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Understanding how others perceive us key to communiciation

We all function through thinking processes we develop from early childhood. These “mindsets” determine how we react, how we analyze, how we plan and how we make decisions.

Feb 12, 2017 7:20 PM Read more >

The boiling frog syndrome and the citizens of North Battleford

Commentary

Feb 12, 2017 9:27 AM Read more >

This we didn’t expect

It’s snowing hard and that’s not supposed to happen here on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. A truer picture is that we West Coast dwellers delight in regaling our prairie family and friends with tidbits of weather information.

Feb 12, 2017 7:51 AM Read more >

Busy 10th year for Legion of Riders

With 2016 being the 10th anniversary of incorporation of the Canadian Legion of Riders, the Battlefords, the year was busy. It began with a donation of $1,000 to Midwest Food Resources.

Feb 12, 2017 7:25 AM Read more >

Outlier: Life, Law and Politics in the West

Outlier: Life, Law and Politics in the West By Garrett Wilson Published by Benchmark Press $24.

Feb 11, 2017 7:13 PM Read more >

Violin adjudicator picked up the instrument at age four

Festival Fanfare

Feb 11, 2017 5:48 PM Read more >

Striped quilt project pinned for February

Quilt Patch

Feb 11, 2017 12:26 PM Read more >

Letting it happen — volunteer annuals in the garden

As winter progresses, we tend to dream of spring! We all enjoy looking for those plants that come back year after year and in a few months will be out looking for any sign of life.

Feb 11, 2017 10:18 AM Read more >

North Stars blank Mustangs

Taryn Kotchorek isn’t one to look at statistics.

Feb 10, 2017 11:10 PM Read more >

Could the popularity of halal food help curtail Islamophobia?

The increased popularity of halal foods could help to offset the mounting cases of hatred towards Islam

Feb 10, 2017 7:19 PM Read more >

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