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Candace Blair Cameron of Battleford, Saskatchewan passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at the age of 35 years.

In Loving Memory of Patrick Elmo Sheppard - born June 22, 1964 at North Battleford, Saskatchewan - passed away October 14, 2016 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

After several months with an interim mayor, a new mayor has been elected to take over in the town of Kindersley. Rod Perkins won the mayor’s race there with 935 votes, defeating Tom Morris who received 435.

The highly competitive Village of Meota election race was decided Wednesday night with the incumbent mayor returning to office. John MacDonald was re-elected mayor with 141 votes, compared to 36 for Nicolle Griffith.

The council races in North Battleford and Battleford may have been sedate, but that was not the case in other cities.

Battlefords RCMP conducted more than 50 investigations between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. Wednesday, Oct. 26 6:59 a.m. - Report of a fence to a business being rammed on 18th Street in Battleford.

Brutiful, as defined by Glennon Doyle Melton: "adj.: Life is brutal. And life is beautiful. Brutiful, I call it. Life’s brutal and beautiful are woven together so tightly they are inseparable. We must embrace both or neither.

With the results in from last night's election in Battleford, residents will have two new voices to represent them around the council table.

It’s not quite a home field advantage for the Maymont Cougars girls’ soccer team.

Let’s be honest, competitive curling has been back in full swing for almost a couple of months now.