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A 23-year old woman has been hospitalized following a single vehicle collision near Saskatoon on Sunday morning.

At around 6:15 am, on July 7, 2024, police responded to the call of a vehicle accident with injuries near the intersection of Highway #5 and Highway #41. 

Upon arrival, officers discovered a vehicle in a ditch, that is believed to have rolled numerous times. The vehicle had also started on fire. Saskatoon Fire was on the scene to extinguish the fire and assist in extracting the driver from the vehicle. 

Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Special Air Quality Statement remains in effect for the Humboldt and Watrous areas.   

Smoky conditions are set to persist in the province today due to a trough of low-pressure concentrating wildfire smoke, leading to poor air quality and reduced visibility.  

A release from the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) indicates its Public Service/Government Employment (PS/GE) bargaining unit has voted to accept the latest offer from the provincial government. The newly ratified three-year collective agreement spans from October 1, 2022 to September 31, 2025.  

On July 7, 2024, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Yorkton RCMP received a report that two adult males escaped from a correctional centre in Yorkton. Yorkton RCMP have been working to locate the two males and is now asking the public to report sightings and information on the whereabouts of 30-year-old Brett Schnieder and 22-year-old Chase Ahpay. 

Brett Schnieder and Chase Ahpay are both wanted on warrant by Yorkton RCMP for being unlawfully at large. 

On Thursday, July 4 at approximately 11:50 p.m., Humboldt RCMP received a report of a two-vehicle collision on 1st Avenue in Watrous. 

Officers responded immediately along with local fire and EMS. Investigation determined a truck collided with a parked semi. The driver and sole occupant of the truck was declared deceased by EMS at the scene. She has been identified as a 32-year-old female from Watrous. Her family has been notified. 

There's plenty of local baseball to catch this weekend. It gets going on Saturday when the East Central AAA 15U Dodgers take on 
the Yorkton Cardinals in a double header at Centennial Park starting at noon. 

We've also got the 18U AAA Red Sox at James Korte Field in a double header with the Parkland Expos. That's noon at James 
Korte Field.

If you're in Watrous this weekend the 18UAA team will take to the field on Saturday at 1:00 against the PA Royals and again on Sunday at noon for a double header with the Weyburn Angels.

Doug Armbruster has been a strong supporter of school and education activities in Subdivision 9 of the Horizon School Division. The Division has announced that Armbruster has resigned from the Board of Education due to an upcoming move.  

Humboldt/Lanigan RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating individual(s) responsible for theft that occurred from a vehicle at a business located in Humboldt on 8 avenue on the 10000 block between the hours of Friday, June 14, 2024 at 5:00 pm and Monday June 17, 2024 at 5:00 pm. 

The suspect(s) stole a toolbox containing tools with the estimated cost of over $5000.00.

Greg Fertuck who was found guilty last month of the first-degree murder of his estranged wife, Sheree, received a life sentence and four years for indignity to human remains on Thursday afternoon. 

Sheree Fertuck was last seen on December 7, 2015, leaving her mother's farm near Kenaston, Sask., en route to the gravel pit. Her body has never been found.  

Raymore’s Travis Flahr was recently awarded the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association’s Service Award at the SHSAA Annual General Meeting. This award is given annually by the SHSAA to honor those who have provided outstanding leadership and service and the promotion of high school athletics within their school athletic district, Travis’s district being the Horizon Central Athletic Association.