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Attracting and retaining doctors is a big issue in Saskatchewan today, but at the turn of the century, it was an even bigger dilemma, with both doctors and druggists few and far between.

Efforts by local doctors to relocate their practice to a north-end funeral home location are back on. A press release issued from the office of Dr.

Members of Battlefords and District Co-operative Ltd. are in line for a total allocation of $1.68 million to member share accounts. That is up from $1.56 million from the previous year.

Legacy of Sisters of St. Elizabeth celebrated

Laughs and legwork powered a journey over the streets of Maidstone last week.

The parole board of Canada has granted early release to Norma Jean Mooswa, the woman convicted in 2004 in connection to a fatal car crash in Cochin that killed six people.

A Leoville man is under arrest following a complaint of possible drug trafficking. Norbert Dumais, 56, was arrested and charged following an investigation into a complaint to Spiritwood RCMP made May 12.

In the wake several grass fires doused by North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services over the past couple of weeks, Fire Chief Pat MacIssac has issued a caution to the public, describing the fire risk as extreme.

A municipal byelection will soon be called to fill the seat of Councillor Rhonda Seidel in North Battleford. Seidel is leaving her city council seat, confirms City Clerk Debbie Wohlberg.

Canadian Red Cross and SaskCentral have announced that effective immediately, cash donations to help residents devastated by floods will be accepted at participating Saskatchewan credit unions until June 13.