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The Edam Royals hosted the junior boys NWSD district volleyball playoffs, Oct. 27. There were eight teams which qualified for the district playoffs after competing in their division playoffs. The teams were divided into two pools of four teams.

It seems hard to believe but we are only six weeks from the shortest day of the year! Now this is a November to remember, with a lot colder temperatures and a lot more snow than the last few years at least.

PATHO - Mr. Erno Patho of North Battleford passed away on November 7th, 2012 at the Villa Pascal Nursing Home at the age of 84 years. Erno was born on March 30, 1928. Celebration of Life Service for the late Mr.

Hi there! Well it does look like winter around here now. We had about a foot of snow a week ago very cold winds. I'm afraid this is just a taste of what's about to come, folks. However, even if it's cold outside it has been nice and warm in Tower II.

Dear Editor I've written this letter before in other foggy autumns, and now I'm writing it again. Late October and early November are usually foggy and this year might be foggier than usual.

With the recent tragedy involving two individuals in Asquith afflicted with carbon monoxide poisoning - one of whom died as a result - fire and emergency personnel across Saskatchewan have stepped up their warnings about the extreme dangers associate

There were traffic delays on the Highway 16 bypass Friday at about 9:30 a.m. after two vehicles collided. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services report no injuries, but both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

The grand opening of the mini St. Bridget's Anglican Church was held Oct. 7 at the cemetery grounds. The church bell rang a few minutes before the opening. It was a cool, cloudy, windy day, but almost at the stroke of the 3 p.m.

It was a fairly routine night Tuesday for the new 2012-16 North Battleford city council. The new council was sworn in at a meeting the previous week, but that meeting was ceremonial in nature.

He was drafted 13th overall in the 2009 Western Hockey League's bantam draft by the Kootenay Ice and now Colby Cave is one of the top players with the Swift Current Broncos.