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An investigation is under way into an early-morning structure fire on the 1400 block of 104th Street in North Battleford. North Battleford Fire Department was dispatched to the scene around 4 am Sunday, Jan. 29.

In keeping with the upward trend of previous years, calls for service, criminal code and property offences are on the rise, reports the RCMP. At Battleford's regular town council meeting Monday, Jan. 23, Sgt.

The possibility of raising revenue from selling naming rights to City of North Battleford arenas came up for discussion at Monday night’s council meeting.

North Battleford is moving forward towards getting started with their Assessment and Taxation Review Committee in 2017. That was confirmed at their regular council meeting Monday.

There will be an extra $2 million to hire teachers for the North East School Division. At a board meeting Jan.

Battlefords RCMP responded to approximately 35 new occurrences between 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 and 6 a.m. Friday Jan. 27. Thursday, Jan. 26 10:40 a.m. - Report of a hit and run in the Cochin area. Minor damage done to a vehicle that was parked.

The provincial government has confirmed in a news release that Yorkton MLA and Rural and Remote Health Minister Greg Ottenbreit has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

The Rural Municipality of Sherwood in southern Saskatchewan has yet again become an example of what not to do in dealing with municipal conflicts of interest.

The RM of Barrier Valley focused on employee pay and a shortage of police officers at its December council meeting. After a closed session at its Dec.

North Battleford city councillors vented at length at Monday’s meeting about the transformational change discussions going on in the province.