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The Horizon School Division is close to meeting the province’s literacy goals. By 2020, the education ministry wants 80 per cent of the province’s Grade 3 students reading and writing at grade level – or exceeding it.

NIPAWIN — The town will be signing a co-operation and communication protocol with the Cumberland House Cree Nation. “This is a new initiative.

Tuesday, Sept. 18 all three Discovery Co-op gas bars in the Battlefords, will be celebrating “Fuel Good” Day. For every litre of fuel purchased that day, from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m., $0.06 will be donated to Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation.

Individuals face many challenges at all ages. Throughout all the challenges in life, the most difficult is burying a child. It happens and it happened to the Duhaimes of Meota three years ago when Cody Duhaime took his own life.

St.Walburg RCMP notifed motorists at 8:40 p.m. Saturday evening that Highway 26, 18 km north of St.Walburg, would be closed for several hours. The RCMP and emergency services were at the scene of a two-vehicle injury collision.

It was an important and necessary step. And after years of wishing and waiting, Futuristic Industries has a new home to call their own.

Ten people were transported to hospital late Friday afternoon with undetermined injuries after a semi-tractor/trailer unit hauling grain collided with a bus carrying crew workers at the intersection of Highways 21, 31 and 51, on the northwest edge of

The individual arrested in connection to a shooting incident on Moosomin First Nation will make his next court appearance Sept. 24 by closed-circuit TV. Jonathan Swiftwolfe appeared briefly in North Battleford provincial court Wednesday by CCTV.

NORTHEAST — The federal and provincial governments will be paying two-thirds of the cost to upgrade Carrot River, Arborfield and Tobin Lake’s water treatment systems.

Developing leaders is a major focus this year for Humboldt Public School.