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The National Council of Veteran Associations in Canada last month called for dramatic action amidst what it called a “perfect storm” of existing backlogs and COVID-19.

A familiar face in Northwest politics made a political comeback in the municipal elections on Monday. Indeed, former Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz has been elected reeve of the rural municipality of Mervin.

One hundred and two years ago, on November 11th at 11 a.m., an Armistice agreement ended the First World War.

McKitrick School Principal Amanda Risling has shared the school’s Remembrance Day Ceremony in North Battleford with the News-Optimist. She says, “Due to Covid we had to do things different.

There aren’t many veterans around anymore to tell the story of what went on during World War II, but one of them lives here in North Battleford. Her name is Pat Hargrave, who will be 98 next February.

The small community of Rosières-en-Santerre in France has a unique connection to Paynton, Saskatchewan. The French town is the final resting place for one of the many individuals from Paynton who died during the Great War.

Snow clearing of the streets is not letting up in North Battleford, not even for the Remembrance Day holiday.

Mayoral candidate Lois Laing has extended her congratulations to Mayor-elect David Gillan and the other winners in the election in North Battleford.

It was an exciting and perhaps even a surprising election night for David Gillan and his supporters Monday.

An Onion Lake man arrested by the North Battleford RCMP gang unit was sent to prison. Lyndon Belly, 34, pleaded guilty in Lloydminster Provincial Court to charges of resisting arrest and possession of cocaine.