By Mitchell Blair
Apr 10, 2021 5:15 PM
Parts of east and east-central Saskatchewan including Yorkton, Melville, Nipawin, Melfort, Humboldt, Esterhazy and Hudson Bay are under a snowfall warning.
Environment Canada says the first of a pair of low pressure systems will begin affecting southern Saskatchewan Saturday night bringing significant precipitation to the northeastern grainbelt. Most areas will see a period of rain overnight or Sunday morning, but as temperatures cool, heavy snow is expected to set in through the day and continue into Sunday night. This first wave of moisture will bring 15 to 25 cm of snow to the area by early Monday.
Saskatchewan WInter Games looking for financial aid from city By Mitchell Blair
Apr 10, 2021 2:32 PM
The 2022 Saskatchewan Winter Games are scheduled to be held in Regina next February, but the event is having a tough time getting sponsors.
During a meeting of Executive Committee this week, board chair Valerie Sluth said they have only found $75,000 in sponsorship and a deficit of $350,000 in budget planning.
Sluth is asking the city for $100,000. $50,000 would be a grant coming out of an Events, Convention and Tradeshows fund while another $50,000 would be what is being called an “in-kind donation” of rental fees for facilities that will be used during the course of the event.
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Orange Township has hired Nathan McNeil as its new fire chief.
A recently retired U.S. Air Force veteran, McNeil previously was deputy fire chief at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico and at Clear Air Station in Alaska. His 22-year active-duty military career included stations in Texas and Missouri, plus multiple deployments overseas.
Township trustees approved his hiring April 5.
“It’s not different at all,” McNeil said of military and civilian fire service, “in that they have the same purpose, which is to serve a community.”
“That’s a strength I see here. That everyone in the department has the desire to serve and to offer their best at all times,” McNeil told