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Filtration system soon to be up and running

December promises to be an active month for City administration in their ongoing efforts to replace the water supply following the Husky oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River this summer.

Nov 30, 2016 6:15 AM Read more >

Cryptosporidium class action settlement outlined at council

City council received details Monday about the recent settlement to ongoing litigation on the cryptosporidium outbreak of 2001.

Nov 30, 2016 6:04 AM Read more >

Public consultation meetings in NW Dec. 14 and 15

Transformational change

Nov 29, 2016 11:03 AM Read more >

Cox chairs caucus committee on crime

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox has been appointed chair of a newly formed committee of MLAs that will focus on reducing crime rates in Saskatchewan.

Nov 29, 2016 10:58 AM Read more >

Remembering Holodomor

Nov 29, 2016 10:04 AM Read more >

Where’s the line? Does it matter?

When it comes to lake development one of the most stressful parts for ratepayers is determining exactly where to place their building within their lot.

Nov 29, 2016 9:56 AM Read more >

NWT begins driveway upgrade

UNITY — North West Terminal Ltd. has started construction on an upgrade to the company’s grain-receiving capacity at its Unity.

Nov 29, 2016 9:45 AM Read more >

Village Christmas decorations brighten the landscape

Meota News

Nov 29, 2016 9:30 AM Read more >

WOYTIUK

In Loving Memory of Nellie Anne Woytiuk , born February 2, 1935 at Redfield, SK, passed away November 16, 2016 in North Battleford, SK.

Nov 29, 2016 9:23 AM Read more >

The legendary John Grieve Oliver: builder, ferryman and entrepreneur

(First of three parts) Miss Cora Hind of the Winnipeg Free Press visited Battleford in September of 1907 and wrote of her experiences with the Battleford steam ferry: “You leave that nightmare of new towns, North Battleford, and with much jingling of

Nov 29, 2016 9:17 AM Read more >

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