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On the back of his horse, he has been through Vegreville, Vermillion, Lloydminster and Kitscoty, Alta. and Maidstone and Paynton, and plans to be in Halifax by early August.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services arrived too late to save a garage and its contents that went up in flames Wednesday afternoon. Damage is estimated at $30,000 to $40,000 and it is reported there was no insurance on the property.

Approximately 900 students from approximately 18 schools attended a Try-A-Trade event held at the North Battleford Exhibition Grounds in April North West Career Development Partnership patterned the opportunity on a similar event hosted in Lloydminst

One more of the individuals accused in a Gold Eagle Casino card-cheating case has been sentenced.

Year-to-year building permits went down in April 2012 in North Battleford, according to the latest numbers.

The film tax credit, tourism changes and cutbacks were some of the things opposition leader John Nilson was surprised about during the just-finished legislative session.

Approximately 150 bales were lost to fire at Little Pine First Nation April 16. Cut Knife RCMP say they are investing a series of three separate fires and are asking for assistance from the public.

The keeping of Sask. Party election promises was among the highlights for the MLA for Cut Knife-Turtleford during the legislative session that just ended.

The demand for assisted living spaces for seniors in the Battlefords is finally being addressed with the opening of the new Harwood Manor complex in North Battleford.

The convicted chief of Poundmaker Cree First Nation is headed back to office. Duane Antoine was re-elected May 18, despite being one of the eight individuals and officials who pled guilty in the a land entitlement fraud case involving the reserve.