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Submitted The Minister of Indigenous Services, Marc Miller, issued the following statement Wednesday: Today, Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the Act) comes into force.

If you’re like most of us, you overindulged a bit too much in 2019. No, not on calories (well, maybe those too!), but on “noise.

Biggar RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for suspicious vehicle and activity coming in to their town in the later evening and early morning hours when the majority are sleeping.

The man accused of several weapons counts in connection to incidents in North Battleford and Battleford on Nov. 1 is scheduled to go to trial.

On Dec. 27 at 2 p.m., Battlefords RCMP responded to a complaint at a business located on the 100 block of 22nd Street in Battleford where an employee was assaulted by a client.

A look at the stats as 2019 ends

While a number of other hockey leagues were “on ice”, so to speak, for the holidays, that was not the case for the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League. It was business as usual for the SPHL this weekend, with their schedule loaded with five games.

After a few days off for the Christmas holiday break, the Battlefords AAA Stars are back in action – in BC. With league play still on hold until the new year, the Stars were in Kelowna for the Okanagan Classic AAA Tournament. The event began Dec.

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