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Six years after the Atoskewin Success Centre opened in North Battleford, it certainly is living up to its name.

This is a time of transition for Indigenous people.

EAST CENTRAL — On-time graduation rates for First Nations and Métis (FNMI) dropped in the North East School Division for for the 2018-19 year, but remain higher than the provincial average.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s proposed 2020 budget is suggesting that council approve spending $1.8 million to complete work at Centennial Park. The proposed budget, which will be discussed by council at a special meeting on Dec. 9, will have more than $16.

HUMBOLDT — A tradition of giving continued as the Humboldt Good Neighbour Store disbursed $300,000 to 44 local charities and non-profits. Since 1992, the store has given away almost $3.46 million.

The Saskatchewan government announced Monday it is bringing in legislation aimed at modernizing the jury selection process and encouraging increased participation in the province.

Submitted by Saskatchewan Lotteries Raymond Mac Knott had to count the words on his ticket twice — and get a third count from a friend — before he realized that he’d won $100,000 on his Crossword Multiplier ticket.

The Rotary Club of the Battlefords made an announcement Monday that could only be described as out of this world. At their regular meeting Monday at the Blend Restaurant, the Rotary Club confirmed that Canadian astronaut Col.

On Nov. 29 at approximately 2:30 p.m., Melfort RCMP received the report of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 6, north of Naicam. A pick-up truck traveling south crossed into the lane of an air seeder traveling north.

On Nov. 30, at approximately 10:55 a.m., Pelican Narrows RCMP responded to the report of a house fire on Morin Road in Pelican Narrows. The house was fully engulfed in flames when officers arrived on scene.