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Crop Report for the Period May 2 to 8: Seeding is underway for most producers in the province. Eleven per cent of the 2017 crop is now seeded, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

After another year of hard work, volunteers of the Prairie North Health Region were the guests of honour at the annual volunteer appreciation event organized by the health region.

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Library hosts book reading with author Lisa Guenther By Corrina Murdoch Correspondent On the evening of May 4, Medstead Library found itself packed with a crowd of avid readers and fans of visiting author Lisa Guenther.

They were agreed to during discussion of budget revisions, but now it’s official. Fines are going up in the city of North Battleford. A bylaw was passed Monday night at council to increase penalties under the Traffic Bylaw.

The shoreline assessment and remediation of the North Saskatchewan River has resumed. The announcement was made this week that cleanup has resumed of oil that is left over from the Husky oil spill that happened last July.

City council has approved a contribution of $25,000 to the Lighthouse for 2017. The reason is to support a mobile outreach program that the Lighthouse has started.

Elsie Agnes Funk, May 11, 1933 - May 5, 2017. With great sadness, the family of Elsie Agnes Funk (nee: Letkeman), beloved wife of James "Jim" Funk, announce that she passed away suddenly on May 5, 2017.

Allan “Dale” passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 25th at the age of 72, with his wife, Sylvia, by his side. He was born on September 28, 1944 in Wilkie, Sk.

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