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Creighton-based members of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) hit the picket line for a third time Wednesday as part of a rolling set of teachers’ strikes across the province.

Creighton teachers hit the picket line Tuesday, part of a province-wide strike - the latest stage of a long and fraught battle with the Saskatchewan government over staff and student resources.

The Washington county’s population dropped 4.9 percent between 2010 and 2020 and officials attribute the loss, at least partially, to the geography and the shrinking gold mining industry which the county once relied upon.