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Lakeland College alumnus Margaret Page has been elected second vice-president of Toastmasters International, the world’s largest global organization dedicated to communication and leadership skills development.

St. Peter’s School brought a band program to their school six years ago and, although it has changed and expanded over time, the program has now become a mainstay in the school.

Overall calls for service to RCMP from Battleford residents, compared to last year, are largely consistent, according to S/Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt. Woolfitt gave a presentation about Battleford's calls for service at Monday's town council meeting.

Battleford Director of Finance/Deputy Chief Administrative Officer David Gillan spoke briefly about the Town's 2018 budget and how it’s coming along so far at council Monday.

The former sewage treatment plant in North Battleford is likely to be torn down. The news came at the City’s planning committee meeting Oct. 15. The old facility is located on the hill right below the Don Ross Centre near Highway 4.

NORTHEAST — The North East School Division is changing some policy wording with the legalization of cannabis, but from a student’s perspective nothing will change.

A tractor worth around $150,000 stolen from an implement dealer in Avonlea was recovered by the Humboldt-Lanigan RCMP on a farm property between Annaheim and Spalding. Cst.

Media tour precedes public tours that start Monday

North Battleford will end 2018 far ahead of last year’s building permit values totals. That was confirmed Monday from numbers presented at the City’s planning committee meeting.

The Horizon School Division will be using its own money to buy a portable for Wadena Elementary School. The portable is still in the engineering stage, but is expected to cost in the neighbourhood of $300,000.