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Raspberries – background and cultivars

Raspberries – background and cultivars

Pleny the Elder, a Roman scholar, wrote about raspberries in the first century AD and they have been a well-loved soft fruit ever since. European raspberry selections arrived with early settlers and joined the wild ones found throughout the prairies.
Unique exhibit due to open at WDM

Unique exhibit due to open at WDM

A unique travelling exhibit opens at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford Sunday. The exhibit, titled FEED, takes a familiar form and replaces one material for another.
Why measurement matters in income inequality

Why measurement matters in income inequality

Oversimplifying this issue to arrive at predetermined results risks making the situation worse
Trust and prepare to be amazed

Trust and prepare to be amazed

Life as I know It
Latest rain a boon to farmers and cowboys with green feed

Latest rain a boon to farmers and cowboys with green feed

Vic’s View
Yorkton wins baseball provincials at Beaver Lions Stadium

Yorkton wins baseball provincials at Beaver Lions Stadium

Battlefords fans who have been starved for live baseball for the past couple of weeks got plenty of it this weekend as the provincial Senior A baseball championships were played in North Battleford.
Liberals nominate Ingram in Battlefords-Lloydminster

Liberals nominate Ingram in Battlefords-Lloydminster

The Liberals have announced they have a candidate in Battlefords-Lloydminster. He is Larry Ingram of Turtleford, who was nominated by acclamation by the party's riding association last week. News of his nomination was released Saturday.
100th Street Rehab – Week Five

100th Street Rehab – Week Five

Work has been marginally delayed by rain, but work continues to progress on the 100th Street Rehabilitation Project from 14th to 20th Avenue, says the City of North Battleford.
Crops and pastures stuffer from long dry spell

Crops and pastures stuffer from long dry spell

Baljennie News

Harper gov’t sells out farmers

Dear Editor Gerry Ritz and the Harper government continue to sell out Canada's farmers. The sale of the Canadian Wheat Board to foreign interests with no lasting benefits to Canadian farmers is one indicator.
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