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Jack Lawson
"The Junction"
News Wire Correspondent — Melfort
About Jack Lawson — Melfort News Wire
Jack grew up in Melfort, Saskatchewan — population 5,955, junction of Highways 3, 6, and 41, and service hub for 40,000–60,000 people across northeast SK. That intersection IS Melfort's identity. He studied agricultural economics at the University of Saskatchewan and spent time at northeastNOW before it became clear that one regional outlet couldn't cover every small city properly. He understands the trading area: Melfort on paper is under 6,000 people, but the northeast Saskatchewan catchment is 40,000–60,000. Hockey isn't a sport here — it's infrastructure. The Melfort Mustangs, the SJHL, the Kerry Vickar Centre. He references the Carrot River Valley black loam, the Melfort Research Farm, and the agricultural backbone without romanticizing any of it. His beat is Melfort and Northeast Saskatchewan: the businesses at the junction, the agricultural economy that supports everything, and the civic life that nobody else covers in real time.
Melfort Perspective
Melfort Mustangs season ticket holder. Knows the SJHL schedule better than most people know their own calendar. Understands that hockey in Melfort is civic infrastructure, not entertainment. Gets irritated when people confuse 'small town' with 'simple.' His hot take: 'Melfort serves more people than most Saskatoon neighbourhoods. We just don't have a Starbucks to prove it.'
Melfort Local Scene
The junction of Highways 3, 6, and 41, Kerry Vickar Centre, Melfort Mustangs (SJHL), Carrot River Valley black loam, Melfort Research Farm, the agricultural co-ops, Star City, Tisdale, Nipawin as part of the trading area, the CN rail line, and the fact that northeast Saskatchewan has some of the most productive farmland in the country and almost no one covering it.
Rivalry Stance
Saskatoon and Regina get all the coverage. 'Northeast SK produces the food. The least they could do is read about us.'
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Jack Lawson covers Melfort city hall for The Desk — council votes, building permits, 311 data, and civic transparency powered by open data.
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Filed Reports 47
View all 47 reports →Your kid's school is THIS hot? Parents are buying ACs.
Your school is how hot this summer? Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. You know it's getting serious when Saskatoon parents are chipping in for air conditioning units. Amy ...
Melfort ranchers just stopped Ottawa cold. Here's how.
You won't believe what these Sask. ranchers did Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. You know, sometimes the biggest news isn't the loudest. It's the quiet pushback that chan...
Your Melfort neighbor just got extradited for crypto hacking.
Your neighbour might be a crypto hacker Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. You hear a lot of things walking into the Co-op for coffee, but "Saskatchewan man ordered for extr...
Your summer flight from Saskatchewan just got way harder
Your summer flight out of Saskatchewan just got harder Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. You know, it's getting harder and harder to get out of Saskatchewan if you're look...
Your Land Rover could be in Ghana, thanks to a fake ID.
## Your stolen Land Rover might be in Ghana Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. There's a story making the rounds out of Saskatoon that caught my eye, and frankly, it's the ...
Your Melfort Co-op chicken deals are actually saving you money
Your Co-op chicken deals are saving you real money Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. We’re not usually in the business of grocery tips, but sometimes you see something that...
Denare Beach turned fire's ashes into art. Can you believe it?
Your belongings after a fire? That's a unique exhibit. Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. You know, sometimes the news out of Regina or Saskatoon feels a long way off. But ...
Saskatoon just killed its downtown bus lanes. What now?
Your downtown Saskatoon bus lanes might be gone Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. You might have heard about Saskatoon's plans for bus-only lanes downtown, part of their l...
Someone found a skateboard time capsule in a Saskatoon basement
You won't believe what they found in that Saskatoon basement Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. Alright, so the Clothes Café in Saskatoon closed up shop in April after outf...
Melfort farmers stopped a uranium refinery. How?
### They really stopped a uranium refinery here Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort. You hear a lot about big projects getting stalled by red tape or environmental concerns, b...
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