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Three more losses for Battlefords Sharks

Three more losses for Battlefords Sharks

The Battlefords AAA Sharks are still locked in a winless funk, as they lost in Prince Albert and twice at home to Saskatoon in a four-day span.

Truck hits deer

Residents of the Battlefords, and those travelling through, need to remember they share the river valley with four legged residents. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services responded to a half-ton truck colliding with a deer incident Thursday.

CU board a secret society

Dear Editor This is a message for members of Innovation Credit Union. This letter has been in my mind since the opening of the new credit union building in Swift Current, and what a building it is.

Suspicious person sighted

North Battleford RCMP are warning the public about numerous complaints they have received concerning a suspicious individual seen in the residential areas during the second week of November.
Grass Roots Run gives back

Grass Roots Run gives back

The Canadian Legion of Riders motorcycle club raised $16,000 at their annual Ride for a Vet rally this past summer. The funds are being distributed to clubs, charities, to support making of veterans' graves, the Poppy Fund and sports groups.
Evacuation a challenge for mammoth cruise ships

Evacuation a challenge for mammoth cruise ships

Last week we saw the towing of Carnival Splendor. An engine room fire disabled this mammoth ship, stranding it 71 kilometres off the shore of Mexico, 322 kilometres away from San Diego, where it had set sail. Thankfully, no one was killed.
Truck fire at Canadian Tire

Truck fire at Canadian Tire

Emergency crews were on the scene Friday afternoon at the Canadian Tire parking lot, responding to a truck fire. The call came in at 12:42 p.m.

Crime up all over in North Battleford

It was another discouraging month for crime fighters in the Battlefords as RCMP statistics showed an increase in person, property and other criminal code offences last month.

End of a culinary era

A story that spans three decades moves into a new chapter Dec. 1. Raymond and Kam Pon opened Pon's Family Restaurant in 1978. Their Main Street location has been a constant in a downtown business sector that has seen many changes over the years.

Time to re-write a definition

Dear Editor Golden age, as defined by Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: happiness, prosperity and achievement; happiness - good fortune; prosperity - a state of well being and contentment, the condition of being successful or thriving, economic well b
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