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HUMBOLDT — As a pet owner, there’s no worse feeling than not having your dog to greet you at home at the end of the day. For Virginia Bells, that was her family’s reality on Dec. 18 when their one-year-old St.

HUMBOLDT — Due to the extreme cold, there may be delays for home delivery of the East Central Recorder today in Humboldt. Carriers are being asked to use their best judgement and may deliver the paper in spurts so they can warm up.

Wednesday, Jan. 15, at approximately 10 p.m., Battlefords RCMP were called to a residence on the 1800 block of Trudeau street for a complaint of two males who were seen standing outside a residence with a long barrelled firearm.

The Prince Albert Police Service and the Prince Albert RCMP, together with other agency partners, have wrapped up a successful, seven-month investigation into illegal drug trafficking activity that led to the arrest of 11 people with connections to o

Charges have been laid in the homicide investigation of 28-year-old Sheena Marie Billette of La Ronge. Sheena was located seven kilometers north of La Ronge on Highway 102 on Dec. 23, 2019.

MELFORT— Brunswick School in Melfort has installed an automated external defibrillator (AED) due to fundraising efforts. An AED is a portable electronic device used in the event of a heart attack to re-establish an effective cardiac rhythm.

EAST CENTRAL — School will remain open within the Horizon School Division, but there’s a certain temperature when school buses stop running. “When we reach a temperature of -40°C, or -45°C with a wind chill, our buses are required to not run.

MELFORT— The Melfort Municipal Health Advocacy Committee has kicked off community fundraising for the Melfort STARS heliport, asking for both cash and in-kind donations.

UPDATE: Wednesday in Onion Lake, Joshua Albin Lecky-Harper was arrested. BACKGROUND: Meadow Lake RCMP is asking the public for their assistance in locating two suspects who fled from police on Jan. 4. On that day, at approximately 4:40 p.m.

There may be issues in other communities of councillors not showing up for meetings, but that cannot be said for Battleford. Town council had a good attendance record in 2019, according to numbers cited by Mayor Ames Leslie last week.