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The Saskatchewan Liberals have a new leader. Naveed Anwar has won the leadership by acclamation. The announcement took place at a party event in Saskatoon over the weekend.

The man accused of killing a Wilkie teaching assistant has entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder. Wesley Veit entered the guilty plea Friday at Queen’s Bench courthouse in Battleford.

City officials are reporting that this year’s Spring Cleanup Day a huge amount of garbage collected. According to numbers supplied by the City, the community collected 2,750 kilograms of garbage this year.

Urban forestry Part 1

A charge of attempted murder has been laid in connection to an exchange of fire with police on Highway 16 April 14. Tristan Pinder of Elk Point, Alta. now faces one charge of attempted murder with a firearm.

Having already won the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s most valuable player and player of the year awards this season, former Battlefords North Stars captain Layne Young has a chance to add a national accolade to his trophy cabinet.

For the last four years, the Battleford Arena has been host to the sounds of bats hitting balls instead of the familiar tones of skates gliding along the ice and pucks being fire on net.

Last September, the U.S. Federal Reserve at long last began its so-called quantitative tightening (QT), gradually lowering its holdings of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.

May 3, the Town of Battleford Utility Department began its annual hydrant flushing and main valve exercising. The operation will continue for approximately six weeks, Monday to Friday, during regular working hours.