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Steve Kasokeo, 22, has been charged with aggravated assault a in connection with a stabbing Feb. 3 at Little Pine First Nation. A warrant was issued for Kasokeo's arrest, and he turned himself into Cut Knife RCMP Tuesday afternoon.

In the world right now, there is one cell phone for every two people. In June 2000, 12 million text messages were sent worldwide. By June 2006, 12 billion text messages were sent worldwide.

It was an offensive explosion for the Battlefords Midget Stars on their weekend road trip to Yorkton. The Stars scored 14 goals earning an 8-0 win and a 7-6 shootout loss.

Occasionally, committee members of the City of North Battleford Historic Archives work on a personal project.

Although they were not able to earn the top spot at the Masters Men's Curling in Region 14, the local rink of Wally O'Hare, Bryan Peever, Doug Puff and Allan Rogers will be moving on.

This week my Cairns on Cinema column is devoted to awards season and the Oscar race. Trying to figure out who is actually winning the Oscar race, though, is a mug's game. One moment, one movie is ahead; the next moment it's something else.

It may have taken place a little behind schedule, but the gavel has been passed to a new president pf the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce.

What seemed to be a far fetched idea was brought up at a meeting of the Reigning Riders 4-H Club in July 2011,when a couple of the members mentioned they were interested in going to the National Finals Rodeo.

A big dose of Rider Pride was injected into the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce President's Banquet Tuesday. Steve Mazurak, vice-president of sales and marketing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, was the guest speaker of the event at Tropical Inn.

"There were a lot of people that went away from our weekend saying 'wow'," said Battlefords Skating Club president Krista Crockett of the STARSkate Competition that was held at the Civic Centre on the weekend.