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The Francophone daycare, Centre éducatif les petits penguin, officially opened in 2010 and continues to offer French language care for children as young as 18 months.

In Loving Memory of Carl Lea Mino born January 1, 1939 at Mount Hope District, SK., passed away October 11, 2015 in North Battleford, SK.

TORONTO, Ont.— More of Canada's children are living in poverty than ever before. A new report reveals that child poverty rates in Canada remain unconscionably high. Almost one-third of children in Toronto live in low-income households.

The conservatively managed Sentry Conservative Balanced Income Fund has been run by the team of Michael Simpson and James Dutkiewicz since 2012, and performance, particularly on a risk-adjusted basis, has been strong.

The City of North Battleford’s community safety co-ordinator was before the Prairie North Health Region board Wednesday afternoon to talk about the results and recommendations from the recently-completed community safety audit.

Let me first say this: Looking back, if you had to make a trade, would you sacrifice the worst season in Roughrider history in order to experience the greatest? Look at it this way.

The John Paul II Crusaders are into the provincial semifinals in 3A nine-man football. The Crusaders were on the road in Esterhazy Saturday afternoon and decisively defeated the Esterhazy Warriors 40-12.

The Battlefords North Stars knew they were in for a good test against a strong, first-place Weyburn Red Wings team to begin their southeast road trip.

After starting the season 2-0, the Battlefords Sharks have fallen on some hard times of late in female midget AAA action.

A bad third period sank the Battlefords AAA Stars against the Prince Albert Mintos on the road at the Art Hauser Centre Sunday afternoon. The five-goal third period turned what had been a back-and-forth affair into a one-sided final score.