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Two motor vehicles collided Wednesday on the eastbound lane of Highway 1, approximately five kilometres west of Moose Jaw. One person died as a result of this collision. Watch for detours as traffic had to be directed through the City of Moose Jaw.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce is marking Small Business Week, Oct. 20-26, with some breakfast presentations on the topic of taxes. “Taxes over Breakfast” will take place on Oct. 23, Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 of next week.

Each school year, Light of Christ Catholic Schools celebrates with an opening Mass. This year was no exception. The opening Mass was planned by Holy Family School staff for all staff throughout the school division.

At Canada Post in North Battleford Oct. 8, the Canada Post Community Foundation presented a donation of $6,000 to the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club.

Battleford Central School had a fundraiser recently for the Lights of Joy. They held their “hat day” fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 11, and raised $300, which will go towards sponsoring a tree in memory of their schoolmate Braxton Heck.

TISDALE — The Tisdale Kinsmen are looking into the implementation of a dog park in town — an initiative which currently has the support of Tisdale council.

Regina – Gary Mar, president and CEO of the Petroleum Services, says infrastructure is the key issue for the oilpatch in this upcoming federal election. He spoke to Pipeline News at the SIMSA Oil and Gas Supply Chain Forum in Regina on Oct. 3.

HUMBOLDT — A white bobcat skid steer loader was stolen from a business on the 1200 block of Humboldt’s Fourth Avenue. Humboldt RCMP said the theft took place between Oct. 11 and Oct. 15.

HUMBOLDT — Climate change, gun control, the economy and hate speech were just a few of the items touched on by the federal election candidates at a local all-candidates forum. Present at the Oct.

Multiple human bones found Oct. 2 by hunters near Cauchon Lake, about 90 kilometres southeast of Thompson past Pikwitonei, have been determined to be archeological in nature, RCMP say.