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MELFORT— A power line failure resulted in a tree fire in the alley behind 1st Avenue South. At 12:30 am on July 15, the Melfort Fire Department was dispatched to the tree fire.

The 49th Annual Back to Batoche Days will be held Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, July 21.

A number of aspiring Joey Chestnuts were on hand in North Battleford Wednesday at the Gold Eagle Casino Hot Dog Eating Championship. The event coincided with National Hot Dog Day across the country.

Saskatchewan RCMP say a fatal fire has occurred in Cochin. On Sunday, July 14, at approximately 4 a.m., Battlefords RCMP were dispatched to a structure fire in the community of Cochin.

Opposition leader Ryan Meili was back in the Battlefords again Monday for a busy day of meetings and community functions.

The Ministry of Advanced Education has not renewed the registration of the Saskatoon School of Horticulture Inc. for 2019-20 and has directed the school to cease operation as a Category I school in Saskatchewan.

Country Thunder Music Festivals says they currently reviewing the complaint and comments that appeared in a media release issued by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations earlier this week, “We certainly welcome open dialogue and communicatio

RCMP say that as a result of the forensic autopsy conducted Tuesday, the human remains discovered outside of North Battleford last week are confirmed to be Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere.

MELFORT—The Melfort detachment of the RCMP is asking for assistance identifying a suspect connected to a stolen debit card in an incident that took place in Melfort on July 6.

Second quarter statistics are in for the Battlefords RCMP detachment and while overall calls for service are up, many crime categories are seeing noticeable declines. Statistics were presented by the newly installed RCMP Insp.