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The Edam Three Stars are fighting a two-pronged battle this weekend.

For Battlefords North Stars defenceman Kendall Fransoo, his main goal for the 2016-17 season is to help his team win a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League title.

Battlefords Midget AA Sharks head coach Jim Puffalt was overjoyed after watching his team play Monday night.

As the calendar turns to March, the intensity picks up for high school teams around the province as they look to make it to the provincial championships.

Such taxes do little to reduce consumption of targeted products, don't change health habits and can produce perverse, unintended consequences

Last September it was announced Battleford's roads would be scanned with an Automatic Road Analyzer in order to asses the condition of the substructure.

The 28th annual North Battleford Art Auction is not going ahead this weekend at Chapel Gallery. The announcement was made last Friday that the art auction had been cancelled due to low ticket sales.

Farming and ranching is more often than not a job that involves hard work, long hours, and not always a lot of recognition.

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