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If you were travelling the roads of Saskatchewan this past weekend, you may have encountered one of several SGI High Visibility Enforcement Check Stops set up around the province.

A speeder has been fined $921 and had their vehicle impounded for seven days after being clocked at 141 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on Highway 16/Highway 40.

For most third-quarter crime statistics in North Battleford, the trend is going in the right direction — down. That is the indication from the numbers submitted Monday to city council by the Battlefords RCMP detachment.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced the arrival of a new physician to serve the residents of Unity and surrounding area. Dr.

North Battleford’s newest hotel has earned a national award. Choice Hotels Canada announced the national winners of the APEX awards (Awards for Property Excellence) at the 2018 Choice Hotels Canada fall conference in Niagara Falls, Ont.

The Safety Acceptance Guidance Empowerment committee has received what North Battleford Community Safety Co-ordinator Herb Sutton describes as “initial confirmation” of $51,000 in funding from Indigenous Services Canada towards “multi-government stee

An election has been made with respect to the charges against Tristan Pinder in connection to a shootout with RCMP near Highway 16 in April. Pinder has consented to committal of all of his charges to Queen’s Bench Court in Battleford.

NORTHEAST —The federal government will enact a carbon tax in Saskatchewan – despite the provincial government’s objections. Fred Bradshaw, MLA for Carrot River Valley, said he’s not seeing how the federal government’s announcement made on Oct.

The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour has elected a LeRoy resident who works at the Humboldt and District Hospital as its next president. Lori Johb was given the nod for the job Oct. 27 during the federation’s convention.

While the public might or might not have noticed, Battlefords RCMP have changed the way they report incidents to local media over the past couple years.