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As the holiday season approaches, Airdrie RCMP urges small business owners to take simple, budget-friendly steps to enhance their security and deter crime without significant expenses.

Recognizing that small businesses may lack resources for high-end security, RCMP has provided practical, affordable tips to improve safety:

A Remembrance Day celebration was hosted by Westberry Elementary School on Monday, November 4th.

The Grade 3 class performed a beautiful song. Watch the video below

Advent calendars are typically used to count down the days of Christmas with a gift each day.  

Watrous is taking the opposite approach to help their local food bank by issuing a friendly challenge to the community. 

Instead of receiving a gift, residents are asked to collect a different item each day to fill up a donation box.  

With the holiday season approaching, Operation Christmas Child is rallying Estevan communities to collect shoeboxes filled with essential items and gifts for children in need worldwide

Jillian Ursu, the drop-off team lead for Operation Christmas Child in Estevan and the area, said the initiative has partnered with Samaritan's Purse since 1993 to collect shoeboxes filled with assorted goodies for children worldwide.

Q. Why are you running for mayor/council?

A. I am running for council because it has been a desire of mine to be involved in politics and to effect positive change for our community. I see a lot of unrealized potential and I want to see it come to fruition. I also feel a sense of duty as a lifelong citizen to be the change that I want to see. We have a lot of challenges facing us as a city and I have a lot of ideas for tackling them. So I want to do more than just comment from the sidelines and/or throw shade to minimal effect.

At the latest Rocky View Schools (RVS) Board of Trustee meeting, the board decided where to allocate funding they received from the provincial government back in July.

It’s the second day of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon, raising money for cardiac and respiratory care at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) in Saskatoon, our province’s state-of-the-art centre for medical care for children to 17-year-olds. 

The first Radiothon was held 22 years ago, and over $16.41 million has been raised for Saskatchewan children undergoing treatment to date – including a record-breaking $1,158,113 last year.  

The Unity, Wilkie, and Macklin RCMP detachments handled a range of incidents last week, responding to reports that included disturbances, thefts, and traffic-related complaints across the region.

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) becoming more commonly used in daily life and academia, Holy Trinity Catholic School Division (HTCSD) has created an Administrative Procedure to address its use for students and staff. 

“With all new technology, I think it’s important for school divisions to pay attention to it, to make sure that it’s used properly,” said Ward Streuby, director of education with HTCSD. 

The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) has announced a new partnership with the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) aimed at enhancing municipal governance and sustainability efforts across Saskatchewan. On November 7, representatives from both organizations will gather at SUMA’s office to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) solidifying this collaboration. SUMA’s CEO, Jean-Marc Nadeau, and Dr. Jim Farney, Director of JSGS at the University of Regina campus, will be in attendance to formalize the agreement.