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The Allen Sapp Gallery will be the location for an event Sept. 12 called Tipi Teachings and Song.

Citing the importance of local businesses to the community, the City of North Battleford is bringing in a commercial tax subsidy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been having an adverse effect on Canadian children.

The Canadian Association of Retired People (CARP) is reminding Canadians that with a focus on students there are implications on the rest of the family “bubble” including grandparents in a release Monday.

Gang and drug-related violence is shaking Onion Lake Cree Nation - which was under a state of emergency earlier this year – and the OLCN leadership is upset with the seeming lack of help from the federal government.

It is confirmed that the Battlefords Business Excellence Awards will indeed go ahead in 2020, but in a radically different format from before.

The moon begins this month at full phase. A few days later, Sept. 5, the moon occults Mars for viewers in the Southern Hemisphere – a very close conjunction for Northern Hemisphere observers. Sept.

A northern Saskatchewan man facing organized crime charges had more court appearances. Brennen Sanderson, 28, from the Prince Albert area, had appearances in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Aug. 24 and in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Aug. 28.

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