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The RCMP, in partnership with SGI, will be conducting a traffic safety initiative known as High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) on Saskatchewan highways this upcoming weekend.

Awareness walk held Wednesday

As hockey, politics and surveillance companies use data to try to determine things about the world, data literacy is gaining importance.

The City of North Battleford is joining up with the Town of Battleford to develop a regional parks and recreation master plan. Council passed a resolution Monday to commit to working with the Town to develop that master plan.

To no one’s surprise the opposition New Democrats did not have much enthusiasm for the speech from the throne delivered Wednesday. It was filled with “old news and old noise” according to NDP Leader Ryan Meili in a news release Wednesday.

RMs with elections RM of Fish Creek No. 402 2 Joel Hackl 9 2 Hollie Remenda 22 ✓ 4 Les Corbett Acc. ✓ 5 Chris Dutchak Acc. ✓ 6 Maurice Werezak Acc. ✓ RM of Hoodoo No. 401 2 Eugene Jungwirth Acc.

2018 hasn’t been Chrissy Gamble’s luckiest year. Earlier this year she had chiral malformation decompression surgery to prevent part of her brain falling into her spine. Another incident occurred Sept. 10.

Guilty pleas have been entered in connection to the incident Sept. 16 in which a vehicle containing a child was stolen from a North Battleford strip mall. Johnathan Gunville has entered guilty pleas to 11 counts in North Battleford Provincial Court.

RM of Hudson Bay 394 6 Kendall Kowalyk Dennis Reimer RM of Pleasantdale 398 2 Frank Kilborn 18 Helen Obrigewitch (Meekins) 38 ✓ RM of Bjorkdale 426 6 Jonathan Hudak 39 John Kushinruk 3 Kenneth Will 51 ✓ RM of Tisdale 427 2 H. Allan Hooper Acc.

For the Humboldt RCMP, the first day of legalized cannabis was a quiet one. “As a detachment, we haven’t seen increased calls for services yet,” said Cst. Geoff Applegate at the end of the day Oct. 17. The detachment has prepared for legalized.