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Young people in the Battlefords area will continue to have a place to hang out and have fun - thanks in part to a $10,000 grant from the Access Communications Children's Fund. The grant will go the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club Evening Program.

A grass fire threatened agricultural product storage tanks along Wearing Road early Sunday morning. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services were called out at about 12:45 a.m. to douse the brush and grass fire in the ditch.

More than 190 Prince Albert Parkland Health Region staff members, physicians, volunteers and friends danced the day away at Victoria Hospital in September and are now seeking votes to support their video in the Pink Glove Dance video competition.

Creative minds gathered together to show off their talents when the Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery (HDMG) hosted a Culture Days event on September 30.

When walking down Main Street in Humboldt, people may notice that something is a little different. The local committee Communities in Bloom has started to paint the fire hydrants down Main Street to look like Humboldt Broncos hockey players.

Family members and friends of patients at any of the hospitals or residents of long-term care facilities in the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region will now be able to send messages to loved ones thanks to the expanded capacity of the region's Well

One Humboldt business has been nominated for a Saskatchewan Achievement in Business Excellence (ABEX) award. Century 21 Diamond Realty has been shortlisted for the Marketing award in the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce's ABEx awards.

The case against several accused of treaty land entitlement fraud on Poundmaker First Nation is going to trial.

Two newly minted journeypersons from the Northwest were among 32 completing apprentices, newly certified as journeypersons, who have earned awards for their outstanding achievements in the skilled trades.

Making the correct choices for the future can lead to a better paying job, but the direction one takes in post-secondary education can also lead to a little bit of cash for school. The Maidstone Health Care Auxiliary Bursary is offered every fall.