Melville City Council has revised its Commercial/Industrial Tax lncentive Policy. The Tax Incentive Policy is designed to attract new business and encourage existing ones to expand in Melville with tax exemptions. The revision is new businesses that apply for an incentive must do so within one year of starting operations. The tweak was made because prior there […]
The City of Melville will be getting two new tandem trucks for its Public Works Department. A request for proposals was sent out and of 5 companies sending 11 different proposals, Warner Industries from Regina met the Rail City’s needs the most. The trucks will replace one tandem truck and two, three ton trucks currently in the fleet. They will […]
The City of Melville will have a new Deputy Mayor. Councillor Joe Kirwan will be taking the reins from Councillor Todd Brooks, who has been Deputy Mayor since last November. Kirwan’s term as Deputy will be from July 1st of this year to February 29, 2020. In the Cities Act, all members of Council, except […]
The Health Foundation has received another generous donation for the purchase of new digital mammography equipment for the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. Executive Director Ross Fisher says Mosaic donated $25-thousand, and have always been big supporters of the Health Foundation. Fisher adds they have just passed the $200-thousand mark of the fundraising campaign, which the […]
A 39-year-old Balcarres-area man, facing multiple charges, stemming from a police operation in Regina last month, has made another court appearance. On May 16th, Regina police were watching a man, known to be the subject of arrest warrants, in the six-hundred block of Montague Street. Around 1 a.m. the next morning, after hours of negotiating, the suspect came out of […]
One of two men arrested following a weapons seizure in Yorkton, has appeared in court again. On May 6th, the RCMP Crime Reduction Unit conducted a street check on two males, and seized two concealed knives, as well as a loaded sawed-off .22 calibre rifle. 27-year-old Kristopher McLellan was in Yorkton Provincial Court today (Mon), where he was remanded […]
A Yorkton woman arrested in connection with the death of a Yorkton man last summer, is back in custody, after being released on bail in April. 19-year-old Taiya Hudy is charged with the Second Degree Murder of 25-year-old Colin Focht, and will return to Yorkton Provincial Court tomorrow (Tue). The three other people arrested for the same alleged incident, also have upcoming court appearances scheduled. […]
Conexus Credit Union has announced 9 of its branches in Saskatchewan will close October 2 this year. That includes branches in Cupar and Spy Hill. In a statement, the Credit Union cites people using digital services and less cash as reasons for the decision. Information sessions will be held at the Cupar Town Hall next Wednesday (June 12) […]
Two people were transported to hospital with undetermined injuries after a two-vehicle collision over the weekend. Yorkton and Ebenezer fire crews as well as the RCMP attended the scene 1 mile north of Ebenezer on Saturday. A member of the Yorkton RCMP detachment says they continue to investigate the crash, which he described as a […]
Weyburn RCMP were busy this past weekend with a fatal 3 vehicle crash and a semi-trailer rollover. On Saturday afternoon, two east bound vehicles and one west bound vehicle collided on Highway 13, 11 miles east of Weyburn, which killed two people at the scene, and one of the vehicles caught fire. RCMP are working with […]
