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It's been close to five years since the provincial government decided to reduce surgical wait times, but the end is nigh, as is success. The province is continuing to boost surgical capacity to meet the demand all across the province.

Sometimes, old buildings just have to come down. "These decisions are never just spontaneously made at one meeting," said Mayor Malcolm Eaton. "It's a lengthy process and takes years to figure out.

It's not often you hear encouraging stories from the provincial court house in North Battleford. Too often, judges there wind up getting to know many accused individuals all too well because of the multiple times they return to face various charges.

North Battleford city council has moved ahead to deal with a long-standing bio-solids issue. Lystek International Inc.

The community had a chance to honour the selfless efforts of two individuals Friday night at the Dekker Centre. The annual banquet was held to honour the 2013 Citizen of the Year Jerry Wintonyk and the Junior Citizen of the Year Jonathan Neigum.

It appears that, at least for now, the Battlefords RCMP is not planning to switch full-time to a Regina call centre for all calls to the detachment. Inspector John Sutherland spoke about that issue at North Battleford city council Jan.

Rescue tools were used by the North Battleford Fire Department Thursday to help extricate a passenger in a vehicle involved in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of 100th Street and 19th Avenue.

School building officials from across Saskatchewan were in North Battleford last week for the 28th annual Conference for the Council of Educational Facility Planners International.

The City of North Battleford has drawn its latest winner of a $50 gift card as part of the Snow Angel program.

There were around 20 calls for service/occurrences reported by Battlefords RCMP between 6am Thursday and 7:20 am Friday. There were also two false alarms that police responded to and one false/nuisance 911 call. Thursday 8:24 a.m.