Tara Garcia

The town of Shaunavon is doing its part to promote school zone safety by installing three new flashing pedestrian crosswalk signs at the town schools. 

Regional By-Law Enforcement officer for the town, Bonnie Lingenfelter provides details on how the project came to be. 

"We had conducted the CAA School Safety Assessment a little while ago. It identified many risky behaviors and one of which was pedestrian safety. So from the numbers, we got from the school zone we knew we had to start promoting further safety."

The issue of distracted driving is in the spotlight from September 18th to 24th as this week has been proclaimed distracted driving awareness week within the province. 

Within a press release from SGI, it is stated that the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) throughout the week will be delivering a number of its "Drop It And Drive" distracted driving and distractions in the workplace presentations to the workplace, law enforcement, and policymakers as well as high school and university students in the province. 

It was lights, cameras, and curtains closed this past weekend on a successful 34th season for the Clearwater Drive-In Theatre. 

Denise Kelk and her husband Ken purchased the venue back in 1988 and she provides some insight into this past summer's biggest box office hit. 

"Well, the biggest one was Top Gun: Maverick. We brought that back for an encore performance for a couple of nights, and everybody who came out enjoyed it." 

Kelk adds that overall it was a great season with lots of great movies to choose from and they had a good turnout this year. 

At approximately 10:00 am on Sunday a plane crash occurred roughly 5 miles south of Shaunavon. 

Shaunavon fire and rescue along with RCMP and Shaunavon EMS attended the scene. 

Upon arrival, responders found two deceased individuals.

The Transportation Safety Board is currently investigating.

At approximately 10:00 am yesterday a plane crash occurred roughly 5 miles south of Shaunavon. 

Shaunavon fire and rescue along with RCMP and Shaunavon EMS attended the scene. 

Upon arrival, responders found two deceased individuals.

The Transportation Safety Board is currently investigating.

A Commanding Officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP released a statement this morning regarding the ongoing investigation on James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon Saskatchewan. 

In the press release, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore states that they did not know and still do not know the cause of death for Myles Sanderson and says that to speculate would be irresponsible and undermine the independent investigation being conducted by Saskatoon Police Service and the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team. 

As of Friday, the city will be looking a little greener thanks to the 11th annual GoGreen event put together by Stark & Marsh, The City of Swift Current, and Innovation Credit Union. 

Over the years the beautification project has contributed over 2,700 trees and shrubs to the community. 

Elden Moberg, CEO of Stark and Marsh says they are excited to welcome back the volunteer aspect this year. 

Kindersley RCMP are on the lookout for a stolen truck after a flight from police took place earlier this week. 

The silver Dodge Ram 2500 service truck was stolen from a property in Luseland, Saskatchewan this past Sunday. The truck with Saskatchewan plate 410 BWZ was then observed in Kindersley on Tuesday and subsequently fled from police. The last visual of the truck was on Highway 31 north of Luseland, Sask

It was a busy day on Saturday down at Market Square with the return of the 11th annual Show n' Shine event. 

As one of the event organizers Tim Marcus explained, the downtown core was lined with hot rods, convertibles, and more.

"It is an awesome turnout. We are up to just over 120 entries. It's our best year ever. It's going to be an awesome day."

The city also used the event to help donate to a local charity as Marcus explains. 

SaskPower is reaching out to residents for their input as they look for cleaner, greener, and more innovative sources of power. 

Residents can provide input through in-person sessions or a new online tool as a spokesperson for SaskPower Scott McGregor explains. 

"So to keep our power reliable and cost-effective we're going to be evaluating and developing a whole wide suite of options to power the future and we want to hear from Saskatchewan on their thoughts, their concerns, their questions and so that's why were engaging customers on this."