The World-Spectator is a weekly newspaper based out of Moosomin, Saskatchewan serving the communities of Moosomin, Rocanville, Wawota, Wapella, Maryfield, Spy Hill, Tantallon, Welwyn, St.Lazare, McAuley, Elkhorn, Kola, Fleming, Kelso, Manson, Fairlight, Kennedy and Langbank.

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The independent review looking into hiring practices in Sun Country Health Region will have more to look at than the hiring of a vice-president of finance who had been fired from a previous job for lying about his credentials.

Australian-based global mining giant, BHP Billit made a cash offer directly to the shareholders of one of Saskatchewan’s premier fertilizer companies, PotashCorp, in what is being described as an “aggressive hostile take-over bid.”

In a press release issued Friday morning, the Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) announced the resignation of the vice-president of Finance and Corporate Services, Hal Schmidt.

Organizers are pleased with the second annual “Living Skies Come Alive” fireworks competition. For the second year, the event attracted thousands of people to Moosomin Regional Park for two nights of fireworks.

Wawota and the senior administrators and board members of the Sun Country Health Region over the closure of five beds at Deer View Lodge, a public meeting Wednesday did nothing to bridge it.

Sun Country CEO Cal Tant says the Sun Country Health Region is taking the latest information uncovered by the World-Spectator about vice-president of finance Hal Schmidt seriously and has asked its lawyers to look into the matter.

Court documents indicate that Hal Schmidt—the Sun Country Health Region vice-president of finance and corporate services—borrowed $75,000 from St. Mary’s Hospital in New Westminster, B.C. when he was CEO, and never repaid the loan.

Wawota’s Save Our Beds committee is planning a public meeting for Wednesday, July 28 at the town hall in Wawota in order to give local residents a chance to question officials about the closure of five beds at Deer View Lodge.

Organizers have invited Sun Country board members, senior administrators, and local MLAs Dan D’Autremont and Don Toth.