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Rescue tools were used by the North Battleford Fire Department Thursday to help extricate a passenger in a vehicle involved in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of 100th Street and 19th Avenue.

School building officials from across Saskatchewan were in North Battleford last week for the 28th annual Conference for the Council of Educational Facility Planners International.

The City of North Battleford has drawn its latest winner of a $50 gift card as part of the Snow Angel program.

There were around 20 calls for service/occurrences reported by Battlefords RCMP between 6am Thursday and 7:20 am Friday. There were also two false alarms that police responded to and one false/nuisance 911 call. Thursday 8:24 a.m.

Prairie North Health Region is calling on people between 20 to 59 years of age to get immunized against influenza. PNHR is scheduling more flu clinics throughout the region, targeting the 20-59 age group.

It was a relatively quiet 24 hours for Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 when they responded to 15 calls for service/occurrences. Two of those calls were alarms that proved to be false. Monday 7:33 a.m.

Red Pheasant First Nation has signed an agreement with a Winnipeg-based company to finance development of Treaty Land Entitlement urban lands.

RCMP have released the name of a Biggar area woman who died Monday in a crash between a school bus and a truck at about 4 p.m. on Highway 4 between Biggar and Cando. Police say the woman is Monica Domes, 40, of the Biggar district.

A homicide investigation is underway in connection to a death on Moosomin First Nation. The victim is Bryan Darnell Blackstar, 24 years old, of Moosomin First Nation. His name was released Monday morning by RCMP.

Battlefords Rural RCMP are investigating several thefts from unlocked vehicles in the Town of Battleford that occurred overnight Thursday. According to RCMP, thefts of this nature are often ones of opportunity as items of value are left in view.