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Catholic Education Week

Methane emissions from upstream oil and gas production are significantly underestimated in Canada, according to a recently published study, confirming what researchers have been saying for years.

Light of Christ Catholic School division is reporting that for the week ending May 14 there were three positive cases reported in their schools.

From Crimestoppers, Battlefords RCMP needs your assistance to identify this female for using a stolen credit card to make several purchases at a cell phone business and food store in North Battleford on April 17.

The Saskatoon Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a vehicle believed to have been involved in a fatal collision last week. Police are seeking a blue, 2007 Jeep Compass.

Representatives of Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre were on hand for two separate flag-raisings in North Battleford and in Battleford on Monday morning, to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Week.

A warrant to hold for Michael MacKay was cancelled after his lawyer appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court May 17.

Meota News

Dr. Jeff Schoenau isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. He owns and operates a grain farm near Central Butte and has been working as a soil scientist for the University of Saskatchewan for 33 years.

The national group Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) says racial profiling of Indigenous people by police in Saskatchewan exists.