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NIPAWIN — Brian Starkell, Nipawin’s fire chief, has been named an ambassador of the Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association. The new appointment, made at the organization’s annual meeting in Nova Scotia on Aug.

The Biggar and District Health Centre’s Emergency Department hours of operation are being temporarily adapted to account for available physician resources over the coming months.

Plans regarding the future development of Battleford’s Town Hall are one step closer to materializing.

Ian Anderson, President and CEO of Trans Mountain Corporation, issued the following statement on the now-Crown corporation’s website on Aug. 22 regarding the resumption of construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

A contract has been formally awarded for a Joint Recreation Master Plan between the City of North Battleford and Town of Battleford.

On Thursday, Aug. 22 at 9:10 p.m., the Battlefords Municipal GIS Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act warrant at a residence on the 1600 block of 101st Street in North Battleford.

A decision on a controversial request-for-proposals for towing services has been tabled until the Sept. 9 meeting of North Battleford city council.

A report into the state of the crosswind runway at Cameron McIntosh Airport is recommending the runway stay officially closed until it has been rehabilitated.

EAST CENTRAL — Producers in the province now have two per cent of the 2019 crop combined, up from less than one per cent last week, but behind the five-year (2014-18) average of nine per cent. The Aug.

HUMBOLDT — A local business is a finalist in two categories in the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce ABEX awards.