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Rosemarie Falk of Lloydminster is entering the Conservative Party’s nomination race to be the next Member of Parliament for Battlefords-Lloydminster.

For a four-person family with two adults and two children living in Nipawin, the amount needed to provide the basics – the living wage – is $15.17 per hour.

Three people have been charged after a traffic stop in Melfort revealed the presence of drugs, which was followed up by a search warrant of a residence where more drugs were found. At the traffic stop, conducted by Melfort RCMP Oct.

Oct. 6 A slow start by the Melfort Mustangs saw their Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League winning streak snapped at eight games as they fell 3-2 to the Estevan Bruins in Estevan on Oct. 6.

It was an eventful day Thursday for the leadership bid of Scott Moe in the Battlefords. The reason was because of the big news earlier about the cancellation of the Energy East pipeline project.

The fraud case against Susan Boyer, accused of defrauding Canada Post of cash money exceeding $5000, was back in provincial court Tuesday morning. However, it was only a brief appearance for counsel in the case as the matter was adjourned to Oct.

A Carrot River councillor has tendered his resignation. “Due to my new job, I am working away and unable to properly perform my duties that I was elected to perform,” said Aaron Dyck in a media release issued by the town Oct. 6.

Battlefords RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in locating Jordan Osecap, 26. He was last seen by members of his family on the early evening of Friday, Oct. 6 in the Cochin area.

A collision between a Ford F-150 and a semi-truck near Kelvington resulted in two deaths. At the junction of Highway #38 and Highway #49 Oct.

Police cracking down on distracted drivers in October; factor in 8,300 collisions last year