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Rhinos hand Huskies first loss

Rhinos hand Huskies first loss

Just one game was played Thursday in the North Battleford Touch Football League, and it was an important one. The Huskies, who went 8-0 to that point lost 30-14 to the Rhinos, who move into a tie for first place with an 8-1 record.

North Battleford takes its pitch to National Job Fair

North Battleford is taking its pitch for more workers to Toronto, as the city plans to recruit workers to the area at the National Job Fair and Training Expo. The city has obtained a booth at the job fair Sept.
North Stars start season with a split

North Stars start season with a split

The home opener didn't go as planned for the Battlefords North Stars, but they did spoil Kindersley's home opener the next night, earning a split in the home-and-home series to start the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League regular season.

Under all the verbiage

Comment and History from a Prairie Perspective
Five new crash carts for Battlefords Union Hospital

Five new crash carts for Battlefords Union Hospital

Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation is pleased to be a part of the purchase of five new crash carts for BUH.
Culture day an opportunity to share

Culture day an opportunity to share

Students at Ratushniak Elementary School love guests and a chance to experience something new.
Forcible confinement

Forcible confinement

A youth offender is now in custody in connection to a beak and enter and forcible confinement on 97th Street in North Battleford. The incident took place Sept. 11.

Saskatchewan Culture Days Art Salon calling for submissions

The second annual Saskatchewan Culture Days festival is taking place throughout the province from Sept. 26 to Oct. 2.

Public's help locating missing person requested

Battlefords RCMP are again calling upon the public for assistance in finding a person reported missing from the Red Pheasant First Nation. Ronald William Peequaquat, aged 45, was last seen June 25 leaving a residence on Red Pheasant reserve.

Preventing casualties in the war on predestrians

It is probably safe to assume most of us do not generally employanalogies referring to military campaigns when discussing local urban development policy.
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