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Submitted Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation is the recipient of a Council of Battlefords Realtors donation of $5,000 toward the “We Want to…Catch It! Stop It! Treat It!” capital campaign to purchase a new mammography unit for Medical Imaging at B

Police and first responders have been on the scene Friday morning responding to a bomb threat at the Lloyd Mall in Lloydminster, Alta. RCMP Alberta tweeted that “#LloydminsterRCMP responded to a bomb threat at Lloyd mall in #Lloydminster.

Here are some highlights from the Dec. 10 meeting of North Battleford city council. It was the final regularly scheduled meeting of 2018 and also the last one to be held at 8 pm. Council will start meetings at 6:15 pm beginning in the new year.

The donation barrel for SaskEnergy’s “Share the Warmth” program at Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation’s Festival of Trees was overflowing with warm items to help ‘share the warmth’ this holiday season.

North Battleford city council has upcoming decisions regarding the historic CN building. The building was discussed at a city council budget deliberation meeting last Thursday.

Linda’s Lines

Peter Kingsmill has been a reporter, editor, conservationist and mayor, and he’s added fiction author to that list. Hafford-area resident Kingsmill, along with Saskatoon author J.C.

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John Cairns’ Leg Watch

Here is a look at scores from the past week involving local hockey teams: AAA Stars The Battlefords AAA Stars demolished the Notre Dame Argos in two games this past weekend, beating them by scores of 8-2 on Saturday and 5-0 on Sunday at the Civic Cen