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Humboldt Council to cut meetings, expand agendas during trial run
The City of Humboldt is testing to see if its current procedure of holding council meetings is the most efficient.Humboldt councillors agreed on city staff's recommendation to cut back on council meet...
Sep 05, 2019 Council meetings at Humboldt City Hall could go later in the night, as council prepares to enter a trial run with one longer meeting instead of two shorter ones per month. (Facebook/City of Humboldt Municipal Government)
Tisdale Regional Landfill one of 12 projects receiving funding from provincial and federal government
The Town of Tisdale and its regional landfill is one of 12 recipients of funding from the Canadian government and Saskatchewan under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.On Wednesday, Sept. ...
Sep 05, 2019 The Tisdale Regional Landfill will receive a total of almost $3 million combined from the federal and provincial governments. (submitted photo/Town of Tisdale)
Fundraising gala for R.M. fire department offers night out for a good cause
The R.M. of North Battleford is hosting a Volunteer Firefighters Fundraising Gala on Nov. 9 at the Don Ross Centre auditorium.Fire Chief Neil Good said the event is an opportunity for people of the ru...
Sep 05, 2019 The Gala will offer a chance to meet the firefighters and learn more about the new department. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Old Saskatchewan Hospital expected to be demolished next spring
The bell will soon toll for the former Saskatchewan Hospital.The province confirmed the building will likely be demolished in the spring of 2020 as it has not received any response from its request fo...
Sep 05, 2019 The former Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford is likely to be demolished in the spring of 2020, according to the province. (supplied photo/Ministry of Central Services)
Manitoba Tory candidate was investigated for sharing photo of naked women
WINNIPEG - A Progressive Conservative candidate looking to keep his seat in Tuesday's Manitoba election was investigated for showing his assistant a photo on his cellphone of naked women and...
Sep 05, 2019
Labour Day lives up to billing for Roughriders linebacker Moncrief
It took three seasons, but Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Derrick Moncrief finally experienced his first Labour Day clash and it lived up expectations. The six-foot-two, 220-pound Moncrief h...
Sep 05, 2019
Nicki Minaj tweets that she's retiring to 'have my family'
LOS ANGELES - Is Nicki Minaj really hanging up the mic? The chart-topping rapper announced Thursday on Twitter that she "decided to retire & have my family." Her announcement comes as a surprise a...
Sep 05, 2019
Bo Horvat says he's ready to be Captain Canuck in Vancouver
CHICAGO - Bo Horvat is ready and willing to be the next captain of the Vancouver Canucks. He's just waiting for the tap on the shoulder. The team left the role vacant last season following the retirem...
Sep 05, 2019
Father of slain 7-year-old Quebec girl gets bail pending his trial
GRANBY, Que. - The father of a slain 7-year-old Quebec girl at the centre of an alleged case of neglect has been granted bail by a judge. The evidence heard at his bail hearing today was under a ...
Sep 05, 2019
Opposition campaign launched to fight Quebec's religious symbols law
MONTREAL - People from various faiths gathered in a downtown Montreal church Thursday to declare their intention to keep battling the province's secularism law, which prohibits some public servan...
Sep 05, 2019