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OTTAWA, May 2, 2019 /CNW/ - Update - This notice has been updated to include three additional cases of illness that have been reported in the ongoing outbreak investigation. In total, there are 76 cases reported across seven provinces.

Thursday at 3 p.m., North Battleford Fire Department responded to the intersection of Territorial Drive and Carlton Trail for a two-vehicle collision. RCMP, EMS and city bylaw personnel were also on scene.

MELFORT — A new second stage shelter will give domestic violence survivors a place to stay for a longer period of time after they’ve spent the maximum amount of time at the emergency shelter.

Drug laws have enticed cannabis users toward legal products, although the laws of economics continue to affect prices regardless of legality. The News-Optimist recently asked local legal cannabis retailers some pricing questions.

The Battlefords Wildlife Federation says it is excited about a new program it is establishing. BWF members are going to be raising and releasing pheasants into the wild with the help of 10 schools. The program will begin with 360 pheasant eggs.

Every year on April 28, Canada marks the National Day of Mourning to honour workers killed or injured on the job.

TISDALE — If community members see more RCMP officers sitting out by stop signs, it’s not by chance. In mid-April the Tisdale detachment spent a week focused on stop signs in particular.

GUERNSEY — Humboldt-Lanigan RCMP are looking into two cases of vandalism in Guernsey. Police learned of the first one on April 8. A mirror was torn off the driver’s side of a black Ford truck parked in a resident’s property.

LANIGAN — Two trailers were stolen from a business in Lanigan. The thefts are believed by Humboldt-Lanigan RCMP to have taken place between April 7 and April 8.

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt RCMP are trying to track down two dangerous and reckless ATV drivers that drove through the city in the night. The two men drove the ATVs between the hours of 11 pm and around 1:30 am April 19 and 20.