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Some minor changes have been approved for leisure services rates and fees in North Battleford for 2020.

Cut Knife Sledge Hockey Club is reporting a major donation to boost the sport of sledge hockey in their area. In a news release, the club announced they received a donation from Jim Sack of Sad Sacks’ welding.

It has been announced that the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has been named a Top Saskatchewan Employer for the third year in a row. This designation is earned though Canada’s Top 100 Employers project.

As expected, the revised severe weather procedure at Living Sky School Division came back for a further tweak at their regular board meeting on Wednesday.

Increasing literacy skills of students in the Living Sky School System was a main topic of discussion at their board meeting on Monday.

Band entries will offer a resounding opening at the year’s Kiwanis Battlefords Music Festival on Tuesday, March 24. Expect solos, duets, small ensembles, and full bands performing music ranging from traditional to jazz.

With competitors ranging in age from five, Talon Jane of Wilkie, to 75, retired Sensei Elmer Woytiuk of North Battleford, the 14th annual Genbukai Tri-Western Karate Kata Tournament in Wilkie hosted some 70 karate students and teachers, coming from W

Will play four games in championship round starting this afternoon

Nolan Horbach, a former resident of Wilkie, has been named head coach for the female U18 SaskFirst hockey program through the Saskatchewan Hockey Association.