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Spiritwood Stockyards handled 795 head March 9. Steers weighing 300 to 400 pounds had a high price of $1.73 with an average of $1.54; 400 to 500 had a high price of $1.78 with an average of $1.67; 500 to 600 had a high price of $1.

As the Humboldt District Health Complex (HDHC) gets ever nearer to completion, a massive grand-opening and an even larger move is in the final planning stages.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services personnel put their rescue equipment to work at two recent crashes in the city. Monday, extraction was required when two vehicles collided at the intersection of 100th Street and Territorial Drive.

The spring meeting of the Northwest Museums Association was hosted by members of the Rabbit Lake Museum May 3. Members were welcomed by Ruth Hrynewich at the seniors' centre.

The Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority board of directors received a report about the region's efforts to meet surgical wait time and volume targets at its regular board meeting March 9 in Prince Albert. Dr.

The first presentation of the Vagina Monologues in the Battlefords raised $5,600 in two performances.

The deaths of two women near Glaslyn March 6 has been ruled a murder suicide by investigators. RCMP in Glaslyn were called to the rural residence by a family member of one of the dead women who expressed concern about her well being.

Saskatchewan's health system, including Prairie North Health Region, has a lot to learn from Southcentral Foundation (SCF) in Anchorage, Alaska, according to PNHR CEO David Fan and PNHR Primary Health Care Team Manager Charlotte Hamilton.

The vulnerability of children was one topic discussed when members of Prairie North Regional Health Authority board members met in North Battleford March 2.

The 2011 budget was a large agenda item for North Battleford city council at a regular meeting Monday. Director of Finance, Byron Tumbach, presented the 2011 General Operating Budget and Five Year Capital Plan. Proposed are increases are 2.