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The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation unveiled the second installation for the Art of Courage Wall at BUH during the March 8 Battlefords North Stars hockey game.

Tisdale taxes will be going up 1.5 per cent this year to fund a budget that holds the line on most expenses, but spends $1.31 million on fixing the RECplex roof. The town will generate $4.06 million in taxes, compared to $3.98 million last year.

It was supposed to come down to this. For weeks, it appeared the Nipawin Hawks’ final game of the season against the Battlefords North Stars would decide first place.

From the Tisdale Recorder files, March 9, 1988

Josh McDougall received four out of 17 awards presented at the Nipawin Hawks’ awards banquet, including Most Valuable Player and Top Scorer. He also received the Best Offensive Defenseman and Second Star Overall awards.

Even though marijuana is about to become legal, it’s still a drug that has negative effects on the body. That was the key message at the Truth about Marijuana education forum held at the Golden Age Centre March 4.

The Carrot River Outback Thunder are battling the Saskatoon Quakers in the Prairie Junior Hockey League North semifinals. In Game 1, the Outback Thunder outgunned the Quakers, 9-8.

Crop insurance returns for Saskatchewan producers will remain steady through 2018, announced Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister, Lyle Stewart.

Telemiracle wrapped up their 42nd year with a record $7,151,256 raised by the people of Saskatchewan.

International changes to recycling policy changes things in Humboldt As of the end of 2017, the usual markets for recycling plastic bags and all other plastic film, including food wrap, cellophane and packaging, is gone, after China’s National Sword