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Seventy-seven-year-old Gordon Yarde of Battleford was ordained recently as a vocational deacon in the Anglican Church. He is a member of the Battle River Parish, which is made up of St. Paul's in North Battleford and St.

Council notes

A ribbon cutting Tuesday marked the changes coming to the North Battleford Public Transit system. A new bus and an expanded route will offer an enhanced system with more stops and shorter ride times for most riders.

The Humboldt & District Chamber of Commerce hosted an election forum at the Bella Vista Inn on Mar. 22. The chamber has hosted a number of forums in the past at all three levels of government, municipal, provincial and federal.

With the voting age in Canada being 18-years-old, politicians are not worried about what students are thinking when it comes to election issues. But thanks to Student Vote, Saskatchewan students are making their voices heard for the 2016 election.

The National Congress on Rural Education was not only a beneficial experience for those in the education field.

A long-awaited new hotel development in North Battleford took the next step towards reality Monday at City Hall. A service agreement has been hammered out between city officials and Terracap Management Inc.

Try as they might, the panhandling situation in downtown North Battleford is not going away. Attempts to address that issue were a major item in the monthly report of City Community Safety Co-ordinator Herb Sutton to council Monday.

To answer the question of every frustrated driver in North Battleford: yes, everyone at City Hall is aware of how bad the pothole situation is. The amount of potholes have become a familiar topic at city council meetings and it was again Monday.

There has been another adjournment in the case against Harold (Harry) Weiss, the truck driver accused of impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death in connection to a fatal Feb. 23 collision in North Battleford.