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Fall is usually the time to clean up the garden and shut things down but there is one job that every vegetable gardener needs to do before winter freeze-up — plant your garlic. In order for garlic bulbs to form cloves, a cold period is required.

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Dear Editor It was predictable! The Canadians succumbed to Trump’s blackmail and threw the dairy sector of Canada under the bus.

Mayor Ryan Bater took CTV’s W5 to task for its documentary about North Battleford crime at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

UNITY — Unity Composite School Grade 12 student Dillon Poschenreder has had a phenomenal year in baseball.

The John Paul II Crusaders suffered their first defeat of the season last week on the road. The Delisle Rebels beat the Crusaders 36-6 in a matchup of unbeatens in nine-man conference play.

“There is no accounting for taste when it comes to music. What is a golden oldie for me, may be a song that should have died years ago for you,” I told Ed last week. I had been listening to the Broadway musical show by Fats Waller, Ain’t Misbehavin.

The annual Battlefords United Way campaign kicked off Oct. 1 and the campaign runs the entire month of October. Innovation Credit Union gave a boost to this year’s fundraising drive with a $1,500 opening donation.

The North Battleford Comprehensive School Vikings got another victory, this time over the Marion Graham Falcons by a 15-0 final score in Saskatoon on Friday.