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Despite the occasional cold snap, the start of summer seems to have begun and with it, the season of burgers and barbeques.

Thanks to the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative that was started in 2010, patients are close to waiting no more than three months for a surgery.

Saskatchewan artist Monique Martin, who put together the new printmaking exhibit, Repetition, at the Humboldt Gallery, came to town on May 21 to talk about the exhibit as well as her own work, which is also displayed.

A new exhibit at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina (RSM) is educating people on the importance of bees when it comes to pollination in Saskatchewan.

An author with a name familiar to the area has released a book, Consider the Sunflowers , that draws heavily from her family history and Mennonite roots.

Guilty pleas have been entered by an individual charged in a police chase incident that took place in the RM of Battle River March 6.

Three individuals have been arrested and charged with a break and enter at Remedy’s Pharmacy in Battleford June 3. Arrested are Andre Jacques, Tamara Machiskinic and Vance Machiskinic.

The man charged with manslaughter in connection to a suspicious death on Moosomin First Nation over the past weekend made another brief appearance in provincial court in North Battleford Wednesday.

More recognition has come to North Battleford product W. Brett Wilson this week.

Prairie North Health Region has announced a balanced budget for 2015-16, despite challenges of a “difficult fiscal year ahead.” Board members from Prairie North Regional Health Authority approved an operating budget of $278.