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Loon Lake resident fined $6,300 for wildlife trafficking

Loon Lake resident fined $6,300 for wildlife trafficking

A Loon Lake man recently pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking under The Wildlife Act and received a total of $6,300 in fines in Loon Lake provincial court.
Interval House receives donation from 100 Women Who Care

Interval House receives donation from 100 Women Who Care

100 Women Who Care the Battlefords met on Thursday, Nov. 14 to hear presentations from community groups applying for a donation from them and select a winning entry.
Taxi talk: City continues consideration of bylaw changes

Taxi talk: City continues consideration of bylaw changes

The City of North Battleford is moving ahead with the next step in its new vehicle for hire bylaw, and that is to move to first reading.
‘We’re Smiling Because We’re Sold Out’

‘We’re Smiling Because We’re Sold Out’

The cast is all smiles as they polish their characters in Sex Please We’re Sixty by Michael Parker and Susan Parker. Rose Cottage Bed and Breakfast is open for business with a little ‘romance’ on the side.
Unity barrel racer qualifies for Vegas

Unity barrel racer qualifies for Vegas

Unity barrel racer, 12-year-old Kaybree Zunti had another year of successes to add to her rodeo story. Kaybree has learned she has qualified for the KK Run for Vegas finals in Junior World Barrel racing this Dec.
Battleford youth is winner of Kid Food Nation contest

Battleford youth is winner of Kid Food Nation contest

A young Battleford resident has returned from Toronto after winning a national recipe contest. Ivan Shevchuk is one of 26 “young chefs” across Canada who won the Kid Food Nation national recipe contest.
Video - Health threat from blue-green blooms extends beyond single toxin: USask study

Video - Health threat from blue-green blooms extends beyond single toxin: USask study

Submitted As blue-green algae proliferates around the world, a University of Saskatchewan researcher cautions that current municipal drinking water monitoring that focuses on a single toxin associated with the cyanobacteria blooms is likely to miss t
Driver dies after crash near Yellowgrass

Driver dies after crash near Yellowgrass

On Nov. 18 at 8:30 a.m. officers from the Milestone RCMP detachment, Yellowgrass Fire Department and Weyburn EMS attended to a collision on Highway 39, two kilometres northwest of the community of Yellowgrass.
World Toilet Day - Toilet rights are human rights

World Toilet Day - Toilet rights are human rights

Submitted On World Toilet Day, Nov. 9, Unifor and the International Transport Workers’ Federation are launching a Transport Worker’s Sanitation Charter, because toilet rights are human rights.
Fatal vehicle collision near Wakaw

Fatal vehicle collision near Wakaw

On Nov. 18 at approximately 9:13 a.m., Wakaw RCMP responded to the report of a two-vehicle collision approximately two kilometrrs north of Wakaw on Highway 2.
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