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Saskatchewan is the place to be

Dear Editor I have read with interest Bob Zurowski's most recent "Lookin' Around Town" columns in the Battlefords News-Optimist and Regional Optimist.

Children need to have our support

Dear Editor It's official. We, as people of this community, have lost our focus.
Annual general meeting notes

Annual general meeting notes

As the Stanley Cup final marked the end of the 2011-12 hockey season, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League was looking ahead to the 2012-13 season during its annual general meeting on the weekend.
John Paul II staff member strives for sportscaster job

John Paul II staff member strives for sportscaster job

"College athletes make large sums of money for their schools and don't see anything for it.

Substance use in adolescence

I recently had the chance to chat with and listen to a seminar delivered by Dean Nicholson around substance use and sexual abuse. Nicholson is the administrator of East Kootenay Addiction Services in Cranbrook, B.C.
Halfway through NSRBL season

Halfway through NSRBL season

Time sure flies. Six of the 12 North Saskatchewan River Baseball League teams completed the first half of their schedule after Wednesday night. The rest will soon follow.
Health or wealth - does it have to be a choice?

Health or wealth - does it have to be a choice?

Health is defined as freedom from sickness and disease. The World Health Organization defines health as physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease.
Vipers and Panthers on top of BDLFL

Vipers and Panthers on top of BDLFL

The Unity Midget Panthers have cruised through the Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League season to this point and have lost just twice. Those two losses have both come at the hands of the Northwest Vipers.

Final jazz society show shines on John Lennon

Last year it was a Juno award winning jazz singer. This year its a look into the universe of the late John Lennon.

Let your imagination run wild this summer

Let your imagination free. Join the 2012 TD Summer Reading Club Children look forward to the end of school. No more teachers, no more books. But wait! Children should still think about books over the summer.
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