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A small amount of cash was stolen during an armed robbery of a food retail business on 100th Street Oct. 27 at about 11 p.m.

The first snowy weekend of the fall saw plenty of collisions on city streets in the Battlefords.

The newly-elected member of the legislative assembly for the Battlefords, Herb Cox, might be forgiven if he felt a lot like Robert Redford's character in "The Candidate.

More awards were heaped upon three brave people last week. Const. Darryl Ness of the Humboldt RCMP, former RCMP Const.

The re-election hopes of the NDP's Len Taylor literally hit the Wall Monday. The Battlefords became part of Premier Brad Wall's massive Saskatchewan Party landslide win in the provincial election.

A moose had to be destroyed after it collided with a small car near St. Gregor last week. At 7:11 p.m. on October 25, emergency crews from Humboldt were called to what was reported as a single vehicle collision on Hwy. 5 near St. Gregor.

It was a teary-eyed, successful Saskatchewan Party candidate who thanked his campaign workers and made a special call to his mom Monday night to tell her he'd won the Battlefords constituency election.

The Battlefords Union Hospital received a major funding announcement Friday with the news Innovation Credit Union will be funding another HD laparoscopic tower.

With 2,116 votes Herb Cox, Sask. Party candidate in the Battlefords, has been declared elected. Incumbent Len Taylor pulled in 1,447 and Liberal leader Rayan Bater sat at 515 when the call was made. The Green Party's Owen Swiderski had 63 votes.

Herb Cox, Saskatchewan Party 1,378 *Len Taylor, NDP 906 Ryan Bater, Liberal Party 312 Owen Swiderski, Green Party 43