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Team Youth Force Co. with Friends was a youth group whose focus was to create activities for youth in Hafford and promote a youth-friendly attitude amongst the community.

The Borden Community Centre was beautifully decorated by the Grade 10 and 11 class with black and white cloth panels hanging from the ceiling and silver stars with the grads’ names on them.

There has been a stay of proceedings in the case against Harry Weiss, charged with impaired operation of a vehicle causing death and dangerous driving causing death.

The City of North Battleford is touting three projects underway as a result of its participation in Crime Prevention through Environmental Design methods training.

A member of the Unity-Wilkie Press Herald who also does freelance editing and writing for the News-Optimist has been singled out for some recognition in the legislature.

JPII presents academic awards Staff John Paul II Collegiate's academic awards event was held June 15. Following are the award winners.

Battlefords RCMP are advising the public of a potential new type of phone fraud. A complaint has been received of a caller reporting to be from the fraud department of a major credit card company.

Be on the lookout for loggerhead shrikes (aka butcherbirds) perching on fence posts, barbed wire, or dead branches in shrub patches and shelter belts; especially around abandoned farmsteads.

Access Communications has announced the co-operative has earned awards in five community categories in the Tuned-in Canada campaign from the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance for 2016.