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Groundwork being laid for anti-drug initiative
Posted on March 2, 2020BY MARCUS DAY Efforts are underway to bolster Maple Creek’s defences against illicit drugs. Initial talks were held last month about creating a drug strategy… Read More »
Wynyard RCMP lay charges in historical sexual assault investigation
Posted on February 20, 2020In February 2019, Wynyard RCMP was contacted by an adult female to file a report of historic sexual assault. Since the initial report, five other… Read More »
Helium plant plan: local hiring a priority
Posted on February 20, 2020BY MARCUS DAY marcus@maplecreeknews.com The building of a helium plant planned for the Consul area is expected to create between 50 and 100 jobs. North… Read More »
Swift Current men facing drug charges
Posted on February 11, 2020Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit and Highway Patrol remove approx. 1700 doses of meth from the streets On February 5, 2020, officers from the Saskatchewan… Read More »
Two counts of child pornography charges laid against Chaplin man
Posted on February 9, 2020NEWS-TIMES STAFF RCMP from the Morse detachment have charged a Chaplin, SK man with child pornography offences in relation to an investigation that began in… Read More »
Swift Current RCMP arrest four people for human trafficking-related charges
Posted on January 30, 2020In the afternoon of January 28, 2020, an off-duty RCMP officer spotted three vehicles driving at a high rate of speed east on Highway 1… Read More »
Mayor: alarm could have been avoided
Posted on January 21, 2020BY MARCUS DAY For Michelle McKenzie, much of the anxiety over possible changes to policing in the Maple Creek area could have been avoided. The… Read More »