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Film buffs in the Battlefords, take note. Efforts are underway to create a new film club in the Battlefords, with plans to show a wide variety of films at the North Battleford Public Library.

Saskatchewan Tourism Week kicked off May 14 with mock cheque presentations in front of North Battleford City Hall and Battleford Town Hall. The cheque, for $21.4 million, represents the total value of tourism for the Battlefords.

All heck broke loose at council Monday night over a proposed local improvement on 100th Street that has aroused considerable local consternation.

An Edmonton man is saddling up and riding his horse across Canada to raise awareness of child exploitation.

Police say they are bracing for the upcoming long weekend, which historically has been a deadly time. Not just the roadways, but waterways have been areas of heartbreak to the families of those who say they don't need to wear a lifejacket.

There's a squirming school of walleye coming to a lake near you. The Lost Horse Creek Wildlife Federation has set up a hatchery in Cochin on the shores of Lehman Creek where about 280,000 walleye eggs are incubating, waiting to hatch.

Fort Battleford may cease to exist in its current form because of serious budget cuts to Parks Canada, losing costumed interpreters and many of its staff. The cuts, announced April 30, amount to a total loss of $29 million across the country.

Often people don't even realize the contributions they are making to a community and those around them.

Students from the North West Regional College skills training program celebrated their graduation April 19.

Emergency crews responded to two minor incidents Friday in North Battleford. One was a motor vehicle collision at the corner of 100th Street and 16th Avenue. Two small passenger cars were involved. The incident took place around 11:45 a.m.