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Premier Brad Wall had a cautious reaction to last Tuesday’s election results with Donald Trump poised to become president of the United States.

Maidstone RCMP report it has been brought to their attention that comments have been made on social media regarding recent criminal activity in the Town of Maidstone. According to Cst.

UNITY - CrossFit enthusiast and Special Olympics volunteer, Shauna Hammer has brought a new program to CrossFit Lair and Special Olympics Unity – powerlifting.

Shortly after noon Thursday Unity RCMP were called to a single vehicle rollover, 1.5 kilometres north of the community of Unity.

Battlefords RCMP investigated approximately 50 occurrences between 6 a.m. Saturday Nov. 12 and 6 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 including the following: Saturday, Nov. 11 8:28 a.m.

Battlefords RCMP dealt with more than 60 incidents between 6 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 and 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 including the following: Thursday, Nov. 10 7:04 a.m. - Vehicle parked on Killdeer Drive had a window damaged sometime overnight. 12:35 p.m.

Agriculture and other professionals gathered at Western Development Museum on a topic of mounting concern — leafy spurge. The occasion was a Leafy Spurge Solutions Symposium held in North Battleford Nov. 3.

JayDee AgTech of North Battleford is a silver sponsor of the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation Festival of Trees.

An RCMP investigation is under way after a man was wounded by a single gunshot on 14th Avenue in North Battleford on Thursday night. According to Battlefords RCMP the incident took place just after 7 p.m. that evening.

In December 1951, Antoine “Toni” Boyer ran into Military Recruiters from North Battleford who were looking for potential recruits. After a discussion and basic tests, Boyer signed on the dotted line in January of 1952.