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Two Northwest School Division teachers and learning coaches, Susan Plant and Jennifer Dorval, have earned a Dr. Stirling McDowell research grant totalling just under $11,000 to fund a research project to be launched in the fall.

Re/Max of the Battlefords continues a 15-year partnership with the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation with a recent donation of $1,000.

She is inspired by her hometown. Noelle Nikas is designing a line of promotion items for Humboldt that will be sold at Brick House Clothing in the city. Nikas grew up in Humboldt.

The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority had a profitable year in 2011-12. Wednesday they announced revenues of $267.2 million and a profit of $81.8 million for the fiscal year. That is a 27 per cent increase over the previous year.

One person was sent to hospital following a collision on the southbound Battlefords Bridge Tuesday. According to North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services, the collision happened around 3:48 pm on Tuesday in the middle of the southbound bridge.

A graduation celebration on Pelican Lake First Nation has taken a tragic twist as Spiritwood RCMP investigate the death of a 23-year-old man.

The Prairie North Health Region announced in a recent press release that it has approved a balanced budget. The health region will be spending a total of over $260 million in 2012-13, representing a 6.98 per cent increase over last year's numbers.

Four members of the Battlefords RCMP Detachment are recipients of Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medals.

Motorcycle Ride for Dad will once again visit Blaine Lake June 16, as the cavalcade of motorcyclists travels along the highway to raise awareness and pledges for prostate cancer.

Should the old City Kinsmen Swimming Pool be destroyed or converted into a senior citizens' activity centre? Where might this extraordinary seniors' facility be located you may rhetorically ask? The old Kinsmen Swimming Pool should be converted to th