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SHARPE: Stanley Edward Sharpe, October 31, 1924 - September 18, 2013. It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Stanley Edward Sharpe on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Prairie North Health Region is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, Oct. 1 to 7.

Culture, culture, culture. It's Culture Days this weekend, starting Friday, Sept. 27.

Mrs. Winsor reports the cross-country team from Neilburg Composite School went to Unity Sept. 12. They all had a great run on a beautiful day. Kaylyn Koch finished 34th out of 107 girls.

Once again, Maymont Central School is full of activity. The staff started Aug. 26 and the students arrived Sept. 3. Mrs. Sarah Ficko is away this year caring for her new baby daughter, Anna.

Unity/Wilkie/ Macklin RCMP have cleared the scene of a train derailment just West of the Town of Landis. Sixteen cars derailed about about 4:50 a.m. Wednesday sparking a grass fire doused by the Wilkie and Biggar fire departments.

In a society where it is commonplace to medicate your kids because apparently everyone has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, it's no wonder that Twitter and texting have come to the fore as forms of communication.

A North Battleford man faces child pornography charges after a search warrant was executed at a residence Tuesday. Charged is Brian J. Simon, age 50. His first date in provincial court is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 21.

School was cancelled in Landis Wednesday as a precaution after 16 cars went off the CN rail line just west of the town. The derailment caused a grass fire, which was extinguished by the Willkie and Biggar fire departments.

The last of the cases involving those accused of Treaty Land Entitlement fraud on Mosquito First Nation has resulted in a conviction.