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Golfers were out in full force on Sept. 14 for the seventh annual Friends Fore Healthcare Charity Scramble.

The Battleford Fire Department is looking for more volunteer firefighters. Eligible volunteers must live in Battleford, and must be physically fit in order to pass a medical.

The first day of school in Living Sky School Division began Tuesday, Sept. 5, and the division has released attendance data, as they do annually.

The Ministry of Health is seeking volunteers to fill public representative positions on 26 self-regulating health councils in Saskatchewan.

According to unofficial results from the Town of Nipawin, Jan Boughen is the newest member of Nipawin's council. Boughen received 193 votes, Les McBain 127, Kelly Peterson 88 and Mary Kube 12 in the Sept. 20 byelection.

Eight hundred student leaders were welcomed to Tisdale Middle & Secondary School for the Saskatchewan Student Leadership Conference. “Students, congratulations on being here and having the courage, the commitment, the diligence.

A local artist and filmmaker from Poundmaker Cree Nation has been nominated for a Saskatchewan Arts Award. Floyd Favel is one of three shortlisted nominees in the Artistic Excellence category.

The Melfort Mustangs used a potent power play to knock off the Nipawin Hawks 4-3 in overtime in both teams’ Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season opener in Melfort. The Mustangs finished the night on Sept.

Colton Razzano is one of two people trying to bring a professional rodeo to Melfort – something that only happens in two places in the province.

A Saskatchewan Party leadership candidate visited the Northeast, selling himself as somebody who can win in both rural and urban parts of the province. “What people are looking for is leadership.