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Roman Ewanchuk recently received two awards recognizing his long-time service helping local youth. Oct.

Paciwin is the Cree name of Senator John B. Tootoosis from Poundmaker First Nation. He was a crusader for Indigenous rights since the turn of the century. He travelled many parts of the world advocating for his people.

Bee-J’s Office Plus has donated $10,000 to the Saskatchewan Hospital New Beginnings fundraising campaign. The money will be put towards purchasing the necessary medical equipment and furnishing for the new hospital.

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Dr. Janet Tootoosis knows what it’s like to be a patient in Saskatchewan’s health care system. In 2007, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Pieter Valkenburg from Prince County, P.E.I. contacted the City of North Battleford Historic Archives Oct. 25. He is researching a First World War soldier named Elmyr Kruger from Mullingar.

Statistics are bandied about daily in the media, and making sense of what they mean is certainly beyond me. A story about job numbers will appear, claiming a certain number of new jobs have been created over a given time period.