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Quilt maker Heather Hochbaum has donated a quilt to the Western Development Musuem. Cheryl Stewart, WDM volunteer co-ordinator, says the quilt is being offered as a raffle prize.

Increases are being reported in thefts, break and enters and mischief in the towns of Neilburg and Mardsen and surrounding areas.

Colourful costumes and cultural connections will highlight the annual Gold Eagle Casino Powwow Sakicawasihk 2013 underway today, July 9, with the Grant Entry at 2 p.m.

At $1.80 per vaccination, $500 can make a huge difference, says Kiwanian John Hunchak. Hunchak recently accepted a donation from the John Paul II Collegiate KEY Club on behalf of Project Eliminate, Kiwanis eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus.

Efforts towards a new Co-op gas bar and convenience store took a step forward Wednesday at City Hall.

Every year the AAA all-star game showcases the talents of the top players who are just one step away from Major League Baseball. This year's game will feature a player in his first year of AAA baseball, Andrew Albers.

The list of graduates from the Royal Military College of Canada in 2013 includes a resident from the Moosomin First Nation.

Insurance may take care of the damage done to local schools as a result of a number of break-ins, but it's the "human factor" that is less easy to resolve, says the director of education for Living Sky School Division.

If this past winter seemed interminably long, on the positive side, it has been a truly glorious year for lilacs: enormous trusses, rich and varied colours and matchless fragrance. Now is the time to plant lilacs for next year.

For the first time in two years, the North Battleford Communities in Bloom Committee won't be competing in the Communities In Bloom competition. The NBCIBC will just be registered as a "friend.