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Lakeland College distributed $964,839 in awards to 1,050 student recipients during this year's awards night celebrations. The Vermilion campus ceremony was March 20 and the Lloydminster ceremony was March 13.

The Department of Public Works and Engineering is working on Martin Crescent today - repairing a water leak on a hydrant branch. Water may be shut off to some homes and the road will be closed for most of today (April 18th).

"Trudeaumania" was the story in Battlefords-Lloydminster and across the country in the federal Liberal leadership race. As expected, Justin Trudeau won a landslide victory in the leadership vote, according to results announced April 14 in Ottawa.

The future looks increasingly bleak for Major School.

The 2013 federal budget made some changes to the Income Tax Act that will impact farmers. They are Restricted Farm Losses (RFL), Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption (LCGE) and Dividend Tax Credit (DTC).

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services responded to a major fire in a garage on 107th Street Tuesday. The call came in to NBFES around 10:40 p.m. The fire department report the blaze happened on the 1200 block of 107th Street.

Planning canola seeding rates involves more than using what worked last year, or using what a neighbour uses. With canola seed at prices up to 11 dollars per pound and grain selling for 13 dollars a bushel, a miscalculation can be costly.

Mid-April with snow on the ground means we are a few weeks from getting in the fields. As we wait for Mother Nature to start cooperating there are a few things to think about when preparing for this potentially delayed start to the field season.

The board of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association has announced the election of Levi Wood as president. Wood farms with his father on a fifth-generation farm at Pense.

Since spring weather has not yet touched down in Saskatchewan and there could be more snow to come, producers can look forward to seeding yet again into wet and possibly saturated soils.