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Ron Braun has been hired as the construction site co-ordinator for the first Habitat for Humanity project in the Battlefords.

A stabbing victim was treated at Battlefords Union Hospital early Thursday, Oct. 22, according to Battlefords RCMP The police responded at approximately 4:20 a.m. to report of a man suffering from stab wounds.

Two men are dead after a helicopter crashed on an island in the North Saskatchewan River north of Paynton Thursday, Oct. 22. RCMP say the crash was reported at around 2 p.m. Dead are the 55-year-old pilot from Campbell River, B.C.

S/Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt presented the quarterly crime statistics to the Battleford town council Monday, reporting calls for service basically remain the same compared to 2014.

Coun. Roger Nordick learned a lot from the 2015 National Communities in Bloom Competition in Kamloops, B.C. He is head of the Communities in Bloom committee for Humboldt and attended the event with his wife, Shelia.

With the graveling of 5th Ave. by the post office, work on that section is done until it is paved next summer. Peter Bergquist with the city said the water main and repaving plan originally included part of 7th St.

It is a plan that is still a few years off, but the Humboldt city council is looking towards planning for a new multiplex. The development plan in 2009 for Centennial Park included the school and development around the park.

With many reports of collisions with moose (and to a lesser extent, deer), the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) is trying to keep everyone safe with its 19th annual Moose on the Loose campaign.

In honour of Disability Employment Awareness Month, Humboldt’s Chamber of Commerces luncheon on Oct. 15 featured Joy McKinnon from the Support Employment Transition Initiative to celebrate the launch of the new Employlink website.

No one wants to get sick while they travel, and with some countries that is easier said than done. Dr.