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The legislative assembly chambers, home of debates and Question Period, may have the highest profile, but it is at the committees where much of the real work happens behind the scenes in the legislature.

It was a sad final day of the fall legislative sitting Wednesday, Nov. 30. The news had broken that Roger Parent, MLA for Saskatoon Meewasin, had died of cancer in hospital.

Book focuses on most of the negatives of the oil industry

Council notes

North Battleford is ushering in training for high school students looking at potential careers in firefighting and emergency services.

Fire razes Turtleford elevator

This Christmas just got a little bit warmer for children in Battlefords Early Childhood Intervention Program.

City residents can once again expect to see increases in their property taxes and water and sewer rates. The 2017 draft budget was presented at North Battleford city hall Wednesday night, which included administration's proposed tax increases.

North Battleford council has now started the ball rolling towards a new code of ethics. A council code of ethical conduct bylaw was introduced at council Monday.

City council heard Monday from a local cheerleading club that was seeking a zoning amendment in order to operate.