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Garden Chat: What strawberry should I grow?

There are three main types of modern strawberries: June-bearing, ever-bearing and day-neutral.

Jun 15, 2025 7:00 AM Read more >

Pride: Students, alumni spark change through visibility and voice

The USSU Pride Centre on the USask campus is open to all USask students.

Jun 14, 2025 2:00 PM Read more >

Pickleball champ says staying fit key to success at any age

The Battleford resident won gold in men's singles for ages 60-plus; silver in mixed doubles for ages 56-plus; and bronze in men's doubles for ages 50-plus.

Jun 14, 2025 9:00 AM Read more >

Grow Your Own Future: Primroses for wonderful spring colour

How to Choose and Grow the Best Perennials – Part IV.

Jun 14, 2025 7:00 AM Read more >

Meota and District News: Do Drop In celebrates 50 years

Celebration event Wednesday, June 18, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Jun 13, 2025 2:55 PM Read more >

Case adjourned for two men arrested in $4M organized crime drug bust

Sahilpreet Grewal, 19, and Parminder Singh, 20, both of Edmonton, appeared in the Court of King's Bench in Battleford this week on their charges.

Jun 13, 2025 2:30 PM Read more >

Man charged with manslaughter in death of another man

On April 3 at approximately 5 p.m., Maidstone RCMP received a report of an injured male at a residence in the RM of Brittania.

Jun 13, 2025 11:19 AM Read more >

Mayfair and District News: Ball players of all ages compete

Whitkow Ukrainian Catholic Church celebrates Divine Liturgy.

Jun 13, 2025 10:51 AM Read more >

Maidstone and District News: Paynton pays tribute to rhubarb

Lashburn Day 2025 is on Saturday, June 14.

Jun 13, 2025 9:30 AM Read more >

RCMP disarms pipe bomb in Lloydminster backyard

Police are now trying to determine where the pipe came from and aren’t certain if this was an isolated incident.

Jun 13, 2025 9:16 AM Read more >

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