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This is Dr. Ivan Yackel's first political campaign as the NDP candidate in the Melfort riding for the upcoming November 7 provincial elections in Saskatchewan. Yackel's professional experience is deeply rooted in education.

Three observers, 16 students and one instructor gathered at Wilkie the weekend of Oct. 15 for a 20-hour Jaws of Life course. After time in the classroom, they gathered in an empty field south of Wilkie and starting cutting up vehicles.

Stolen firearms were seized from a residence on the 1000 block of 108th Street in North Battleford Thursday. Members of the North Battleford detachment were at the residence in response to a 911 hang-up.

He's already been knocking on doors for weeks. Gord Bedient, the NDP candidate in the Humboldt constituency in the upcoming provincial election, didn't wait for the election call before starting his campaign.

Mayor Ian Hamilton was getting used to hearing positive news about construction and grand openings lately. He was just coming off another good news announcement - the move of Grit Industries Inc.

More of the same. That's what Saskatchewan Party candidate Donna Harpauer is promising her constituents as she runs for re-election in the Humboldt constituency this fall. 2011 marks Harpauer's fourth election campaign.

The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Community Development Corporation has donated to the Battleford Union Hospital Foundation. The BATC CDC made two donations to the hospital. The first was a $50,000 donation for the purchase of an endoscopic tower.

An Alberta-based hotel chain with a location in Humboldt is up for multiple Saskatchewan Achievement in Business Excellence (ABEX) awards.

Premier Brad Wall took his campaign tour to the Battlefords Tuesday morning where he continued to hammer the NDP over the costs of their election platform.

The commander of Battlefords RCMPDetachment says there has not been many complaintsexpressed from the general publicabout problems with speeding in the city's school zones. RCMP Staff-Sgt.