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On March 19, 1974, Myron Johnson departed from Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, piloting a CF-104 fighter jet as part of a mission to test a newly installed cannon on the aircraft.

After more than a decade of memories, the Calico Gymnastics Club will no longer be able to call the Humboldt Mall home. "There was a notice made to tenants saying it would be under new management," said Jodi Smith, president of Calico.

Although it's been a part of the Centennial Park concept plan since the beginning, the process for obtaining an LED sign has only just begun.

The Humboldt Mall will soon be undergoing a major renovation that will see the indoor shopping plaza turned into large storefronts, with residential townhouses constructed behind it. In Dec.

The sexual assault case against Harry Michael Dekker remains in mediation. The case has been adjourned again, this time until April 29 in provincial court in Saskatoon.

The incumbent chief is back in office at Red Pheasant First Nation. Chief Stewart Baptiste, who had served the past four years, was re-elected to a third term last week in band elections for chief and council.

Battlefords RCMP responded to approximately 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Monday, March 24 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 25. Two alarms responded to were found to be false.

North Battleford has hired its new director of finance. David Gillan, 50, who has spent almost 20 years living and working in the Asia-Pacific region in various finance capacities, will officially take over the position May 5.

There are all kinds of schemes out there trying to part you from your money.

Reaction to the 2014 provincial budget presented Wednesday by Finance Minister Ken Krawetz is swiftly pouring in. Not surprisingly the opposition NDP were not pleased with what they heard from the Saskatchewan Party government.