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Replacement of the CT scanner at the Battlefords Union Hospital began Aug. 8. Installing the new machine, along with renovations to the CT room, is expected to take six weeks. Sept. 18 is the planned date for the new CT scanner to be operational.

It was intense, wet, and fun filled for the 1st Westminsiter Scouts group as they took in the 2017 Canadian Scout Jamboree from July 8-15 at Camp Nedooae, Elderbank, N.S.

North Battleford Fire Department responded to the North Saskatchewan River 1:15 p.m. Thursday to rescue an individual who appeared to have jumped into the river and was spotted by three canoers.

Effective Aug. 1, Brenda Vickers is Living Sky School Division's new director of education/CEO. Vickers' previous role was the division’s superintendent of human resources for the past six years.

A case of vandalism on the walls of the Nibwakawigamig Kinistin Education Centre has the Tisdale RCMP asking for the public’s help. Numerous profanities were spray-painted to the wall of the school July 14.

2017 Capital Works Weekly Update

Fundraising efforts for the 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games received a welcome boost recently with the announcement of a Diamond Sponsor. Pattison Agriculture Ltd.

If someone’s mother tongue isn’t English in the Northeast, it’s most likely to be Cree. Yet Tagalog, the Philippines’ national language, is growing at a rapid rate. According to 2016 Census data released Aug.

Released on August 3, 2017 Harvest is underway for some producers in the south, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.