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Ed Smith was born in Lloydminster on June 25, 1922 to Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Smith. Ed's parents had immigrated from Ireland in January of the same year to take up a life of farming at Lone Rock. Ed attended Rugby School (rural S. D. No.

The City of North Battlefords got their first look at the proposed Greater Battlefords Marketing Alliance Jan. 14, with the Town of Battleford seeing the plans for the entity the following week at town council.

Dear Editor First, on behalf of the North Battleford 2013 Centennial Historical Committee and the Battlefords Heritage Society, I would like to acknowledge and thank editor Becky Doig for her involvement in the Battlefords' history community and the

Hubbie and I have enjoyed board game competition for all our married life and over the years we've established a most pleasurable routine. Name it, we've probably played it.

MCIVOR, Clair William - January 14, 2013. It is with great sadness that the family of Clair William McIvor, announce his passing on January 14, 2013. Clair was born April 23, 1928 in Fielding Saskatchewan.

As a person with a handicap parking permit, I would like to remind people that you are not to drive with the permit hanging from the rear view mirror, it says so on the back. This should include other sight impairing junk.

While a current and a former Poundmaker Cree Nation chiefs await their fates in a TLE theft case, so too do six others whose sentencing hearing took place Tuesday in provincial court in North Battleford.

BEC: In Loving Memory of Beatrice Marie Bec who was born Feb. 29, 1924 at Edam, SK and passed away Jan. 6, 2013 at Edam, SK.

GUY: Donald Telesphore Guy, May 8, 1942 - Jan. 8, 2013. On Tuesday January 8, 2013, Mr.

Though overall values were down for the year, 2012 was nevertheless another busy year for building permits in North Battleford. That is based on numbers from the final building report of 2012, submitted by Building Inspector Jerry Wintonyk.