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February’s traffic safety focus on distracted driving saw police issue 245 tickets. Driving while using a cell phone accounted for 184 of those tickets, and also resulted in two vehicle seizures.

Many Northwest farms have been recognized with Century Family Farms in the past few years. Some have had their stories featured in the Regional Optimist , others have not.

Staff A huge sink hole has developed 12 kilometres east of North Battleford in the ditch between Highway 16. There are culverts going under the highway lanes and with the spring runoff, it appears something has been undermining the soil.

Councillor Ryan Bater had to recuse himself as a councillor for the night, as he stepped into his role as executive director of Battlefords Tourism to make a presentation at City Hall Monday.

After making a presentation to North Battleford city councillors Monday, Battlefords Tourism Executive Director Ryan Bater visited Battleford Town Hall where he highlighted the direction taken since the board of directors introduced a new funding mod

Three hundred people gathered for a fundraising evening in aid of the new building fund for Battlefords Training and Employment Centre Saturday evening at the Don Ross Centre in North Battleford, inspired by dancer Natalya Shevchuk.

City officials were happy with what they heard when finance minister Ken Krawetz delivered the budget address from the legislature Wednesday afternoon. Mayor Ian Hamilton was pleased and pleasantly surprised, he told reporters.

The final budget of Saskatchewan Finance Minister Ken Krawetz is again a balanced budget. The 2015-16 surplus is $107 million. Overall revenue is $14.28 billion, up 1.2 per cent, while overall spending is at $14.17 billion, up 1.2 per cent.

A tornado blew through town last week in the form of Ricky Forbes, a crewmember from CMT’s Tornado Hunters and a Saskatchewan native.