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The Canadian Press Conservative MPs have voted against giving themselves the power to kick Andrew Scheer out as leader of the party, The Canadian Press has learned.

After receiving surgery to receive an epidural simulator in his spine, former Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki's family posted a video on Twitter of him learning to control his legs. The experimental procedure was performed in Thailand on Nov. 4.

Education was on the agenda for the opposition New Democrats in North Battleford Tuesday. They held an education town hall at the Western Development Museum, with leader Ryan Meili and opposition education critic Carla Beck in attendance.

The agreement signed earlier this year between North Battleford, Battleford and five area First Nations has earned all of them a first place Saskatchewan Municipal Award.

At approximately 6 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, Turtleford RCMP responded to an alarm at a business on Main Street in the community of Edam. Upon arrival on scene, it was observed that a suspect had attempted to break into the ATM.

Calgary – The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) released its 2020 Canadian Oilfield Services Activity Forecast on Oct. 31. PSAC expects a total of 4,500 wells (rig releases) to be drilled in Canada in 2020.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin council has passed third reading on a bylaw combining the minimum standards and nuisance abatement bylaw. According to Barry Elliott, Nipawin’s administrator, the town combined them to make “more sense” and be easier to manage.

A man stopped by Thompson RCMP on foot patrol in a bar was arrested for drugs after a small bag of cocaine fell out of his headwear while he was talking to them. Officers were in the Regal Beagle at the Burntwood Hotel around 12:25 a.m. Nov.

EAST CENTRAL — After seeing the results of a screening questionnaire aimed at detecting developmental delays in pre-Kindergarten children, the Horizon School Division has released a report calling for more robust pre-Kindergarten programs.

MELFORT — The City of Melfort is reassuring the public that an estimated less than one per cent of the 2,500 service connections in the city are at risk of containing lead.