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The week of Feb. 2-8 was Archives Week in the province of Saskatchewan, and the North Battleford City Historic Archives once again came through with their 12th annual popular Archives Week exhibit. Their display “’20s in 2020,” ran Thursday, Feb.

Discovery Co-op announced Thursday they are imposing daily maximum fuel restrictions at their Cardlock locations “until further notice,” according to their Facebook page.

By Lisa Joy Local Journalism Initiative Reporter After being incarcerated in the maximum Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert since June 2012, Christopher (Chris) Andrew Van Camp was finally released on parole April 24, 2017.

By Lisa Joy Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The mother of an inmate who was murdered in his cell in Saskatchewan Penitentiary says she got answers about her son’s death during an eight-day trial, which was heard before a judge alone in Prince Al

TISDALE— James Wright, captain with the Tisdale Fire Department has returned from giving volunteer training to the San Luis Fire Department in Colombia.

The Water Security Agency has released the preliminary spring runoff outlook for 2020. Precipitation amounts are predicted to be near normal across the province for February, March, and April.

GUERNSEY — As a result of the derailment of a train carrying crude oil, the hamlet of Guernsey has been evacuated. There were 32 cars that derailed from the Canadian Pacific freight train east of the hamlet at around 6:15 a.m. on Feb. 6.

Released on February 6, 2020 Saskatchewan’s Family Day holiday weekend is a great time to give ice fishing a try with no licence required.

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt and District Museum is going to get an extra pair of hands to help catalogue and photograph the items that memorialize the Humboldt Broncos collision.

CARROT RIVER — A body discovered in a rural area north of Airdrie, Alta. has been preliminarily identified by the Calgary Police as a Carrot River man. Sheldon Wolf was reported missing in the late afternoon of Feb. 3.