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The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has reversed plans to hold a chamber-members-only all-candidates forum. ”The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Federal Election ‘All Candidates Forum’ OPEN to the public.

Town council in Battleford has indicated they want to see some response to complaints they received about properties on 28th Street in Battleford. Council passed a resolution Oct.

EAST CENTRAL — Many producers were able to return to the field last week and 55 per cent of the crop is now in the bin. The Oct. 1 to 7 crop report said the five-year (2014-18) average for this year of year is 82 per cent.

The Battleford lagoon upgrade project is now officially underway. A sod-turning ceremony took place at the site Oct.

UPDATED: The noted vehicle has been located by police. A suspect has been identified and remains at large. Charges are pending. If you have information related to this advisory please call 9 1 1 or 310-RCMP.

Reprinted from the Mountain View Cassette / Glacier Media / By Craig Lindsay DIDSBURY – The town of Didsbury was once again the site of a major Hollywood movie production as it stood in for Quincy, Wyo. for a movie called Land.

Snow hit much of the southern prairies on Tuesday, October 8 and covered Alberta’s southern foothills. The storm stretched into Saskatchewan then progressed into Manitoba on Wednesday.

The week of Oct. 6-12, 2019, has been proclaimed Fire Prevention Week in the City of North Battleford, and a typical high point of the week is the annual noon-hour beef on a bun held Wednesday, Oct. 9 at the fire hall.

The Town of Battleford is hoping to have its operating and capital budgets presented in November and done by mid-December.

EAST CENTRAL — The mayors of Melfort, Nipawin and Tisdale gathered at a farm in the RM of Tisdale to sign a proclamation dictating October to be Agriculture Month.