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North Battleford Fire Department assisted at two minor vehicle crashes over the weekend. Saturday at about 8:15 p.m. two vehicles collided at the intersection of Pioneer Avenue and Territorial Drive.

In the near future, downtown North Battleford will welcome an event that shares similarities with at least two experiences I've had, one being at a medieval festival in Arizona and the other at a festival I walked through while living near Whyte Aven

Twin Rivers Health Care Foundation recently acknowledged Vern Marlatt for his many years of service on the Twin Rivers Health Care Foundation board.

Administrators at St. Vital School dressed, danced, and sang as chickens as part of the school's sixth annual Poverty Hearts campaign. The campaign was held last February in conjunction with Free the Children's "We Are Love" campaign.

In 1970, Canada became officially metric. I still had six years of secondary school to complete at the time, so had a solid introduction to the system.

Harvey Nybo will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in the individual category as a player Aug. 16. Nybo started playing baseball when he was eight years old, loving the game.

The sun forced it's way through the clouds, clearing up the afternoon of June 2, letting 16 young golfers from Grades 7-9 from McLurg High School head out to the Wilkie Golf Club for tryouts to compete in the district golf tournament held in Macklin

North Battleford Fire Department was called upon to apply extraction expertise after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 16 and Battleford Road Thursday just before 10 p.m.

It was a pitcher's duel at Beaver Lions Stadium Thursday night. Dave Millar pitched a gem to lead the North Battleford Beavers to a 2-0 victory over the St. Walburg Reds.

The individual charged in two gang-related shooting incidents that shocked North Battleford last year has received a lengthy jail term.