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Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving for the life of Carl Jacobson will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the North Battleford Western Development Museum.

In Loving Memory of GERMAINE (GERI) MARGARET NACHTEGAELE. It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dear mother GERMAINE (GERI) Nachtegaele on July 1, 2015 with her family by her side.

Hopefully you didn’t come here to find answers for the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 0-4 start to the 2015 CFL season. Because today, I got nothing.

The Battlefords North West Historical Society has issued a news release stating someone broke into the land registry building over the night of July 13.

There was some good news this past week for residents evacuated from La Loche and Turner Lake due to the wildfires. Evacuation orders for the two communities have been lifted.

The 13th annual 12-40 and Beyond tour takes place in the Blaine Lake, Hafford, Marcelin and Leask areas July 25 and 26 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days.

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Puppets of one form or another have probably been around for as long as people have. Exactly when we had the notion to use an inanimate object to represent something living is unknown, but puppet theatre was known in the time of Aristotle and Plato.