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December 2018 is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month and the RCMP was on the province’s roads this past weekend looking for drivers operating vehicles in an unsafe manner that could lead to a collision.

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Submitted by Ramona Stillar Friday, Nov. 30, Holy Family School received a very special gift; Denis Carignan, who served as the State Deputy for the Saskatchewan Knights of Columbus 2014-2016, donated an Icon of the Holy Family.

THURSDAY: The fourth day of the coroner’s inquest into the death of Brydon Whitstone is underway this morning in Battleford. It is expected there will be three witnesses called today. On the stand this morning is RCMP Sgt. Pernell St. Pierre.

At a special event recently, the City of North Battleford and the Leisure Services department expressed their thanks to following service clubs for their continued support of the free Public Skating Program: Bonaventure Lions Club, North Battleford L

Dear Editor When it was announced that Killsquaw Lake was being renamed, I was led to wonder what the Indigenous peoples called this lake before it was named Killsquaw Lake.

Two downtown buildings came down last week: the former Longhorn Steakhouse building and the building directly north of it. The buildings shared a wall.

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