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Emergency service providers in the Battlefords are marking Emergency Medical Services Week until Friday.

A new day program facility is finally on the way for Battlefords Trade and Education Centre, thanks to a long-awaited commitment from the provincial government.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services advise all residents to exercise extreme caution due to high winds and very dry conditions in the Battlefords and surrounding area.

Hockey season is done; construction season has begun. Ice is now out of the Elgar Petersen Arena (EPA), and renovations to the lobby and upper arena level are very much underway.

It's a long road yet to travel before the stigma associated with mental illness is banished, but a Saturday evening event proved the march is unyielding.

It started in 1981, when a small group of people in Borden decided it was time to organize some community minded citizens to serve in their area. Lions International seemed to fit the bill and this group became the Borden Lions Club.

A local veterinarian clinic has implemented a new policy to protect animals under the care of the Battlefords Humane Society, after an incident involving a family pet.

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step," was the theme for the Neilburg Composite School graduation exercises, held May 7.

North Battleford council was back in familiar territory Monday - lowering the boom on yet another run-down and boarded-up property. This time, council denied the appeal of a demolition order on a residence at 951 -107th Street.

Living Sky School Division is scrambling to find ways to cut $1.3 million from its budget, after the provincial government shuffled $5 million of school funding.