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Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, called yesterday to complain that his luck had deserted him last week. His foot was a little heavy on the gas pedal, and he got a ticket for speeding.

A dominant effort on the road has put the Battlefords North Stars a win away from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League semifinal.

Festival Fanfare

The Battleford Volleyball Club Impact 15U girls’ team took full advantage of playing on their home court this weekend.

Houseplants are essential to a quality of life many of us demand. Begonias have been around since Victorian times, and have long been a favourite. They are actually native to South America, and have thousands of species that you might like to grow.

As people from rural areas move to cities and towns with more limited space in which to garden, and urban lot sizes decrease, the demand for smaller shrubs has increased.

There was a feeling of mission accomplished for the North Battleford Comprehensive High School senior boys’ basketball team Saturday.

Students and teachers at St. Mary Community school welcomed visitors to their health fair March 17.

I found it, the perfect fit and an end to a more than a year-long search! “It,” an elusive Tupperware lid, sat at our local thrift shop, possibly destined for recycling.