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Highway 4 travellers are being advised of construction taking place roughly 14 kilometres south of Rosetown. 

Crews are working to install a new culvert where the old one had previously washed away. 

For months, the Highway Hotline has advised that drivers passing through this area use extreme caution. 

The work is expected to last for the majority of September, only finishing by September 26 if everything goes to plan. 

The Riverhurst Ferry is closed for repairs. 

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways sent out an official alert for the closure, warning travellers to plan an alternative route. 

Currently, there is no publicly available timeline for the repairs to be completed. 

For updates, motorists are advised to check the Highway Hotline to see when the ferry resumes operation. 

Work is taking place on Highway 271 near Maple Creek today. 

The road to Fort Walsh and the Nekaneet First Nation is having street sweeping take place today. 

The work extends from Highway 724 to Highway 724, which works because Highway 271 interrupts Highway 724 from the west end of Maple Creek to the Highway 271 turn south. 

Motorists are asked to use caution and to slow down when workers are present. 

Updates can be found on the Highway Hotline, where motorists can preview any delays, detours, or dangers on Saskatchewan highways. 

Swift Current’s Prairie Flint came alive with music, film, and community spirit as the shop hosted the kickoff party for Silver Scream, a project by filmmaker Devon Oman and Dead Prairie Productions.

Owner Kayla Weston was thrilled to welcome the community to enjoy live performances and celebrate the film’s Saskatchewan roots.

Relief for Richmound and the village residents. 

Mayor of Richmound, Brad Miller, has received various messages following Romana Didulo's Monday court appearance, celebrating her conditions. 

Chief among them is the order to remain at least 50 kilometres away from Richmound. 

RCMP Constable Tony Curti is taking his commitment to students to a different table.

He has been acclaimed as a board member for the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Separate School Division. 

Curti will represent the Swift Current subdivision.

His acclamation means there will be no need for a byelection.

Curti also acts as the school resource officer of the Swift Current Municipal RCMP.

A human trafficking trial connected to our region has resumed after a summer recess, with the defence beginning to present its case.

The proceedings against Mohammad Masum and Sohel Haider had paused in June after the Crown wrapped up its case. Among the witnesses were Cypress Hills MLA Doug Steele and former MLA Hugh Nerlien, who both testified for the prosecution.

SaskEnergy has advised southwest residents of necessary controlled natural gas flaring taking place on Tuesday morning at a block valve site in the RM of Miry Creek.

The natural gas flaring is set to take place from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., roughly four kilometres west of the village of Abbey.

Residents may notice a 40-foot flame coming from the temporary flare stack attached to the infrastructure during the flaring.

The flaring is needed to complete maintenance work on the natural gas line system in the area to support the reliable delivery of natural gas.

Canada’s canola industry is expressing deep frustration over the federal government’s newly announced support package, saying it fails to meet the urgent needs of farmers and the broader value chain affected by the ongoing closure of the Chinese market.

While industry leaders welcomed the government’s attention to agriculture, they say the measures announced on Friday do not reflect the scale of the crisis.

The federal government says it plans to launch a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence.

"We are seeing a lot more activity across departments and agencies," Stephen Burt, the government’s chief data officer, told The Canadian Press.