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Political watchers are closely monitoring events in Ottawa this week as Prime Minister Stephen Harper prepares for what is anticipated to be a major cabinet shuffle.

Increases are being reported in thefts, break and enters and mischief in the towns of Neilburg and Mardsen and surrounding areas.

Efforts towards a new Co-op gas bar and convenience store took a step forward Wednesday at City Hall.

The list of graduates from the Royal Military College of Canada in 2013 includes a resident from the Moosomin First Nation.

Insurance may take care of the damage done to local schools as a result of a number of break-ins, but it's the "human factor" that is less easy to resolve, says the director of education for Living Sky School Division.

Four youths were arrested in Saskatoon after a vehicle was reported stolen in North Battleford Friday. According to Saskatoon Police, a traffic officer spotted a vehicle that had been reported stolen from North Battleford at around 10 a.m. Friday.

With the recent hot weather in combination with a very wet June has created ideal conditions for the appearance of the Culex tarsalis mosquito.

The vandalized grave of the eight Cree and Assiniboine warriors who were executed in 1885 was cleaned and restored by a group of local volunteers June 26.

Forensic investigators from North Battleford are assisting the investigation in Dillon of a break and enter and assault in that northern community. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday. RCMP say they were called in at 3 a.m.

A vehicle is a total loss after a fire Tuesday at about 5:45 p.m. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services responded to the blaze, but the vehicle was engulfed in flame when they arrived. Four firefighters were on the scene for about 30 minutes.