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Highlighting the importance of the French language and culture, École Monseigneur Blaise Morand celebrated French Immersion Week, Feb. 7 to 11, in style.

A black utility trailer was stolen from a residence in Marshall sometime Feb. 3. MaidstoneRCMP say these types of crimes are ongoing in rural areas and they remind citizens to be on the look out for suspicious people at unusual hours.

The upcoming graduating class from Neilburg Composite School are holding a fruit and cookie dough fundraiser until Feb. 17.

Dear Editor I'm tired of today's tax-loathing political discourse.

Field trips to Lloyd's of London, the Central Bank of London, and the London Stock Exchange will add a live the learning flavour to an upcoming macroeconomics course offered by Lakeland College.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has been away the last three weeks. I have missed Ed, in a peaceful, restful way.

Borden Parks and Recreation Board held a casino night in the Borden Community Centre Feb. 5 with close to 80 in attendance. An entry fee purchased $20,000 in play money.

FEBRUARY 11-13 Annual Sweet Heart Tournament will be underway in the Battlefords. The female hockey tournament is presented by the Battlefords Blues rec hockey team.

The final week of the North Saskatchewan River Hockey League regular season is behind us, and now the playoff season begins.

The Battlefords Peewee AA Barons took another step forward in the Centre Four Hockey League provincial draw, but did so by the skin of their teeth.