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New federal legislation to create a Canadian Victims Bill of Rights is being welcomed by Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz.

The board of directors of North West Terminal Ltd. has announced positive financial results for the company after its first three months of operations in 2013-14. For the period beginning Nov. 1, 2013 and ending Jan.

There were just over 20 calls for service placed to Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Tuesday, April 8 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, April 9. Among those calls were six traffic related complaints, two false alarms and two false/nuisance 911 calls.

Further details have become known about the victim of the fatal house fire in North Battleford on Friday afternoon. The 36-year-old deceased victim is Isabelle Armstrong of Mosquito First Nation.

Monday at their regular meeting Battleford town councillors received a building permit for April indicating two new homes to be built plus a $6.7 million metal tank fabrication plant. Leading Manufacturing Group Inc.

Your vote is your voice! We are one week away from the byelection to fill one seat on City Council. If you can't make it to the polls on April 16th, vote in advance polls Wednesday, April 9, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

One of four people to escape the Drumming Hill Youth Centre April 4 has been caught and sentenced to secure custody.

Two individuals appeared in provincial court this week in connection to shooting incidents that happened in North Battleford on the weekend.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 30 calls for service between 6 a.m. Monday, April 7 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, April 8. Those calls included three false alarms, three traffic related complaints and one false/nuisance 911 call. Monday 6:44 a.m.

Could Saskatchewan's early settlers build energy efficient homes? Were the materials they needed readily available? Are there lessons about energy efficiency we can learn from the buildings of our past? The North Battleford Western Development Museum