Emma Crawley continues recovery following life-saving surgery

Doctors at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton continued to monitor the health of Emma Crawley, the infant whose life was in peril due to complications with her liver. A critical buildup of fluid had the medical team doing everything to ease the situation while Emma awaited donor organs for a transplant series including her liver.  

Planned power outage for Middle Lake- July 16

SaskPower has announced that there will be a planned power outage today, Tuesday July 16, affecting customers in Pilger, Middle Lake, St.Benedict, Fulda, the west side of Lake Lenore and surrounding communities. 

The outage is scheduled to last between 1:00-5:00 pm. 

SaskPower thanks their customers for their cooperation and understanding.

Natural gas flaring near Spalding on Tuesday


SaskEnergy will be conducting controlled natural gas flaring at the TransGas block valve site, which is located within the RM of Spalding and west of Highway #6 and near the Village of Spalding.

Flaring will take place between 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday July 16. 

Residents and drivers in the area may see a 40-foot flame being emitted from the flare stack temporarily attached to SaskEnergy’s infrastructure.

ICYMI: Meetings will outline proposed amalgamation of Humboldt and Muenster Co-ops

A trio of information meetings followed by a vote on the proposed amalgamation of the Humboldt and Muenster Co-ops will be held on July 16 and 17 in three communities. A presentation by the Boards at the members only meeting will be followed by a vote to determine whether the merger will proceed. In a social media release to members and the public, the Co-ops state the mission is to have an open forum for discussion. 

East Central 15U AAA Dodgers end Evan Thomas Memorial tournament strong with a pair of wins

The East Central 15U AAA Dodgers competed in the Evan Thomas Memorial tournament this weekend in Saskatoon, ending with a record of 2-2.  

The Dodgers opened the tournament on Friday night with a 13-3 loss to the Parkland Twins. Luke Manz hit a solo home run to lead the offence. The Dodgers were limited to two hits during the game.  

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu applies for return of permanent resident status

Following a deportation order issued to Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the trucker found responsible for the devastation in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has applied to have his permanent residence status returned.  In May, that status was revoked along with the deportation order.  

Sentenced to 8 years in prison at a court proceeding in Melfort, Sidhu was sentenced to 8 years in prison but was granted full parole last year.