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In October, the North Stars organization came together with local RCMP officers to initiate awareness of drug and gang related lifestyles.

Endangered piping plovers count

The Battlefords North Stars welcomed six new faces to the organization after the second annual SJHL bantam draft took place in Nipawin Thursday. In the first round, with their 12th overall pick, the North Stars selected Tye Scherger out of Macklin.

I’m surprised at myself. I didn’t think I was that guy obsessed about the lawn.

During the Great Depression, CO2 levels were 25 per cent lower than today's but severe climate change led to the Dirty Thirties

There were a few unwelcome surprises in the June 1 provincial budget and one of them was a funding cut to the Battlefords River Valley.

Saskatchewan has gone from having one of the longest wait times, on average, for medical treatment to one of the shortest

As if all the usual annoying phone scams are bad enough, now you have to deal with calls from people claiming they represent Brad Wall.

The actual 2016 budget presentation in the legislature by Kevin Doherty on Wednesday was relatively calm, but Question Period beforehand was anything but.

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