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It seems to happen every year around this time - an accident involving drinking and driving in the parking lot at Frontier Mall. A two-vehicle collision May 19 sent two people to hospital while the driver of another vehicle was killed.

Humboldt physicians fill practices, unable to take any more patients

North Battleford city council bowed to public pressure Tuesday night and reversed an earlier council decision to turn down rezoning of the Wilson and Zehner funeral chapel location into doctors' offices.

The City of Humboldt claimed one of the Saskatchewan Municipal Awards at a luncheon in Regina on May 13. The Humboldt Heritage Values project won the Heritage Conservation Leadership award.

A "snow day" in May? In Saskatchewan, a weather induced holiday from school wouldn't be all that unusual, but this time it is a storm of controversy that will give students a two-day break from classes, and extra curricular activities, this week Sask

An 18-year-old Saskatoon man has been arrested by Radisson RCMP following a stabbing at Glenburn Regional Park Sunday.

Fire crews battled a suspicious shed fire at the Battlefords Co-op Home Centre last week. The shed fire broke out around 4 p.m. May 17. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services found a small amount of grass burning in a wooden garden shed.

The Cameron McIntosh Airport was a hub of activity May 18 as crop-duster aircraft got a much-needed workout. Battlefords Airspray calibrated their aircraft for inspections, conducted every two years in order to meet government requirements.

The North Battleford Communities in Bloom Committee (NBCIB) has firmed up plans for its May 28 kick-off. Committee members will meet at City Hall at 9 a.m. for a flag-raising ceremony.

Battlefords RCMP were called to an armed robbery at a business on St. Laurent shortly before 11 p.m. April 19. A man walked into the business armed with a large knife and requested money.