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Fraud charges have been laid against a North Battleford financial planner. Adelia Marie Kaminskyof North Battleford is charged with fraud over $5,000, fraud under $5,000, laundering the proceeds of crime and possession of proceeds of crime.

Common plant names have many sources and can refer to appearance, resemblance to body parts and medicinal/culinary/cultural use.

There were more than 25 calls for service/occurrences responded to by North Battleford RCMP between 6 a.m. Sunday, June 15 and 6 a.m. Monday, June 16.

North Battleford RCMP responded to more than 90 calls for assistance/occurrences between 6 a.m. Friday, June 13 and 6 a.m. Sunday, June 15.

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.