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The long-awaited expansion to Gold Eagle Casino is due to move forward later this month. That was confirmed to reporters Thursday afternoon by Kelly Atcheynum, general manager of the casino in North Battleford.

Law enforcement agencies plan to step up enforcement of speeding in the month of July. That is the word from SGI who say police will be watching for those exceeding the speed limit throughout the province during the month.

North Battleford RCMP received more than40 calls for service between 6 a.m. Friday, July 4 and 6 a.m.

More 60 calls for service/occurrences were reported to North Battleford RCMP over a 48-hour period from 6 a.m. Saturday, July 5 to 6 a.m. Monday, July 7.

The Canadian Red Cross and Saskatchewan credit unions have announced cash donations to help Saskatchewan residents devastated by recent disasters will be accepted at participating Saskatchewan credit unions from July 4-25.

The case against Adelia Kaminsky returns to provincial court in August. Kaminsky's matters came up in court for the first time Monday afternoon. The case has been adjourned to Aug. 12, at 10 a.m.

The backlog in transporting grain on the railroads was a factor in the cooling down the performance of North West Terminal Ltd. for the first six months of operations in 2013-14.

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On July 6, 2014 at approximately 7 a.m 58-year-old Wally Giesbrecht of Elrose left a local hotel on the Highway 16 Bypass in North Battleford to go for a walk.

RCMP are requesting the public to respect the privacy of the familyof two people who died in a vehicle crash near Maidstone recently. Friday, June 27 at approximately 12:30 p.m.