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The village of Ruddell can be added to the list of Saskatchewan communities in need of a potable water system, according to former mayor Byron Olsen. The village gets its water from a dugout. The water system is classified as hygienic.

TJ Omelchenko has been in the pumpkin business for the past three years. He's built up a regular clientele for his crop, experimented with different varieties and is planning to expand next year.

A man charged in connection to a firearms incident on Poundmaker First Nation remains in custody pending a decision on bail. Arnold Pete of Poundmaker First Nation was in North Battleford provincial court Friday for a show cause hearing.

Physician recruitment again topped the agenda of the North Saskatchewan River Municipal Health Holdings Ltd. board when they met Dec. 15 at Riverside Health Complex in Turtleford.

North Battleford RCMP and the coroner's office have determined a manfound dead in the CN Rail yard Dec. 29, died of natural causes. The man has been identified as 45-year-old Elvis Edward Johnson. No foul play is suspected.

It was a busy year at North Battleford City Hall, but the events that happened on one afternoon in July of this year overshadowed other activities. July 22 was the day the heavens opened up as North Battleford was hit by the Flood of 2010.

By any measure, 2011 was a far more active political year than usual in the Battlefords. It is highly unusual for the federal, provincial and municipal levels of government to all hold elections in the same year.

Blair and Sandra Lamon of JJ Lamon (Petro Can) are supporters of their local community groups and businesses, however a fuel tank and semi are not purchases available locally.

Aristotle, one of the most famous of ancient Greek philosophers, once said, "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

There has been a suspicious death at the yard of the Canadian National Railway in North Battleford. Battlefords RCMP were called to the scene of the death shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday.