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The court has ordered a mental health evaluation for a Biggar man accused of assaulting three people with his vehicle, pointing a firearm at a person, escaping police custody and stealing a vehicle.

The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association plans to return after a pandemic-cancelled 2020 season, and North Battleford is scheduled to be their first stop back.

The end of the pandemic and the re-opening is something the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has been closely interested in.

An additional 10,195 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 480,910.

A recent announcement indicates the long process of relocating Highway 21 north, a discussion topic for the past four decades, will begin to move forward.

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Seeding is underway in Saskatchewan, with nine per cent of the 2021 crop now in the ground. This is ahead of the five-year average (2016-2020) of six per cent for this time of year.

A former eight-year CFL player and former Saskatchewan Roughriders is coming to the Battlefords. Eddie Steele is coming to the Battlefords as part of football and multi-sport workshops for kids ages 5-13 hosted by Liberty Athletics.

Light of Christ School Division has extended its congratulations to Mia Sieben, a John Paul II Collegiate student, on receiving two outstanding scholarships from the University of Alberta.

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