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The Government of Saskatchewan announced Tuesday the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford will include an integrated correctional facility to be built as part of the hospital construction project.

Three more probable cases of measles are now reported in Prairie North Health Region, in addition to the one confirmed case announced last week in the region. The four cases are in unimmunized children and youth under the age of 16.

Three more probable cases of measles are now reported in Prairie North Health Region, in addition to the one confirmed case announced last week in the region.The four cases are in unimmunized children and youth under the age of 16.

The sexual assault case against Harry Michael Dekker has been resolved in mediation.

Battlefords Community Players just returned from TheatreFest 180 in Swift Current, having swept the four top awards at the 2014 festival. The festival, presented by Theatre Saskatchewan Inc.

Rosie and the Riveters is a female quartet from Saskatoon who revisit the spirit of gospel music with a retro 1940s flare. They are due to perform Friday evening at the Sloan Auditorium, the lower level of the North Battleford Legion.

A man set to go to trial in October in connection to an April shooting spree incident in North Battleford has been ordered to remain in custody until that time. A show cause hearing for Ryan Bear was held in provincial court Wednesday.

The author of a book on Canadian and aboriginal history will be in the Battlefords area next week. Dr.

Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a yellow and blue 50 cc child's quad, missing its seat, that was stolen from Marshall Monday, April 28 between 5 and 6 p.m.

Everybody has a story. This is the motto on our newsroom wall, and as a team it is a concept we hold dear. We can't always publish a story, but we can always listen and give everyone's story the respect and attention it deserves.