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The first presentation of the Vagina Monologues in the Battlefords raised $5,600 in two performances.

The deaths of two women near Glaslyn March 6 has been ruled a murder suicide by investigators. RCMP in Glaslyn were called to the rural residence by a family member of one of the dead women who expressed concern about her well being.

Saskatchewan's health system, including Prairie North Health Region, has a lot to learn from Southcentral Foundation (SCF) in Anchorage, Alaska, according to PNHR CEO David Fan and PNHR Primary Health Care Team Manager Charlotte Hamilton.

The vulnerability of children was one topic discussed when members of Prairie North Regional Health Authority board members met in North Battleford March 2.

The 2011 budget was a large agenda item for North Battleford city council at a regular meeting Monday. Director of Finance, Byron Tumbach, presented the 2011 General Operating Budget and Five Year Capital Plan. Proposed are increases are 2.

An Automatic External Defibrillator(AED) presentation was held March 7 at the Blaine Haven Lodge. Darryl Fiala, representing the Rick Lamontagne Memorial Fund, explained how the fund was established and the relevance of the AEDs.

A proposed bar and grill in the town of Battleford has some residents concerned, with one resident saying he will leave the community as a result.

It's a very sad place to be these days. Waldsea Lake Regional Park is looking less and less like a park these days and more and more like a war zone as cabin after cabin is moved away.

It's unfortunate, but the sad reality is that many children in the Battlefords often go hungry. Which is why the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club has teamed up with four local businesses to provide meals to a group of children, twice per week.

A kitchen mishap earned one North Battleford resident a visit from the firefighters. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services responded to fire alarms in the Valley View Tower 1, at 1101 99th St., a little after 4 p.m. this Sunday.