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“It's been an incredible career, and I'm just so pleased to be able to have started and finished out my career — all 40 years — right here in an incredible community working with some very, very dedicated people within the service and within the city organization.” 

Trevor Hadwen, an agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Regina, says the most significant improvements this month have come in the southern Prairies. He explains that recent rainfall brought much-needed relief to southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the southern edge of Manitoba, where drought conditions have eased.

“There’s been significant change in a number of regions across the country this month,” notes Hadwen.

“The greatest improvement has been throughout the southern Prairies,” says Hadwen.

A bridge in Wolseley will be closed for pedestrians and cyclists this week.

Between Monday, September 15 to Friday, September 19, the active transportation bridge over Omand's Creek will be closed. 

The closure is to allow crews to repair the bridge and embankments. 

During the closure, a detour will be in place through the park's north entrance on Portage Avenue. 

A typical Canadian family of four will pay an estimated $19,060 for public health-care insurance this year, according to a new study from the Fraser Institute.

The independent think-tank said most Canadians are unaware of the true cost of health care because they rarely see bills for medical services. Funding comes primarily through general government revenue, including various taxes, rather than direct payments by individuals.

The NextAcre Real Estate Grain Rush made another stop this harvest season, this time at Marvin Hagel Farms. Marvin says his crew is “just over halfway done” with harvest, working steadily through a busy stretch of late summer.

On the farm, Marvin and his team are growing yellow peas, hard red spring wheat, canola, and flax. With about half a dozen people pitching in at different times, Marvin says the workload is heavy but the progress is steady.

An individual is facing numerous charges after the Moose Jaw RCMP Crime Reduction Team made a drug bust on Sept. 9 in Moose Jaw after a drug trafficking investigation.

The investigation was a month-long, before officers executed a search warrant at a residence on Main Street in Moose Jaw. Police seized 2.4 kilograms of methamphetamine, 386 grams of crack cocaine, 112 grams of fentanyl, 58 grams of MDMA (also known as ecstasy), and $3,655 in cash.

Estevan residents had the chance to brighten someone’s day during the Community Wellness Group’s “Ripple of Kindness” event, held yesterday at the Estevan Public Youth Centre (EPYC). Originally planned outdoors, the event was moved indoors due to rainy weather.

Red Deer RCMP is seeking public assistance in locating missing 16-year-old Talon Horton. Talon was last seen Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m., and there is concern for her well-being.

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Saskatchewan has proclaimed Sept. 7 to 13 as Living Organ Donation Week to celebrate donors and recipients and encourage more residents to consider giving the gift of life.

The week is being recognized with a provincewide campaign featuring stories of living donors and transplant recipients on social media, digital billboards, buses, airports and movie theatres in Regina and Saskatoon.

Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill said the initiative highlights the province’s commitment to organ and tissue donation.

Saskatchewan marked a milestone Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new memorial honouring protective services personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

The Saskatchewan Protective Services Memorial, located on Memorial Way southwest of the Legislature Building, will serve as a permanent site for families, colleagues, and the public to pay tribute to fallen first responders and other protective services workers.