Martensville passes first reading of OCP bylaw
Martensville‘s comprehensive new Official Community Plan (OCP) is one step closer to being adopted. Martensville City Council passed first reading of the OCP at its meeting on Tuesday, April 6.…
RMs of Vanscoy, Great Bend, Mayfield declare fire bans
Fire crews from Pike Lake and Montrose fire stations were called out to battle a wildfire on Sherbrooke Trail near Pike Lake on Wednesday afternoon, April 7. The Delisle and…
Martensville firefighters extinguish small backyard fire
The Martensville Fire Department (MFD) responded to a backyard fire at residence on the 700 block of 4th Street South in Martensville on April 8. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:10…
Sask reports 205 new COVID-19 cases, 200 recoveries, two new deaths
There are 205 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 8, bringing the provincial total to 35,376 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North…
Ice water rescue training tests firefighters’ mettle
It’s warm and sunny on the banks of a storm pond in a residential neighbourhood in Warman. But the water in the pond on this early April afternoon is ice-cold;…
Update: Firefighters battle wildfire near Dalmeny, RMs of Corman Park, Rosthern implement immediate fire bans
Update: The wildfire, north of Dalmeny, that Dalmeny and Martensville fire departments responded to on Wednesday, April 7 was from a control burn of a brush pile that had been…
Martens seeks second term on FCM Board
Martensville City Councillor Jamie Martens has the backing of her fellow councillors in her bid for re-election to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Board of Directors. Martens was first…
Beware rental scams, police advise
Members of the Saskatoon Police Service Economic Crime Section are warning the public of a common rental scam recently reoccurring in Saskatoon. Complainants reported that they had made inquiries about…
Over 230,000 vaccines administered across province so far
An additional 6,738 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 234,209. The 6,738 doses of COVID-19 vaccine…
Rural mailbox theft alert issued by police
Corman Park Police are asking residents to be on the alert for thieves breaking into rural mailboxes. Corman Park Police issued an advisory on April 7 saying rural mail boxes…