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North Battleford council members have voted to support in principle to a natural learning space park in the city.

Here are some additional notes from the June 26 meeting of city council: Auditors from Holm Raiche Oberg presented the draft of the independent auditor’s report into the consolidated financial statements of the City of North Battleford.

The annual general meeting for the Battlefords Trade and Education Centre was much different this year. Wednesday’s meeting was the first AGM held at their newly-opened location at the Pfeifer Learning Centre on Railway Avenue and 105th Street.

It might be one of the Northeast’s larger schools, but Nipawin’s LP Miller Comprehensive’s graduating class of 64 has an emotional bond with each other. “Most of us have been going to school [together] since we were young.

Hein Financial Group of North Battleford decided to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a big donation to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation.

As expected, the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce submitted their official position on the proposed vacant-buildings subclass mill rate on Monday night. Council received a letter from chamber president Warren Williams dated June 22.

Despite the cool and dry conditions experienced so far, the majority of crops are in good to excellent condition, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report issued this week.

There has been progress on an issue that has been a bone of contention for North Battleford officials lately: the housing of provincial prisoners in city jail cells.

Submitted by the Canadian Crop Hail Association It's a race against time for many farmers in the central and northern regions of Saskatchewan and Manitoba as they desperately try to finish seeding before it's too late.

Time is neither positive or negative – it’s what you do with it that is. That was the core message of valedictorian Adam Meyers’ speech to the 91 graduates of Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate at June 29’s graduation ceremony.