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It’s one of those questions that comes up every year, usually right after a windstorm, heavy snow, or when someone notices sparks a little closer to their front yard than they’d like. If a tree on your property is near a power line in Lumsden, who’s actually responsible? The short answer is both you and SaskPower, but in different ways. SaskPower owns and maintains the power lines. They don’t own your tree or your yard, but they are responsible for keeping their electrical eq

The River Valley Podcast is taking a major step forward in how Lumsden hears about what’s happening at town hall. Instead of waiting weeks for council or development committee minutes to be released, we will now be attending meetings ourselves—town council, development committees, RM discussions, and more—so we can report the news while it’s fresh and relevant. Our goal is simple: keep residents informed before  decisions are finalized, not long after they’re already history.

Parents all over Saskatchewan have been asking the same uneasy question for years now: are kids today actually learning less than earlier generations did? It’s not just nostalgia kicking in or some grumpy “back in my day” rant. The data coming out of national and international testing shows a real, steady decline in academic performance across Canada, and Saskatchewan is sitting near the bottom of the provincial rankings in the subjects that matter most. Canada once held a st