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Break and enter near Chitek Lake

Spiritwood RCMP are seeking the public's help with respect to a break and enter near Chitek Lake, Saskatchewan. The alleged break-in activity took place at Chamakese Resort.

Borden earns silver, Paradise Hill wins bronze

The size of the school may be small, but the heart and pride in the players in huge. Borden competed in the 1A boys' provincial volleyball championship on the weekend in Broadview and Whitewood and came away with a silver medal.
Medical fundraiser tallies $40,000

Medical fundraiser tallies $40,000

Can you believe more than $40,000 was raised from the live and silent auction held for Karen Fertuck (Hultman)? Karen is waiting to go to Edmonton for a liver transplant.
Wholeheartedly giving our best

Wholeheartedly giving our best

Ed, my neighbour next door, says, "You need to snap out of it, Ray. If you don't you'll be just another one of the multitude harping on about the way it used to be.

Get in line for CanadaFood care

Dear Editor The Wall Street occupiers push the nonsense of communist medicine in Canada at all cost. Those who want communist medicine defend this ideology under the mantra that health care should not be a commodity or for profit.
District 35 has 13 4-H clubs

District 35 has 13 4-H clubs

A District No. 45 4-H council meeting was held Oct. 20 in Hillmond. On the agenda were elections and committee formation. District president is Christina Jones and junior president is Michael Jones.

Fundraising project hits $1M mark

Today is the day all the Christmas displays and decorations should begin. I am a big fan of Christmas but dislike the hype that starts in October. I long for the 'good ole days' when Christmas was a December event.

Thursday Basketball Result

Thursday marked the beginning of the largest high school basketball tournament in Saskatchewan, the Bowlt Classic Tournament. The North Battleford Comprehensive High School senior boys team faced Bedford Road at Bethlehem and won 65-46.
CUPlex progress forges ahead

CUPlex progress forges ahead

Progress continues for the Credit Union CUPlex both on and off the construction site.

Students experience Shakespeare

Maymont Centeral School Grade 5 to 9 students travelled to Saskatoon Nov. 24 to the Broadway Theatre. They watched an adaptation of Twelfth Night performed by Persephone Theatre.
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