SERVING SASKATCHEWAN SINCE 1906
VOLUME 114, NO. 27
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019
WITHIN TRADING AREA FREE
SERVING EAST CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN INCLUDING HUMBOLDT, TISDALE, MELFORT, NIPAWIN & SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
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No tax increase for Tisdale . . . . 3
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Input for education plan . . . . . . 5
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Cadets going to training camps 7 Mustangs going to finals . . . . . 16
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Community events . . . . . . . . . . 17 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MARKING A YEAR
MYSTERY MEN
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SASKATCHEWAN
Phone: 306-878-1200 www.renaudinsurance.ca
TISDALE TROJANS
Western Midget AAA Champions
The Tisdale Trojans are the Telus Cup Western Regional champions. Not a single team managed to defeat the host Trojans during the entire tournament, which was held at the Tisdale RECplex from April 4 to 7. For more details, see page 16. PHOTO BY JESSICA R. DURLING GATEWAY KEEWATIN CORRIDOR
Highway 55 lobbying continues Jessica R. Durling REPORTER
NIPAWIN — An effort to upgrade the gravel road between Nipawin and The
Pas, Man. to a year-round, maintained primary road is seeing progress. The Gateway Keewatin Corridor Inc. is lobbying for improvements the
northern highway system to better link Northern Alberta to the Port of Churchill. The highway between Nipawin and SEE HIGHWAY PAGE 2
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MID-SASK MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE
Alliance shifts focus to economic development Devan C. Tasa EDITOR
LANIGAN — The promise of a new mine brought them together. With progress on that mine delayed, the Mid-Sask Municipal
Alliance is focused on attracting other economic opportunities. The alliance was officially created six years ago to ensure communities surrounding the coming BHP Jansen potash mine
were on the same page when it came to land use planning. The organization, made up of 13 member municipalities, is now shifting its energies to economic development. SEE MID-SASK PAGE 2