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A new physician, Dr. Mpomposhe, has begun practice in the North Saskatchewan River Municipal Health Holdings clinics. At a Nov. 18 regular meeting, members of the NSRMHH board expressed their welcome to the new doctor.

At least one councillor at Monday's meeting of North Battleford council made clear he wanted to see live streaming of the meetings. Councillor Trent Houk noted streaming would be a viable option for those who don't subscribe to cable.

A bad decision by a football fan on Grey Cup weekend has landed him in jail for 30 days. Douglas Carter was serving a conditional sentence in the community for a breach of trust conviction.

It appears progress is being made towards setting up a meeting between City of North Battleford officials and the federal government on public safety issues.

In response to council's request last month for additional information in the Battlefords RCMP detachment's monthly reports to the city, the RCMP report for October has reinstated a list of "activities of interest" that members responded to during th

A new noise bylaw has been passed by North Battleford council. The bylaw and its provisions provoked discussion at Monday's meeting, but all three readings passed unanimously. The new bylaw replaces the existing noise bylaw and its provisions.

Battlefords RCMP were called to less than 20 occurrences between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27 and Thursday, Nov. 28. Those calls ranged from child custody issues to break and enter and theft of gas. Wednesday 6:30 a.m.

Many people reading this article right now, seniors or at the age of retirement, are still in debt. And they don't want to be.

A man arrested in relation to an armed robbery earlier this year is being held in custody until Monday for a show cause hearing in North Battleford Provincial Court. According to RCMP, Steven Caudron was arrested Tuesday.

It's a school of only 100 students or so but that close-knit sense of comradery is leading them in helping out a very worthy cause.