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They're in, and pretty delighted with their new surroundings. The Humboldt Co-operative Daycare (HCD) is now located in St. Augustine School and it seems everyone involved couldn't be happier with the situation.

One person is dead following a collision between a car and a transport truck near Paynton Wednesday. The collision happened before 6 a.m. on Highway 16. Those on the scene included Maidstone rural detachment members of the RCMP and Maidstone EMS.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in mid-October to mark the grand opening of the new Northwest School Division office building in Meadow Lake.

If the crisper winds and shorter days weren't enough of a sign that winter is headed our way, Table Mountain has started recruiting volunteer ski patrollers for the season.

The provincial government has made changes to the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program (PDAP) in response to the demands on the program this summer. And one regional organization is benefitting.

Three vehicle fires were extinguished by North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services crews Saturday The most serious occurred in the RM of North Battleford Saturday just before 5 p.m.

As the days grow shorter and the shadows longer, thoughts of the darker holiday may start creeping into the minds of Battlefordians.

For the second time in less than a year, Humboldt city council has said no to a condominium conversion request.

The provincial leader of the Green Party took the pulse of the Battlefords in a recent visit. "The province has never needed a Green MLA more than they do now," said Larissa Shasko, party leader, who was in North Battleford Oct.

The world of post-secondary education is a competitive one, according to University of Saskatchewan president Peter MacKinnon. "In the last 10 to 15 years, we've seen an increasingly competitive world in terms of post-secondary education," he said.