The Town of Shaunavon has recently purchased a different garbage truck.

Ron Phillips is the Director of Operations for the Town of Shaunavon. He says, "It's a 2009 International, which is the same brand as the other trucks that we have, and it seems to work well for us."

Phillips adds that the truck comes complete with an automated side-load arm which means the truck can load the town's garbage bins without having to have two workers there.

The new garbage truck will be used for residential garbage collection, and the old truck will continue to operate doing the commercial collection.

Cost of new vehicle was $52,000.

Phillips says the new truck will begin collecting sometime in the next couple of weeks, after the town gets some licensing issues dealt with.