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A 25-year-old Lone Rock man appeared in a North Battleford courtroom Tuesday to face charges related to a marijuana grow operation discovered by RCMP Sept. 7 at Marsden.

A 21-year-old man is dead following a collision Sept. 1 on Little Pine First Nation. The collision happened at around 10:15 p.m. RCMP say they responded to a 911 call reporting that a vehicle had crashed on Center Road on Little Pine First Nation.

Battlefords Publishing is the latest entity to step forward to support the Credit Union CUPlex. The company, which publishes the Battlefords News-Optimist and Regional Optimist newspapers and newsoptimist.

When Dustin Seib stood at the summit of Whistler Mountain, about to accomplish his wish of riding down the mountain on his mountain bike, he felt like he was on top of the world.

Burgers, a back hoe and freaky tasting food were some of the highlights of the Maidstone School Community Council's Back to School Backyard Barbecue held last Wednesday.

If there is a hope for beleaguered rural communities in finding and keeping doctors, that hope has just been given a face.

The United Church of Canada celebrates its 85th anniversary this year and in celebration, the Richard United Church Women association organized a program to honour the historic event.

Teachers in the Living Sky School Division kicked off a series of professional development seminars, which will see a greater emphasis placed on students' learning profiles.

Sept. 9 marks the 12th anniversary of the first international FASD Awareness Day. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the leading cause of development disability among Canadian children.

It's the second request for a condo conversion in a year, but Humboldt city council wasn't so quick to turn this one down.Council received a request to approve the conversion of the apartment building of 12 suites located at 622 7th St.