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North Battleford Transit is in dire need of a bus. In part, they need one to service a Handi-Bus run that could potentially bring in revenue. More to the point, they are running short of buses, period.

Here is a roundup of news items concerning the Battlefords North Stars and the SJHL. The North Stars have released their unofficial 2019-2020 regular season schedule. The club has their home opener Sept.

Battleford town council is honouring Pride with a newly repainted crosswalk in front of Battleford Town Hall. A ceremony took place Wednesday evening.

This year, say organizers, they are excited to have the Canadian Armed Forces on site and on display. The Canadian Army is the land component of the Canadian Armed Forces, which trains and provide forces to protect and defend Canada.

Despite all the talk about plastic shopping bags at City Hall lately, it turns out not too many of them head to the city’s landfill. Some preliminary numbers from the waste and recycling audit being done by the city have been released.

Battleford will remember veterans differently this year, and in upcoming years. Printed banners honouring local veterans will hang from light posts this year, Fred Light Museum manager Bernadette Leslie told the News-Optimist.

CNW - Health Canada is advising patients and health care providers that certain older Medtronic MiniMed 508 and MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps distributed between 2010 and 2015, may be vulnerable to cybersecurity risks.

The final act in the budget process has been completed. The bylaws setting North Battleford’s mill rates are now passed and the tax mailings can go out. Five bylaws were passed in three readings at a city council meeting Monday.

The Allen Sapp Gallery/Gonor Collection is launching a reproduction of one of Sapp’s prints from 1971.