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Some minor changes have been approved for leisure services rates and fees in North Battleford for 2020.

It has been announced that the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has been named a Top Saskatchewan Employer for the third year in a row. This designation is earned though Canada’s Top 100 Employers project.

As expected, the revised severe weather procedure at Living Sky School Division came back for a further tweak at their regular board meeting on Wednesday.

Increasing literacy skills of students in the Living Sky School System was a main topic of discussion at their board meeting on Monday.

WYNYARD — Wynyard RCMP has charged 57-year-old Gerard Loehr of Ottawa with five counts of sexual assault and six counts of sexual interference relating to incidents that occurred between 1990 and 1996.

By Lisa Joy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Many inmates don’t have health cards, identification and birth certificates when they’re released from prison, according to the Office of the Correctional Investigator’s Annual Report released Feb.

MELFORT — Melfort is the first community in the region to receive fibre-optic internet. As of Feb. 19, SaskTel is providing the service in certain parts of the city. They said they will eventually expand it for the entire city.

By Lisa Joy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Four Saskatchewan residents and one Ontario resident have been convicted in Ontario for unlawfully buying and selling bear gall bladders and paws.

PORCUPINE PLAIN — Saskatchewan’s oldest man, Cliff Olson, celebrated his 109th birthday in Porcupine Plain with cake and family. Born on Feb. 17, 1911, Cliff grew up nine miles west of Duval, farming with his three brothers and four sisters.

The issue of what North Battleford would do in the event of a pandemic was up for discussion at a Planning Committee meeting Tuesday.