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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced another postponement to the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s induction ceremony in Battleford. The latest postponement is until May 2021.

The North Battleford Part-time Firefighters Association is reporting they raised over $3,000 in their second annual sandbag fundraiser.

The week of Aug 19-26 has been proclaimed Pride Week in North Battleford and a number of events are slated to happen over the coming week.

The City of North Battleford has released its 2019 Annual Report, which focused heavily on the administration efforts to right the financial ship over the past year.

The issue of getting rid of the ravens in the city limits of North Battleford got a little more complicated Monday night. Recently, the raven problem had been very prominent in the city, with the birds congregating around food and garbage.

It has been a bad summer for mosquitoes in the Battlefords and area, and city council members for the City of North Battleford want to learn more about it. To answer some of their questions, Monday they heard from Dr.

Building permits continue to climb in North Battleford — so much so, according to the latest numbers, that they are already ahead of last year’s permit values. For the year through June, the city has seen 59 permits for $11,860,378.

A 32-year-old Sweetgrass First Nation man charged with the second-degree murder of a North Battleford man had his Aug. 13 bail hearing adjourned.

By Helen Menssa Communications Chair NDCWL Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the national 100th year of the Catholic Women’s League annual convention being held in Montreal, Que., will be celebrated virtually.

Living Sky School Division and Light of Christ Catholic Schools have announced they will reopen at Level 2 of the provincial COVID-19 guidelines, which means masks will be part of plan In letters to parents, both divisions state the following mask pr