Emergency calls on the rise for Warman Fire Rescue
By TERRY PUGH Warman Fire Rescue (WFR) members are responding to an average of 1.25 emergency response calls every day. In a report to the Warman City Council committee of…
Martensville Mayor, councillors named to civic committees
By TERRY PUGH Martensville City Council chose its representatives to 13 boards and committees at a meeting on Tuesday, January 21. Mayor Kent Muench is on eight of those committees,…
Martensville student wins TeleMiracle T-shirt design contest
By KEVIN BERGER, Local Journalism Initiative For the second time in three years, a student at Valley Manor School in Martensville has been named the winner of the TeleMiracle t-shirt…
JYSK opens in Martensville on December 14
Roughly 100 people lined up in the early morning hours before the doors of the new JYSK store in Martensville on December 14 to take part in the home furnishing…
Demand high for Christmas dinner hamper program at Martensville Food Pantry
By KEVIN BERGER Though there were still a few days remaining before the deadline for people to submit requests, the chairperson/treasurer of the Martensville Food Pantry (MFP) said last week…
Cold weather raises concern about CO poisoning
By TERRY PUGH The return of the deep freeze means furnaces are working overtime, and people are advised to periodically check their outside vents to ensure they are not plugged…
Martensville SARCAN selected as Saskatchewan Depot of the Year
By KEVIN BERGER, Local Journalism Initiative The new management at the Martensville SARCAN Depot has a major feather in its cap, as their facility was recently named the Large Depot…
Martensville City Council sworn in
By TERRY PUGH Martensville’s newly-elected Mayor and City Councillors were officially sworn in at a meeting on Tuesday, November 19. The four new City Councillors: Krista McCann, Brad Blixt, Tracy…
Public works crews going full tilt after two major snowfalls
By KEVIN BERGER, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With over 40 centimeters of snow dumped on the Saskatoon region in two big snowfalls last week, public works crews have been working…