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The Battlefords had a chance to earn their fourth straight victory and stay perfect in 2016 Friday night at the Civic Centre. The black and white were up for the task.

Maidstone RCMP report that a 25-year-old man wanted on a number of warrants has turned himself in, and they are thanking the public for their assistance in the matter. Jan.

Last time the Stars and Blazers faced off, Saskatoon made a tremendous comeback in the final frame to edge the black and white, scoring three unanswered. The game left them undefeated for the month of December, winning eight of their last nine.

Margaret (Neale) Dixon, age 90, went peacefully to her Eternal Rest at MSA Manor, Abbotsford BC, on January 2, 2016. She was born in Battleford, Saskatchewan on January 23, 1925, the 5th child of Cyril and Catherine Neale.

Catherine Shirley (Ross) ZORN. March 10th, 1935 - December 25th, 2015. Kay was born March 10th, 1935 in a small hamlet called Oak Point, New Brunswick.

The start of a new year is a great time to take measure – of financial progress, health matters, and personal goals and objectives.

Three youths have been arrested after a week of vehicle thefts. Battlefords RCMP received a complaint Jan. 6 at approximately 11 a.m. regarding a stolen vehicle being left in a yard site on the Red Pheasant Cree Nation near Cando.

John Cairns’ News Watch

Canada's free-for-all style of health care is totally unsustainable on the public purse, so choices are going to have to start being made