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Kevin Scoular has earned the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award for the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina.

About 120 Grade 4 and 5 students from Unity Public School and St. Peter’s School in Unity and Cut Knife School in Cut Knife attended a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day May 20, organized by ADM Agri-Industries of Lloydminster.

MAIDSTONE — A 23-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle rollover near Birch Lake Monday. A 22-year-old passenger in the vehicle was transported to Royal University in Saskatoon by STARS. Police say the passenger is in stable condition.

North Battleford was the latest stop for a human patient simulator used to train physicians, nurses and other health care professionals in their duties.

North Battleford Fire Department confirmed in a news release Monday afternoon that the occupant of the house on the 1700 block of 104th Street Friday has “succumbed to the injuries incurred in the fire.

An investigation is still ongoing in connection to a residential structure fire on the 1700 block of 104th Street. North Battleford Fire Department were dispatched at 9:01 p.m. Friday.

Motorists are being advised the 600 block of 99th Street will be closed to traffic today as crews undertake repairs to a curb stop at 621 - 99th St.

John Cairns’ Leg Watch

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A new emergency notification system is soon coming to residents of the city. Council’s Planning Committee has recommended to council they retain Everbridge for a system to alert residents of emergencies.