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Battlefords Residential Services Inc. is welcoming the announcement of $750,000 from the province towards building two new group homes in North Battleford. The group homes are for people with intellectual disabilities.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services personnel were busy last week with a series of accidents and spills that resulted in one hospitalization. Sept.

The story of Pine Island Suites is a success story, a story of caring and a story continuing into the future. In 2008 volunteers purchased and began renovating Maidstone's former Pine Island Lodge long term care facility.

Battleford Town Hall has signed a contract with Dean Bauche to pursue funding for the Battleford Opera House. Dean Bauche is the former director of galleries for North Battleford and has deep connections to the Battlefords arts community.

A man is dead after what Spiritwood RCMP are describing as a hunting accident. The 57-year-old Ramger district resident was found deceased with a single gunshot wound to his chest area at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Cecile Hunt, chief executive officer of the Prince Albert Parkland Health, announced the appointment of Cheryl Elliott as the new vice-president of finance.

In a perfect world, it would have been a new, perhaps bigger, school.

The issue of the City of North Battleford's sidewalk clearing bylaw and its requirements on residents and businesses to remove snow from the sidewalks continues to be a hot one for city council and area residents.

There are only four weeks remaining to purchase your ticket for the Blaine Lake Seniors' & Community cash lotto with a draw date of Oct. 17. Twenty-two cash prizes totaling $125,000 will be awarded with only 2,500 tickets sold.

The approximately 40 people who attended the Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority annual general meeting Sept. 14 at the Big River Community Centre heard a presentation on strategies to improve aboriginal health care.