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During the Second World War, Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King wanted Canadians to cut back on drinking. In a national radio broadcast on Dec.

Glaslyn resident Denis Ouellette, president of CUPE Local 4797, has been awarded the CUPE Saskatchewan Education Workers’ Steering Committee activist award. Ouellette works at the Northwest School Division as a caretaker.

G&C Asphalt & Ready Mix are once again the gold sponsor for Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation’s Ladies’ Night.

SHSAA cross-country

The nine-man regular season is done for the John Paul II Crusaders. It ended on a winning note in Kindersley as the Crusaders won 8 to 6 in a low-scoring affair.

Here are some of the scores from this past week in local sports: In midget action the Battlefords AAA Stars fell last Wednesday to the Saskatoon Blazers 4-2 in Saskatoon.

A “hurricane” passed through North Battleford late last week. It was Danny “Hurricane” Halmo, riding an e-bicycle across Canada in pursuit of a Guinness World Record for the longest journey on a motorized vehicle: 8,209.10 kilometres.

The big question for young couples just starting out is whether to move out of that downtown condo unit and borrow to buy a home. This becomes especially critical if you’re planning a family or if a baby is already on the way.