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Long-time manager of North Battleford Transit, Al Love, was recognized by North Battleford council Monday on the occasion of his recent retirement.

If you had a magic wand, what one thing would you do to improve Saskatchewan? The TransformSK consultations came to Melfort on Dec. 8.

The Tisdale Carol Festival may be a long-time tradition, but for Leroy Bader , it was the first time he sang with the Tisdale Men’s Choir. Bader said he was happy with his performance at the Dec.

Warm vehicle? Check. Hot chocolate? Check. Christmas songs? Check. Winter Lights? Double check. The Winter Lights are back and bigger than ever in Nipawin. The first night, Dec. 2, kicked off with 365 cars driving through the regional park.

Melfort skateboarders, BMXers and scooter riders got a glimpse of a new 12,000 square foot skatepark that could be built in summer 2017.

Several committee appointments have been made at council Monday, but the big news was about a committee that was being disbanded. That was the Municipal Planning Commission, which had been set up years ago to provide feedback for planning decisions.

The full field of 16 men’s and women’s teams have been announced for the Meridian Canadian Open Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling event, which will be at the Civic Centre from Jan 3 to 8.

As expected, final reading took place this week on the City of North Battleford’s new code of ethics bylaw.

A couple of zoning amendment bylaws came before North Battleford city council Monday. One was a bit of housekeeping as a minor change was made to include the minimum side width in the bylaw.

With -20 C temperatures taking hold outside, it is obvious the temporary supply line won’t be supplying water from Battleford for too much longer. Fortunately, the new GE filtration system is close to coming online, which would allow the F.E.