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What’s the key to a successful business? Always providing the best service

Over its six years of operation, the owners of Splish Splash Auto RV and Pet Wash are always thinking about how to better serve their customers and their community.

Oct 30, 2018 5:06 PM Read more >

‘Ladies and escorts:’ Women allowed in bars in the 1960s

When Jack and John Morrow opened the Shell Lake Hotel in 1957, only men were allowed in the beverage room. On Saturday nights, while the farmers were enjoying each other’s company in the bar, their wives often had nowhere to go.

Oct 30, 2018 3:58 PM Read more >

Stars lose in Tisdale, Barons win

Hockey scoreboard

Oct 30, 2018 3:15 PM Read more >

School zones patrolled in North Battleford

If you were travelling the roads of Saskatchewan this past weekend, you may have encountered one of several SGI High Visibility Enforcement Check Stops set up around the province.

Oct 30, 2018 2:23 PM Read more >

Speeder fined $921

A speeder has been fined $921 and had their vehicle impounded for seven days after being clocked at 141 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on Highway 16/Highway 40.

Oct 30, 2018 1:09 PM Read more >

Battlefords North Stars: the 2018-19 version

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Oct 30, 2018 11:41 AM Read more >

Forge donated to Eagle Hills Blacksmith Shop

Baljennie News

Oct 30, 2018 9:50 AM Read more >

Heavens to Mergatroyd, I didn’t remember that!

I told Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, that my memory is not hunky dory anymore. I gave a wrong answer when leading Bible study last Sunday and was hung out to dry with a quick correction.

Oct 30, 2018 9:37 AM Read more >

A Scary Night at the Casino

Oct 30, 2018 9:21 AM Read more >

Halloween at the WDM

Oct 30, 2018 8:33 AM Read more >

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