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There is a new program that has been offered to students in Wilkie KeepSafe, created and instructed by Norman Carter teacher Paul Marek, underwent its first go round in the community last month.

At approximately 7:45 Friday morning, Glaslyn and Turtleford RCMP responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a semi transport truck and trailers that struck two buildings at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Highway 4 in the village of Glaslyn.

A short in a kitchen stove has been determined as the cause of a fatal house fire in Fairview Friday afternoon.

There are still pockets of snow lingering on the landscape, but North Battleford Fire Department responded to two grass fires on the weekend. About an acre of grass burned on the west side of the Gamex Bingo building Saturday.

Three 911 false/nuisance calls were among the 20 calls for service/occurrences responded to by Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. Tuesday 6:56 a.m.

Living Sky School Division is still analyzing what the recent provincial budget means for the division, but it's already clear there will be less money to work with. The March 19 budget stated there will be $1.

The chief of the Jasper Fire Department made his way through the Battlefords this past weekend as part of his personal tour to beat MS. Greg Van Tighem is on a 3,100 kilometre bike ride to raise money for multiple sclerosis.

RCMP across Canada recently completed a blitz across Canada last month, cracking down on impaired driving.

Nature Saskatchewan's Stewards of Saskatchewan programs are gearing up for another great season on the lookout for any of Saskatchewan's prairie Species at Risk.

The revenue side was the focus Monday of the latest Town of Battleford budget deliberation session. And as expected, revenues are flat. Projected total revenues are anticipated at $5,346.766 for 2014, compared to figures of $5,453,755.20 in 2013.