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Two shoplifters arrested on Carlton Trail

Two shoplifters arrested on Carlton Trail

More than 30 calls for service were reported to the North Battleford RCMP detachment between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27.

Digesting the evidence on fruits and vegetables

Many organizations cook up recommendations for the number of fruit and vegetable servings you should eat every day.
Went fishing and actually caught a fish

Went fishing and actually caught a fish

The weather has turned cooler almost like the end of October. What gives here, hotter than Hades, now you need your coat? Joys of living in Saskatchewan, I guess. Just as long as we don't get Jack Frost until the crop is in the bin.
Sexual assault on 101st Street

Sexual assault on 101st Street

North Battleford RCMP responded to more than 25 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 25 and Tuesday, Aug. 26.
REID:

REID:

REID: Kate (Russell) Reid: 1917 - 2014. Kate passed away Friday, August 1, 2014 at Battlefords District Care Centre, Battleford, SK. Kate is predeceased by her first husband, Cecil Russell and by her second husband, Grant Reid.
LEDUC:

LEDUC:

LEDUC: Dennis "Dale" Joseph Leduc of Hay Lakes passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at the age of 67 years.
Creating your life

Creating your life

I am a firm believer in the power of making your intentions become your reality. I have a strong sense that when you act and believe your life is going to unfold in a certain direction, it will.
Four planets line up towards month's end

Four planets line up towards month's end

The moon begins in its first-quarter phase right by Mars and Saturn, as the month opens. Full moon is Sept. 8. Uranus is occulted Sept. 10 in Eastern Canada; a close approach for westerners. Sept. 15, the moon is within 1.

Doctors inadvertently turning patients into addicts

In my first career as a pharmacist, I worked in more than 30 pharmacies across Nova Scotia, filling more than 100,000 prescriptions between 1990 and 1995.
Popularity of pickleball rising at the Field House

Popularity of pickleball rising at the Field House

It's the game with a funny name. Even before playing pickleball for the first time, now-devoted players weren't sure of what to make of the game.
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