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Nipawin council has made a few changes to its proposed budget, reducing the tax levy increase required from four per cent to 2.5.

Elinor Florence, who grew up on a farm at Brada, has written a new novel called Wildwood. You can read the first few pages at www.elinorflorence.com/blog/wildwood-excerpt .

Students and members of the public gathered at Sakewew High School on the evening of Feb. 1 to listen to a talk from University of Saskatchewan’s Dr. Sheelah McLean from the College of Education.

The Humboldt Vision Centre will have two new faces at their Quill Centre office with husband and wife, Trevor Styan and Paige Helmers joining the staff. Originally from Tisdale, Styan started practicing as an optometrist in August of 2013.

The Humboldt Vision Centre will have two new faces at their Quill Centre office with husband and wife, Trevor Styan and Paige Helmers joining the staff. Originally from Tisdale, Styan started practicing as an optometrist in August of 2013.

North Battleford’s downtown is going to see new branding.

Saskatchewan’s Crime Reduction Team could be coming to a community near you. According to RCMP, the team will be conducting further initiatives in the coming weeks and months in various locations.

Here are some court matters from provincial court this past week in North Battleford. A man facing charges for a Jan. 14 shooting incident now faces several more charges from Feb. 17.

The Tisdale Senior Ramblers hockey team and the Tornados football team now have a place they can call their own. The two teams held a grand opening of their joint dressing room and cut the ribbon Feb. 1.

The leader of the Green Party is running to become Melfort’s next MLA. Shawn Setyo said he’s running in Melfort because it’s time for his party to expand beyond the province’s urban centres.