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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.

Luseland native Jessica Sibley has earned a trio of awards presented at a recent awards banquet. A junior Syracuse Orange hockey player, Sibley recently earned the College Hockey America Scoring Trophy.

MAIDSTONE — The Maidstone RCMP are reporting 58 occurrences between March 20 and 26. Some of the most common calls received were related to traffic collisions, suspicious persons and theft (including break and enter).

The Battleford and District Parks and Recreation Board has been discussing the possibility of moving the Battleford Parade from its usual Friday-of-the-Handcraft-Festival slot to Canada Day. That would include moving the fireworks date as well.

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