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The Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Swift Current-Grasslands-Kindersley riding believes his party played a role in pushing the federal government's removal of the consumer carbon tax on Monday.

"If it wasn't for Conservatives pushing on the government, it never would have happened," Jeremy Patzer said. "Currently, the Liberals have set it to zero, but they haven't actually scrapped policy, so there's nothing preventing Mark Carney jumping that price back up after the election is over."

For Strathmore and Chestermere residents who commute into Calgary for work, photo radar locations have been released.

According to Calgary police, radar will be set up in the communities of Albert Park/Radisson Heights, Bridlewood, Capitol Hill, Collingwood, Dover, Forest Lawn, Highland Park, Hillhurst, Marlborough, Panorama, Rundle, Skyview Ranch, Sunalta, Taradale, Temple, Varsity and Whitehorn.

Police said in a release that photo radar will also be in place at construction zones when crews are working.

St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan is announcing that their much-anticipated MRI project is officially moving forward. Last evening, the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Board of Directors approved the purchase agreements for the new MRI system and the construction project.

The hospital subsequently sent out purchase orders this morning to Siemens Healthcare Canada for the MRI system and to SDI Canada for the modular MRI Cassette room and construction project.

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that its first Crown oil and natural gas public offering of the 2025-26 fiscal year has raised nearly $12 million for the province. 

The land sale, held on Tuesday, brought in $11.98 million in revenue. 

A 25-year-old man has been charged after Calgary police located a semi-truck in Rocky View County that was allegedly involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision earlier this week.

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The Kindersley and District Arts Council's highly anticipated fundraiser concert, originally scheduled for Saturday, April 5 at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre, has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. A new date and additional details will be announced as soon as they become available.

The event was set to feature local rock band The Radiant, alongside local musician Curtis Ehresman, as part of the Arts Council’s efforts to bring diverse arts programming to the community.

Every year, the City of Weyburn works to deal with Dutch elm disease. The work starts in June and continues throughout the summer.  

“We’re looking for symptomatic elm trees, and we will actually take a sample and send it off to see if the fungus is present,” explained Parks Manager Curtis Block. “If it is a positive result, the only action we have is complete removal of the tree and disposal of the tree at the landfill.” 

A collision downtown in Swift Current is slowing lunch-hour traffic on Thursday.

The crash is at the intersection of Chaplin Street East and 1st Avenue Northeast.

RCMP and a tow truck are on the scene.

Saskatchewan’s export-heavy economy could face turbulent times ahead following a whirlwind 24 hours on global markets, prompted by sweeping tariff announcements from U.S. President Donald Trump. 

UPDATE: Thursday, Apr 03, 2025, 12:07 PM

The vandals in Kindersley were identified shortly after this morning's post from the Town of Kindersley. 

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