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TISDALE — Tisdale resident Ellen Burgess received the Volunteer of the Year Lifetime Achievement award at the 39th annual Tisdale Appreciation Night.

Saskatchewan Agriculture – Despite the challenging and difficult harvest, Saskatchewan producers now have 93 per cent of the crop combined. Harvest operations may continue in parts of the province as weather and field conditions permit.

Street names won't be changed

The McKitrick School kindergarten class, which will be graduating in 2032, was taken on a field trip to the North Battleford fire station by the Rotary Club of the Battlefords on Nov. 15.

Battleford town council has given its approval to funding for Concern for Youth. The request was for $8,000, the same as last year, and council unanimously voted in favour of the funding for 2020.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin has adopted its first risk management strategy to control, minimize and manage the risks town workers face.

The Empty Stocking Fund held its annual kickoff Beef on a Bun event at Third Avenue United Church to kick off its 2019 campaign. City Councillor Kent Lindgren was one of those on hand to enjoy lunch.

A Loon Lake man recently pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking under The Wildlife Act and received a total of $6,300 in fines in Loon Lake provincial court.

In Qujing in the southwest province of Yunnan in China, marijuana is classified as a dangerous narcotic. Unlike in Canada where prohibition was reversed in October 2018, cannabis possession in China is strictly punished.

100 Women Who Care the Battlefords met on Thursday, Nov. 14 to hear presentations from community groups applying for a donation from them and select a winning entry.