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An oil spill at an oilfield lease site in the Edam area that will cost an estimated $15,000 to clean up was caused by vandals, according to Turtleford RCMP. Police say perpetrators entered the site sometime between 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.

Just about. Construction of the link between the Humboldt Uniplex and the new Humboldt Collegiate Institute, and the renovations inside the lobby areas of the Uniplex is just about done.

North Battleford city council has given its final approval to a resolution approving a 21-unit condominium for funding under the City's new Residential Down Payment Grant Program.

The issue of whether to set up a set up a homeless shelter in North Battleford, and who would be leading the move to do so, is coming back to council as soon as the next meeting.

Lisa McEachern of Murray Lake has been honoured with a Co-operative Young Leaders Award for her work with the Saskatchewan Co-operative Youth Program and credit unions in the province. The awards were presented Oct.

Janetta Breaton is the director of care at Goodwill Manor in Duck Lake and commutes daily from her residence in Prince Albert. She also works at the Herb Bassett Centre long-term care facility.

The Blaine Lake Senior Citizens Centre and BLCA held its community cash lotto draw Oct. 17 at the senior centre in Blaine Lake. Many community and surrounding area residents attended the hamburger barbecue prior to the draws.

October is Autism Awareness Month and to mark this occasion the Battlefords Autism Parent Support Group held its Walk for Autism Awareness Oct. 15 at the Centennial Park track in North Battleford.

Romeo Saganash wants to make Canadian history and become the first Indigenous person to lead one of the major political parties.

No inquest. That's the ruling from the Office of the Chief Coroner in regard to the death of a woman at the Humboldt airport last summer, reported CBC News.