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The awards for Citizen of the Year and Junior Citizen of the Year were presented at the Western Development Museum Friday night at a banquet honouring Pat Gotto and Natalya Shevchuk, respectively.

Battlefords RCMP responded to approximately 45 calls between 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7. Monday, Feb. 6 9:05 a.m. - Report of a suspicious vehicle that was seen driving around the Moosomin First Nation for a few days. 1:59 p.m.

For the most popular premier in the country to tell reporters, even jokingly, that he’s not sure if he’ll be invited back to next year’s Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention, that’s saying something.

In an age of bloated house prices in many urban centres, Atlantic Canada's situation is enviable

Whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow, it looks like we will have six more weeks of winter. Students have been playing snow soccer, building snow forts and making trails in the snow for other students to follow.

Following one of the closest regular seasons in recent memory, the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League playoffs are set to get underway this week.

Ellen Annie (nee Anderson) January 16, 1934 - February 3, 2017.

Family of George Milnthorp sadly announce his passing at the Riverside Health Complex, Turtleford, Saskatchewan on January 24, 2017 at the age of 88 years. Funeral Mass was held on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 from the Edam Community Recreation Center.

Darcee Lynn Baliski (Nicholson). It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Darcee Baliski (Nicholson) a mother, a wife, and friend to all.

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