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It was a fairly routine night Tuesday for the new 2012-16 North Battleford city council. The new council was sworn in at a meeting the previous week, but that meeting was ceremonial in nature.

Former Unity resident, Karen McLean, experienced Hurricane Sandy first-hand. While vacationing in Salem, Mass., Karen and her friends discovered they would soon be in the path of Hurricane Sandy.

Though municipal councils around the province are just settling in to get some work started after elections were held this fall, LeRoy is now looking for a new mayor.

In a report recently presented to the Living Sky School Division Board of Education, it was noted that 28 different countries are represented by the division's EAL (English as an Additional Language) learners, including Canada.

The BUH Foundation's lottery volunteers drew names from an enormous steel drum Nov. 14, to determine who would win the large and small cash prizes. Winning the $100,000 prize were Alford and Phyllis Von Grad, of Goodsoil.

The renovation of one of Humboldt's historic buildings could get a boost from the government, if there's enough support shown for it locally.

Respect for poppy gift people can give to those who sacrificed all

BHP Billiton Jansen mine project continues to move forward

By now, we all know the result of the U.S. presidential election. After over a year of campaigning, dozens of gaffes, attack ads and speeches, it looks like Barack Obama will be a two-term president.

It was a relatively quiet year for local firefighters in 2011-12. The Humboldt Fire Department (HFD) wrapped up another year of operations on October 31, recording a significant drop in the number of calls, especially in the rural area.