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Doors Closed But We are Working For You
Update on MRC services: our doors are still closed to the public however staff is still working from home and in office. Staff are taking turns in the office and so there will be staff in on Monday, T...
Apr 21, 2020

Ag Buy Sell Offers Free Platform for 4H Club Members
Calling all 4-H leaders and members! We know that this has been a hard time for our 4-H community as COVID-19 has put a stop to most Achievement Days that were to take place in May and June. As a resu...
Apr 21, 2020

Phone - In Counselling
Do you need someone to talk to? Are you looking for solutions to help you get through these difficult times.Phone in Counselling in available.See the poster below.
Apr 21, 2020

Council defers making decision on St. Vital church site
Battleford lawmakers deferred making a decision to de-designate the former St. Vital church site a municipal heritage property after receiving some objections. The province will now step in to attempt...
Apr 21, 2020 Battleford council is deferring making a decision on de-designating the old St. Vital church site a municipal heritage property after the town received some objections. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Melfort driver gets hefty speeding ticket for travelling 50km/hr over posted limit
An 18 year-old man is facing an $820 speeding ticket after being pulled over in the City of Melfort.According to Melfort RCMP, the man was caught travelling at 102 km/hr in a 50 zone along Saskatchewa...
Apr 21, 2020 An 18 year-old man had his vehicle impounded after being caught driving 102 km/hr in a 50 zone in Melfort. (Submitted photo/Melfort RCMP)

Tokyo Olympics, IOC conflict over who pays for postponement
TOKYO - An open conflict broke out between Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC on Tuesday over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement. Tokyo spokesman Masa Takaya said the organizi...
Apr 21, 2020

P.A. city council pushes ahead on Alley Bylaw; hears petition against it
Prince Albert city councillors heard from the author of a petition against their proposed back alley curfew on Monday night, but remained unfazed in their resolve to move ahead on the issue. If implem...
Apr 21, 2020 According to a city report, up to half of all properties in P.A. abut onto a back alley. (Alison Sandstrom)

Asia Today: Singapore extends lockdown amid surge in cases
BANGKOK - Singapore will extend its partial lockdown by four more weeks after reporting thousands of new coronavirus cases in recent days, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday. The tiny city-st...
Apr 21, 2020

UK Parliament to hold virtual debates amid virus lockdown
LONDON - Britain's Parliament is going back to work, and the political authorities have a message for lawmakers: Stay away. U.K. legislators and most parliamentary staff were sent home in late March a...
Apr 21, 2020

Conspiracy theorists burn 5G towers claiming link to virus
LONDON - The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back t...
Apr 21, 2020