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The Battlefords AAA Stars have made news with a flurry of player signings this week. The under-18 club went on Twitter and announced a number of players have agreed to terms with the team.

WARNING: Readers may find some details disturbing A man who raped a woman he met on a dating website wasn’t given a long enough prison sentence, ruled Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal Thursday.

An Alberta man charged with drug trafficking offences by the Battlefords RCMP pleaded not guilty and elected to be tried by provincial court judge. A one-day trial for Lowen Diehl, 36, is scheduled for July 6 in North Battleford Provincial Court.

Accessibility at the North Battleford Civic Centre — and indeed, the future for the facility itself — was a prime topic at a meeting of city council’s Planning Committee on Monday.

The issue of how community safety officers could be reached after hours was raised at a meeting of North Battleford city council sitting as the Planning Committee on Monday.

Opening up North Battleford projects to local area contractors is still a hot issue at City Hall, with the issue raised again at a meeting of councillors sitting as the Planning Committee on Monday.

The province has extended its public health orders to May 10. That news came out of the news conference in Regina Tuesday with Premier Scott Moore and Dr. Saqib Shahab, chief medical health officer for Saskatchewan.

A busy year for local fire crews got busier on Monday as they responded to another structure fire in the city. This time it was a significant morning fire at a house on 101st Street near 15th Avenue.

Battlefords RCMP detachment is going to be seeing a change at the top. Staff-Sgt Jason Teniuk is taking over as the new Officer in Charge of Battlefords detachment from Inspector Tom Beck. Beck is taking on a new role in Whitehorse, the Yukon.

The province of Saskatchewan will be using AstraZenca to immunize adults 40 years and older. AstraZeneca will be integrated into the provincial vaccination roll-out plan.