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Sask.'s biggest hog producer goes into receivership

A driver has been fined $834 and their vehicle impounded after being clocked in at 194 km/h on Highway 12 between Martensville and Saskatoon just after midnight Saturday.

The building permits report for August 2012 in North Battleford is in line with what it was in August 2011 in North Battleford.

Twenty North Battleford drivers have been fined over two days for exceeding the new 30 km/h speed cap in the city's school zones. Battlefords RCMP say they focused on enforcement of the zones Monday and Tuesday this week.

The Caleb Group, which builds retirement communities across Canada, was in North Battleford Sept. 10 to talk to residents about their plans for a building here.

It is no mystery that drop-out rates in Saskatchewan are higher than they should be. Saskatchewan's rates, at 9.2 per cent for the 2009-2012 period, are above the Canadian average.

Battlefords public school students going into Grade 8 in September of 2013 will be attending classes at the North Battleford Comprehensive High School.

Emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle accident on the northbound North Saskatchewan bridge at the Battlefords between a tractor trailer and a car.

Elie Martel of Carlyle was surprised and grateful to learn that he had won $10,000 on the Early Bird draw in BUH Foundation's $100,000 Cash Lottery Sept. 12.

The Melville/Ituna RCMP Detachment are seeking the assistance of the public in locating an escaped prisoner. Christopher Adam Miller, 28, of Melville escaped from the Provincial court room in Melville Monday morning.