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Jasmine Bouchard, a Grade 6 student at Ecole Monseigneur Blaise Morand, was asked, along with her classmates, to write about what home means to her.

Equine therapy centres, cattle ranches, skateboard shops, catering and pet care centres were some of the business proposals Northeast youth received awards for at the Youth Business Excellence Awards.

Quantities of methamphetamine and morphine, as well as an illegal firearm, were discovered in Melfort after a short investigation by the Prince Albert Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit and the Melfort RCMP.

Clack! Clack! Clack! was the sound made by 50 men marching down Nipawin’s Main Street in high heels to promote awareness about violence against women. Sgt.

It was a tough budget for the City of Melfort as they sought to fill an additional $255,000 that was removed by provincial government cutbacks. The response of the city was to increase the amount of taxes it gathers from citizens by 4.

The long and complicated fraud case against former RM of Meota administrator Maryann Germann has ended with Germann pleading guilty to a lesser offence. Germann had initially faced charges of fraud under 380(1) of the Criminal Code.

Lakeland Library Region has announced the return of the interagency holds system for their libraries.

The downtown revitalization effort is under way in earnest, with council directing administration to commence the parking action plan of Take Back Downtown: Phase One.

As expected, two items that were discussed at length at Planning Committee received swift passage at the April 24 city council meeting.

Battleford's RCMP responded to 71 calls for service over the time period Tuesday, May 2, 6 a.m. to Wednesday, May 3, 6 a.m., including but not limited to the following: 8:13 a.m.