DAVIDSON—Last Tuesday Davidson town council passed a bylaw prohibiting the burning of garbage in town.

Bylaw 784 regulates the burning of refuse within town limits.

It prohibits people and businesses from burning trash, refuse, garbage, industrial waste, paper products, wood, yard waste or any other type of waste in an open fire or incinerator in a manner that causes air pollution.

The bylaw contains a few exclusions that will still allow certain types of fires. Campfires or fires in outdoor fire pits are excluded from the bylaw as are cook fires fueled by charcoal or processed coal. Fires for the purpose of prevention or control of fires or for firefighting training purposes, provided they are authorized by the municipality, are also excluded from Bylaw 784.

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Larry Nadeau dropped off pictures he found in his “repertoire of photos” (those were his words). He said the pictures were taken in the early 1970s in front of Davidson School. Other than that, he doesn’t know too much more. After some investigating, we are able to help fill in some of the blanks. These pictures were taken Feb. 11, 1971 when the flame for the Canada Winter Games arrived in Davidson. The Games were being held in Saskatoon from Feb. 11 to 22 and to promote the event, the Games flame was brought from Parliament Hill to Saskatoon by snowmobile. The flame carrier was made from a standard skiboose sled with heavy-duty springs. Bombardier Ltd. were responsible for the 2,500-mile trip from Ottawa to Saskatoon. Approximately 300 snowmobiles were driven by their owners for a portion of the route. If any of our readers hopped on their sleds to take part in the route, we’d love to know, so if you recognize yourself or anyone else in these pictures, please give The Leader a call or drop us an email.

The flame also stopped in Dundurn where 90 school children and other residents had a chance to see it. In Kenaston, a large number of students and several teachers had a view of the flame when it stopped at a service station on the edge of the village. A legacy of those games was the creation of Blackstrap Mountain, which was constructed to host alpine events during the games. It cost about $600,000 to build the mountain as well as snowmaking equipment, lifts and a day lodge.

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DAVIDSON—A truck that was stolen from Davidson on Sept. 27 was recovered in a field in Regina the following morning.

Sometime in the early morning hours of Thursday, Sept. 27 between 2 and 4 a.m., a white Ford F-350 Super Duty diesel pickup truck was stolen from a Herman Crescent residence in Davidson.

Craik RCMP issued a notice about the theft, seeking the public’s help in catching the culprits.

Const. Matthew Sansoucy of the Craik RCMP Detachment said the truck was recovered at about 8:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 28 in Regina, abandoned in a field.

He said these types of trucks are used as fleet vehicles and are popular with thieves because they are easy to steal, are common and thieves will often swap licenses plates on the trucks to try to avoid detection.

Stolen tools

On Wednesday, Sept. 26 some tools were stolen from the bed of a pickup truck parked at a residence at the corner of Government Road and Francis Street.

Someone out for an early morning walk noticed the truck’s tailgate was open and items were strewn on the ground. He alerted the truck’s owner Mike Hoehn.

Some tools were missing and it appeared the culprits had tried to take the slip tank out of the back of the truck. They were unsuccessful in the attempt.

Craik RCMP are investigating both of these crimes and ask that anyone who has information that would help to contact them at 306-734-5200 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).