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Andrew Scheer wasn’t the candidate Randy Hoback , the Northeast’s MP, backed in the Conservative leadership race, but the Prince Albert MP is excited about his new leader. “He’s got a gentle soul but a firm grip on what needs to be done,” he said.

Here are a few stories to emerge from the May 23 city council meeting in North Battleford: Battlefords RCMP Inspector John Sutherland gave his detachment’s RCMP report for the month and he reports that stolen vehicles continue to be a problem.

There are no quagga or zebra mussels in Saskatchewan yet, but it might only be a matter of time before they arrive to wreak havoc.

It has been announced that Wonder Woman will be the movie that will re-launch the new-and-improved Capitol Theatre in North Battleford. The Magic Lantern corporate website has listed the Warner Bros.

Despite a funding reduction, as well as minimum and maximum spending on certain line items imposed by the provincial government, the North East School Division managed to carve out a budget for the 2017-18 year.

June 8 will be a historic day as dignitaries from both the Whitecap Dakota First Nation and the Governor General’s Horse Guards will come together at Original Humboldt for the first time in 130 years.

It was an idea that resulted in two large donations to the Salvation Army from the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation.

It was a cause that everyone could get behind at the Canadian Tire Dunk Tank for Jumpstart fundraiser on May 27. Ten volunteers braved the cold to get dunked at $5 for 3 balls or $20 for a sure dunk with all funds raised going to local kids in need.

Battleford RCMP are asking the public's assistance in identifying a suspect in an attempted armed robbery which occurred at approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday. A lone male entered a business on St.

The provincial government’s budget cuts were a politically-based choice, not a fiscally-based one.