Masks on school buses mandatory for students
Students will be obliged to wear masks and sit in family groups while being transported in school buses beginning in early September. Those are two of the measures contained in…
Women’s Dive Day cleans up underwater trash
It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. About a dozen hardy female scuba divers scoured the depths of Atton’s Lake during a Women’s Dive Day in mid-July.…
Regional OCP aims to guide long-term development
An unprecedented meeting involving five municipal councils is scheduled for September 24 to vote on a bylaw adopting the Saskatoon North Partnership for Growth (P4G) Official Community Plan (OCP). The…
PSSD rolls out ‘soft start’ for return to class
Prairie Spirit School Division (PSSD) schools are dividing their student population into two ‘cohorts’ or groups, with two separate start dates in an effort to iron out the wrinkles before…
Firefighters battle wildfire near Warman
Firefighters from Warman and Martensville successfully extinguished a wildfire in a field southeast of Warman. The fire was reported at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, August 19. Warman Fire Rescue (WFR)…
Firefighters douse wildfire that threatened Martensville acreage
Martensville firefighters prevented a wildfire from damaging a residence on an acreage west of Martensville on Tuesday, August 18. Martensville Fire Department (MFD) Captain Norm Hydamacka said firefighters were dispatched…
New Martensville recreation facility to be built west of Hwy 12
Martensville’s new multi-purpose recreation facility will be built west of Highway 12 on a five-acre parcel of land donated by Canwest Commercial & Land Corporation, a sister corporation of North…
Enforcement blitz results in rise in traffic charges
Police laid 62 traffic charges in Martensville during the month of July, 2020, compared to 13 in July, 2019. That’s a 377% increase. But that doesn’t necessarily mean drivers have…
Martensville park named in honour of young cancer victim
A small park in Martensville’s MacCormack Ranch neighbourhood has a new name. The park on MacCormack Road beside the ‘Ranch House’ is now known as ‘Molly’s Park’ in honour of…
Great Plains College leases more space at Martensville Civic Centre
Great Plains College (GPC) is increasing its academic footprint in Martensville. Beginning this fall, the college is leasing additional classroom and office space in the Martensville Civic Centre building for…