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City council still looking to resolve PST issue

City council still looking to resolve PST issue

North Battleford city council indicated Monday they are still looking for the province to address the cost of construction PST applied to their major sanitary sewer trunk main project.
Sask. Hospital demolition drives building permits numbers in N.B.

Sask. Hospital demolition drives building permits numbers in N.B.

Building permits are off to a good start in North Battleford but the biggest driver was a permit for a building to come down, not go up.
Meili slams province’s COVID-19 response in municipal remarks

Meili slams province’s COVID-19 response in municipal remarks

Opposition leader Ryan Meili took aim at the provincial government’s COVID-19 response in remarks before the virtual Municipalities of Saskatchewan convention on Tuesday morning.
God’s love: faithful and wonderful

God’s love: faithful and wonderful

It’s well known that the origins of Valentine’s Day are varied but well documented. This was the first piece of information that I came across: “The holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February.

Sneaky coal project a sign of the times?

Dear Editor We have witnessed, from south of the border, the terrible things one man can do when he gets the power. All the men like that are not located in other countries.

About fossil fuels

Dear Editor When the tumult and shouting dies, Donald Trump will be seen by all but the feeble-minded as the worst president in American history.
Canada-wide warrant issued for Alberta murder suspect with ties to North Battleford

Canada-wide warrant issued for Alberta murder suspect with ties to North Battleford

STRATHCONA COUNTY – Alberta RCMP Major Crimes are seeking the public’s help locating a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in connection to a murder investigation. Christian Nyabirungu, 35, of Edmonton, Alta.
Toughest year for Saskatchewan, premier tells municipal leaders

Toughest year for Saskatchewan, premier tells municipal leaders

It’s been a tough year, with lots of tough decisions. But we will get back to normal again.
Man who killed his father believed ‘imposters' were killing and impersonating people he knew

Man who killed his father believed ‘imposters' were killing and impersonating people he knew

On May 30, 2018, twenty-seven-year-old Joshua Roy Tucker shot and killed his fifty-nine-year-old father Gordon Ernest Tucker. But, when he brutally murdered the father he was close to, he thought his dad was someone else.
Hayward wins Mun. of Sask. presidency over Barnhart

Hayward wins Mun. of Sask. presidency over Barnhart

Rodger Hayward has won the presidency of the Municipalities of Saskatchewan. Hayward won the election over incumbent Gordon Barnhart, who had run into controversy this past month for travel to Hawaii during the pandemic.
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