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It's an opportunity for kids to see what their parents' livelihood entails. Or, as one parent found out, what they think their parents' work entails.

The Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund's campaign was launched in tasteful fashion Tuesday.

With the recent tragedy involving two individuals in Asquith afflicted with carbon monoxide poisoning - one of whom died as a result - fire and emergency personnel across Saskatchewan have stepped up their warnings about the extreme dangers associate

There were traffic delays on the Highway 16 bypass Friday at about 9:30 a.m. after two vehicles collided. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services report no injuries, but both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

It was a fairly routine night Tuesday for the new 2012-16 North Battleford city council. The new council was sworn in at a meeting the previous week, but that meeting was ceremonial in nature.

Former Unity resident, Karen McLean, experienced Hurricane Sandy first-hand. While vacationing in Salem, Mass., Karen and her friends discovered they would soon be in the path of Hurricane Sandy.

Though municipal councils around the province are just settling in to get some work started after elections were held this fall, LeRoy is now looking for a new mayor.

In a report recently presented to the Living Sky School Division Board of Education, it was noted that 28 different countries are represented by the division's EAL (English as an Additional Language) learners, including Canada.

The BUH Foundation's lottery volunteers drew names from an enormous steel drum Nov. 14, to determine who would win the large and small cash prizes. Winning the $100,000 prize were Alford and Phyllis Von Grad, of Goodsoil.

The renovation of one of Humboldt's historic buildings could get a boost from the government, if there's enough support shown for it locally.