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Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili, along with MLA Vicki Mowat, were in North Battleford recently and sat down with the News-Optimist . Meili is a physician and has written books relating to health.

ARMLEY — Three months after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, a memorial to remember the fallen at the Armley Corner is still going strong – with no plans to remove it.

The Humboldt and District Hospital Foundation (HDHF) announced some new technology soon coming to Humboldt and District Hospital Complex.

Highway 14 east of Biggar was shut down for about seven hours Wednesday morning. According to Biggar RCMP, at approximately 3:40 a.m., a stolen vehicle was pursued by Saskatoon Police Service units out of the city on Highway 14.

TISDALE — Nick Gilder opened at Rockin’ the Square this year with his rock band, Sweeney Todd. This incarnation of Sweeney Todd has been together for more than ten years, but it’s not the first.

MELFORT — A new special needs transit policy will make it easier to transfer older residents to an open space in a long-term care facility using that vehicle instead of an ambulance.

Battlefords RCMP were called to a residence on the Red Pheasant First Nation shortly after midnight Wednesday to investigate a report of a man suffering a stab wound.

Battlefords RCMP are investigating a robbery the occurred shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the area of 17th Avenue and 96th Street in the city of North Battleford. Police say two men approached a third man sitting in a parked vehicle.

A recent report found the Battlefords-Lloydminster federal riding is in the top 20 of highest levels of child poverty, compared to 338 federal ridings.

A helicopter crashed Tuesday in the RM of Spy Hill. Unity RCMP responded to the report at about 8:15 a.m. along with Luseland Police Service, Luseland Fire Department, Unity Emergency Medical Services and SaskPower.