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Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation has announced Fisher’s Drug Store – PharmaChoice is continuing their $1,500 bronze sponsorship towards Family Day at the 2019 Festival of Trees.

This was the scene at Fort Battleford on Wednesday evening as consultants from Group2 Architecture were on hand for an open house and public engagement session on the Town Hall/Opera House project.

The Festival of Trees event is coming up again and Gold Eagle Casino has signed on once more as a diamond sponsor in the amount of $10,000.

The Battlefords Boys & Girls Club is one of 10 Canadian respite charities up for a possible $125,000 in a nationwide philanthropic contest.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s concentration of lead is well below the maximum acceptable level, but there are concerns about older homes that still use lead pipes to draw from the city’s system.

EAST CENTRAL — Beginning in April 2020, the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority will accept applications for cannabis retail permits in Saskatchewan communities with populations less than 2,500.

As expected, dates have been set for preliminary hearings for two individuals charged with the first degree murder in July of Mark Douglas Jonson in North Battleford.

MELFORT — Those wanting to start a liquor retail store in Melfort have the chance to bid for a permit – online. For the first time, the provincial government is auctioning off a number of liquor permits online through McDougall Auctioneers.

Submitted Best-selling, award-winning author Marion Mutala has penned her 11th book. My Dearest Dido: The Holodomor Story is a haunting account of the innocent victims of Stalin’s vicious regime known as the Holodomor.

What’s in a name? Another long-established local law firm has decided to ditch the names of the partners in its branding by going with a new regionally-focused title.