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From the last Friday of October to November 11, tens of millions of Canadians wear a bright red poppy as a visual pledge to never forget.

A flag raising at North Battleford City Hall proclaimed the week of Oct. 21 as World Polio Week on behalf of the Rotary Club of the Battlefords. Rotary International has contributed $1.

EAST CENTRAL — Enrolment for the North East School Division (NESD) has dropped by 59 students, which could reduce funding from the province by around $130,000. On Sept. 30, 2018, the NESD had 4,943 students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12.

A water service tie-in is happening Oct. 31 for the new Red Pheasant development on the city’s east side. The City of North Battleford Water Works Department with Gee Bee Construction will be performing the service tie-in.

Crescent Point accounts for 39.3 per cent of drilling in Saskatchewan

Communities of Estevan and Coronach will get to decide how to use $10 million allocated by the provincial government for coal transition. Premier Scott Moe announced the creation of a fund in the throne speech Oct. 23.

Reprinted from Kamloops Matters / Glacier Media The BC SPCA is warning dog owners about the dangers of travelling with your furry friend unsecured in pickup trucks after a seven-month-old German shepherd lost a leg in Williams Lake.

Video has surfaced of a disturbing encounter between a woman and staff at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Burnaby. Posted to Facebook on Monday by Allen Tseng, the racially charged encounter begins with a woman yelling at staff for speaking Chinese.

Addressing gang violence in the Battlefords is the number one priority of the Battlefords RCMP detachment. That was the message from the detachment’s commanding officer Insp. Tom Beck at a meeting of North Battleford city council Monday, Oct. 28.

A unit the RCMP is calling the Street Enforcement Team arrested several people Saturday evening, charging them with a variety of crimes relating to drugs and a weapon. The following statement was released Tuesday: On Saturday, Oct.