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STARS airlifts patient after crash on Highway 11 near Warman

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A female patient was airlifted to hospital in Saskatoon with serious injuries following a car-pedestrian collision on the southbound lanes of Highway 11 near Warman during the early morning hours of on Tuesday, February 13. Warman Fire Rescue (WFR), STARS ambulance, Medavie Health Services West paramedics and RCMP responded to the crash, which closed the southbound lanes of the highway […]

Martensville council passes budget

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Martensville homeowners and businesses will have to dig a little deeper to pay their  tax bill in the coming year. Martensville City Council adopted the city’s 2024 operating and capital budget at a special council meeting on Tuesday, February 6. The budget includes a 4.9% increase in revenue generated from the municipal portion of property taxes. The projected increase will […]

Kids in Costa Rica receive gifts from Saskatchewan

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Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collected 11,330,126 gift-filled shoeboxes globally in 2023, including 425,209 boxes that were packed in Canada. In total, Saskatchewan residents packed 20,701 shoeboxes in 2023; a 9% increase over the 19,004 shoeboxes packed in 2022. In Warman, 1,708 shoeboxes were packed in 2023, a 41 per cent increase over the 1,203 packed in […]

Ice conditions on storm water ponds unsafe

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A 13-year-old girl fell through the ice on a storm water reservoir in Warman on Monday evening, February 5. Fortunately, the girl was able to get out of the icy water by herself and walk to a nearby home, where the residents called Warman Fire Rescue (WFR). According to a post on the WFR facebook page, the girl was cold, […]

Projects spark students’ interest in Canadian history

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What were the defining moments in Canada’s history? Students at Warman High School tackled that question last month as part of a self-directed assignment for their History 30 class. They found not one, but dozens, of watershed events that helped shape what Canada is today. They presented their findings, in the form of visual and oral displays, at an event […]

Permit numbers chart decade of growth in Warman, Martensville

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Within the next four years, the total value of all building permits issued by the City of Warman is likely to top one billion dollars. From January 2010 to December 2023, a total of $824,809,994 in new residential and commercial construction, as well as renovations and additions, contributed to the growth of one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. […]

Martensville firefighters respond to early morning blaze at auto salvage shop

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Martensville Fire Department (MFD) members extinguished a large fire at an auto salvage business on Highway 12 south of Martensville on Tuesday, January 9. Martensville Deputy Fire Chief Dean Brooman said in an interview the afternoon of January 9 that firefighters were dispatched to the scene at about 5:45 a.m.. Ten firefighters with one tanker, one engine and one rescue […]


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