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Submitted by Saskatchewan Lotteries Susan Thatcher and Don Connolly were shocked when their LOTTO MAX ticket won $100,000 on the April 19 EXTRA draw. “I checked the ticket on the mobile app, and I was stunned,” said Connolly.

It was a lengthy prison sentence imposed on Tristan Pinder in Battleford Queen’s Bench Court on Thursday.

Saskatchewan Provincial Park campgrounds officially opened for the 2019 season Thursday and many Battlefords residents will be heading to the Battlefords Provincial Park for the long weekend.

Construction continues at a steady clip as the new Holiday Inn Express and Suites hotel moves towards completion in North Battleford.

MELFORT — Federated Co-ops Limited will be closing its feed plant in Melfort, resulting in the loss of 10 jobs. Operations will cease Aug. 15.

The original home of Scotty, the largest T.rex ever discovered, will roar back to life for the summer at the T.rex Discovery Centre beginning Saturday, May 18.

Significant seeding progress was made this past week as 38 per cent of the crop is now in the ground, ahead of the five-year average (2014-18) of 31 per cent for this time of year. Crops are slow to emerge due to cool conditions.

EAST CENTRAL — Significant seeding progress was made from May 7 to May 13 as 38 per cent of the crop is now in the ground, ahead of the five-year average (2014-18) of 31 per cent for this time of year. Crops are slow to emerge due to cool conditions.

REGINA – The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling out Ottawa for unfairly forcing some provinces, such as Saskatchewan, to pay a higher carbon tax than other provinces.

Two local students made their pitch for a city-wide plastic bags ban to North Battleford city council Monday.