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Discovery Co-op put out the call and the community answered. As part of Fuel Good Day on Sept. 19, six cents from every litre of fuel purchased at the Discovery Co-op Gas Bars were donated to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation.

Carrot River is proposing major revisions to its animal control bylaws that will include making cat licences mandatory. At its Sept.

The Historic Battleford Lions Club hosted their third annual Operun on Sunday, and raised over $5,000 for the event. Funds from the previous events have gone toward raising money for Battleford’s Opera House, located at Town Hall.

Arc Creative Studios held a re-launch party with musical guests Raven She Hollers, a bluegrass/roots ensemble, performing a short program.

Battlefords RCMP are seeking a suspect in an armed robbery which took place on Thompson Cres. in North Battleford on Wednesday morning. According to police, their investigation revealed a male suspect entered a business on Thompson Cres.

Margaret Jardine sat behind a table full of memorabilia from Ireland, ready to tell visitors to the White Fox Community Hall about the culture both of her parents had hailed from. Both White Fox and Melfort celebrated Culture Days Sept.

It was a busy weekend for members of the Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery, the Reid-Thompson Public Library, and the Humboldt Regional Newcomers Centre. Together they hosted cultural events for the national Culture Days celebration on Sept.

Two communities got together to remember the victims and survivors of residential schools. Both the Melfort and Nipawin branches of Cumberland College observed Orange Shirt Day with a large community round dance Sept. 29.

A new Treasury Board Crown corporation has been created to manage the province’s 911 emergency dispatching services. It was announced Thursday in Prince Albert the launch of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, which will be based in that city.

The individual charged in connection to the deaths of three people in a Highway 16 accident near Lloydminster Sept. 22 remains in custody with his next court appearance set for Oct. 11 at 11 a.m.