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It’s poplar fluff season and Wednesday morning a unusual phenomenon was created by just the right conditions of temperature and wind. Colonies of fluff balls gathered and then rolled and swirled in dancing mobs. Video by Vicky Clayton

From This Corner

The campaign to build a new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford has been going on for decades. The issue seemed to be inching toward the front burner when NDP MLA Len Taylor was health minister in Lorne Calvert’s government.

A performance in North Battleford by the National Youth Band at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts in North Battleford last week wasn't just part of a provincial tour of Saskatchewan, it was a homecoming.

Not only did the head coach and general manager of the North Stars win the SJHL Coach of the Year award, he has now been nominated as one of the best in the Canadian junior hockey scene.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce held a special general membership meeting Tuesday to try to finally get their current name of the organization recognized in Ottawa.

A couple weeks ago, I got an email from a conference I will attend at the end of May, an email that totally floored me.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sharlene Loch on Thursday, May 5, 2016, days shy of her 54th birthday.

Planning Committee notes May 16 meeting

At the Chapel Gallery