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The provincial government recently announced urban areas with a population under 5,000 will see an eight per cent increase in the per capita rate for RCMP. The increases amount to a $4.

Online banking security and identity theft are the focus of material offered this week by the province's police services during Fraud Awareness Month.

Stewart Baptiste was reelected chief at Red Pheasant First Nation March 12, but learned of the results in an unusual way. The chief was arrested election day and charged on three outstanding counts of violating his probation.

Battleford Fire Department responded quickly to a grass fire at the east end of 25th Street Sunday. The blaze started at about 3 p.m. Alert citizens dialed 911 and the flames were out within minutes of the fire truck's arrival.

Four adults were injured in a single vehicle rollover on Little Pine First Nation at about 3 a.m. Saturday. Cut Knife RCMP along with the Cut Knife Ambulance Service and the Cut Knife Fire Department responded.

Recent warm weather notwithstanding, our Februaries are usually cold slogs through snow and long, desolate nights. Canadians do what they can to escape to sunnier, warmer climes, spending small fortunes on resort trips and cruises.

A man is facing drug charges in connection with a fire at a rental property in Humboldt early this year. Following a fire at a residence on the 1000 block of Main St.

A 48-year-old man was transported to Battlefords Union Hospital in critical condition following a crash on Highway 16 Monday. The crash, which occurred at around 6:45 a.m., happened about 10 kilometres east of the Battlefords.

Much progress has been made in constructing the Credit Union CUPlex, according to the latest report to city council. Parks and Recreation Director Keith Anderson provided that report Monday night, based on the March 1 site meeting at the CUPlex.

The $375,000 project nearing completion in the pharmacy department of Battlefords Union Hospital is the first of its kind to be installed anywhere in Canada.