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NIPAWIN — The Town of Nipawin passed a new animal control bylaw requiring any owner of a dog or cat six months or older to obtain a town issued licence. This was passed with a number of other bylaws by the Nipawin council on Dec 10.

For local MLA Donna Harpauer, the highlight of 2018 was tabling her first budget as finance minister.

The price of a domestic stamp will rise to 90 cents from 85 cents on Jan. 14 in the first postage rate increase since 2014. According to CNW, using source information from Canada Post, postage rates rise on Jan.

A performance audit of the Carlton Trail College’s governance system is recommending the college recruit its board members in a more timely manner.

MELFORT— A new skate park, sidewalk improvements and upgrades to highway service roads were the highlights of 2018 for Melfort, said the city’s mayor.

UPDATE: Gregory Dubois has been found safe and sound in Regina. Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old who’s been missing since the end of November.

NIPAWIN — Partnerships were a big focus this past year for Nipawin’s mayor, which she calls “the underpinning of everything that we’re doing”.

The year 2018 was tremendous for construction activities in the Battlefords. Both Battleford and North Battleford saw spikes in building permits issued.

By Dan Kraus Senior Conservation Biologist Nature Conservancy of Canada People living in the northern hemisphere have brought trees and boughs into their homes during the winter for thousands of years.

UPDATE: As of Friday, RCMP continue to look for leads on the two suspects who robbed a store in North Battleford early Thursday morning. BACKGROUND: On Thursday at 1:28 a.m.