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A Hafford man was sentenced in Saskatoon Provincial Court to four years in prison for child pornography offences.

With fire bans in effect throughout the region, the Town of Battleford has passed a timely policy on outdoor fire rules and regulations. This policy will set out those rules for approved fire pits.

Enough is enough for Town Hall in Battleford, who have agreed to a barricade to prevent people cutting across the field at 5th Avenue West. The field divides 5th Avenue between the Riverbend area to the north and 35th Street to the south.

John Paul II Collegiate has announced they are selling t-shirts for $15 in commemoration of May 5 which is National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day.

A $2.3 million investment into the expansion of the Agri-Food Innovation Centre has been announced by the governments of Saskatchewan and Canada.

LANIGAN — The Horizon School Division has settled on a location for Lanigan’s new school, which will be built on division property between the high school and elementary school. Once built, the facility will consolidate the existing schools.

Responding to burgeoning public interest (courtesy of COVID-19), well-known Prairie naturalists Trevor Herriot and Myrna Pearman have produced Backyard Bird Feeding: A Saskatchewan Guide , just in time for spring .

Three people were arrested and $50,000 in drugs were seized following a traffic stop by Lloydminster RCMP General investigation Section and Crime Reduction Unit.

Premier Scott Moe laid out the details of the coming “road back to normal” Tuesday at the province’s news conference. Moe provided a re-opening road map on how they plan to lift the current public health orders in place in the province.

Public health restrictions will be eased as more people are vaccinated against COVID-19. The provincial government released a three-step reopening process on May 4.