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The City of North Battleford shut down Water Treatment Plant No.1 Tuesday and has built a protective barrier in anticipation of a one-in-50-year flood on the North Saskatchewan River.

Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon has a shiny new piece of equipment, the first of its kind in Saskatchewan.

What can $6 million buy? It depends on who you ask, of course, but if you're curious, head east on Highway 5.

In many ways, carnivals are little more than illusions, brightly lit dreams bathed in summer sun. The trucks roll into town on a Thursday and are gone by Sunday.

Communities in Bloom in North Battleford is offering matching grants to encourage businesses to beautify with flowers and plants.

Landowners in the Riverbend area of Battleford have petitioned against overlay work planned for their streets for this year. The petition's validity should be determined by the next meeting of town council July 15.

The expected increase in North Saskatchewan River water flow was evident in the area around the Old Bridges and the Highway 16 bridge at noon today.

North Battleford City Councillor Ryan Bater had a chance to meet with the board of the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce June 18.

The first instalment (Spam law to affect virtually every business in Canada) looked at the effect of Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation on all forms of electronic messaging in the country.

Today at about 10 a.m. RCMP from Maidstone and Lloydminster Rural detachments were dispatched to the North Saskatchewan River as a report of an overturned Zodiac boat was viewed floating downstream on the river.