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The Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Review Committee is getting a name change. At a meeting of North Battleford city council Monday, approval was given to change the name to the North Battleford Community Safety Committee.

By Lisa Joy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Curtis Robert Cozart was only 30 when he was found hanging by a blue bed sheet wrapped around his neck and tied to the doors of his cell at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary on May 23, 2017.

It will be known Thursday night who the candidate for the Saskatchewan Party will be in the Battlefords in the 2020 provincial election. The Saskatchewan Party will pick their nominee for the Battlefords at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts.

UPDATE: The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has now assumed responsibility for the investigation into a missing Humboldt male – 20-year-old Allan Douglas Garrioch.

Aspiring bird-watchers will be interested in a workshop beginning this weekend on learning to identify birds. It is titled the Intermediate Bird ID Workshop and is put on by the Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas. It takes place Feb 29 from 10 a.m.

By Lisa Joy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The case against a Calgary man charged with the murder of a Saskatchewan man has been adjourned while lawyers wait for disclosure. Fayiah (Victor) Braima, 23, appeared in Calgary provincial court Feb.

EAST CENTRAL — Jonathan Driedger, vice-president with LeftField Commodity Research, said the coronavirus is leading to uncertainty in markets for producers. Driedger discussed this in a lecture to producers on Feb.

A female youth reported that she was outside of the Craik School Feb.y 25 at approximately 4 p.m. when an adult male in a white vehicle approached her and asked if she needed a ride.

Over the weekend Saskatchewan RCMP responded to two fatal snowmobile incidents: At 8:55 p.m. on February 21, 2020, Outlook RCMP responded to a report of a single snowmobile collision in the RM of Fertile Valley.

Submitted Over the weekend, Saskatchewan RCMP responded to two fatal snowmobile incidents. At 8:55 p.m. on Feb. 21, Outlook RCMP responded to a report of a single snowmobile collision in the RM of Fertile Valley.