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UPDATE: A 24-yea- old woman arrested Saturday in connection with the incident below has since been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court at 2 p.m. on June 27 on a charge of assault.

Inside the Mental: Silence, Stigma, Psychiatry, and LSD By Kay Parley Published by University of Regina Press $24.95 ISBN 978-0-88977-411-7 You never know who you might run into in a mental institution.

Red Pheasant Cree Nation hosted the annual Mother of the Year Round Dance at the Glen Kiskotagan Hall May 7.

By Del Suelo Published by Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing $24.

Saskatchewan Lotteries have announced that a Battleford couple has won $100,000 on their April 5 EXTRA draw. The winners are Shelley Ayotte and her husband Roland.

Names have been released of two victims of a fatal Minnesota car accident, and both individuals are from Meota. Deceased are Allan Ray, 62, and Gordan Hagen, 67, of Meota.

Mr. William “Bill” Miller of North Battleford passed away peacefully on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the Battlefords Union Hospital at the age of 101 years. A Celebration of Life service for Bill was held on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

A family. Those were the words catcher Gale Tuggle used to describe the 1956 North Battleford Beavers who represented team Canada at the Global World Series in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Seniors are particularly vulnerable to the effects of too many prescriptions

Naomi Klein is bringing her ultra-extreme message condemning the evils of the energy industry, but we can still learn from her