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Melville City Council has ratified a new Collective Agreement between the City and City employees – CUPE Local 456. A tentative agreement between the two parties through a mediator earlier this month, and the deal was needing ratification from council after the union ratified the deal that same week. The deal is for three years […]

The City of Melville and CUPE Local 456 will meet at the bargaining table again this week to negotiate an agreement involving 32 city workers. The next mediation session is set to take place tomorrow (Wed). CUPE 456 national representative Dylan Breland says the union is asking the city to provide a wage increase for […]

Kamsack RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 47-year-old male. Tony Severight was  last seen around 6:00 p.m on Saturday on the Cote First Nation and police would like to contact him to confirm his well-being. Severight is described as 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds and has brown eyes & short grey […]

SVFFA SPRING PROVINCIAL FIRE SCHOOL TO BE HELD IN MELVILLE THIS MAY The City of Melville will host hundreds of firefighters from across Saskatchewan this Spring as they host the Saskatchewan Volunteer Firefighters Association Provincial Fire School.  The Spring Fire School will be held from May 9th to 11th and it provides volunteer firefighters from […]

Wadena RCMP are asking the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect that broke into the Wadena Curling Rink on January 10th. The investigation determined an adult male entered the rink then left. No items were reported as stolen to police. The suspect who was caught on video surveillance i s described as wearing a two-coloured […]

RCMP has laid several charges in connection with an unrelated animal control call in Virden. Around 9:30 AM last Tuesday, officers attended an address in the town and inside located two females and a 38-year-old male in the living room who had no permission to be inside the home, and they were placed under arrest […]

In 2025, Parks Canada plans to permit watercraft on Clear Lake under a “one boat, one lake” aquatic invasive species prevention program. This program will be similar to the one implemented in 2023. The public will be invited to provide input on how the 2025 program will be applied. The discovery of hundreds of live […]

A School break camp will be held in the City of Melville next month.  Funded by the City and a Saskatchewan Lotteries grant, the camp will be for those six to 12 years old and will run from February 18th to February 21st at the CN Community and Cornerstone Events Centre.  The camp will keep […]

The inaugural meeting of the new Melville City council was held on Monday which included included the administration of the oath of office and the appointment of the deputy-mayor. All members of city council were elected to their positions via acclamation which includes returnees Andrew Rondeau, Lori Kraft & Vince Thiessen as well as newcomers […]

Swan River RCMP have provided another update in connection to Friday’s homicide in Swan River.  Mounties initially arrested two 16 year old youth from Swan River on Sunday and charged one with second degree murder. Today (Wed), RCMP says that the second 16 year old youth also now faces a charge of second degree murder […]