Fast response prevents vehicle fire from spreading
By TERRY PUGH A quick response by the Martensville Fire Department (MFD) to a vehicle fire in a residential neighbourhood prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby homes. A fire…
Food pantry gets funding boost
The Martensville Food Pantry, which operates out of the Martensville Civic Centre, received a much-needed financial injection of $5,000 on Wednesday, August 7 from the Affinity Credit Union North District…
Martensville passes new Animal Control Bylaw
By TERRY PUGH A one-year agreement has been reached between the City of Martensville and the Paws Republic Boarding Centre to provide a temporary shelter for cats and dogs impounded…
New ice plant slated for Martensville Sports Centre
By TERRY PUGH The good news is the aging Martensville Sports Centre will be getting a new arena ice plant this year. The even better news is Martensville property owners…
Localized flooding prompts request for disaster assistance eligibility
By TERRY PUGH A severe storm on June 21 dumped exceptional amounts of rain and hail on Martensville, causing serious overland flood damage to several properties, including the city-owned Civic…
Traffic Safety Fund grants for Langham, Martensville
Pedestrian crosswalks will be a little safer in Langham and Martensville thanks to grants from SGI’s Provincial traffic Safety Fund. The two area municipalities are among 49 communities to receive…
Two charged in cocaine trafficking investigation
Multiple Saskatchewan Enforcement Response Team (SERT) units in Southern Saskatchewan began an investigation into cocaine trafficking in the Saskatoon area earlier this year. As a result of continued investigation, officers…
Martensville Fire Department begins new era
Twenty-nine years after signing on as a raw recruit in 1995, Dean Brooman is now Chief of the Martensville Fire Department (MFD). Brooman, who took all his training and certification…
Martensville City Manager chosen President of Government Finance Officers Association
Martensville City Manager Tanya Garost is the new President of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada. She is the 10th Canadian, and the first…
Construction activity picks up in Warman, Martensville
The value of construction projects in Warman for the first six months of 2024 is almost triple what it was for the same period last year. Between January 1, 2024…