barely squeaked by with 29 points to earn first place in the Clean Up Competition. Estevan was close behind with 31 points.

An interview with Eleanor McKinnon, the Weyburn-born personal assistant to the late Tommy Douglas for most of his political career, helped lead to the writing of a new a book on Douglas, launched on June 22 in the building that housed the church he p

The 102nd annual Weyburn Fair will be held at the Weyburn Exhibition grounds, running from Monday, July 5 to Wednesday, July 7, hosted by the Weyburn Agricultural Society.

An 18-year-old man is facing a variety of charges after resisting arrest June 27.

For mother of three, Roberta Derosier, holding down a home, working a day job, and being an on-call volunteer firefighter is a product of her determination; a challenge she finds exhilarating.

Most farmers in the Weyburn area are feeling fortunate to have completed as much seeding as they have done, especially working around excess moisture conditions.

It shows a surplus of $7 million, but the figure is misleading insofar as the South East Cornerstone School Division will need all but $53,000 of that money to meet capital project financial requirements within the next budget year.

This year's multicultural day potluck dinner last Saturday at Estevan's St. Paul's United Church drew in a crowd much smaller than the previous year's.