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Bring your barbecue (even it it's only a Hibachi) and your best steak or ribs recipe for a chance to be judged a top chef. Those Were the Days is back, and with it is the first Barbecue Showdown, Aug.

Blaine Lake Economic Development Co-operative has been an active small Business Loan Association in the Blaine Lake area since its inception in 1989. Gerald Evin owns and operates GRE Enterprises Inc.

For as long as there has been sports there has been the argument that urban centres have more opportunities for young athletes thus forming better teams.

The North Battleford Beavers faced a handful of alumni of the North Saskatchewan River Baseball league Tuesday in provincial playoff action and it didn't go quite as planned for the current NSRBL players.

Residents of the Battlefords and surrounding rural areas have been left in the dark, experiencing power outages intermittently for the last week.

It took awhile to be determined and perhaps wasn't the most conventional way to get into the playoffs for some baseball teams, but the top eight have clinched and it's time to start the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League playoffs.

LAMBIE --- John (Jock) Lambie of North Battleford, SK, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at River Heights Lodge five weeks short of 102 years of age.

Sixteen-year-old vocalist, Sophie Pitman, is proving she has what it takes as she prepares for the performance of a lifetime next month at the Ex in Saskatoon.

For Shania Twain, her fall from the international lights has been as documented as her rise, and we'll look at her peak in the country/pop scene.

Chocolate milk is standard fare in many schools and homes. Is it as nutritious as white milk? There are two ways to look at this question.