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The provincial government announced Tuesday the transition to a single provincial health authority is now underway.

The Battlefords North Stars made a pair of moves with Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams Tuesday during the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s trade deadline.

Having grown up in Maryfield, Val Sweeting knows what to expect when she curls in Saskatchewan.

Luke Reid made his first ever tweet Tuesday. In it, the Battlefords AAA Stars defenceman officially announced that he had committed to the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks men’s hockey program. “I’m super excited about it,” Reid said.

The bestselling novel of 1961 was Allen Drury's Advise and Consent. Millions of people read this 690-page political novel. In 2016, the big sellers were coloring books.

The Meridian Canadian Open curling event is over and Mayor Ryan Bater couldn’t be happier about how it turned out. “It was rather amazing,” a beaming Bater said at city council Monday about the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling tournament.

Aside from utility rates, the 2017 budget for North Battleford has been adopted by city council.

TORONTO, Ont. — Canada has a mismatch between the world-class health research we produce and how that research is implemented into our health-care system.

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