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Due to current conditions, high fire activity and the extreme fire risk in the province, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) has issued a provincial fire ban effective at 5 p.m. on May 8, 2025. The ban encompasses the area north of the provincial forest boundary, up to the Churchill River. 

Seeding season is underway in Saskatchewan as the province’s Ministry of Agriculture has released the Crop Report for April 29 to May 5. 

According to the report, 18 per cent of the 2025 crop has been planted which is above both the five-year average (2020-24) of 10 per cent and the ten-year (2015-24) average of 12 per cent.  

Another season of the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League is under way, and that means a return for the summer sons of the East Central U18 AAA Red Sox. Once again playing out of James Korte Field in Muenster, the squad looks to continue its record of baseball excellence in developing players that find their way into college and professional systems. 

The team saw their season opener in Saskatoon this week facing the Giants, and they walked away with a welcome opening win, soundly defeating their opponents 12-2. 

Saskatchewan is grappling with a fast-growing measles outbreak, now part of a larger resurgence of the disease across North America, according to Dr. Saqib Shahab, Chief Medical Health Officer for the Ministry of Health. 

As of May 7, 27 confirmed cases have been reported in Saskatchewan since March 14, with more than half—15 cases—emerging in just the last week. “Our case numbers are rising rapidly,” Dr. Shahab warned during a briefing on Thursday. 

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A British Columbia researcher in South Asian affairs said Thursday that concerns about the current India and Pakistan tensions are justified, given that the region has not seen conflicts this intense in more than 25 years. 

M.V. Ramana, professor at University of B.C.'s school of public policy and global affairs, said the last time there was a realistic risk of nuclear weapons being used was the conflict between the two sides in the Kargil region of Kashmir in 1999. 

A senior medical advisor with the Public Health Agency of Canada says the country could lose its measles elimination status if the highly contagious disease continues to spread into the fall.

Dr. Marina Salvadori warned of the possibility Thursday as cases in Ontario grew by nearly 200 infections, adding that would only occur if prolonged spread continued beyond mid-October 2025.

Geraldine "Gerry" Marjorie Resch
July 26, 1935 - May 4, 2025

Day 2 of the 2025 Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft was held on Thursday. 

Following Kash Elke being selected by the Moose Jaw Warriors in the first round on Wednesday, two of his teammates from the U15 AA Humboldt Broncos were also selected.

In Loving Memory of
Henry “Hank” Brockman

Age: 
68 Years

Of:
St. Benedict

Passed Away:
May 7, 2025

As Per Hank’s wishes there will not be a formal funeral service.

A Memorial Gathering of Family and Friends
will be held Monday, May 12, 2025
from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
St. Benedict Community Center

This notice placed courtesy of
Malinoski & Danyluik Funeral Home & Crematorium
Phone: 682-1622