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The case against four individuals charged with drug and weapon offences will return to North Battleford Provincial Court Friday, July 20.

Two people are dead and two injured after a collision on Highway 4 Wednesday four kilometres south of Cochin on Highway 4. Battlefords RCMP say the crash occurred at about 10:30 p.m. and members responding found two vehicles had collided.

Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili, along with MLA Vicki Mowat, were in North Battleford recently and sat down with the News-Optimist . Meili is a physician and has written books relating to health.

ARMLEY — Three months after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, a memorial to remember the fallen at the Armley Corner is still going strong – with no plans to remove it.

The Humboldt and District Hospital Foundation (HDHF) announced some new technology soon coming to Humboldt and District Hospital Complex.

Highway 14 east of Biggar was shut down for about seven hours Wednesday morning. According to Biggar RCMP, at approximately 3:40 a.m., a stolen vehicle was pursued by Saskatoon Police Service units out of the city on Highway 14.

TISDALE — Nick Gilder opened at Rockin’ the Square this year with his rock band, Sweeney Todd. This incarnation of Sweeney Todd has been together for more than ten years, but it’s not the first.

MELFORT — A new special needs transit policy will make it easier to transfer older residents to an open space in a long-term care facility using that vehicle instead of an ambulance.

Battlefords RCMP were called to a residence on the Red Pheasant First Nation shortly after midnight Wednesday to investigate a report of a man suffering a stab wound.