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At the Wounded Warriors greeting last Thursday at Fort Battleford, North Battleford Mayor Ryan Bater paid homage to TV personality Bob McGrath, who was in attendance. “This event is brought to you by the letters ‘N-B,’” Bater said.

White plastic hosing was stolen off a Department of Highways water truck parked off the Sylvania access road. Tisdale RCMP are asking for the public’s help.

The Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery got to discover a little more about Original Humboldt with their annual archeological dig July 24-28.

Submitted Lady Minto Health Care Center (LMHCC) in Edam will be the scene Aug. 2 of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the very first Lady Minto hospital in the community.

The Northern Lights Palace pool was a busy spot as swimmers from across the northern part of the province descended on Melfort for the North Semifinals.

At a historic one-room schoolhouse 3.5 miles southwest of Codette, Shirley Krone sat at the teacher’s desk, just as she would have as a 21-year-old teacher.

Submitted by the Canadian Crop Hail Association Overview Hot and dry weather continues to be the theme for the summer across the prairies. Crops are stressed and stunted across much of the southern regions in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Between July 28 and 29, the Maidstone RCMP responded to 52 requests for service. Of those, nine of those were related to break and enters and theft of vehicles.

Getting the necessary approvals for a new subdivision in Carrot River has been slower than expected.

A Tisdale man was charged with attempted murder after Tisdale RCMP responded to an injured woman who was a victim of domestic violence. The RCMP said they spoke to the 70-year-old woman July 29 at around 9 a.m.